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.

 
Anthony Jerjen • Director of Inherit the Viper

"The way we film violence in Europe isn’t the same as in the US"

Anthony Jerjen • Director of Inherit the Viper

Young, Swiss director Anthony Jerjen chats with us about his first feature film Inherit the Viper, presented in a world premiere at the Zurich Film Festival  

04/10/2019 | Zurich 2019

Juliana Fanjul  • Director of Silence radio

“You have to go deep to find this unique gaze which sets you apart as an auteur”

Juliana Fanjul • Director of Silence radio

At the Zurich Film Festival, Cineuropa had a chat with Juliana Fanjul, director of Silence radio, about Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui  

04/10/2019 | Zurich 2019

Nunzia De Stefano • Director of Nevia

“It wasn’t easy to talk about myself”

Nunzia De Stefano • Director of Nevia

Neapolitan director Nunzia De Stefano tells Cineuropa all about her autobiographically inspired film, Nevia  

02/10/2019

Andrea Di Stefano  • Director of The Informer

“Criminals love to talk about themselves”

Andrea Di Stefano • Director of The Informer

Following the lead of Andrea Di Stefano, the director of The Informer, Cineuropa delved right into the Polish criminal underworld of New York  

02/10/2019 | Zurich 2019

Marjane Satrapi  • Director of Radioactive

“I love Marie Curie because she doesn’t compromise”

Marjane Satrapi • Director of Radioactive

At the Zurich Film Festival, Cineuropa caught up with director Marjane Satrapi to talk about Radioactive and her fascination with Marie Curie  

02/10/2019 | Zurich 2019

Julie Delpy  • Director of My Zoe

“We are on the cusp of big issues that we haven't addressed emotionally”

Julie Delpy • Director of My Zoe

Cineuropa sat down with Julie Delpy at the Zurich Film Festival, where she was presenting her new film, My Zoe  

02/10/2019 | Zurich 2019

Leilani Farha • UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, protagonist of Push

"What is happening is a violation of human rights"

Leilani Farha • UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, protagonist of Push

UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing Leilani Farha talks about her participation in Swedish documentary Push, directed by Fredrik Gertten  

01/10/2019

Fredrik Gertten • Director of Push

"This film is an investigation of what is going on in our cities"

Fredrik Gertten • Director of Push

Swedish director Fredrik Gertten introduces his latest documentary, Push, released in ten countries across Europe in collaboration with Moving Docs  

01/10/2019

Ignas Jonynas and Kristupas Sabolius  • Director and screenwriter of Invisible

"Our choreographer was also an important scriptwriter, as he wrote the whole choreography of the two characters’ feelings"

Ignas Jonynas and Kristupas Sabolius • Director and screenwriter of Invisible

We sat down with Ignas Jonynas and Kristupas Sabolius to talk about their second, San Sebastián-screened film, Invisible, which addresses topics such as...  

01/10/2019 | San Sebastián 2019 | New Directors

Richard Phelan and Will Becher  • Directors of A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

“We made 2001: A Space Odyssey’s Monolith into a burnt piece of toast”

Richard Phelan and Will Becher • Directors of A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

Cineuropa caught up with Richard Phelan and Will Becher, the masterminds behind A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, accompanied in Zurich by their cast in...  

01/10/2019 | Zurich 2019

Úna Feely  • Co-director, IndieCork

“A big part of IndieCork’s role is showcasing Irish talent and genuinely supporting filmmakers”

Úna Feely • Co-director, IndieCork

We talked about the upcoming edition of Ireland’s IndieCork Festival with Úna Feely, its co-director  

01/10/2019 | IndieCork 2019

Felix von Boehm • Producer, Lupa Film

“The people we work with also have something in common - they are highly original artists"

Felix von Boehm • Producer, Lupa Film

German Films met up with producer Felix von Boehm of Lupa Film to understand better his approach to the profession  

30/09/2019

Paco Cabezas  • Director of Adiós

“I’ve had a lot of experience of working in Hollywood”

Paco Cabezas • Director of Adiós

Although unable to make it to San Sebastián in person, Seville-born director Paco Cabezas was happy to chat about his fifth film, Adiós, which is being...  

30/09/2019 | San Sebastián 2019

Niklaus Hilber  • Director of Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser

“I am a filmmaker – I try to create myths”

Niklaus Hilber • Director of Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser

Cineuropa met up with Niklaus Hilber, the director of this year’s Zurich opening film, Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser  

30/09/2019 | Zurich 2019

Laura Baumeister  • Director of Daughter of Rage

“This will be the first fiction film directed by a Nicaraguan woman”

Laura Baumeister • Director of Daughter of Rage

We interviewed Nicaraguan director Laura Baumeister, who has just been awarded the EFADs–CAACI Europe-Latin America Co-Production Grant in San Sebastián for...  

30/09/2019 | San Sebastián 2019 | San Sebastián Industry

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