Interviews

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

8303 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 08/07/2025. 653 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Ulrike Ottinger  • Director of Paris Calligrammes

“Sometimes, even the most beautiful pieces didn't fit in the whole mosaic”

Ulrike Ottinger • Director of Paris Calligrammes

We talked to German director Ulrike Ottinger on the occasion of the release of her new documentary Paris Calligrammes in her home country  

06/03/2020 | /Germany/France

Antti J Jokinen  • Director of Omerta 6/12 and Omerta 7/12

“I am humanising special forces”

Antti J Jokinen • Director of Omerta 6/12 and Omerta 7/12

Cineuropa talked to Finnish director Antti J Jokinen about his planned action franchise, starting with two features, Omerta 6/12 and Omerta 7/12  

06/03/2020 | /Sweden/Finland

Gracia Querejeta • Director of The Invisible

"These days making films is harder than making TV shows"

Gracia Querejeta • Director of The Invisible

Gracia Querejeta presents The Invisible, where three mature actresses stroll through a park chatting about mid-life crises, a theme not much explored in film  

06/03/2020 | Spain

Rea Rajčić • Producer, Eclectica

"We are entering a promising age for the distribution of documentaries"

Rea Rajčić • Producer, Eclectica

Interview with Rea Rajčić, producer for Croatian company Eclectica and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme  

06/03/2020 | Emerging Producers 2020

Siamak Etemadi • Director of Pari

"Our lead actress carries the story very strongly all the way trough the character's journey"

Siamak Etemadi • Director of Pari

BERLINALE 2020: Iranian-born, Athens-based director Siamak Etemadi talked to us about his Panorama-screened first feature Pari, featuring an unflinching...  

05/03/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

Cai Gongming  • CEO, Road Pictures

"The pandemic will change the landscape of the Chinese film industry"

Cai Gongming • CEO, Road Pictures

BERLINALE 2020: Sino-European producers' association Bridging the Dragon caught up with its board member Cai Gongming, CEO of Beijing-based distributor Road...  

05/03/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | EFM

Lois Patiño • Director of Red Moon Tide

"My films work together to form a diptych on Galicia"

Lois Patiño • Director of Red Moon Tide

BERLINALE 2020: Lois Patiño talks to us about various aspects of his second feature film Red Moon Tide, presented in the Forum section of the German exhibition  

05/03/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Forum

Joana Ribeiro • Actress

"I was so happy to watch amazing actors work and learn from them"

Joana Ribeiro • Actress

BERLINALE 2020: Portuguese actress Joana Ribeiro, selected for the 2020 Shooting Stars, talks to us about her work  

05/03/2020 | European Shooting Stars 2020

Bilal Wahib • Actor

"My dream role is that of a religious person, of any religion"

Bilal Wahib • Actor

BERLINALE 2020: We sat down with Dutch actor Bilal Wahib, selected for the 2020 Shooting Stars  

05/03/2020 | European Shooting Stars 2020

Marka Staviarska  • Producer of Loli Paradička

“We managed to complete the film on such a low budget because it was mostly a family affair”

Marka Staviarska • Producer of Loli Paradička

Cineuropa talked to Marka Staviarska, the Slovakian producer of the low-budget dramedy Loli Paradička, about how it became a surprise domestic box-office hit  

04/03/2020 | Slovakia

Srdan Golubović  • Director of Father

"It’s a Balkan-style Paris, Texas of sorts"

Srdan Golubović • Director of Father

BERLINALE 2020: We talked to Srdan Golubović, whose latest film, Father, world-premiered in Panorama, where it won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the...  

04/03/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

Mariusz Wilczyński  • Director of Kill It and Leave This Town

“I can see that the universal themes in my film shine through”

Mariusz Wilczyński • Director of Kill It and Leave This Town

BERLINALE 2020: Cineuropa met up with Polish director Mariusz Wilczyński to discuss his animation Kill It and Leave this Town, which was part of the newly...  

04/03/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Encounters

Faraz Shariat  • Director of No Hard Feelings

“People suffer everyday racism in the form of not being entitled to decide themselves who they are”

Faraz Shariat • Director of No Hard Feelings

BERLINALE 2020: We discussed the feature No Hard Feelings with its director, Faraz Shariat, to find out more about its themes and its origins  

04/03/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

Aneil Karia  • Director of Surge

"I wanted the film to be first and foremost a kind of experience and a ride, more than governed by the plot"

Aneil Karia • Director of Surge

BERLINALE 2020: We sat down with British writer-director Aneil Karia to chat about Surge, urban spaces and the frustrations of modern society  

04/03/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

Fawzia Mahmood • Producer, NW Pictures

“As filmmakers, we have to be always vigilant about what we’re lending our hand to”

Fawzia Mahmood • Producer, NW Pictures

Interview with Fawzia Mahmood, producer for British company NW Pictures and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme  

04/03/2020 | Emerging Producers 2020

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