Interviews

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

8294 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 04/07/2025. 657 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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Mantas Kvedaravičius • Director of Parthenon

“The ‘characters’ of the film turned into collaborators, as did their stories”

Mantas Kvedaravičius • Director of Parthenon

VENICE 2019: We spoke to Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravičius, whose Parthenon is being screened in the Venice International Film Critics’ Week this year  

30/08/2019 | Venice 2019 | International Film Critics’ Week

Mark Jenkin • Director of Bait

“People can see whatever they want to see in the movie; it's the audience's film now”

Mark Jenkin • Director of Bait

We sat down with British helmer Mark Jenkin to unpick his latest, critically acclaimed feature Bait, which goes on general release in the UK today  

30/08/2019

Hirokazu Kore-eda • Director of The Truth

“There is always some loneliness that comes with success”

Hirokazu Kore-eda • Director of The Truth

VENICE 2019: Cineuropa met up with acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, who left his home country for musings on family and fame in The Truth  

30/08/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Akan Satayev • President, Almaty Film Festival

“The Almaty Film Festival provides a chance to indulge fully in the atmosphere of world cinema and to be inspired”

Akan Satayev • President, Almaty Film Festival

We talked to president of the Almaty Film Festival Akan Satayev to find out more about the Kazakh gathering’s impending second edition  

29/08/2019 | Almaty 2019

Irina Șofletea • Policy officer, European Comission

"For Creative Europe MEDIA it is very important to get industry players together"

Irina Șofletea • Policy officer, European Comission

We met up with European Comission policy officer Irina Șofletea during the think tank organised at Sarajevo's CineLink Industry Days to discuss current...  

29/08/2019 | Sarajevo 2019 | CineLink Industry Days

Andrei A Tarkovsky • Director of Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer

“My father didn’t even like his films”

Andrei A Tarkovsky • Director of Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer

VENICE 2019: We talked to iconic filmmaker Andrey Tarkovsky’s son, Andrei A Tarkovsky, about his unusual documentary Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer,...  

29/08/2019 | Venice 2019 | Venice Classics

Pascal Diot • Head, Venice Production Bridge

“Our criteria are always the same: quality, quality and quality”

Pascal Diot • Head, Venice Production Bridge

VENICE 2019: We chatted to Pascal Diot, head of the Venice Production Bridge, to gain an insight into this year’s iteration of the major Italian industry event  

28/08/2019 | Venice 2019 | Venice Production Bridge

Marijana Verhoef • Creator and co-writer of Playgirl

"Our mentor had the most amazing approach: he was really trying to get to the core of our project with us"

Marijana Verhoef • Creator and co-writer of Playgirl

We had a chinwag with Marijana Verhoef, the creator and co-writer of Playgirl, which scooped MIDPOINT's Marseille Web Fest Award at Sarajevo  

27/08/2019 | MIDPOINT 2019

Julie Zackova, Milada Tesitelova and Jan Tesitel • Team behind Willows

"At MIDPOINT, you get a chance to concentrate on the project and nothing else"

Julie Zackova, Milada Tesitelova and Jan Tesitel • Team behind Willows

We caught up with Julie Zackova, Milada Tesitelova and Jan Tesitel, the team behind the winner of the MIDPOINT HBO Europe Award at Sarajevo, Willows  

27/08/2019 | MIDPOINT 2019

Goran Matić, Ruxandra Ghitescu, Michaela Taschek and Vasilis Chrysanthopoulos • CineLink Industry Days participants

"CineLink really helps you move forward and open up to the international market"

Goran Matić, Ruxandra Ghitescu, Michaela Taschek and Vasilis Chrysanthopoulos • CineLink Industry Days participants

We sat down with some of the participants in the various strands of Sarajevo's CineLink Industry Days to get the lowdown on this year's edition  

27/08/2019 | Sarajevo 2019 | CineLink Industry Days

Guro Bruusgaard • Director of HIM

“We tell our stories and we greenlight ourselves, whether the film institute is on board or not”

Guro Bruusgaard • Director of HIM

We spoke to director Guro Bruusgaard about HIM, the winner of the Eurimages Lab Project Award in Haugesund last week  

27/08/2019 | Haugesund 2019 | New Nordic Films

Carlo Sironi • Director of Sole

“I’ve continued to wonder what my life would have been like if I’d actually become a father”

Carlo Sironi • Director of Sole

VENICE 2019: We talked to Carlo Sironi, director of Sole, selected in the Orizzonti section of the festival  

27/08/2019 | Venice 2019 | Orizzonti

Katalin Bársony • Director of How Far the Stars

"What I love in my film is the fact that you see a natural friendship between a world-class star and someone who comes from a small ghetto"

Katalin Bársony • Director of How Far the Stars

We chatted to Hungarian filmmaker Katalin Bársony about her feature How Far the Stars, which was shown in Sarajevo's Documentary Competition  

26/08/2019 | Sarajevo 2019 | Documentary Competition

Henner Winckler • Director of A Voluntary Year

“A Voluntary Year is more about our fears of how things could be than how they really are”

Henner Winckler • Director of A Voluntary Year

We sat down with German director Henner Winckler to pick apart A Voluntary Year, which he co-directed with Ulrich Köhler and which screened at Locarno  

23/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

Laurent Micheli • Director of Lola

“Let minorities re-appropriate their stories”

Laurent Micheli • Director of Lola

We met up with Laurent Micheli to talk about his latest film, Lola vers la mer, shown this week at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival  

23/08/2019 | Angoulême 2019

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