Interviews

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

8499 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 30/10/2025. 653 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Joe Odagiri • Director of They Say Nothing Stays the Same

"The bridge is useful for people, but like that a beautiful culture is going to disappear"

Joe Odagiri • Director of They Say Nothing Stays the Same

VENICE 2019: Japanese star Joe Odagiri presents his feature-length directorial debut, They Say Nothing Stays the Same, in the Giornate degli Autori  

10/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori

Jorunn Myklebust Syversen • Director of Disco

“I’m simply a witness. My film is more of an observation than a denunciation”

Jorunn Myklebust Syversen • Director of Disco

At our request, Norwegian director Jorunn Myklebust Syversen unpicks her second feature film Disco, a work presented in the Discovery section of the Toronto...  

10/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Discovery

Giuseppe Capotondi • Director of The Burnt Orange Heresy

“I wanted to give my film a Hitchcockian flair”

Giuseppe Capotondi • Director of The Burnt Orange Heresy

VENICE 2019: We talked to Giuseppe Capotondi, the director of this year’s closing film, The Burnt Orange Heresy, starring Elizabeth Debicki, Claes Bang and…...  

09/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Out of Competition

Anastasia Mikova and Yann Arthus-Bertrand • Directors of Woman

“Sometimes, the interviewee would say everything and then collapse”

Anastasia Mikova and Yann Arthus-Bertrand • Directors of Woman

VENICE 2019: Cineuropa sat down with co-directors Anastasia Mikova and Yann Arthus-Bertrand to talk about Woman, a documentary in which women from across...  

09/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Out of Competition

Alex Gibney  • Director of Citizen K

“I thought Khodorkovsky’s story might be an opportunity to talk about how power works in Russia”

Alex Gibney • Director of Citizen K

VENICE 2019: American documentarian Alex Gibney discusses his Citizen K and tells Cineuropa a bunch of Russian tales at the Venice Film Festival  

09/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Out of Competition

Antoine de Bary  • Director of My Days of Glory

“If you don't get along with Adrian, you’ll leave the room after half an hour”

Antoine de Bary • Director of My Days of Glory

VENICE 2019: Cineuropa sat down with French director Antoine de Bary to talk about his debut feature, My Days of Glory, which premiered in Orizzonti and...  

09/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Orizzonti

Costa-Gavras  • Director of Adults in the Room

“This movie is politics, dialogue and action”

Costa-Gavras • Director of Adults in the Room

VENICE 2019: Cineuropa caught up with French-Greek director Costa-Gavras to talk about his new film, Adults in the Room, screening Out of Competition  

09/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Out of Competition

Valentyn Vasyanovych  • Director of Atlantis

“In Ukraine, you have to be an optimist”

Valentyn Vasyanovych • Director of Atlantis

VENICE 2019: With the help of producer Vladimir Yatsenko, this time providing interpretation, Cineuropa chatted to Valentyn Vasyanovych about Atlantis,...  

09/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Orizzonti

Robert Guédiguian  • Director of Gloria Mundi

“I don’t judge my characters; I judge the society that produces them”

Robert Guédiguian • Director of Gloria Mundi

VENICE 2019: Two years after The House by the Sea, Cineuropa reunites with French filmmaker Robert Guédiguian at Venice to discuss Gloria Mundi  

08/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Tiago Guedes  • Director of The Domain

The Domain is the story of a man who tries to keep his legacy intact”

Tiago Guedes • Director of The Domain

VENICE 2019: Cineuropa braved the rain to meet with Portuguese filmmaker Tiago Guedes, who is presenting his new movie, The Domain, at Venice and soon at...  

07/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Carolina Rosi and Didi Gnocchi  • Directors of Citizen Rosi

“My father was convinced that a film was something that could improve society”

Carolina Rosi and Didi Gnocchi • Directors of Citizen Rosi

VENICE 2019: Didi Gnocchi and Carolina Rosi took a moment to discuss their personal documentary on director Francesco Rosi, Citizen Rosi  

06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Out of Competition

Rodrigo Sorogoyen  • Director of Madre

“As soon as you see a woman in her forties and a young boy, there’s something that doesn't work”

Rodrigo Sorogoyen • Director of Madre

VENICE 2019: Cineuropa chatted with Spanish helmer Rodrigo Sorogoyen about his feature Madre, playing in the Orizzonti section  

06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Orizzonti

Tomaso Pessina  • Director of Emilio Vedova. Dalla parte del naufragio

“A painterly hallmark that constituted the hallmark of that entire era”

Tomaso Pessina • Director of Emilio Vedova. Dalla parte del naufragio

VENICE 2019: Italian director Tomaso Pessina talks to us about his documentary Emilio Vedova. Dalla parte del naufragio, presented in Giornate degli Autori  

06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori

Manele Labidi • Director of Arab Blues

"A way to treat the way the Tunisian Revolution had an impact on people’s minds"

Manele Labidi • Director of Arab Blues

VENICE 2019: French-Tunisian director Manele Labidi has presented her feature debut, Arab Blues, starring Golshifteh Farahani, in the Giornate degli Autori  

06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori

Mattie Do  • Director of The Long Walk

"A reflection about faith and destiny"

Mattie Do • Director of The Long Walk

VENICE 2019: Laotian director Mattie Do, who grew up in Los Angeles, talks to us about her new film The Long Walk, in competition in the Giornate degli Autori  

06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori

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