Interviews

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

8295 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 05/07/2025. 650 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Li Ning  • CEO, New Classics Media, producer and distributor

“Clarifying the target audience of the film is the first step to success”

Li Ning • CEO, New Classics Media, producer and distributor

At the fifth Sino-European Project Lab in Beijing, we caught up with Li Ning, CEO of the successful Chinese entertainment group New Classics Media  

25/10/2019 | Bridging the Dragon 2019

Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov  • Directors-producers of Triumph

“This story is a remarkable metaphor for the fake democracy that we have been living in to this day”

Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov • Directors-producers of Triumph

Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov talk to us about their new project, Triumph, which scooped the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at Rome’s MIA  

25/10/2019 | MIA 2019

Dumitru Budrala  • Founding director, Astra Film Festival

“It is not enough to have a history; it is more important to be relevant”

Dumitru Budrala • Founding director, Astra Film Festival

We chatted to Dumitru Budrala, founding director of the Astra Film Festival, about the relationship between experience and relevance, and about the...  

24/10/2019 | Astra 2019

Csilla Kató  • Head of programming, Astra Film Festival

“The aspect I love most about our audience is its curiosity”

Csilla Kató • Head of programming, Astra Film Festival

We chatted to Csilla Kató, head of programming at the Astra Film Festival, about the challenges of curating Romania’s longest-running documentary film gathering  

24/10/2019 | Astra 2019

Lucia Milazzotto  • Director, MIA

“We try to build bridges so that our industry can benefit from them”

Lucia Milazzotto • Director, MIA

We sat down with Lucia Milazzotto, the head of the MIA, in Rome to find out more about the film market’s winning formula  

24/10/2019 | MIA 2019

Urska Djukic • Director of Good Girl

“I had the feeling of watching a bouquet of virgins about to explode”

Urska Djukic • Director of Good Girl

Cineuropa met up with young Slovenian director Urska Djukic, who tells us about her feature debut project Good Girl, on the occasion of the Cinemed Meetings  

23/10/2019 | Cinemed 2019 | Cinemed Meetings

Andreas Wildfang  • Member of the board of directors, EUROVOD

“We're in a market in which consumers' expectations are based on the experiences that mainstream VoD platforms deliver”

Andreas Wildfang • Member of the board of directors, EUROVOD

At Magnetic Latvia, we talked to Andreas Wildfang, member of the board of directors of EUROVOD, an association of VoD platforms specialising in arthouse,...  

23/10/2019 | Magnetic Latvia 2019

Nancy Kokolaki • Producer, Bad Crowd

“The combination of creative talents from different countries can be a bonus”

Nancy Kokolaki • Producer, Bad Crowd

Cineuropa met up with Greek producer Nancy Kokolaki (Bad Crowd) to discuss the project Souvenir by Thanos Psichogios, on the occasion of the Cinemed Meetings  

23/10/2019 | Cinemed 2019 | Cinemed Meetings

Mary Jimenez, Bénédicte Liénard • Directors of By the Name of Tania

"The film was born out of our relationship with reality and it took its own form"

Mary Jimenez, Bénédicte Liénard • Directors of By the Name of Tania

We met with Mary Jimenez and Bénédicte Liénard, the authors and directors of By the Name of Tania which is released in Belgium on Wednesday  

23/10/2019

Benito Zambrano • Director of Out in the Open

"Culture will never receive enough support"

Benito Zambrano • Director of Out in the Open

With his fourth film, the Spanish western Out in the Open, Benito Zambrano returns to Spanish cinemas and festivals after an eight-year break  

22/10/2019 | Seminci 2019

Marc Bordure • Producer, Agat Films & Ex Nihilo

“We are interested in social and humanistic issues in France and beyond”

Marc Bordure • Producer, Agat Films & Ex Nihilo

Cineuropa met up with French producer Marc Bordure of Agat Films & Ex Nihilo, who told us about the project Pearl Tears by Levon Minasian, on the occasion...  

22/10/2019 | Cinemed 2019 | Cinémed Meetings

Dita Rietuma  • Head, National Film Centre of Latvia

“In 2018, we broke all of our admissions records and we produced the highest number of films ever”

Dita Rietuma • Head, National Film Centre of Latvia

We had a chat with Dita Rietuma, the head of the National Film Centre of Latvia, whose speech opened the Magnetic Latvia Film Conference last week  

22/10/2019 | Magnetic Latvia 2019

Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov, Fejmi Daut, Samir Ljuma, Atanas Georgiev, Branislav Nikolov, Atidze Muratova • Crew of Honeyland

"The message in Honeyland has an existential root"

Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov, Fejmi Daut, Samir Ljuma, Atanas Georgiev, Branislav Nikolov, Atidze Muratova • Crew of Honeyland

We present an extensive interview with the directors, crew and incredible protagonist of the documentary hit Honeyland, made at MakeDox Film Festival by our...  

19/10/2019

Christophe Leparc • Director, Cinemed

"Cinemed’s editorial line has to include socially engaged cinema"

Christophe Leparc • Director, Cinemed

We met with Christophe Leparc, the director of the Cinemed - Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, whose 41st edition is running 18-27 October  

18/10/2019 | Cinemed 2019

Sandra Seeling Lipski • Director, Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival

"It’s really important to keep the level of quality very high"

Sandra Seeling Lipski • Director, Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival

We chatted to Sandra Seeling Lipski, founder and director of the Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival, the eighth edition of which will unspool...  

17/10/2019

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