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.

 
Ruxandra Ghiţescu • Director of Otto the Barbarian

“Any less-than-perfect reality tends to be marginalised and hidden away”

Ruxandra Ghiţescu • Director of Otto the Barbarian

Romanian director Ruxandra Ghiţescu tells us about her film Otto the Barbarian, centred on a 17-year-old punk whose girlfriend has just committed suicide  

19/08/2020 | Sarajevo 2020 | Competition

Djuro Gavran • Director of One of Us

"This film is about social reactions to discovering a case of sexual abuse of children"

Djuro Gavran • Director of One of Us

Croatia's Djuro Gavran talked about his documentary One of Us, which revolves around speaking about a horror with which we are faced but cannot come to...  

19/08/2020 | Sarajevo 2020 | Documentary Competition

Maïmouna Doucouré • Director of Cuties

“This isn’t a health & safety ad”

Maïmouna Doucouré • Director of Cuties

French filmmaker Maïmouna Doucouré tells us about her feature debut, Cuties, awarded at Sundance and Berlin and acquired by Netflix, now landing in French...  

18/08/2020 | /France

More Raça • Director of Andromeda Galaxy

"This is the struggle for basic existence of a common middle-aged man in Kosovo"

More Raça • Director of Andromeda Galaxy

We have talked to Kosovan director More Raça, who has world-premiered her first feature film Andromeda Galaxy at the Sarajevo Film Festival  

18/08/2020 | Sarajevo 2020 | Competition

Ioanna Panagiotidou  • Distributor, Rosebud.21

"It is easier to convince people to go to an open space so Greece has fewer problems"

Ioanna Panagiotidou • Distributor, Rosebud.21

We caught up with Ioanna Panagiotidou, head of distribution at Greek outfit Rosebud.21, to discuss the impact of the COVID pandemic in the territory  

13/08/2020 | /Greece

Simon Ellis  • Director of As Dead as It Gets

“If you have a new idea on set and deviate from the script, the whole house of cards might come tumbling down”

Simon Ellis • Director of As Dead as It Gets

Cineuropa speaks to Simon Ellis, the director of As Dead as It Gets, one of the new interactive movies from Estonian start-up WhatIfI  

07/08/2020 | /UK

Christophe Blanc  • Director of Just Kids

"It's a kind of melodramatic teen movie"

Christophe Blanc • Director of Just Kids

Christophe Blanc tells us about his film Just Kids, centred on siblings in the grips of grief and freedom, released in French cinemas today  

05/08/2020 | /France/Switzerland

Piotr Adamski  • Director of Eastern

“I was curious to see if terms such as ‘honorary code’ or ‘vendetta’ were still important and understandable in our contemporary world”

Piotr Adamski • Director of Eastern

We talked to writer-director Piotr Adamski, whose feature debut, Eastern, has been out in Polish cinemas since 26 June  

04/08/2020 | /Poland

David Ilundain  • Director of One for All

“We, the adults, do not know what really happens inside schools”

David Ilundain • Director of One for All

With his second feature following B, la película, Navarre-born director David Ilundain enters the microcosm of school, with David Verdaguer playing a young...  

31/07/2020 | /Spain

Jean-Charles Hue  • Director of Tijuana Bible

"The true necessity is to show these small miracles of love that can erupt from something terrifying"

Jean-Charles Hue • Director of Tijuana Bible

French director Jean-Charles Hue tells us about the genesis of his new cinematic oddity, the English-language feature Tijuana Bible  

30/07/2020 | /France/Mexico

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

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