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 02/11/2025. 653 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Christina Lindberg  • Actress

“I wanted to be more than just my body”

Christina Lindberg • Actress

Cineuropa met up with Christina Lindberg, the Swedish superstar of “artsploitation”, in Poland as she presented her cult 1973 erotic drama Anita: Swedish...  

21/08/2019 | New Horizons 2019

Simon Bird • Director of Days of the Bagnold Summer

“This is a film about two ordinary people who would never usually have a movie made about their lives”

Simon Bird • Director of Days of the Bagnold Summer

Cineuropa met up with British director Simon Bird on the afternoon of the Piazza Grande world premiere of his debut film, Days of the Bagnold Summer  

21/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Piazza Grande

Florenc Papas • Director of Open Door

"Albania is a male-dominated society; women suffer a lot of inequality, especially in rural areas, and I care about these characters"

Florenc Papas • Director of Open Door

Albanian-born filmmaker Florenc Papas took a moment to dissect his feature debut, Open Door, which is world-premiering at the Sarajevo Film Festival  

20/08/2019 | Sarajevo 2019 | Competition

Stephan Komandarev • Director of Rounds

"This film aims to diagnose the sickness in our society, to show the problems and to prompt the audience to search for the answer"

Stephan Komandarev • Director of Rounds

Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev unpicked his latest feature, Rounds, centring on three pairs of police officers on patrol in Sofia over the course of...  

19/08/2019 | Sarajevo 2019 | Competition

Ines Tanović • Director of The Son

"I wanted the viewer to understand the system of the life we are living because I think people in Western Europe don't really understand Bosnia"

Ines Tanović • Director of The Son

We sat down with Bosnian filmmaker Ines Tanović to discuss her second feature, The Son, a truly generational film screening at Sarajevo  

19/08/2019 | Sarajevo 2019 | Competition

Basil Da Cunha  • Director of O fim do mundo

"I didn’t arrive in Reboleira thinking ‘I’m a director’. I was first accepted and respected as a person"

Basil Da Cunha • Director of O fim do mundo

Swiss and Portuguese director Basil Da Cunha tells us about his latest film O fim do mundo, screened in competition at Locarno  

19/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

Fabrice du Welz • Director of Adoration

"I’m an intuitive filmmaker. I work like a primitive, in the moment”

Fabrice du Welz • Director of Adoration

Cineuropa met up with Fabrice du Welz, on the occasion of the world premiere of his new film, Adoration, on the Piazza Grande in Locarno  

16/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Piazza Grande

Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter  • Directors of Space Dogs

“We wanted to find out what dogs think about our world”

Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter • Directors of Space Dogs

Cineuropa met with Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter, the directors behind the most controversial title in the Locarno Film Festival, Space Dogs, to talk about...  

16/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Filmmakers of the Present

Maura Delpero  • Director of Maternal

"“Hogars” have an amplifying effect, they’re places where the consequences of motherhood can be observed in all their virulence"

Maura Delpero • Director of Maternal

We sat down with Italian filmmaker Maura Delpero to discuss her first fiction film, Maternal, which was screened in competition at the Locarno Film Festival  

16/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

Roberto De Feo  • Director of The Nest

“I wanted to tell the tale of a world cut adrift, using as a metaphor the story of a family living in a place outside of time”

Roberto De Feo • Director of The Nest

Cineuropa met with Roberto De Feo, the director of horror flick The Nest, which is competing in Locarno’s Piazza Grande  

15/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Piazza Grande

Eloy Enciso  • Director of Endless Night

“Cinema is a vehicle for exploration as well as storytelling”

Eloy Enciso • Director of Endless Night

Galician director Eloy Enciso, competing at the Locarno International Film Festival with his second feature, Endless Night, gives us the inside story on his...  

14/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

Damien Manivel  • Director of Isadora’s Children

"I try to always look at the actors as if they were dancing"

Damien Manivel • Director of Isadora’s Children

French director Damien Manivel tells us about his latest film Isadora’s Children, screening in International Competition in Locarno  

14/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

João Nicolau  • Director of Technoboss

“As a director, the use of music in film is one of the subjects that interests me the most”

João Nicolau • Director of Technoboss

Portuguese director João Nicolau talks to us about his latest film Technoboss screened in competition in Locarno  

14/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

Rúnar Rúnarsson • Director of Echo

“Making Echo was like jumping into a deep pool in complete darkness”

Rúnar Rúnarsson • Director of Echo

Cineuropa caught up with Icelandic filmmaker Rúnar Rúnarsson, who is showing his latest film, Echo, at Locarno  

13/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

Matjaž Ivanišin • Director of Oroslan

“I believe that every person can be a story”

Matjaž Ivanišin • Director of Oroslan

We talked to Slovenian director Matjaž Ivanišin ahead of the premiere of his film Oroslan at Locarno  

13/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Filmmakers of the Present

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