Interviews

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

7530 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 14/05/2024. 582 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Martijn Maria Smits • Director

"I want the audience to make their own story"

Martijn Maria Smits • Director

We caught up with Dutchman Martijn Maria Smits, the director of Waldstille, at the Arras Film Festival  

15/11/2016

Rebekka Garrido  • Director, Connecting Cottbus

“Many coco films have gone on to become real success stories”

Rebekka Garrido • Director, Connecting Cottbus

Berlin-based producer Rebekka Garrido sat down with Cineuropa at Cottbus to discuss the 18th edition of the Connecting Cottbus East-West co-production market  

15/11/2016

Nino Basilia • Director

"I want to show the bravery of women"

Nino Basilia • Director

We caught up with Georgian director Nino Basilia to talk about Anna's Life, her debut fictional feature, which won the Silver Atlas at the Arras Film Festival  

14/11/2016

Sofia Exarchou  • Director

"The derelict Olympic Village mirrors a great deal of the Western world’s mentality"

Sofia Exarchou • Director

One of the most well-travelled films to screen at Thessaloniki, Sofia Exarchou’s feature debut, Park, truly haunted the International Competition  

14/11/2016

Yannis Sakaridis  • Director

“Refugees are victims of a corrupt system well orchestrated in destroying”

Yannis Sakaridis • Director

First unveiled in the Agora, Yannis Sakaridis’ well-travelled refugee drama Amerika Square returns to Thessaloniki seeking gold in the International Competition  

10/11/2016

Stergios Paschos  • Director

"There are many ways to imprison someone you love - like making a film, for instance"

Stergios Paschos • Director

We chatted to Greek director Stergios Paschos about his latest film, Afterlov, which competed for the Golden Alexander in the Thessaloniki IFF’s...  

10/11/2016

Ivan Hronec  • CEO, Film Europe Media Company

“A distributor must be in the position of a partner”

Ivan Hronec • CEO, Film Europe Media Company

Cineuropa talks to Film Europe Media Company founder and CEO Ivan Hronec about the company's "distribution cloud"  

09/11/2016

Orestis Andreadakis  • Artistic director, Thessaloniki IFF

“Thessaloniki’s strongest suit is getting films made”

Orestis Andreadakis • Artistic director, Thessaloniki IFF

A seasoned festival veteran, the new Thessaloniki IFF artistic director Orestis Andreadakis discusses the challenges of leading the Balkans' go-to film...  

08/11/2016

Ado Arrietta  • Director

"Real life doesn't appeal to me at all"

Ado Arrietta • Director

World-premiering in the 13th Seville European Film Festival, Spanish director Ado Arrietta’s latest escapade Sleeping Beauty is a poetic, dreamlike and...  

07/11/2016

Albert Serra  • Director

“I’d have liked to have done something a bit crazier”

Albert Serra • Director

Screening out of competition at Seville, Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra presents his latest film, Last Days of Louis XIV, a chamber piece about the final...  

07/11/2016

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

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