Interviews

Weekly feature introducing you to film professionals from all over Europe sorted by name.

8443 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 19/09/2025. 644 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Alessandro Giacobbe • Distributor, Academy Two

“We just have to wait and try to be optimistic because the material is there”

Alessandro Giacobbe • Distributor, Academy Two

Alessandro Giacobbe, Managing Director of Academy Two, broke down for us the main challenges for independent distributors in Italy  

19/11/2020 | /Italy

Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf • Directors of The Translator

“It's like every government has learned this playbook, a way to delegitimise the peaceful protester”

Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf • Directors of The Translator

Filmmakers Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf talk to Cineuropa about their debut feature, The Translator, playing in the First Feature Competition at Tallinn...  

19/11/2020 | Black Nights 2020 | First Feature Competition

Eugen Jebeleanu • Director of Poppy Field

Poppy Field is a film mainly about love and the impossibility of love”

Eugen Jebeleanu • Director of Poppy Field

We chatted to Eugen Jebeleanu, whose first feature, Poppy Field, has just had its world premiere in the First Feature Competition at Tallinn Black Nights  

19/11/2020 | Black Nights 2020 | First Feature Competition

Sonia Liza Kenterman • Director of Tailor

“Sewing is a world of small details”

Sonia Liza Kenterman • Director of Tailor

We talked to debuting director Sonia Liza Kenterman about Tailor, after she got to celebrate its world premiere in an actual cinema  

18/11/2020 | Black Nights 2020 | First Feature Competition

Pablo Maqueda • Director of Dear Werner

“This film has helped me overcome some of my fears”

Pablo Maqueda • Director of Dear Werner

With the documentary Dear Werner, Spaniard Pablo Maqueda follows in Herzog’s footsteps, re-embarking on one of his journeys with the exact same adventurous...  

18/11/2020 | Zinebi 2020

Carlo Lavagna • Director of Shadows

“Directors must showcase their original visions in genre films”

Carlo Lavagna • Director of Shadows

Carlo Lavagna’s second feature film Shadows is a tense psychological thriller shot in English, which is now available on Italian VOD platforms  

17/11/2020 | /Italy/Ireland

Miroslav Mandić • Director of Sanremo

“I have lost the desire for certainty”

Miroslav Mandić • Director of Sanremo

We talked to Miroslav Mandić, the director of Sanremo, which is celebrating its world premiere at Tallinn's Black Nights Film Festival  

17/11/2020 | Black Nights 2020 | Competition

Nermin Hamzagić • Director of Full Moon

“I had the urge to speak about the dysfunctional society in Bosnia”

Nermin Hamzagić • Director of Full Moon

We spoke to Nermin Hamzagić, who is competing at the Zagreb Film Festival with Full Moon, a socially aware thriller that is also nominated for the EFA Award...  

13/11/2020 | Zagreb 2020

Ramiro Ledo • President, PROMIO

"We want to take part in the debates that will decide the future of cinema"

Ramiro Ledo • President, PROMIO

We talked to Ramiro Ledo, president of the Spanish association PROMIO, which stands up for cultural diversity, audiovisual literacy and a greater presence...  

13/11/2020 | Seville 2020 | Seville Industry

Sascha Keilholz and Frédéric Jaeger • Festival director and head of programme, International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg

“2020 is the year of debuts, the first steps taken by a whole squad of promising directors”

Sascha Keilholz and Frédéric Jaeger • Festival director and head of programme, International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg

We talked to Sascha Keilholz and Frédéric Jaeger, the new director and head of programme of the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, which goes...  

12/11/2020 | /Germany

Alessandro Stellino  • Artistic Director, Festival dei Popoli

“The documentary form isn’t a genre but an approach, a way of making films in the present tense”

Alessandro Stellino • Artistic Director, Festival dei Popoli

We spoke with Alessandro Stellino, the new artistic director of Florence’s Festival dei Popoli, about the upcoming edition of the event which is unspooling...  

12/11/2020 | Popoli 2020

María Pérez Sanz  • Director of Karen

"I dive into the daily life of legendary figures"

María Pérez Sanz • Director of Karen

Spaniard María Pérez Sanz is competing at Seville with her second film, Karen, an intimate portrait of the day-to-day existence of famous author Isak Dinesen  

12/11/2020 | Seville 2020

Daniel Goroshko  • Distributor, A-One Films

“Today distribution companies have zero support in Russia”

Daniel Goroshko • Distributor, A-One Films

We caught up with Daniel Goroshko, Head of Acquisitions and CEO of A-One Films, to discuss the arthouse movie market in Russia  

12/11/2020 | /Russia

Giona A. Nazzaro  • Artistic Director, Locarno Film Festival

“I can say without any hesitation that directing a festival is a real team effort”

Giona A. Nazzaro • Artistic Director, Locarno Film Festival

We chatted with Giona A Nazzaro who spoke with enthusiasm about her recent appointment as Artistic Director of the Locarno Film Festival  

12/11/2020 | Locarno 2021

Angeliki Stellaki • Press Officer, Thessaloniki International Film Festival

"It is important to have actions which take place throughout the whole year"

Angeliki Stellaki • Press Officer, Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Angeliki Stellaki, who works at the press office, talks about the organization of the Thessaloniki Festival which is divided into two film festivals: the...  

11/11/2020 | Euro Film Fest

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