Interviews

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

8709 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 09/03/2026. 633 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Juri Rechinsky  • Director of Utopia

“What I am trying to do is set up a massive experiment”

Juri Rechinsky • Director of Utopia

Ukrainian filmmaker Juri Rechinsky tells Cineuropa more about Utopia, his cinematic experiment in the making, which comes in the wake of Sickfuckpeople and Ugly  

17/07/2020 | Karlovy Vary 2020 | KVIFF Eastern Promises

Julie Schroell  • Director of River Tales

“The San Juan river is a metaphor for the history of Latin America as a whole”

Julie Schroell • Director of River Tales

We talked to Julie Schroell, director of River Tales, an essential documentary about Nicaragua which has just won the Peripheral Visions Award at the Galway...  

17/07/2020 | Galway 2020

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

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