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 18/04/2024. 579 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Eric Miot • General Delegate, Arras Film Festival

"Exploring films that are not so well known in France"

Eric Miot • General Delegate, Arras Film Festival

We caught up with Eric Miot, the general delegate of the Arras Film Festival, the 17th edition of which will take place between 4 and 13 November  

04/11/2016

Gentian Koçi  • Director

“Films coming from smaller countries have to be very good to break out”

Gentian Koçi • Director

Cineuropa interviewed Albanian director, writer and producer Gentian Koçi, whose first feature, Daybreak, is in post-production  

03/11/2016

José Luis Cienfuegos  • Director, Seville European Film Festival

“We’re interested in reaping the harvest of this different kind of cinema”

José Luis Cienfuegos • Director, Seville European Film Festival

We chatted to José Luis Cienfuegos, head of the Seville European Film Festival, in the run-up to its 13th edition, the fourth under his auspices  

02/11/2016

Jean Anouilh  • Director

"A contemporary western set in the Western Pyrenees"

Jean Anouilh • Director

Jean Anouilh won the Development Aid Grant at the Cinemed Meetings with Marta, his debut feature project being produced by La Voie Lactée  

28/10/2016

Maja Vukic  • Producer

"Reality can sometimes be a lot more absurd than fiction"

Maja Vukic • Producer

At the Cinemed Meetings, Croatian producer Maja Vukic talked about What a Country!, the new project by Vinko Bresan after The Priest’s Children  

28/10/2016

Paolo Zucca  • Director

"I have been inspired by Shakespeare"

Paolo Zucca • Director

Italian filmmaker Paolo Zucca talks to us about his project L’uomo che comprò la Luna, at the Cinemed Meetings in Montpellier  

27/10/2016

Alberto Morais  • Director

“I don’t believe in the concept of family”

Alberto Morais • Director

Spanish director Alberto Morais is hoping for a Seminci win with his third fiction film, The Mother: an acerbic and uncompromising social critique  

27/10/2016

Sonora Broka  • Artistic director, Riga IFF

“The audience trusts our concept and programme structure”

Sonora Broka • Artistic director, Riga IFF

We had a chat with Sonora Broka, artistic director of the Riga International Film Festival, to discuss the inner workings of this young but ambitious gathering  

26/10/2016

Jacques Bidou  • Producer

"Helping young filmmakers to emerge"

Jacques Bidou • Producer

Interview with Jacques Bidou, from JBA Production, at the Cinemed Meetings of the Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpellier  

26/10/2016

Sylvie Suire  • Director, Cinemed Meetings

“Directors can continue to make progress with their projects”

Sylvie Suire • Director, Cinemed Meetings

We met up with Sylvie Suire, director of the three-day professional sidebar of the Cinemed, the Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpellier  

25/10/2016

Marek Hovorka  • Festival director, Jihlava IDFF

“We try to be the voice of the region”

Marek Hovorka • Festival director, Jihlava IDFF

The director of the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Marek Hovorka, sat down with Cineuropa to discuss the anniversary edition of the...  

25/10/2016

Csilla Kató  • Head of programming, Astra Film Festival

“Good cinema can do a lot”

Csilla Kató • Head of programming, Astra Film Festival

During Cineuropa’s visit to the Astra Film Festival, we caught up with its head of programming, Csilla Kató, to discuss her approach to curating the event  

24/10/2016

Jim Sheridan • Director

“We all have to live together”

Jim Sheridan • Director

Irish director Jim Sheridan, whose film, The Secret Scripture, screened at the Rome Film Fest, sat down with Cineuropa to discuss child abuse, church and...  

21/10/2016

Philip John • Director

“They reminded me of two versions of myself when I was that age”

Philip John • Director

Welsh director Philip John, who made a name for himself for TV series, Downton Abbey and Outlander, presented his feature film debut Moon Dogs at the Warsaw...  

21/10/2016

Christophe Leparc • Director, Cinemed

"It’s no coincidence that an entirely new generation is emerging"

Christophe Leparc • Director, Cinemed

Cineuropa sat down with Christophe Leparc, director of the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, the 38th edition of which will run from 21-29 October  

21/10/2016

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