Interviews

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

8443 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 18/09/2025. 647 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Karin Rywkind Segal  • Artistic director, Docaviv

"We are very independent and diverse in our selection"

Karin Rywkind Segal • Artistic director, Docaviv

Cineuropa visited Israel's biggest documentary event, the Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival Docaviv, where we chatted with its artistic...  

28/05/2019 | Docaviv 2019

Ala Eddine Slim • Director of Tlamess

"I tried to be provocative, both for myself and the viewer"

Ala Eddine Slim • Director of Tlamess

CANNES 2019: Tunisian filmmaker Ala Eddine Slim presented his second feature Tlamess in the Directors' Fortnight, and talked to us about it  

28/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors' Fortnight

Erwan Le Duc • Director of The Bare Necessity

"When you’re telling a story, it’s a question of conveying emotion"

Erwan Le Duc • Director of The Bare Necessity

CANNES 2019: Erwan Le Duc tells us about his feature debut, The Bare Necessity, screened in the 51st Directors’ Fortnight  

28/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Hafsia Herzi  • Director of You Deserve a Lover

“I shot my characters with a lot of love, and I think that it comes through in the film”

Hafsia Herzi • Director of You Deserve a Lover

CANNES 2019: Actress Hafsia Herzi tells us about You Deserve a Lover, her very moving feature debut as director, in which she also stars  

25/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Critics’ Week

Elia Suleiman  • Director of It Must Be Heaven

“The class and economic gap, migration, anxiety and violence – that’s what this film is about, basically”

Elia Suleiman • Director of It Must Be Heaven

CANNES 2019: We sat down with Palestinian director Elia Suleiman to delve deeper into his Palme d’Or contender It Must Be Heaven  

25/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Competition

Bas Devos  • Director of Ghost Tropic

“I could have taken a three-month holiday, but instead I chose to write a film”

Bas Devos • Director of Ghost Tropic

CANNES 2019: Belgian director Bas Devos sat down with us to explain how he made Ghost Tropic, a film shot in record time  

25/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Justine Triet  • Director of Sibyl

“I like to laugh at dark, tragic things which also sometimes happen in life”

Justine Triet • Director of Sibyl

CANNES 2019: We sat down with French helmer Justine Triet to find out more about her competition title, the dramedy Sibyl  

25/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Competition

Arnaud Desplechin • Director of Oh Mercy!

"Looking beyond this socially oppressive behaviour, you find human souls"

Arnaud Desplechin • Director of Oh Mercy!

CANNES 2019: French filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin talks to us about Oh Mercy!, unveiled in competition in Cannes  

25/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Competition

Céline Sciamma • Director of Portrait of a Lady on Fire

“I’ve spent my life loving films that sometimes hated me”

Céline Sciamma • Director of Portrait of a Lady on Fire

CANNES 2019: We spoke to Céline Sciamma, who, in her striking new feature Portrait of a Lady on Fire, reunites with Adèle Haenel after Water Lilies and the...  

24/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Competition

Óliver Laxe • Director of Fire Will Come

"Beauty has its laws, and you have to suffer to get some of it"

Óliver Laxe • Director of Fire Will Come

CANNES 2019: Spanish filmmaker Óliver Laxe discusses everything behind his acclaimed Un Certain Regard entry Fire Will Come  

24/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Un Certain Regard

Marco Bellocchio  • Director of The Traitor

"Buscetta is no hero"

Marco Bellocchio • Director of The Traitor

CANNES 2019: Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio unpicks his new movie The Traitor, which was unveiled to much applause in competition at Cannes  

24/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Competition

Ben Johnson • CEO, Gruvi

"Cinemas and distributors should work with each other, but they don't"

Ben Johnson • CEO, Gruvi

CANNES 2019: Ben Johnson, CEO at Gruvi, discusses the approach to marketing and promotion of the UK-based media technology company at the Marché du Film  

24/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Marché du Film

Sven Slazenger • CEO, Interlake

"The biggest challenges when you combine traditional media and new technology are actually in human beings"

Sven Slazenger • CEO, Interlake

CANNES 2019: Sven Slazenger, CEO at digital change agent Interlake, discusses the benefits and challenges of the MediaTech Hub Potsdam  

24/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Marché du Film

Philippe Reynaert • CEO, Wallimage

"We support start-ups and applications based on blockchain and AI technologies"

Philippe Reynaert • CEO, Wallimage

CANNES 2019: Philippe Reynaert, CEO at Wallimage, discusses the start-ups and applications the Belgian fund is supporting at the Marché du Film  

24/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Marché du Film

Abel Ferrara • Director of Tommaso

"I wouldn't have made this film if Willem Dafoe hadn't wanted to do it"

Abel Ferrara • Director of Tommaso

CANNES 2019: US-born, Rome-based filmmaker Abel Ferrara talks about his very personal new film, Tommaso, starring his longtime collaborator Willem Dafoe  

24/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Special Screenings

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