Interviews

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

8500 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 03/11/2025. 654 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Urska Djukic • Director of Good Girl

“I had the feeling of watching a bouquet of virgins about to explode”

Urska Djukic • Director of Good Girl

Cineuropa met up with young Slovenian director Urska Djukic, who tells us about her feature debut project Good Girl, on the occasion of the Cinemed Meetings  

23/10/2019 | Cinemed 2019 | Cinemed Meetings

Andreas Wildfang  • Member of the board of directors, EUROVOD

“We're in a market in which consumers' expectations are based on the experiences that mainstream VoD platforms deliver”

Andreas Wildfang • Member of the board of directors, EUROVOD

At Magnetic Latvia, we talked to Andreas Wildfang, member of the board of directors of EUROVOD, an association of VoD platforms specialising in arthouse,...  

23/10/2019 | Magnetic Latvia 2019

Nancy Kokolaki • Producer, Bad Crowd

“The combination of creative talents from different countries can be a bonus”

Nancy Kokolaki • Producer, Bad Crowd

Cineuropa met up with Greek producer Nancy Kokolaki (Bad Crowd) to discuss the project Souvenir by Thanos Psichogios, on the occasion of the Cinemed Meetings  

23/10/2019 | Cinemed 2019 | Cinemed Meetings

Mary Jimenez, Bénédicte Liénard • Directors of By the Name of Tania

"The film was born out of our relationship with reality and it took its own form"

Mary Jimenez, Bénédicte Liénard • Directors of By the Name of Tania

We met with Mary Jimenez and Bénédicte Liénard, the authors and directors of By the Name of Tania which is released in Belgium on Wednesday  

23/10/2019

Benito Zambrano • Director of Out in the Open

"Culture will never receive enough support"

Benito Zambrano • Director of Out in the Open

With his fourth film, the Spanish western Out in the Open, Benito Zambrano returns to Spanish cinemas and festivals after an eight-year break  

22/10/2019 | Seminci 2019

Marc Bordure • Producer, Agat Films & Ex Nihilo

“We are interested in social and humanistic issues in France and beyond”

Marc Bordure • Producer, Agat Films & Ex Nihilo

Cineuropa met up with French producer Marc Bordure of Agat Films & Ex Nihilo, who told us about the project Pearl Tears by Levon Minasian, on the occasion...  

22/10/2019 | Cinemed 2019 | Cinémed Meetings

Dita Rietuma  • Head, National Film Centre of Latvia

“In 2018, we broke all of our admissions records and we produced the highest number of films ever”

Dita Rietuma • Head, National Film Centre of Latvia

We had a chat with Dita Rietuma, the head of the National Film Centre of Latvia, whose speech opened the Magnetic Latvia Film Conference last week  

22/10/2019 | Magnetic Latvia 2019

Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov, Fejmi Daut, Samir Ljuma, Atanas Georgiev, Branislav Nikolov, Atidze Muratova • Crew of Honeyland

"The message in Honeyland has an existential root"

Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov, Fejmi Daut, Samir Ljuma, Atanas Georgiev, Branislav Nikolov, Atidze Muratova • Crew of Honeyland

We present an extensive interview with the directors, crew and incredible protagonist of the documentary hit Honeyland, made at MakeDox Film Festival by our...  

19/10/2019

Christophe Leparc • Director, Cinemed

"Cinemed’s editorial line has to include socially engaged cinema"

Christophe Leparc • Director, Cinemed

We met with Christophe Leparc, the director of the Cinemed - Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, whose 41st edition is running 18-27 October  

18/10/2019 | Cinemed 2019

Sandra Seeling Lipski • Director, Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival

"It’s really important to keep the level of quality very high"

Sandra Seeling Lipski • Director, Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival

We chatted to Sandra Seeling Lipski, founder and director of the Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival, the eighth edition of which will unspool...  

17/10/2019

Lorcan Finnegan  • Director of Vivarium

“There is an element of horror in the everyday”

Lorcan Finnegan • Director of Vivarium

We talked to Lorcan Finnegan, the Dublin-born director of Vivarium, a brand-new take on the suburban dream  

17/10/2019 | Sitges 2019

Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia • Director of The Platform

"Humanity will have to move towards the fair distribution of wealth"

Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia • Director of The Platform

Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia triumphed at the 52nd Sitges Film Festival, winning four awards for his first work The Platform, including Best Film in the Official...  

16/10/2019 | Sitges 2019

Boris Lojkine • Director of Camille

"Camille is me"

Boris Lojkine • Director of Camille

French filmmaker Boris Lojkine tells us about his second feature, Camille, revealed in Locarno and distributed in France by Pyramide  

16/10/2019

Leopold Grün  • Managing director of AG Verleih, organiser of European Work in Progress Cologne

“We wanted to do something for the benefit of European arthouse cinema and movie theatres”

Leopold Grün • Managing director of AG Verleih, organiser of European Work in Progress Cologne

We talked to Leopold Grün, managing director of AG Verleih and organiser of European Work in Progress Cologne (EWIP), ahead of the second edition of the...  

15/10/2019 | European Work in Progress Cologne 2019

Raffaella Delvecchio and Roberto Corciulo  • International production manager and film fund manager, Apulia Film Commission

“A model for the good use and proper spending of European funds”

Raffaella Delvecchio and Roberto Corciulo • International production manager and film fund manager, Apulia Film Commission

Raffaella Delvecchio and Roberto Corciulo of the Apulia Film Commission talk to us about the advantages of shooting in Puglia and the new funds made...  

15/10/2019 | Apulia Film Forum 2019

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