Interviews

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

8482 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 15/10/2025. 654 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Natalya Vorozhbit • Director of Bad Roads

“We are repeatedly making the same mistakes and stepping on the same rake”

Natalya Vorozhbit • Director of Bad Roads

VENICE 2020: We talked to Natalya Vorozhbit, the debuting director of Bad Roads, originally presented on stage at the Royal Court Theatre in London  

03/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | International Film Critics’ Week

Karin Rywkind Segal • Artistic director, Docaviv

"Filmmakers should trust festivals that have a strong, curated programme"

Karin Rywkind Segal • Artistic director, Docaviv

We spoke to Docaviv’s artistic director, Karin Rywkind Segal, to find out more about the hybrid version of the event and the current situation in the...  

03/09/2020 | Docaviv 2020

Christos Nikou • Director of Apples

“I always love movies that change the rules of our society a little bit”

Christos Nikou • Director of Apples

VENICE 2020: Director Christos Nikou tells Cineuropa about Apples, the opening film of Venice’s Orizzonti section  

03/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Orizzonti

Andrea Segre • Director of Venetian Molecules

“Places speak to me in an entirely different way”

Andrea Segre • Director of Venetian Molecules

VENICE 2020: We interviewed Andrea Segre, director of the pre-opening film of this year’s Venice Film Festival, the intimate documentary Venetian Molecules  

02/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Out of Competition

David Trueba • Director of A este lado del mundo

"We outsource our most embarrassing side”

David Trueba • Director of A este lado del mundo

With A este lado del mundo David Trueba critically tackles the issue of immigration, and to do so he transfers his inept main character to the border town...  

01/09/2020 | Málaga 2020

Ulla Heikkilä • Director of Eden

“Spirituality lives in all kinds of beauty rather than in churches or fear”

Ulla Heikkilä • Director of Eden

We chatted to Ulla Heikkilä, the director of Eden, currently in Finnish cinemas  

31/08/2020 | /Finland

Šemsudin Radončić • Director of Conspiracy

"The majority of Montenegrin citizens still believes that all this is fabricated"

Šemsudin Radončić • Director of Conspiracy

Journalist and filmmaker Šemsudin Radončić talked to us about his Sarajevo-premiered documentary Conspiracy, which investigates the attempted coup d’état in...  

31/08/2020 | Sarajevo 2020 | Documentary Competition

Janusz Kijowski •  Artistic Director, Koszalin Debut Film Festival

“There is no festival without conversation”

Janusz Kijowski • Artistic Director, Koszalin Debut Film Festival

We talked to Janusz Kijowski, the artistic director of “The Youth and Film” – The Festival of Film Debuts in Koszalin  

31/08/2020 | /Poland

Teemu Nikki and Jani Pösö •  Director and Producer of A Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic

“We want to show something that’s almost impossible to show in the cinema”

Teemu Nikki and Jani Pösö • Director and Producer of A Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic

We talked to Finland's Teemu Nikki and Jani Pösö, winners of the Eurimages Lab Project Award at Haugesund for their project A Blind Man Who Did Not Want to...  

31/08/2020 | Haugesund 2020

Alberto Barbera • Director, Venice Film Festival

"We wanted to give a sign of strong support and solidarity to the film industry"

Alberto Barbera • Director, Venice Film Festival

Venice Film Festival director Alberto Barbera talks about the anti-COVID system in place at this year's gathering  

31/08/2020 | Venice 2020

Johan von Sydow  • Director of Tiny Tim – King for a Day

“Tiny Tim could blend anywhere, even though he was so extreme”

Johan von Sydow • Director of Tiny Tim – King for a Day

We talked to Swedish director Johan von Sydow about his documentary Tiny Tim – King for a Day and a man who didn’t belong on this Earth  

28/08/2020 | Fantasia 2020

Nicole Gerhards  • Producer, NiKo Film

“The kind of films I produce are more important than ever in the current climate”

Nicole Gerhards • Producer, NiKo Film

German Films talked to NiKo Film producer Nicole Gerhards about her career and her approach to cinema  

28/08/2020 | /Germany

Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen  • Director of My Favorite War

“We were manipulated to love war”

Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen • Director of My Favorite War

We talked to Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen, the director of My Favorite War, about living in two realities  

27/08/2020 | Haugesund 2020

Pilar Palomero  • Director of Schoolgirls

“Throughout the shooting, with my actresses, I felt like a little kid again”

Pilar Palomero • Director of Schoolgirls

Pilar Palomero premiered her first film, Schoolgirls , at the Berlin Film Festival, and is now the clear favourite to win the 23rd Málaga Film Festival  

27/08/2020 | Málaga 2020

Antoine Zeind  • Distributor, A-Z Films

“If a foreign film doesn’t work in Quebec, it is very tough to release it anywhere else in Canada”

Antoine Zeind • Distributor, A-Z Films

We chatted with Canada’s A-Z Films founder and CEO Antoine Zeind to discuss the challenges of releasing European and foreign-language films in Canada  

27/08/2020 | /Canada

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