Interviews

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

8587 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 09/01/2026. 639 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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

Maya Da-Rin • Director of The Fever

“Cinema has the propensity to exoticize indigenous peoples”

Maya Da-Rin • Director of The Fever

Brazilian director Maya Da-Rin tells us about her debut feature, The Fever, selected in competition in Locarno  

12/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

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

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