Interviews

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

8308 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 09/07/2025. 655 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Marc Smit  • Distributor, Cinéart

“If the situation lasts longer, additional measures may be required for the sector”

Marc Smit • Distributor, Cinéart

We spoke to Cinéart co-CEO Marc Smit about the situation of the distribution market in the Benelux and their strategy to navigate the current crisis  

28/05/2020 | /Netherlands

Jakub Duszynsky • Distributor, Gutek Film

"For us, the theatre experience is crucial"

Jakub Duszynsky • Distributor, Gutek Film

As part of our #EuropeansAgainstCovid19 series in collaboration with LUX Prize, Polish distributor Jakub Duszynsky talks to us about the current situation  

28/05/2020 | LUX Prize 2020/#EuropeansAgainstCovid19

Olivier Bronckart  • Founder, Moonday

"Simplifying access to information, shaking up the way it’s processed and making it easier to share"

Olivier Bronckart • Founder, Moonday

We met with Olivier Bronckart who is now embarking on a new adventure in the form of Moonday, a collaborative information gathering and processing platform  

28/05/2020 | /Belgium

Menios Carayannis  • Director of The Music of Things

“A documentary takes you wherever it wants, not wherever you want”

Menios Carayannis • Director of The Music of Things

We talked to Menios Carayannis, the director of The Music of Things, named Best Greek Film at the 22nd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival  

28/05/2020 | Thessaloniki Documentary 2020

Gyda Velvin Myklebust  • Programme director, New Nordic Films, Haugesund

“Under these circumstances, we could actually succeed”

Gyda Velvin Myklebust • Programme director, New Nordic Films, Haugesund

We talked to New Nordic Films’ programme director, Gyda Velvin Myklebust, about last week’s announcement that the event would be going ahead as planned in...  

27/05/2020 | Haugesund 2020 | New Nordic Films

Ditte Daugbjerg Christensen • Exhibitor, Øst For Paradis

"Now, we need a cinema to travel for us... and with us"

Ditte Daugbjerg Christensen • Exhibitor, Øst For Paradis

As part of our #EuropeansAgainstCovid19 series in collaboration with LUX Prize, head of Denmark's Øst For Paradis cinema Ditte Daugbjerg Christensen talks...  

27/05/2020 | LUX Prize 2020/#EuropeansAgainstCovid19

Ben Rivers  • Director of Krabi, 2562

“We were interested in trying to make a film about somewhere in flux”

Ben Rivers • Director of Krabi, 2562

Ben Rivers climbed to the top of a hill from his home in Somerset to talk to Cineuropa about Thailand and Krabi, 2562, which he co-directed with Anocha...  

27/05/2020 | /UK/Thailand

Katerina Patroni  • Director of The Fourth Character

“You never know how people experience loss”

Katerina Patroni • Director of The Fourth Character

We talked to Katerina Patroni, the director of The Fourth Character, about the art of opening up  

27/05/2020 | Thessaloniki Documentary 2020

Xènia Puiggrós  • Distributor, Segarra Films

"If you have different lines of work you won’t be completely stopped"

Xènia Puiggrós • Distributor, Segarra Films

We talked to Xènia Puiggrós, distribution coordinator of Segarra Films, to discuss the company's work and the current situation in Spain  

26/05/2020 | /Spain

Valentina Pedicini  • Director of Faith

"My idea was to make a film without judgement but not lacking a perspective”

Valentina Pedicini • Director of Faith

Italy’s Valentina Pedicini had the chance to chat to Cinema Femme and talk through the making of her documentary Faith, now selected for DocsBarcelona  

26/05/2020 | DocsBarcelona 2020

Stefanía Thors  • Director of The School of Housewives

“We don’t give ourselves time to just do things any more”

Stefanía Thors • Director of The School of Housewives

We talked to Reykjavik-born director Stefanía Thors about The School of Housewives, the titular old educational institution and how it aroused her curiosity  

26/05/2020 | Hot Docs 2020

Paul Manate  • Director of Paradise

"In Tahiti, there is a respect for ancestral beliefs: ghosts, the powers of the Tahu’a, taboos"

Paul Manate • Director of Paradise

France's Paul Manate talks about his first feature Paradise, shot in Tahiti and mixing ancestral magic together with contemporary realism, against a...  

25/05/2020 | /France/French Polynesia

Fabrice du Welz  • Director

"It’s high time for us to get back to work and to carry on with our lives"

Fabrice du Welz • Director

In light of the lack of commitment over any possible resumption of film activities in Belgium, director Fabrice du Welz reflects on a situation which he...  

25/05/2020 | /Belgium

Seppe Vanhaecke  • Distributor, MOOOV

“As a subsidised organisation we want to support cinemas as much as possible”

Seppe Vanhaecke • Distributor, MOOOV

We caught up with Seppe Vanhaecke, responsible for distribution at MOOOV, to discuss the Benelux distribution and the current situation  

21/05/2020 | Belgium

Marcin Pieńkowski  • Artistic director, New Horizons Film Festival

“Festivals are not just about showing movies”

Marcin Pieńkowski • Artistic director, New Horizons Film Festival

We talked to the artistic director of Poland’s New Horizons Film Festival, Marcin Pieńkowski, about the gathering’s new November dates – and his kids’ love...  

21/05/2020 | New Horizons 2020

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