Interviews

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

8334 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 01/08/2025. 667 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Fanny Ovesen • Director of Live a Little

“If there’s one message that I want this film to convey, it’s: ‘Let your friend help you if you’re facing hardship’”

Fanny Ovesen • Director of Live a Little

The Swedish director breaks down her debut feature, which dwells on the exploration of boundaries and sexual identity  

03/02/2025 | Göteborg 2025

Pia Lundberg • Artistic director, Göteborg Film Festival

"All this talk of cinema crises - none of that can be noticed during these ten days"

Pia Lundberg • Artistic director, Göteborg Film Festival

The Swedish festival’s newly appointed artistic director shares some highlights from her first year in office  

03/02/2025 | Göteborg 2025

Daniel Calparsoro • Director of Mikaela

“It is very important in life not to forget about yourself”

Daniel Calparsoro • Director of Mikaela

The Spanish filmmaker discusses the challenges of filming in the snow and explains why he chose Antonio Resines as the lead actor in his new film  

31/01/2025 | /Spain

Vanja Kaludjercic • Director, International Film Festival Rotterdam

“The freedom we have here, and the ability to put this programme together, is something that we cherish with pride, but also with great responsibility”

Vanja Kaludjercic • Director, International Film Festival Rotterdam

IFFR’s head discusses the upcoming edition and the festival’s vision, blending the finest of arthouse, festival hits, and the best of Dutch cinema  

30/01/2025 | IFFR 2025

Stefano Chiavarini • Producer, Piroetta

“The work carried out by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund represents an Italian 'best practice' that should be valued as much as possible”

Stefano Chiavarini • Producer, Piroetta

We met the Italian producer in Trieste, after his participation in the Streamers Ecosystem lab, which took place during the industry sessions of When East...  

30/01/2025 | Trieste 2025 | WEMW

Jan-Henrik Stahlberg • Director of Muxmäuschenstill X

“This film offers the viewer the rare and great gift of trusting them – nowadays, there is fear everywhere”

Jan-Henrik Stahlberg • Director of Muxmäuschenstill X

The German director tells us more about low-budget production conditions and about his motivations to make this sequel to 2003’s Quiet as a Mouse  

30/01/2025 | Max Ophüls Prize 2025

Julie Rousson • General delegate, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

“If you cut short the beginning, how do you reach the end?”

Julie Rousson • General delegate, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

With the largest dedicated short-film festival in the world getting under way on 31 January, Cineuropa finds out more about the challenges currently faced...  

30/01/2025 | /France

Lauro Cress • Director of Ungeduld des Herzens

“I wanted to show that my protagonist wants to have a purpose in life; he wants to be part of something”

Lauro Cress • Director of Ungeduld des Herzens

The German director of the recent Max Ophüls Prize winner tells us more about his approach to his characters and how he went about casting the film  

29/01/2025 | Max Ophüls Prize 2025

Mathias Broe • Director of Sauna

“I wanted to be able to recognise what I experience myself in queer spaces, in intimate situations”

Mathias Broe • Director of Sauna

The Danish director lays out his community-centric approach to creating his first feature, a queer romance that also engages with Denmark’s social...  

28/01/2025 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Alireza Khatami • Director of The Things You Kill

“I wanted to break away from this cliché that every time you have to reflect, you have to go to a confined, dark space”

Alireza Khatami • Director of The Things You Kill

The Canadian-based Iranian director speaks to us about his cast, the emotional challenges he faced in making the film and his production process  

28/01/2025 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Amel Guellaty • Director of Where the Wind Comes From

“Road movies mostly use handheld cameras and natural light, but I wanted to go somewhere else that takes on the rules of the imagination”

Amel Guellaty • Director of Where the Wind Comes From

The Tunisian writer-director talks about blending the road-movie format with a free-spirited coming-of-age tale set across different parts of the country  

27/01/2025 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Cherien Dabis • Director of All That's Left of You

“One of my deepest desires with this film from the beginning has always been to create something that has the power to heal”

Cherien Dabis • Director of All That's Left of You

The Palestinian-Jordanian-US director talks about production design, family histories and generating narratives of healing amidst landscapes of trauma  

26/01/2025 | Sundance 2025 | Premieres

Nadia Fall • Director of Brides

“In film, it's very hard to represent social media poetically, without it feeling forced and a bit embarrassing”

Nadia Fall • Director of Brides

The British director unpicks her feature debut, which tells the story of two young women in search of what they think will be a better life  

25/01/2025 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Georgi M Unkovski • Director of DJ Ahmet

“One of the first images I had in my head was of this shepherd running into a techno rave in the forest”

Georgi M Unkovski • Director of DJ Ahmet

The Macedonian director spoke with Cineuropa about the striking sonic inspirations behind his feature debut, leading to an inventive take on the...  

24/01/2025 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Tarik Saleh • Director

"It’s our duty to ensure greater value is placed on film"

Tarik Saleh • Director

We met with the director behind The Nile Hilton Incident and Boy from Heaven, who’s also a member of the filmmakers’ jury at MyFrenchFilmFestival, while in...  

24/01/2025 | /Sweden/France

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