Interviews

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

7490 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 19/04/2024. 579 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Lasha Khalvashi • Producer

“I try to keep some variety in making films”

Lasha Khalvashi • Producer

Cineuropa met up with producer Lasha Khalvashi, Georgia’s 2017 Producer on the Move, to discuss his work and the actual situation of the profession  

15/05/2017

Ivan Madeo • Producer

"The most enjoyable moment of my work is when a film is finally screened in a cinema full of people"

Ivan Madeo • Producer

Ivan Madeo, one of the producers behind the choral film Wonderland, strongly believes in the emergence of a young and very promising new wave of Swiss directors  

12/05/2017

Samira Elagoz • Director

“My work has the potential to confront the audience with the power of femininity”

Samira Elagoz • Director

Cineuropa talked to up-and-coming artist Samira Elagoz about her feature debut Craigslist Allstars, docu-fiction and the male and female gaze  

12/05/2017

Didar Domehri • Producer

"On the look out for auteurs"

Didar Domehri • Producer

Interview with producer Didar Domehri, one of European Film Promotion's Producers on the Move for 2017, and a co-producer for Santiago Mitre's new film  

12/05/2017

Edouard Waintrop • Artistic director, Directors’ Fortnight

"We are witnessing some sort of worldwide trend towards neo-realism”

Edouard Waintrop • Artistic director, Directors’ Fortnight

Edouard Waintrop, artistic director of the Directors’ Fortnight, breaks down his 2017 selection  

11/05/2017

Anthony Rey and Julie Esparbes  • Producers, Hélicotronc

"The desire to produce should prevail over necessity"

Anthony Rey and Julie Esparbes • Producers, Hélicotronc

Belgium's Hélicotronc celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, and Cineuropa took the opportunity to talk to founder and producer Anthony Rey, and...  

10/05/2017

Tonia Mishiali  • Artistic director, Cyprus Film Days

“We are trying to spread our wings even more”

Tonia Mishiali • Artistic director, Cyprus Film Days

Cineuropa chatted to Tonia Mishiali, one of the artistic directors of the Cyprus Film Days, about the present and the future of this local gathering that...  

10/05/2017

Charles Tesson  • Artistic director, Critics’ Week

“Placing documentaries and animated films alongside fiction”

Charles Tesson • Artistic director, Critics’ Week

Charles Tesson, artistic director of the Cannes Critics’ Week, discusses his 2017 selection  

09/05/2017

Reza Mirkarimi  • Director, Fajr International Film Festival

“It is the right time to start co-productions between Iran and Europe”

Reza Mirkarimi • Director, Fajr International Film Festival

Iranian filmmaker Reza Mirkarimi has been working as the director of the Fajr IFF in Tehran since 2015. Cineuropa chatted to him at the gathering about how...  

05/05/2017

Daan Bakker  • Director

“I wanted the film to convey a condition, rather than a development”

Daan Bakker • Director

Dutch director Daan Bakker talks to us about his feature debut, Quality Time, Samuel Beckett, dark humour and the influence of theatre on his work  

05/05/2017

Christine Dollhofer  • Director, Crossing Europe

"We go to festivals for the human factor - it's all about the people"

Christine Dollhofer • Director, Crossing Europe

At this year's edition of Crossing Europe, we sat down with its long-serving director, Christine Dollhofer, to discuss the event's place in the Austrian...  

04/05/2017

Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal  • Directors

“‘Ignorant’ is the right word to describe a large part of our society”

Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal • Directors

Cineuropa met up with Polish directorial duo Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal at Crossing Europe, where they had a tribute dedicated to them and also screened their...  

03/05/2017

Harry Cleven  • Director

"Angel is a fairy tale for adults, a resolutely dreamlike film”

Harry Cleven • Director

Angel heralds the return to film of Belgian filmmaker Harry Cleven. A bold gamble awash with sensations  

02/05/2017

Petar Valchanov • Director

Interview - Les cinéastes invitent l'ami européen

Petar Valchanov • Director

Cineuropa interviewed Bulgarian director Petar Valchanov in Paris, where he took part in the 'Filmmakers Invite the European Friend' initiative  

02/05/2017

Frédéric Lavigne  • Artistic director of the Séries Mania Festival

“Film and series are two fundamentally different things”

Frédéric Lavigne • Artistic director of the Séries Mania Festival

Cineuropa interviewed the artistic director of the Séries Mania Festival, Frédéric Lavigne, on the latest trends we’re seeing in TV series, particularly in...  

30/04/2017

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