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.

 
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

Joachim Hedén  • Director of Breaking Surface

“I never really considered Breaking Surface as a diving movie, about divers or for divers”

Joachim Hedén • Director of Breaking Surface

We caught up with Sweden’s Joachim Hedén, the director of Breaking Surface, after its international premiere at Neuchâtel  

14/07/2020 | NIFFF 2020

Stefan Malešević and Andrijana Sofranić Šućur  • Director and producer of Usud

“We want to give the audience a chance to be a part of our stories”

Stefan Malešević and Andrijana Sofranić Šućur • Director and producer of Usud

We chatted to Stefan Malešević and Andrijana Sofranić Šućur, the director and producer of Usud, which was granted the KVIFF & MIDPOINT Development Award at...  

14/07/2020 | Karlovy Vary 2020 | KVIFF Eastern Promises

Yuri Ancarani and Marco Alessi  • Director and producer of Atlantide

“You can’t write a film and then wait for the financing”

Yuri Ancarani and Marco Alessi • Director and producer of Atlantide

We talked to Yuri Ancarani and Marco Alessi, the director and producer of the Venice-centred Atlantide, given the Eurimages Lab Project Award at this year’s...  

13/07/2020 | Karlovy Vary 2020 | KVIFF Eastern Promises

Márk Bodzsár  • Director of Comrade Drakulich

“The vampire is the most normal character in our movie”

Márk Bodzsár • Director of Comrade Drakulich

We talked to Hungarian director Márk Bodzsár about Comrade Drakulich and Jimi Hendrix’s Ford Mustang. Really  

10/07/2020 | NIFFF 2020

Ingibjörg Halldórsdóttir  • Co-founder, IceDocs Iceland Documentary Film Festival

“We are just going to show our audience the world”

Ingibjörg Halldórsdóttir • Co-founder, IceDocs Iceland Documentary Film Festival

Cineuropa met up with Ingibjörg Halldórsdóttir, co-founder of the Akranes-based Iceland Documentary Film Festival, who is busy preparing its second edition  

09/07/2020 | IceDocs 2020

Žofie Strachotová  • Head of acquisitions, Artinii

“Our system delves deep into understanding communities, and their specific demands, values and interests”

Žofie Strachotová • Head of acquisitions, Artinii

CANNES NEXT: New community-driven platform Artinii aims to enhance distribution channels, and we talked to head of acquisitions Žofie Strachotová to...  

09/07/2020 | Cannes 2020 | Marché du Film

Laurent Dutoit  • Distributor, Agora Films

“I still don’t see a real VOD market for arthouse films and I believe theatrical will continue leading the way”

Laurent Dutoit • Distributor, Agora Films

We caught up with Laurent Dutoit, of distribution company Agora Films, to discuss the main challenges of the Swiss market and the current situation  

09/07/2020 | /Switzerland

Brúsi Ólason  • Director of Dalia

“Getting a healthy dose of a European point of view on the film industry was just what the doctor ordered”

Brúsi Ólason • Director of Dalia

Icelandic director Brúsi Ólason talked to us about his short film Dalia, which will screen as part of this year’s EFP Future Frames  

09/07/2020 | Future Frames 2020

Guillaume de Fontenay  • Director of Sympathy for the Devil

"Paul Marchand was a powerful film character"

Guillaume de Fontenay • Director of Sympathy for the Devil

We met up with Franco-Canadian director Guillaume de Fontenay whose feature film debut Sympathy for the Devil is presented this week at the Galway Film Fleadh  

09/07/2020 | Galway 2020

Véro Cratzborn  • Director of Into Dad’s Woods

"We worked hard on his unravelling, his descent from the fanciful to the strange, and then into madness"

Véro Cratzborn • Director of Into Dad’s Woods

We met with Belgian director Véro Cratzborn whose first feature film Into Dad’s Woods is being released in France and Belgium in these early weeks of July  

08/07/2020 | /Belgium/France

Anaïs Emery  • Co-founder and artistic director, NIFFF

“We always talk about the magic of cinema, but it’s crucial to show how you create it”

Anaïs Emery • Co-founder and artistic director, NIFFF

We chatted to Anaïs Emery, the co-founder and artistic director of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, as she was about to wrap her last...  

08/07/2020 | NIFFF 2020

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