Interviews

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

8293 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 03/07/2025. 661 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Coralie Fargeat • Director

"I was aiming for something so excessive that it became almost surreal"

Coralie Fargeat • Director

French director Coralie Fargeat talks to us about her explosive debut feature film Revenge, sold around the globe since its premiere at Toronto  

06/02/2018

Kaweh Modiri and Frank Hoeve  • Director and producer

“It is a story about a mother and her process of letting go”

Kaweh Modiri and Frank Hoeve • Director and producer

We spoke to the team behind Mitra, winner of the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at the recent CineMart, director Kaweh Modiri and producer Frank...  

06/02/2018 | IFFR 2018

Savina Neirotti • Executive director, TorinoFilmLab

"There’s high demand for training on serial projects"

Savina Neirotti • Executive director, TorinoFilmLab

Savina Neirotti talks about TFL Extended, a new program that organises tailor-made workshops. The first workshop is due to be held in April in Turin and...  

05/02/2018

Lorenz Suter  • Director

“The movie was like a work in progress; nobody knew where the story was going”

Lorenz Suter • Director

Cineuropa talked to Swiss director Lorenz Suter at Solothurn about his mysterious and aesthetically intriguing movie Strangers  

02/02/2018 | Solothurn 2018

Fernand Melgar  • Director

"I’ve never done a shoot before that’s given me so much back"

Fernand Melgar • Director

Cineuropa met up with Fernand Melgar at the Solothurn Film Festival, where his film At the Philosophers' School is in competition for the Prix de Soleure  

01/02/2018 | Solothurn 2018

Laurent Crouzeix  • General Delegate, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

"At Clermont, everyone takes short films very seriously, without taking themselves too seriously"

Laurent Crouzeix • General Delegate, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

General Delegate of Clermont-Ferrand Laurent Crouzeix took some time out to tell us about what we can expect for the forthcoming edition of the gathering  

01/02/2018

Seraina Rohrer • Director, Solothurn Film Festival

"Festivals are still special moments"

Seraina Rohrer • Director, Solothurn Film Festival

We met up with Solothurn Film Festival director Seraina Rohrer to talk about the new edition of the festival, but also to let us in on what we can look...  

31/01/2018 | Solothurn 2018

Iris Olsson  • Artistic director, DocPoint

“Documentaries celebrate life”

Iris Olsson • Artistic director, DocPoint

We sat down with the artistic director of DocPoint, Iris Olsson, to see what’s new at this year’s edition of the Finnish festival  

31/01/2018

Antony Cordier  • Director

“It was the time for boldness. There was no holding back”

Antony Cordier • Director

French filmmaker Antony Cordier talks to us about his third feature, Gaspard at the Wedding  

31/01/2018

Melissa van der Schoor  • Content manager, IFFR Unleashed

“Unleashed gives independent filmmakers a proactive way to find a new audience”

Melissa van der Schoor • Content manager, IFFR Unleashed

We chatted to Melissa van der Schoor, content manager of IFFR Unleashed, about what the festival’s new streaming service has to offer  

31/01/2018 | IFFR 2018

Alberto Gracia  • Director

“For me, everything is fiction”

Alberto Gracia • Director

With his second film, Wandering Star, Spaniard Alberto Gracia returns to the IFFR, which he previously visited with his award-winning feature debut, The...  

30/01/2018 | IFFR 2018

Jan Švankmajer • Director

“I like to open up the creative process to improvisation for as long as possible”

Jan Švankmajer • Director

Cineuropa talked to legendary Czech filmmaker Jan Švankmajer about misanthropy, censorship and his latest film, Insect, world-premiering at Rotterdam  

29/01/2018 | IFFR 2018

Maciej Sobieszczański • Director

The Reconciliation is also an analysis of violence”

Maciej Sobieszczański • Director

Maciej Sobieszczański discusses his ambitious film, The Reconciliation, now screening at Trieste, and explains why his WWII drama is a very contemporary tale  

26/01/2018 | Trieste 2018

Ruben Desiere • Director

“Money is something that defines what you can and cannot do”

Ruben Desiere • Director

Cineuropa talked to up-and-coming director Ruben Desiere in Rotterdam about the contemplative pace of his fiction feature debut The Flower Shop  

26/01/2018 | IFFR 2018

Luca Guadagnino  • Director

"Elio, our very own Antoine Doinel"

Luca Guadagnino • Director

The day after the announcement that Luca Guadagnino's latest film had been nominated for four Oscars, the Palermo-born director met with journalists in Rome...  

25/01/2018

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