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.

 
Antoine Le Bos  • Artistic director, Less Is More

“We are craving outstanding experiences; we are craving substance and significance”

Antoine Le Bos • Artistic director, Less Is More

We had a chance to chat with Less Is More’s artistic director, Antoine Le Bos, about the next edition, LIM’s philosophy and what “limited” really means  

08/10/2019 | LIM 2020

Mihai Mitrică  • Festival director, Animest

“Diversity has always been one of the focuses of Animest”

Mihai Mitrică • Festival director, Animest

We chatted with Animest festival director Mihai Mitrică about the 14th edition of the most popular film gathering in Bucharest  

07/10/2019 | Animest 2019

Alina Rudnitskaya  • Director of School of Seduction

“This story is about me”

Alina Rudnitskaya • Director of School of Seduction

Cineuropa talked to Alina Rudnitskaya, the director of School of Seduction, about what it means to be a woman in Putin’s Russia – or maybe all over the world  

07/10/2019 | Zurich 2019

Pål Øie • Director of Astrup – Catching the Flame

"Using Nikolai Astrup’s letters allowed us to be closer to him"

Pål Øie • Director of Astrup – Catching the Flame

A biopic in Norwegian cinemas this week, Astrup – Catching the Flame the fourth feature from Norwegian director Pål Øie, paints the portrait of Nikolai...  

04/10/2019

José Luis Garci • Director of El crack Cero

"I stay true to what I’ve learned in cinema"

José Luis Garci • Director of El crack Cero

With El crack Cero, director José Luis Garci, a classic-film enthusiast, returns to the Spanish cinema listings, reuniting with the characters from his...  

04/10/2019

Anthony Jerjen • Director of Inherit the Viper

"The way we film violence in Europe isn’t the same as in the US"

Anthony Jerjen • Director of Inherit the Viper

Young, Swiss director Anthony Jerjen chats with us about his first feature film Inherit the Viper, presented in a world premiere at the Zurich Film Festival  

04/10/2019 | Zurich 2019

Juliana Fanjul  • Director of Silence radio

“You have to go deep to find this unique gaze which sets you apart as an auteur”

Juliana Fanjul • Director of Silence radio

At the Zurich Film Festival, Cineuropa had a chat with Juliana Fanjul, director of Silence radio, about Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui  

04/10/2019 | Zurich 2019

Nunzia De Stefano • Director of Nevia

“It wasn’t easy to talk about myself”

Nunzia De Stefano • Director of Nevia

Neapolitan director Nunzia De Stefano tells Cineuropa all about her autobiographically inspired film, Nevia  

02/10/2019

Andrea Di Stefano  • Director of The Informer

“Criminals love to talk about themselves”

Andrea Di Stefano • Director of The Informer

Following the lead of Andrea Di Stefano, the director of The Informer, Cineuropa delved right into the Polish criminal underworld of New York  

02/10/2019 | Zurich 2019

Marjane Satrapi  • Director of Radioactive

“I love Marie Curie because she doesn’t compromise”

Marjane Satrapi • Director of Radioactive

At the Zurich Film Festival, Cineuropa caught up with director Marjane Satrapi to talk about Radioactive and her fascination with Marie Curie  

02/10/2019 | Zurich 2019

Julie Delpy  • Director of My Zoe

“We are on the cusp of big issues that we haven't addressed emotionally”

Julie Delpy • Director of My Zoe

Cineuropa sat down with Julie Delpy at the Zurich Film Festival, where she was presenting her new film, My Zoe  

02/10/2019 | Zurich 2019

Leilani Farha • UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, protagonist of Push

"What is happening is a violation of human rights"

Leilani Farha • UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, protagonist of Push

UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing Leilani Farha talks about her participation in Swedish documentary Push, directed by Fredrik Gertten  

01/10/2019

Fredrik Gertten • Director of Push

"This film is an investigation of what is going on in our cities"

Fredrik Gertten • Director of Push

Swedish director Fredrik Gertten introduces his latest documentary, Push, released in ten countries across Europe in collaboration with Moving Docs  

01/10/2019

Ignas Jonynas and Kristupas Sabolius  • Director and screenwriter of Invisible

"Our choreographer was also an important scriptwriter, as he wrote the whole choreography of the two characters’ feelings"

Ignas Jonynas and Kristupas Sabolius • Director and screenwriter of Invisible

We sat down with Ignas Jonynas and Kristupas Sabolius to talk about their second, San Sebastián-screened film, Invisible, which addresses topics such as...  

01/10/2019 | San Sebastián 2019 | New Directors

Richard Phelan and Will Becher  • Directors of A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

“We made 2001: A Space Odyssey’s Monolith into a burnt piece of toast”

Richard Phelan and Will Becher • Directors of A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

Cineuropa caught up with Richard Phelan and Will Becher, the masterminds behind A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, accompanied in Zurich by their cast in...  

01/10/2019 | Zurich 2019

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