Interviews

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

8443 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 18/09/2025. 646 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
John Webster  • Director of Eye to Eye

“The impossible can happen”

John Webster • Director of Eye to Eye

We talked to John Webster, the director of Eye to Eye, which has world-premiered at this year’s edition of the Finnish DocPoint festival  

03/02/2020 | DocPoint 2020

Visar Morina  • Director of Exile

“I wanted to show the feeling of being imprisoned in one's own point of view”

Visar Morina • Director of Exile

We spoke to German director Visar Morina on the occasion of the world premiere of his feature Exile at the Sundance Film Festival  

03/02/2020 | Sundance 2020 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Åsa Sjöström  • Director of The Last Circus Princess

“Circus families always stick together”

Åsa Sjöström • Director of The Last Circus Princess

Cineuropa talked to photographer and first-time director Åsa Sjöström, who is showing The Last Circus Princess at the Göteborg Film Festival  

31/01/2020 | Göteborg 2020

Amanda Kernell  • Director of Charter

"I see my film as a declaration of love to all divorced parents trying every day to do their best for their children"

Amanda Kernell • Director of Charter

We spoke to Amanda Kernell on the occasion of the world premiere of her second feature, Charter, at the Sundance Film Festival  

30/01/2020 | Sundance 2020 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Stig Björkman  • Director

“Usually you get a retrospective when you die, so at least I get to enjoy it”

Stig Björkman • Director

Cineuropa caught up with the hero of this year’s Göteborg retrospective, director Stig Björkman, who decided to come to the interview barefoot – even...  

29/01/2020 | Göteborg 2020

David Aronowitsch  • Director of Idomeni

“I was trying to make a political film by making a non-political film”

David Aronowitsch • Director of Idomeni

We met up with David Aronowitsch, the director of Idomeni, competing for the Dragon Award in the Nordic Documentary section of Göteborg  

29/01/2020 | Göteborg 2020

Jon Blåhed  • Director of Inland

"I enjoy being able to surprise the audience and hand them something they think they don’t want to be handed"

Jon Blåhed • Director of Inland

We spoke to Swedish helmer Jon Blåhed about his feature Inland, which showcases the vast expanses of northern Sweden  

28/01/2020 | Göteborg 2020

Mladen Kovačević  • Director of Merry Christmas, Yiwu

"I wanted to make a film about the complexities of the real China"

Mladen Kovačević • Director of Merry Christmas, Yiwu

We chatted to Serbian filmmaker Mladen Kovačević, whose latest documentary, Merry Christmas, Yiwu, has just world-premiered in Rotterdam's Bright Future section  

28/01/2020 | IFFR 2020 | Bright Future

Maria Bäck  • Director of Psychosis in Stockholm

“You get used to navigating chaos”

Maria Bäck • Director of Psychosis in Stockholm

Cineuropa met up with Maria Bäck, the director of this year’s Göteborg opening film, Psychosis in Stockholm, as well as her baby boy, who joined her for the...  

28/01/2020 | Göteborg 2020

Anne Paulicevich and Frédéric Fonteyne • Directors of Working Girls

“We wanted to explore a female form of heroism”

Anne Paulicevich and Frédéric Fonteyne • Directors of Working Girls

We met with Anne Paulicevich and Frédéric Fonteyne to talk about their film Working Girls, selected in the IFFR  

27/01/2020 | IFFR 2020 | Voices Limelight

Susanne Kovács  • Director of It Takes a Family

“It takes a long time to be able to address trauma and how it influences everything”

Susanne Kovács • Director of It Takes a Family

We sat down with Danish director Susanne Kovács to discuss her first feature-length documentary, It Takes a Family, screening at Göteborg after its premiere...  

24/01/2020 | Göteborg 2020

Emir Kusturica  • Founder and director, Kustendorf Film & Music Festival

“Making a movie is similar to entering a casino”

Emir Kusturica • Founder and director, Kustendorf Film & Music Festival

We chatted to filmmaker Emir Kusturica about this year’s edition of his Kustendorf Film & Music Festival, a kind of winter film school for emerging talents  

24/01/2020 | Kustendorf 2020

Mira Fornay  • Director of Cook, F**k, Kill

“There is no logic in hurting someone you love”

Mira Fornay • Director of Cook, F**k, Kill

Cineuropa talked to Slovakian director Mira Fornay, who is about to show her third feature, Cook, F**k, Kill, at the IFFR  

23/01/2020 | IFFR 2020 | Voices

Filippo Meneghetti  • Director of Two of Us

“We all lie, all the time”

Filippo Meneghetti • Director of Two of Us

Cineuropa met up with director Filippo Meneghetti at Unifrance’s 22nd Rendez-vous with French Cinema to discuss Two of Us  

22/01/2020 | /France/Luxembourg/Belgium

Janis Rafa  • Director of Kala azar

“Humans infect everything around them”

Janis Rafa • Director of Kala azar

Cineuropa caught up with Greek video artist-turned-director Janis Rafa, who is back at IFFR with her feature debut, Kala azar, following her short Requiem...  

21/01/2020 | IFFR 2020 | Tiger Competition

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