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.

 
Eric Lagess  • CEO, Pyramide

“At Pyramide, we think that it is important that the films are screened in front of different audiences”

Eric Lagess • CEO, Pyramide

We chatted with Eric Lagess about Pyramide’s editorial line  

01/09/2019 | Euro Film Fest

Jared P Scott  • Director of The Great Green Wall

"An ambitious 8,000-kilometre-long wall of trees from Senegal to Djibouti"

Jared P Scott • Director of The Great Green Wall

VENICE 2019: US director Jared P Scott, who has already made a number of award-winning climate documentaries, talks to us about The Great Green Wall,...  

01/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori

Elio Germano, Omar Rashid   • Directors of Segnale d'allarme - La mia battaglia

"We create a virtual theatre with the headsets, but there's much more to it than just filming a play"

Elio Germano, Omar Rashid • Directors of Segnale d'allarme - La mia battaglia

VENICE 2019: We spoke to Elio Germano and Omar Rashid about their VR film Segnale d'allarme - La mia battaglia, presented in the Giornate degli Autori  

01/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori

Amjad Abu Alala  • Director of You Will Die at 20

"We Sudanese people are all calling for freedom"

Amjad Abu Alala • Director of You Will Die at 20

VENICE 2019: Sudanese director Amjad Abu Alala talks to us about his feature debut, You Will Die at 20, an international co-production selected in the...  

01/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori

Giancarlo Soldi  • Director of Cercando Valentina

"I see the world through comic strips"

Giancarlo Soldi • Director of Cercando Valentina

VENICE 2019: During the Giornate degli Autori, director Giancarlo Soldi talked to us about his new documentary, Cercando Valentina, dedicated to Guido...  

31/08/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori

Fabienne Berthaud  • Director of A Bigger World

"A film that answers several questions about the visible and the invisible"

Fabienne Berthaud • Director of A Bigger World

VENICE 2019: French director Fabienne Berthaud talked to us about A Bigger World, selected in the Giornate degli Autori, based on a true story, and starring...  

31/08/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori

Mario Martone  • Director of The Mayor of Rione Sanità

"I transposed De Filippo’s play to today, without rhetorical artifice"

Mario Martone • Director of The Mayor of Rione Sanità

VENICE 2019: Competing for the Golden Lion in Venice, The Mayor of Rione Sanità is a rereading of a great classic from Eduardo De Filippo. We met with its...  

31/08/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Dominik Moll • Director of Only The Animals

"A mystery thriller with an original structure"

Dominik Moll • Director of Only The Animals

VENICE 2019: French-German director Dominik Moll talks to us about his new feature Only the Animals, screened as the opening film of the Giornate degli Autori  

31/08/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori

Igort • Director of 5 Is the Perfect Number

"Pain often leads us to discover new things"

Igort • Director of 5 Is the Perfect Number

VENICE 2019: Italian graphic novelist Igort talks about his directorial debut, 5 Is the Perfect Number, based on his graphic novel of the same name and...  

31/08/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori

Paco Plaza • Director of Eye for an Eye

"I desperately needed to make this film"

Paco Plaza • Director of Eye for an Eye

Paco Plaza’s Eye for an Eye, a hard-hitting revenge flick and existential thriller that is guaranteed to leave you rattled, starring Luis Tosar and shot in...  

30/08/2019

Mantas Kvedaravičius  • Director of Parthenon

“The ‘characters’ of the film turned into collaborators, as did their stories”

Mantas Kvedaravičius • Director of Parthenon

VENICE 2019: We spoke to Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravičius, whose Parthenon is being screened in the Venice International Film Critics’ Week this year  

30/08/2019 | Venice 2019 | International Film Critics’ Week

Mark Jenkin • Director of Bait

“People can see whatever they want to see in the movie; it's the audience's film now”

Mark Jenkin • Director of Bait

We sat down with British helmer Mark Jenkin to unpick his latest, critically acclaimed feature Bait, which goes on general release in the UK today  

30/08/2019

Hirokazu Kore-eda  • Director of The Truth

“There is always some loneliness that comes with success”

Hirokazu Kore-eda • Director of The Truth

VENICE 2019: Cineuropa met up with acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, who left his home country for musings on family and fame in The Truth  

30/08/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Akan Satayev  • President, Almaty Film Festival

“The Almaty Film Festival provides a chance to indulge fully in the atmosphere of world cinema and to be inspired”

Akan Satayev • President, Almaty Film Festival

We talked to president of the Almaty Film Festival Akan Satayev to find out more about the Kazakh gathering’s impending second edition  

29/08/2019 | Almaty 2019

Irina Șofletea • Policy officer, European Comission

"For Creative Europe MEDIA it is very important to get industry players together"

Irina Șofletea • Policy officer, European Comission

We met up with European Comission policy officer Irina Șofletea during the think tank organised at Sarajevo's CineLink Industry Days to discuss current...  

29/08/2019 | Sarajevo 2019 | CineLink Industry Days

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