Interviews

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

8285 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 30/06/2025. 665 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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Shola Amoo • Director of The Last Tree

"We are all in a heightened state of awareness about what it means to be British"

Shola Amoo • Director of The Last Tree

The semi-autobiographical tale The Last Tree sees Shola Amoo explore double consciousness and dual identities in Lincolnshire, London and Lagos  

07/02/2019 | Sundance 2019 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Dieter Kosslick • Director, Berlin Film Festival

“It is our policy that a film needs theatrical exhibition first”

Dieter Kosslick • Director, Berlin Film Festival

Cineuropa talked to outgoing Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick about the programme of the 69th edition, its relationship with streaming services and the...  

07/02/2019 | Berlinale 2019

Georges Gachot • Director of Where Are You, João Gilberto?

"If people tell me something is impossible, I'll try it anyway"

Georges Gachot • Director of Where Are You, João Gilberto?

Franco-Swiss director Georges Gachot talks about his unique documentary, Where Are You, João Gilberto?, in competition in the LP Doc section at Seeyousound...  

06/02/2019 | /Switzerland/France/Germany

Lina Maria Mannheimer • Director of Mating

“It’s not a film about an experiment, but an experiment that became a film”

Lina Maria Mannheimer • Director of Mating

Focusing in on “digital natives” and their methods of human interaction, Lina Maria Mannheimer’s Mating presents an anthropological collage, largely created...  

06/02/2019 | Göteborg 2019

Matthijs Wouter Knol • Director, European Film Market

“Content is king, independent of technologies, platforms, new players or financing options”

Matthijs Wouter Knol • Director, European Film Market

Matthijs Wouter Knol offers Cineuropa a broad overview of what is changing at this year’s EFM and the hot topics for the industry  

06/02/2019 | Berlinale 2019 | EFM

Johannes Nyholm • Director of Koko-di, Koko-da

“People get shocked and moved, and many just sit there in their seats after the ending”

Johannes Nyholm • Director of Koko-di, Koko-da

With his second feature, Koko-di, Koko-da, Johannes Nyholm explores grief and claustrophobia with the help of a nursery rhyme in a truly nightmarish setting  

05/02/2019 | Göteborg 2019

Ulaa Salim • Director of Sons of Denmark

“Every movie should be made within the DNA of a story”

Ulaa Salim • Director of Sons of Denmark

Cineuropa met up with Danish newcomer Ulaa Salim, who competed in Rotterdam's main competition with his thriller drama Sons of Denmark  

05/02/2019 | IFFR 2019 | Tiger Competition

May el-Toukhy • Director of Queen of Hearts

“It becomes hard to define what is wrong and what is right here”

May el-Toukhy • Director of Queen of Hearts

We chatted to May el-Toukhy, the director and co-writer of Reina de corazones, which scooped awards at the Göteborg and Sundance Film Festivals  

05/02/2019 | Sundance 2019 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein • Directors of Swoon

“You should never do what everyone else is doing”

Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein • Directors of Swoon

Cineuropa talked to Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein, the makers of Swoon, chosen as this year’s closing film of the Göteborg Film Festival  

05/02/2019 | Göteborg 2019

Jacek Borcuch • Director of Dolce Fine Giornata

“I wanted Maria to be a metaphor for a Europe that is slowly cracking and falling apart”

Jacek Borcuch • Director of Dolce Fine Giornata

We caught up with Polish director Jacek Borcuch to talk about his new film, Dolce Fine Giornata, after its premiere at Sundance  

01/02/2019 | Sundance 2019 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Clara van Gool • Director of The Beast in the Jungle

“You can evoke more passion with a dance move than you can with a dialogue”

Clara van Gool • Director of The Beast in the Jungle

We chatted to Dutch director Clara van Gool to get the low-down on her IFFR-screened The Beast in the Jungle, adapted from a Henry James novella  

31/01/2019 | IFFR 2019 | Limelight

Mia Engberg • Director of Lucky One

“I want to make films that only I can make”

Mia Engberg • Director of Lucky One

We chatted to Mia Engberg, who, through art and research, attempts to turn her old documentary subjects into fictional ones in her new film Lucky One  

31/01/2019 | Göteborg 2019

Kenneth Mercken • Director of Coureur

“The storyline’s authenticity was paramount”

Kenneth Mercken • Director of Coureur

Cineuropa sat down with Belgian director Kenneth Mercken to talk about fictionalising his real-life story while preserving its authenticity in Coureur  

30/01/2019 | IFFR 2019 | Limelight

Ico Costa • Director of Alva

“Non-professional actors can always give me something that I had not thought of before”

Ico Costa • Director of Alva

Cineuropa sat down with Portuguese director Ico Costa to talk about defying conventional narrative structure and working with non-professional actors in Alva  

29/01/2019 | IFFR 2019 | Bright Future Competition

GoCritic! Interview: Miha Mazzini • Director of Erased

"Somebody had to tackle this subject, and obviously it was me"

GoCritic! Interview: Miha Mazzini • Director of Erased

At the Trieste Film Festival, GoCritic! sat down with Slovenian filmmaker Miha Mazzini to talk about the tricky subject he deals with in his latest film, Erased  

28/01/2019 | GoCritic! | Trieste 2019

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