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. 659 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Eloy Enciso  • Director of Endless Night

“Cinema is a vehicle for exploration as well as storytelling”

Eloy Enciso • Director of Endless Night

Galician director Eloy Enciso, competing at the Locarno International Film Festival with his second feature, Endless Night, gives us the inside story on his...  

14/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

Damien Manivel  • Director of Isadora’s Children

"I try to always look at the actors as if they were dancing"

Damien Manivel • Director of Isadora’s Children

French director Damien Manivel tells us about his latest film Isadora’s Children, screening in International Competition in Locarno  

14/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

João Nicolau  • Director of Technoboss

“As a director, the use of music in film is one of the subjects that interests me the most”

João Nicolau • Director of Technoboss

Portuguese director João Nicolau talks to us about his latest film Technoboss screened in competition in Locarno  

14/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

Rúnar Rúnarsson • Director of Echo

“Making Echo was like jumping into a deep pool in complete darkness”

Rúnar Rúnarsson • Director of Echo

Cineuropa caught up with Icelandic filmmaker Rúnar Rúnarsson, who is showing his latest film, Echo, at Locarno  

13/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

Matjaž Ivanišin • Director of Oroslan

“I believe that every person can be a story”

Matjaž Ivanišin • Director of Oroslan

We talked to Slovenian director Matjaž Ivanišin ahead of the premiere of his film Oroslan at Locarno  

13/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Filmmakers of the Present

Maya Da-Rin • Director of The Fever

“Cinema has the propensity to exoticize indigenous peoples”

Maya Da-Rin • Director of The Fever

Brazilian director Maya Da-Rin tells us about her debut feature, The Fever, selected in competition in Locarno  

12/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

Davide Maldi • Director of The Young Observant

“With my works, I always begin by studying an ancient rite, which I then try to transpose into modern-day society”

Davide Maldi • Director of The Young Observant

We interviewed Davide Maldi to discuss his latest film The Young Observant, which follows a group of hospitality and catering school students enrolled on a...  

08/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Filmmakers of the Present

Xawery Żuławski  • Director of Bird Talk

“This film is anti-fascist, it’s really that simple”

Xawery Żuławski • Director of Bird Talk

Cineuropa met with Polish filmmaker Xawery Żuławski, celebrating the world premiere of his latest film Bird Talk at the New Horizons International Film Festival  

05/08/2019 | New Horizons 2019

Martín Rosete  • Director of Remember Me

“This is a profession that’s born of passion”

Martín Rosete • Director of Remember Me

Los Angeles-based Spaniard Martín Rosete put his faith in Bruce Dern as the star of Remember Me, in which he appeals to primitive emotions and the power of...  

01/08/2019

Astrid Kahmke • Creative director, Bavarian Film Centre

“The creative people in VR have made a huge leap forward”

Astrid Kahmke • Creative director, Bavarian Film Centre

We talked to Astrid Kahmke, creative director of the Bavarian Film Centre, about her experience of curating Virtual Worlds at Filmfest München earlier this...  

31/07/2019 | Filmfest München 2019

Sara Dosa  • Director of The Seer and the Unseen

“In Iceland, magic is normal”

Sara Dosa • Director of The Seer and the Unseen

Cineuropa met up with California-based director Sara Dosa to talk about her new Icelandic-US film The Seer and the Unseen after its European premiere at New...  

31/07/2019 | New Horizons 2019

Dana Budisavljević  • Director of The Diary of Diana B.

“Docu-fiction was the optimal solution”

Dana Budisavljević • Director of The Diary of Diana B.

Cineuropa sat down with Dana Budisavljević to talk about her film The Diary of Diana B., which won big at Pula recently  

30/07/2019 | Pula 2019

Ana Maria Rossi  • Director of Ajvar

“I felt the urgent need to tell a story about inertia and a sense of powerlessness”

Ana Maria Rossi • Director of Ajvar

We had the opportunity to chat with Ana Maria Rossi, the director of the Serbian-Montenegrin drama Ajvar, one of the titles selected for the main...  

29/07/2019 | Palić 2019

Tymur Yashchenko  • Director of U311 Cherkasy

“This film came from the heart”

Tymur Yashchenko • Director of U311 Cherkasy

We met up with debuting Polish-based Ukrainian director Tymur Yashchenko to talk about his Odesa-screened first feature, U311 Cherkasy  

25/07/2019 | Odesa 2019

Melik Karapetyan  • Director, GAIFF Pro

"Creating professional networks is more important than handing out the awards"

Melik Karapetyan • Director, GAIFF Pro

Cineuropa visited the Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival's industry section, GAIFF Pro, and talked to its director, Melik Karapetyan  

25/07/2019 | Golden Apricot 2019 | GAIFF Pro

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