Interviews

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

8313 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 11/07/2025. 654 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Roberto Stabile  • Head of international relations, ANICA

“A physical film market is like a cinema experience: irreplaceable”

Roberto Stabile • Head of international relations, ANICA

This year's Cannes Marché du Film and its potential to give rise to a new market formula are just some of the topics we touched upon with Roberto Stabile,...  

29/07/2020 | /Italy

Fernando González Molina  • Director of Offering to the Storm

“We tell stories wherever we can”

Fernando González Molina • Director of Offering to the Storm

Spaniard Fernando González Molina is bringing his Baztán Trilogy to an end with the third instalment, Offering to the Storm, a thriller shot in Navarre...  

24/07/2020 | /Spain/Germany

Ángel Gómez  • Director of Voces

"Terror motivates me, moves me and thrills me"

Ángel Gómez • Director of Voces

Ángel Gómez directs his first feature film Voces, focused on classical horror and psychology, with no shortage of supernatural elements, a haunted house and...  

24/07/2020 | /Spain

Paul Wiegard and Vera Herchenbach  • CEO and acquisitions executive, Madman Entertainment

“We embrace competition because it helps to develop the market and to cultivate the taste of the audience”

Paul Wiegard and Vera Herchenbach • CEO and acquisitions executive, Madman Entertainment

We talked to Paul Wiegard and Vera Herchenbach, CEO and acquisitions executive of Madman Entertainment, about the particularities of distributing European...  

23/07/2020 | /Australia/New Zealand

Iuliana Tarnovețchi and Alex Trăilă  • President and CEO, Romanian Alliance of Film Producers

“We still need to work hard to bring the film industry higher up the authorities’ list of priorities”

Iuliana Tarnovețchi and Alex Trăilă • President and CEO, Romanian Alliance of Film Producers

We chatted to Iuliana Tarnovețchi and Alex Trăilă, respectively president and CEO of the Romanian Alliance of Film Producers, which was created in May this year  

22/07/2020 | /Romania

Jaume Ripoll  • Director, Atlàntida Film Fest

"High season for tourism doesn’t necessarily mean low season for culture"

Jaume Ripoll • Director, Atlàntida Film Fest

Cineuropa had a chat with Jaume Ripoll, head of the Atlàntida Film Fest, a European-focused festival that kicks off on 27 July on Mallorca and will also...  

22/07/2020 | Atlàntida Film Fest 2020

Solange Cicurel  • Director of Isn’t She Lovely?

"Comedy comes from truth"

Solange Cicurel • Director of Isn’t She Lovely?

We talked to Belgian filmmaker Solange Cicurel, whose family comedy Isn’t She Lovely?, her second feature, is coming out this July  

22/07/2020 | /Belgium/France

Małgorzata Goliszewska and Katarzyna Mateja  • Directors of Lessons of Love

“This story is universal enough to make a difference in people’s lives”

Małgorzata Goliszewska and Katarzyna Mateja • Directors of Lessons of Love

Cineuropa talked to Małgorzata Goliszewska and Katarzyna Mateja, the directors of Lessons of Love, about the power of change  

20/07/2020 | IceDocs 2020

Giorgio Gosetti  • General Delegate, Giornate degli Autori

“We’re lucky enough to have had more time; we need to set about researching models which can be helpful for us in the future”

Giorgio Gosetti • General Delegate, Giornate degli Autori

We chatted with General Delegate Giorgio Gosetti about the new developments gracing the next edition of the Giornate degli Autori, which is scheduled to...  

20/07/2020 | Venice 2020 | Giornate degli Autori

Juri Rechinsky  • Director of Utopia

“What I am trying to do is set up a massive experiment”

Juri Rechinsky • Director of Utopia

Ukrainian filmmaker Juri Rechinsky tells Cineuropa more about Utopia, his cinematic experiment in the making, which comes in the wake of Sickfuckpeople and Ugly  

17/07/2020 | Karlovy Vary 2020 | KVIFF Eastern Promises

Julie Schroell  • Director of River Tales

“The San Juan river is a metaphor for the history of Latin America as a whole”

Julie Schroell • Director of River Tales

We talked to Julie Schroell, director of River Tales, an essential documentary about Nicaragua which has just won the Peripheral Visions Award at the Galway...  

17/07/2020 | Galway 2020

Frédéric Farrucci  • Director of Night Ride

"The crime storyline is often just an excuse"

Frédéric Farrucci • Director of Night Ride

Frédéric Farrucci tells us about the genesis of his captivating feature debut, Night Ride, an atmospheric film noir centred on an illegal Chinese taxi...  

16/07/2020

Julie François • Head of Communication, CINEMAMED

“It is important for us to be present on social media, that keeps us alive”

Julie François • Head of Communication, CINEMAMED

Julie François, in charge of the coordination of the Mediterranean Film Festival of Brussels, talks about the budget of communications of the festival and...  

15/07/2020 | Euro Film Fest

Aurélie Losseau • Programmer, CINEMAMED

The first criteria is the quality of the film

Aurélie Losseau • Programmer, CINEMAMED

Aurélie Losseau, in charge of the coordination of the Mediterranean Film Festival of Bruxelles and of the programming selection, talks about the programming...  

15/07/2020 | Euro Film Fest

Hrönn Sveinsdóttir  • Distributor, Bíó Paradís

“There was a big response from the community and Bíó Paradís will be reopening this September”

Hrönn Sveinsdóttir • Distributor, Bíó Paradís

We spoke to Hrönn Sveinsdóttir, managing director of Iceland’s only arthouse cinema Bíó Paradís and its distribution company, about their current situation  

14/07/2020 | /Iceland

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