Interviews

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

7493 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 25/04/2024. 580 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Dorina Oarga  • Head of industry, Transilvania International Film Festival

“We are promoting the relaxed character of TIFF”

Dorina Oarga • Head of industry, Transilvania International Film Festival

Cineuropa sat down with Dorina Oarga, head of industry at the Transilvania International Film Festival, to explore the novelties at the 16th edition of...  

12/06/2017

Philippe Van Leeuw  • Director

"It’s not a war film, but a film about war"

Philippe Van Leeuw • Director

Philippe Van Leeuw once again deals a striking blow with Insyriated, the story of a punishing day in the life of a Syrian family under siege in their own...  

11/06/2017

Irene Dionisio • Director of the Lovers Film Festival – LGBTQI Visions

“A small revolution is underway in film”

Irene Dionisio • Director of the Lovers Film Festival – LGBTQI Visions

We talked about LGBT issues and the documentaries that are transforming fictional film with director Irene Dionisio, the director of the 32nd Lovers Film...  

09/06/2017

Francis Lee  • Director

“I wanted to look at the emotional impact that falling in love has on you”

Francis Lee • Director

We caught up with British director Francis Lee, whose first feature, God’s Own Country, screened at the Transilvania IFF after garnering success at Sundance...  

09/06/2017

Jean-Philippe Martin • Director

“I wanted to play a personal journey and a geographical one against each other”

Jean-Philippe Martin • Director

We caught up with director Jean-Philippe Martin, whose first feature film, Sonar, goes on release in Belgium  

07/06/2017

Philippe Bober  • Exporter

"Viewers look for signatures"

Philippe Bober • Exporter

Interview with Philippe Bober, who heads up Coproduction Office, and is the international seller and co-producer of The Square, winner of the Palme d'Or 2017  

01/06/2017

Jonathan Cenzual  • Director

“We have some breathtaking places in Spain that we don’t know about”

Jonathan Cenzual • Director

A month ahead of its Spanish release, The Shepherd, the third film by Spaniard Jonathan Cenzual, shot in the Salamancan countryside, is coming out in...  

01/06/2017

Philippe Lacôte  • Director

"There are a lot of young talents in Africa today"

Philippe Lacôte • Director

CANNES 2017: Cineuropa met up with French-Ivorian filmmaker Philippe Lacôte after the workshop on French-speaking countries organised by the CNC  

31/05/2017

Elise Girard • Director

"I don’t film with a camera on my shoulder running around"

Elise Girard • Director

Unveiled at Berlin, Strange Birds, the second feature film by Elise Girard, is being released today in French theatres  

31/05/2017

Stephan Komandarev  • Director

“The main reason for making this film was to spark a debate in Bulgaria”

Stephan Komandarev • Director

CANNES 2017: We chatted to Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev about his fourth feature, Directions, shown in this year’s Un Certain Regard  

30/05/2017

Lynne Ramsay • Director

“I wanted to approach the kind of story you find in genre cinema in a different way”

Lynne Ramsay • Director

CANNES 2017: Scottish director Lynne Ramsay describes her film You Were Never Really Here, which has been warmly received by audiences at Cannes  

27/05/2017

Fatih Akin  • Director

“As a producer, I protect myself as a director”

Fatih Akin • Director

CANNES 2017: We spoke to German director Fatih Akin about his new thriller, In the Fade  

26/05/2017

Pedro Pinho • Director

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Pedro Pinho • Director

CANNES 2017: We met up with Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Pinho to discuss his first full-length fiction effort, The Nothing Factory, presented in the...  

26/05/2017

Annarita Zambrano  • Director

“A generation held hostage by violence”

Annarita Zambrano • Director

CANNES 2017: We met up with Annarita Zambrano, the only female Italian director at Cannes, whose film, After the War, is screening in the Un Certain Regard...  

25/05/2017

Emmanuel Gras • Director

"The enormous effort these people make to live "

Emmanuel Gras • Director

CANNES 2017: We chatted to French filmmaker Emmanuel Gras, who unveiled his documentary Makala, Grand Prize in the Cannes Critics’ Week  

25/05/2017

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