Interviews

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

8543 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 25/11/2025. 647 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Davide Maldi • Director of The Young Observant

“With my works, I always begin by studying an ancient rite, which I then try to transpose into modern-day society”

Davide Maldi • Director of The Young Observant

We interviewed Davide Maldi to discuss his latest film The Young Observant, which follows a group of hospitality and catering school students enrolled on a...  

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

Xawery Żuławski  • Director of Bird Talk

“This film is anti-fascist, it’s really that simple”

Xawery Żuławski • Director of Bird Talk

Cineuropa met with Polish filmmaker Xawery Żuławski, celebrating the world premiere of his latest film Bird Talk at the New Horizons International Film Festival  

05/08/2019 | New Horizons 2019

Martín Rosete  • Director of Remember Me

“This is a profession that’s born of passion”

Martín Rosete • Director of Remember Me

Los Angeles-based Spaniard Martín Rosete put his faith in Bruce Dern as the star of Remember Me, in which he appeals to primitive emotions and the power of...  

01/08/2019

Astrid Kahmke • Creative director, Bavarian Film Centre

“The creative people in VR have made a huge leap forward”

Astrid Kahmke • Creative director, Bavarian Film Centre

We talked to Astrid Kahmke, creative director of the Bavarian Film Centre, about her experience of curating Virtual Worlds at Filmfest München earlier this...  

31/07/2019 | Filmfest München 2019

Sara Dosa  • Director of The Seer and the Unseen

“In Iceland, magic is normal”

Sara Dosa • Director of The Seer and the Unseen

Cineuropa met up with California-based director Sara Dosa to talk about her new Icelandic-US film The Seer and the Unseen after its European premiere at New...  

31/07/2019 | New Horizons 2019

Dana Budisavljević  • Director of The Diary of Diana B.

“Docu-fiction was the optimal solution”

Dana Budisavljević • Director of The Diary of Diana B.

Cineuropa sat down with Dana Budisavljević to talk about her film The Diary of Diana B., which won big at Pula recently  

30/07/2019 | Pula 2019

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

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