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. 658 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Daniel Joseph Borgman  • Director of Resin

“Love without the potential for freedom becomes toxic and, ultimately, destructive”

Daniel Joseph Borgman • Director of Resin

We chatted to New Zealand-born filmmaker Daniel Joseph Borgman about the secluded, broken paradise depicted in his third feature, Resin  

18/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Contemporary World Cinema

Minos Nikolakakis  • Director of Entwined

"What you craft in your mind is always more effective than what actually happens"

Minos Nikolakakis • Director of Entwined

We chatted to Greek writer-director Minos Nikolakakis, whose feature debut, Entwined, world-premiered in Toronto's Discovery section  

18/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Discovery

Jana Karaivanova • Executive director, Bulgarian National Film Centre

"Producers who can secure good projects and partners should be supported the most"

Jana Karaivanova • Executive director, Bulgarian National Film Centre

We follow up on developments in the Bulgarian film industry with Jana Karaivanova, head of the Bulgarian National Film Centre  

17/09/2019 | Bulgaria

Sarah Gavron • Director of Rocks

“These girls really love the banter about their different experiences”

Sarah Gavron • Director of Rocks

We met up with British director and producer Sarah Gavron, whose new film Rocks world-premiered in the Platform section of Toronto  

16/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Platform

Maria Sødahl  • Director of Hope

“One should never take love for granted”

Maria Sødahl • Director of Hope

We caught up with Norway’s Maria Sødahl to discuss her Toronto-premiered emotionally fragile love story Hope  

16/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Discovery

Michel Reilhac  • Venice VR co-curator, Venice International Film Festival

“The way interactivity is designed is becoming really sophisticated at the moment”

Michel Reilhac • Venice VR co-curator, Venice International Film Festival

We met up with Michel Reilhac, co-curator of the VR section of the 76th Venice International Film Festival, to talk about immersive storytelling and...  

14/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Venice VR

Pat Collins  • Director of Henry Glassie: Field Work

“The way we were shooting the film echoed the way Henry worked”

Pat Collins • Director of Henry Glassie: Field Work

Cineuropa chatted to Irish helmer Pat Collins, whose documentary Henry Glassie: Field Work revolves around the renowned American scholar  

13/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Contemporary World Cinema

Miro Drobný • Director of Who’s Next?

“The internet has become a new religion”

Miro Drobný • Director of Who’s Next?

We talked to Slovakian producer and director Miro Drobný about his latest film, Who’s Next?, which addresses the perils of the internet  

13/09/2019

Alice Winocour  • Director of Proxima

“You can be a good mother and a good astronaut”

Alice Winocour • Director of Proxima

On a rooftop overlooking the Toronto Film Festival, Cineuropa chatted to Alice Winocour about her new film Proxima, starring Eva Green, Sandra Hüller and...  

12/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Platform

Shelly Love  • Director of A Bump Along the Way

“I feel motivated to tell female stories and to give an authentic account of their experience”

Shelly Love • Director of A Bump Along the Way

We interviewed Shelly Love, the director of the Northern Irish comedy A Bump Along the Way, starring Bronagh Gallagher and Lola Petticrew in the lead roles  

12/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Discovery

Ina Weisse • Director of The Audition

“Anna is concerned about the boy, but ultimately, she is more concerned about herself”

Ina Weisse • Director of The Audition

We talked to German actress, screenwriter and director Ina Weisse about her latest film The Audition, which premiered in the Discovery section at the...  

12/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Discovery

Antoneta Kastrati  • Director of ZANA

“As a community, we have not processed any of the war traumas in depth. We had to move on; perhaps it was the only way”

Antoneta Kastrati • Director of ZANA

We sat down with Kosovar director-scriptwriter Antoneta Kastrati to discuss the background to her Toronto-screened debut feature, ZANA  

11/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Discovery

Grímur Hákonarson  • Director of The County

“Corruption is part of this community’s life”

Grímur Hákonarson • Director of The County

We chatted to Icelandic writer-director Grímur Hákonarson, whose third feature, The County, was presented in Toronto's Contemporary World Cinema section  

11/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Contemporary World Cinema

Paolo Sorrentino  • Director of The New Pope

“John Malkovich is the lay version of the Pope”

Paolo Sorrentino • Director of The New Pope

VENICE 2019: Paolo Sorrentino talks about returning to Rome, and Venice, for the second season of The Young Pope, which boasts a name change, The New Pope,...  

11/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Out of Competition

Karim Sayad  • Director of My English Cousin

"There’s clearly something personal about my films"

Karim Sayad • Director of My English Cousin

Swiss and Algerian filmmaker Karim Sayad talks to us about his latest work My English Cousin, which is screening in Toronto's TIFF Docs section  

10/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | TIFF Docs

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