Interviews

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

8573 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 15/12/2025. 635 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Gunnar Dedio • Producer, LOOKSfilm

“There isn’t any hierarchy for me between the formats or distribution channels”

Gunnar Dedio • Producer, LOOKSfilm

German Films met up with Gunnar Dedio, producer for LOOKSfilm, to discuss his approach to the profession  

04/11/2019 | Germany

Jani Pösö • Producer of Snot and Splash

“Kids are humans too, just not as tall as the adults”

Jani Pösö • Producer of Snot and Splash

Cineuropa chatted to Jani Pösö, producer of Snot and Splash, which was awarded the Eurimages Co-production Development Award during the Junior Co-production...  

31/10/2019 | Cinekid 2019 | Cinekid for Professionals

Nini Bull Robsahm • Director of Lake of Death

"Lake of Death gave me the opportunity to add a more personal touch"

Nini Bull Robsahm • Director of Lake of Death

Norwegian director Nini Bull Robsahm introduces us to Lake of Death, her horror film released in Norway a few days ahead of Halloween. But is this movie a...  

31/10/2019

Maria Veijalainen • Director of Diva of Finland

“This film is not just for girls”

Maria Veijalainen • Director of Diva of Finland

Cineuropa talked to Finnish director Maria Veijalainen about her debut feature Diva of Finland, now playing in cinemas in her homeland  

31/10/2019

Andrei Konchalovsky • Director of The Sin

“Michelangelo was lucky to be considered a genius”

Andrei Konchalovsky • Director of The Sin

Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky tells us about The Sin, his film about Michelangelo and the special closing event of the 14th Rome Film Fest  

31/10/2019 | Rome 2019

Leena Pasanen • Artistic director, DOK Leipzig

"I salute the young generation of filmmakers for their fearless attitude to push boundaries"

Leena Pasanen • Artistic director, DOK Leipzig

We chatted to Leena Pasanen, artistic director of DOK Leipzig, who is leaving after five years to head the Biografilm Festival in Bologna  

29/10/2019 | DOK Leipzig 2019

Alessandro Piva • Director of Santa subito

“A story with two victims”

Alessandro Piva • Director of Santa subito

Alessandro Piva talks to us about Santa Subito, a documentary which explores a femicide carried out in Puglia in 1991 and which won the Audience Award at...  

28/10/2019 | Rome 2019

Yoon Sung-A • Director of Overseas

"Exile, a feeling of loss: these were things which I was able to understand"

Yoon Sung-A • Director of Overseas

Cinergie met with the director Yoon Sung-A to talk about her documentary Overseas, which has just screened at the Namur International French-Language Film...  

26/10/2019 | Namur 2019

Li Ning  • CEO, New Classics Media, producer and distributor

“Clarifying the target audience of the film is the first step to success”

Li Ning • CEO, New Classics Media, producer and distributor

At the fifth Sino-European Project Lab in Beijing, we caught up with Li Ning, CEO of the successful Chinese entertainment group New Classics Media  

25/10/2019 | Bridging the Dragon 2019

Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov  • Directors-producers of Triumph

“This story is a remarkable metaphor for the fake democracy that we have been living in to this day”

Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov • Directors-producers of Triumph

Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov talk to us about their new project, Triumph, which scooped the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at Rome’s MIA  

25/10/2019 | MIA 2019

Dumitru Budrala  • Founding director, Astra Film Festival

“It is not enough to have a history; it is more important to be relevant”

Dumitru Budrala • Founding director, Astra Film Festival

We chatted to Dumitru Budrala, founding director of the Astra Film Festival, about the relationship between experience and relevance, and about the...  

24/10/2019 | Astra 2019

Csilla Kató  • Head of programming, Astra Film Festival

“The aspect I love most about our audience is its curiosity”

Csilla Kató • Head of programming, Astra Film Festival

We chatted to Csilla Kató, head of programming at the Astra Film Festival, about the challenges of curating Romania’s longest-running documentary film gathering  

24/10/2019 | Astra 2019

Lucia Milazzotto  • Director, MIA

“We try to build bridges so that our industry can benefit from them”

Lucia Milazzotto • Director, MIA

We sat down with Lucia Milazzotto, the head of the MIA, in Rome to find out more about the film market’s winning formula  

24/10/2019 | MIA 2019

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

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