Interviews

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

8311 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 10/07/2025. 653 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Boris Guts • Director of Deaf Lovers

"My characters are in limbo, walking from heaven to hell"

Boris Guts • Director of Deaf Lovers

The Russian-born filmmaker discusses his a tale of a Ukrainian woman and a Russian man, both deaf, who meet in Istanbul while there’s a war going on back home  

22/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

Viktor Tauš • Director of Girl America

"Hope and faith have a transformative power"

Viktor Tauš • Director of Girl America

The Czech filmmaker delves into his newest film, about a little girl in a strict socialist orphanage who tries to overcome fears, insecurity and loneliness  

22/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

Juris Kursietis • Director of The Exalted

"I wanted the story to be a clash between art and money"

Juris Kursietis • Director of The Exalted

The filmmaker discusses his follow-up to his Cannes Directors' Fortnight entry Oleg, about a German organist who discovers her Latvian husband's involvement...  

22/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

Seyfettin Tokmak • Director of Empire of the Rabbits

"I tried to show how brutal a man's world can be without women in a rural area of Turkey"

Seyfettin Tokmak • Director of Empire of the Rabbits

The Turkish filmmaker discusses his new feature, a daring boy's journey against the cruel entanglements of deception and disabilities of the adult world  

22/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

Eric Lamhène, Rae Lyn Lee • Writer-director and writer-cinematographer of Breathing Underwater

"If it helps change just one life for the better, this film will have fulfilled its purpose"

Eric Lamhène, Rae Lyn Lee • Writer-director and writer-cinematographer of Breathing Underwater

The filmmakers discuss the genesis and process behind their film following the journey of a woman in a situation of violence finding a new life  

22/11/2024 | Lecce 2024

Daniel Espinosa • Director of The Helicopter Heist

“I’m known and regarded as an OK guy who makes cool movies with an emphatic depiction of these surroundings”

Daniel Espinosa • Director of The Helicopter Heist

We found out how the heist miniseries took the Swedish director on a journey that sometimes saw him cross paths with his own past  

22/11/2024 | Stockholm 2024

Eszter Angyalosy • Head of Studies, TFL SeriesLab

“I think it's a false promise to tell somebody that all you need is a great idea, you need much more than that to make it in this industry”

Eszter Angyalosy • Head of Studies, TFL SeriesLab

Cineuropa talked to the Hungarian screenwriter and story editor about the characteristics and innovations of the TorinoFilmLab programme dedicated to TV...  

22/11/2024 | TorinoFilmLab 2024

Myrid Carten • Director of A Want in Her

“People are often powerless over their issues, but there are ways in which we can make excuses for it as well”

Myrid Carten • Director of A Want in Her

The Irish artist and filmmaker talks about turning a critical lens on her mother and herself in her first feature-length documentary  

21/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

Björn Stein • Director of Whiskey on the Rocks

“'Are you interested in humour?' producer Henrik Jansson-Schweizer asked. I read five pages and was good to go”

Björn Stein • Director of Whiskey on the Rocks

The Swedish director breaks down his process of turning a 1981 Cold War story into a wacky satirical comedy  

20/11/2024 | Stockholm 2024

Carmen Trocker • Director of Personale

“This is the best way to talk about the expectations that tourists have and the workers who make it possible”

Carmen Trocker • Director of Personale

The first-time director talks about her simple yet effective visual and sonic approaches to her documentary, illuminating different forms of unseen labour  

20/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

Jesper Ganslandt • Director of Cry Wolf

“I almost get restless if I don’t test out something new now and again”

Jesper Ganslandt • Director of Cry Wolf

The Swedish festival regular behind Falkenberg Farewell, The Ape and other more auteur-driven titles discusses his new crime series  

20/11/2024 | Stockholm 2024

Paulo Filipe Monteiro • Director of Clear Nights

“I wanted to make a film where dialogue came through the body as well as through words”

Paulo Filipe Monteiro • Director of Clear Nights

The Portuguese director chatted with us about his film, which broaches post-natal depression and coming out  

19/11/2024 | Lecce 2024

Piotr Winiewicz • Director of About a Hero

“What happens if, all of a sudden, this voice we trust is not trustworthy any more?”

Piotr Winiewicz • Director of About a Hero

The Copenhagen-based Polish director discusses the extensive process of making his film, adapted from a script written by a specially trained AI model  

19/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

Stijn Bouma • Director of The Hunt for Meral O.

“I realised that as a society, we hadn’t understood what had happened at all: the devastation of lives”

Stijn Bouma • Director of The Hunt for Meral O.

The Dutch filmmaker explains why he wanted to transpose into fiction the dramatic, Kafkaesque story that opposed his country to many families forced into...  

19/11/2024 | Arras 2024

Michel Hazanavicius • Director of The Most Precious of Cargoes

“Each time, you gotta do your homework”

Michel Hazanavicius • Director of The Most Precious of Cargoes

The Academy Award-winning director talks about the wide range of his work and gives us an insight into the making of his animated film  

19/11/2024 | /France/Belgium

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