Interviews

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

8293 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 03/07/2025. 661 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Jorge Cadena  • Director of The Jarariju Sisters

“I want to bring out a new critical perspective of our patriarchal and heteronormative society”

Jorge Cadena • Director of The Jarariju Sisters

We asked Colombian director Jorge Cadena to help us explore his Swiss short film The Jarariju Sisters, which will be at the EFP’s Future Frames at Karlovy Vary  

01/07/2019 | Future Frames 2019

Marko Škop  • Director of Let There Be Light

Let There Be Light is my own authentic message”

Marko Škop • Director of Let There Be Light

Cineuropa talked to Slovakian writer-director Marko Škop about Let There Be Light, his follow-up to the critically acclaimed Eva Nová, the polarisation of...  

01/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | Competition

Hugo Rosák  • Head of industry, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

“Discovering new projects is a passion for our entire team”

Hugo Rosák • Head of industry, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Head of industry at KVIFF Hugo Rosák talks to us about the First Cut Lab, Eastern Promises and scouting new projects  

01/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | KVIFF Eastern Promises

Jonás Trueba • Director of The August Virgin

"I enjoy feeling like a tourist in my own city"

Jonás Trueba • Director of The August Virgin

Spanish filmmaker Jonás Trueba is visiting Karlovy Vary for the first time with his fifth film, The August Virgin, shot on the streets of Madrid during last...  

28/06/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019

GoCritic! Interview: Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre  • Director, scholar, founder of MJSTP Films

"It is our turn to re-envision the world"

GoCritic! Interview: Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre • Director, scholar, founder of MJSTP Films

We interviewed the acclaimed Canadian feminist director, producer and scholar who presented her PhD research on feminist discourse in the 1970s Quebec...  

27/06/2019 | GoCritic! | Animafest Zagreb 2019

Anna Roller • Director of The Last Children of Paradise

“I love to explore the things that are happening just inside our heads - and in a movie we can show them”

Anna Roller • Director of The Last Children of Paradise

Anna Roller spoke to Cineuropa about her short The Last Children of Paradise before it screens as part of EFP’s Future Frames at the Karlovy Vary...  

27/06/2019 | Future Frames 2019

Armand Rovira • Director of Letters to Paul Morrissey

"Pop culture is inside of me"

Armand Rovira • Director of Letters to Paul Morrissey

The Spanish filmmaker and teacher Armand Rovira attended the 34th Valencia International Film Festival Cinema Jove to present his risky, cinephile and...  

27/06/2019 | Cinema Jove 2019

Peter Sant  • Director of Of Time and the Sea

“Filmmaking is almost an extension of colonialism”

Peter Sant • Director of Of Time and the Sea

We sat down with Australian director Peter Sant, who broke down his Maltese-language feature debut, Of Time and the Sea, which screened at Valletta last week  

26/06/2019 | Valletta 2019

Signe Birkova • Director of He Was Called Chaos Bērziņš

“As long as there is silver on film strip – you cannot lose”

Signe Birkova • Director of He Was Called Chaos Bērziņš

As short film He Was Called Chaos Bērziņš looks forward to its international premiere at Karlovy Vary, as part of EFP's Future Frames, Cineuropa talked to...  

26/06/2019 | Future Frames 2019

Karel Och  • Artistic director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

“We want to challenge the audience with a charming attack on the brain and the heart”

Karel Och • Artistic director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Karel Och, the artistic director of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, discusses the expansion of its territorial scope and its “gently edgy”...  

26/06/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019

István Kovács • Director of A Siege

“The desperate search for our humanity and dignity is something we will never abandon”

István Kovács • Director of A Siege

Hungarian filmmaker István Kovács talked to us about his short film A Siege, which prepares to screen as part of EFP’s Future Frames at Karlovy Vary  

25/06/2019 | Future Frames 2019

Lasse Saarinen  • CEO, Finnish Film Foundation

“I don’t make promises I’m not sure I can keep”

Lasse Saarinen • CEO, Finnish Film Foundation

Cineuropa went to Helsinki to talk to Lasse Saarinen, the chief executive officer of the Finnish Film Foundation, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary...  

25/06/2019

GoCritic! Interview: Nancy Denney-Phelps  • Animation journalist and historian

"I like to give positive press to good films"

GoCritic! Interview: Nancy Denney-Phelps • Animation journalist and historian

GoCritic! interviews a critic - an omnipresent figure in the world of animation, and one of the first journalists to focus on this specific niche form  

24/06/2019 | GoCritic! | Animafest Zagreb 2019

Leonardo Mouramateus  • Director of Antonio One Two Three

“I don’t even remember what image I had of my films before making them”

Leonardo Mouramateus • Director of Antonio One Two Three

Two years after its first screening, in Rotterdam, Leonardo Mouramateus’ Antonio One Two Three premieres where it all began, in Lisbon; we chatted to him...  

24/06/2019

Eileen Byrne  • Director of Touch Me

“I was absolutely amazed by the connection my actors had and the emotions that were already palpable”

Eileen Byrne • Director of Touch Me

As her short film Touch Me prepared to screen at EFP’s Future Frames at Karlovy Vary, we caught up with Luxembourg-born filmmaker Eileen Byrne to talk about it  

24/06/2019 | Future Frames 2019

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