Interviews

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

8477 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 11/10/2025. 655 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Ana Maria Rossi  • Director of Ajvar

“I felt the urgent need to tell a story about inertia and a sense of powerlessness”

Ana Maria Rossi • Director of Ajvar

We had the opportunity to chat with Ana Maria Rossi, the director of the Serbian-Montenegrin drama Ajvar, one of the titles selected for the main...  

29/07/2019 | Palić 2019

Tymur Yashchenko  • Director of U311 Cherkasy

“This film came from the heart”

Tymur Yashchenko • Director of U311 Cherkasy

We met up with debuting Polish-based Ukrainian director Tymur Yashchenko to talk about his Odesa-screened first feature, U311 Cherkasy  

25/07/2019 | Odesa 2019

Melik Karapetyan  • Director, GAIFF Pro

"Creating professional networks is more important than handing out the awards"

Melik Karapetyan • Director, GAIFF Pro

Cineuropa visited the Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival's industry section, GAIFF Pro, and talked to its director, Melik Karapetyan  

25/07/2019 | Golden Apricot 2019 | GAIFF Pro

Nadia Parfan • Director of Heat Singers

"In the beginning pitching was a very painful process for me, but it became very inspiring and helpful"

Nadia Parfan • Director of Heat Singers

Ukrainian filmmaker Nadia Parfan talked to us about her documentary Heat Singers, which screened in Odesa after having world-premiered at Switzerland's...  

24/07/2019 | Odesa 2019

GoCritic! Interview: Stefan Malešević  • Director of Mamonga

"Film is a dialogue in which you have to make an effort to complete the missing parts, and by doing so, it becomes more valuable for you"

GoCritic! Interview: Stefan Malešević • Director of Mamonga

We spoke to young Serbian director Stefan Malešević about his feature debut Mamonga, which premiered at KVIFF’s East of the West Competition  

24/07/2019 | GoCritic! | Karlovy Vary 2019

Julia Sinkevych • General producer, Odesa International Film Festival

"Our industry platform is widening the borders of the Eastern Partnership countries, since we are in the geographical middle"

Julia Sinkevych • General producer, Odesa International Film Festival

Odesa International Film Festival general producer Julia Sinkevych talked to us about how the gathering is helping the local industry, and also that of the...  

24/07/2019 | Odesa 2019

Viktoriya Tigipko • President, Odesa International Film Festival

"Our goal is to enable new technologies to approach the film industry and vice versa"

Viktoriya Tigipko • President, Odesa International Film Festival

We have met up with Odesa International Film Festival president Viktoriya Tigipko, who discussed the features, the strengths and the aims of the gathering...  

24/07/2019 | Odesa 2019

Nenad Dukić  • Programmer, European Film Festival Palić

“Fostering young talents is one of the aims of any festival”

Nenad Dukić • Programmer, European Film Festival Palić

We sat down with Nenad Dukić, a programmer for European Film Festival Palić, one of the most prominent events in the Balkan region  

24/07/2019 | Palić 2019

Alexe Poukine • Director of That Which Does Not Kill

"Most of my female friends have told me they’ve had a similar experience"

Alexe Poukine • Director of That Which Does Not Kill

Cinergie met with director Alexe Poukine to talk about her second feature film, That Which Does Not Kill , unveiled in competition at the Visions du Réel...  

23/07/2019

Interviews at the unveiling of the 2019 LUX Prize Official Selection

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Interviews at the unveiling of the 2019 LUX Prize Official Selection

Director Benedikt Erlingsson, MEP Helga Trüpel and journalist Barbara Majsa talked to us at the LUX Prize Official Selection unveiling during the 54th...  

18/07/2019 | LUX Prize 2019

Lili Hinstin • Artistic director, Locarno Film Festival

"I want the Locarno Film Festival to be very free in its choices"

Lili Hinstin • Artistic director, Locarno Film Festival

We met with Locarno Film Festival's new artistic director Lili Hinstin to discuss the 72nd edition of the event, as well as her ambitions for the festival...  

18/07/2019 | Locarno 2019

Marta Lallana, Ivet Castelo • Directors of Ojos Negros

"We feel connected to films from another time"

Marta Lallana, Ivet Castelo • Directors of Ojos Negros

We caught up with the very young filmmakers Marta Lallana and Ivet Castelo who were honoured in the Zonazine section of the recent Malaga Film Festival for...  

18/07/2019

Pavol Pekarčík • Director of Silent Days

“The intention was to create a photograph containing a film within itself”

Pavol Pekarčík • Director of Silent Days

Slovakian filmmaker Pavol Pekarčík talks to Cineuropa about Silent Days, portraying a marginalised group within a marginalised group, authenticity and the...  

18/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | East of the West

Fabian Maubach, Jochen Laube • Producers, Sommerhaus Filmproduktion

“We are not interested in producing films according to the book”

Fabian Maubach, Jochen Laube • Producers, Sommerhaus Filmproduktion

German Films talked to producers Jochen Laube and Fabian Maubach about their work through their outfit Sommerhaus Filmproduktion  

18/07/2019

Christian Alvart • Director of Dogs of Berlin

“The film has to have a voice“

Christian Alvart • Director of Dogs of Berlin

Coming off the successful Netflix series Dogs of Berlin, Christian Alvart talks to German Films about his past, current and future projects  

16/07/2019

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