Interviews

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

9027 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 18/09/2026. 606 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Orwa Nyrabia  • Artistic director, IDFA

"This is not us being nice, smart and progressive; this is us surviving"

Orwa Nyrabia • Artistic director, IDFA

We sat down with IDFA artistic director Orwa Nyrabia to get the low-down on the raft of changes that have just been announced for the upcoming edition  

17/06/2019 | IDFA 2019

Myriam Achard • Chief, New Media Partnerships and PR, Centre Phi

"We actively look to put our experience to good use by projecting it outwards"

Myriam Achard • Chief, New Media Partnerships and PR, Centre Phi

We met with the woman who plays a key role in exporting the expertise acquired by Montreal’s Phi Centre in the field of virtual reality: Myriam Achard  

17/06/2019

Ben Gibson  • Director, DFFB

“DFFB is consistently capturing real audiences for real filmmaking”

Ben Gibson • Director, DFFB

We sat down with British film producer Ben Gibson to chat about his experience so far as head of the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB)  

14/06/2019

Carlos Marques-Marcet • Director of The Days to Come

"The biggest challenge is to show what the characters are thinking"

Carlos Marques-Marcet • Director of The Days to Come

Carlos Marques-Marcet presented his third film The Days to Come at the 47th Huesca International Film Festival, two weeks ahead of its release in Spanish...  

13/06/2019

Dorina Oargă  • Project manager, TIFF Unlimited

“We aim to have a portfolio that is as dynamic as possible”

Dorina Oargă • Project manager, TIFF Unlimited

At its 18th edition, the Transilvania IFF became even more audience-friendly thanks to the VoD service TIFF Unlimited; project manager Dorina Oargă told us...  

12/06/2019 | Transilvania 2019

Mads Brügger • Director of Cold Case Hammarskjöld

“I love mysteries which refuse to be demystified”

Mads Brügger • Director of Cold Case Hammarskjöld

We spoke with the Danish journalist and filmmaker Mads Brügger about his Sundance-award-winning documentary Cold Case Hammarskjöld, now in competition at...  

12/06/2019 | Biografilm 2019

Gints Zilbalodis  • Director of Away

“I was working on it alone for a long time, and I really didn’t know if people would like it or not”

Gints Zilbalodis • Director of Away

We caught up with Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis to chat about his fairy tale-like animated adventure Away, which is screening at the Annecy Film Festival  

11/06/2019 | Annecy 2019

Rachel Leah Jones, Lea Tsemel • Director and protagonist of Advocate

“A shared sense of humanity is essential”

Rachel Leah Jones, Lea Tsemel • Director and protagonist of Advocate

We met with Advocate's co-director Rachel Leah Jones and protagonist Lea Tsemel at Bologna's Biografilm Festival to discuss the documentary, harshly...  

11/06/2019 | Biografilm 2019

Mihály Schwechtje and Genověva Petrovits  • Directors of Democracy Work in Progress

“Everyday corruption is poisoning our democracy”

Mihály Schwechtje and Genověva Petrovits • Directors of Democracy Work in Progress

We talked to Mihály Schwechtje and Genověva Petrovits, the recipients of the Eurimages Co-production Development Award, after their win at the Transilvania...  

11/06/2019 | Transilvania 2019 | TIFF Industry

Lluís Miñarro • Director of Love Me Not

“I like to make the audience uncomfortable by way of my creations"

Lluís Miñarro • Director of Love Me Not

Lluís Miñarro opened the Filmadrid International Film Festival 2019 with Love Me Not, his second fiction film which world-premiered at the recent...  

07/06/2019

Aneta Zagórska  • Producer, Krakow Film Cluster

"As a producer, it is not enough to have an interesting story; we have to know how we can cooperate on the project"

Aneta Zagórska • Producer, Krakow Film Cluster

Polish producer Aneta Zagórska sat down with us at Lima’s Al Este Central and Eastern European Film Festival to share her thoughts on her experience...  

07/06/2019 | Al Este 2019

Burak Çevik  • Director of Belonging

“I was trying to discover something that only cinema can”

Burak Çevik • Director of Belonging

We talked to Turkish director Burak Çevik about his Transilvania-screened second film, Belonging, inspired by true events  

07/06/2019 | Transilvania 2019

Benjamin Langeland • Director of Once Aurora

"I’m too impatient a person to work with fiction"

Benjamin Langeland • Director of Once Aurora

Cineuropa met with Norwegian director Benjamin Langeland on the occasion of the international Oslo Pix festival, where he was presenting his title Once...  

07/06/2019

Tudor Giurgiu  • Director of Parking

“I wanted to play with a culture clash”

Tudor Giurgiu • Director of Parking

We met up with Transilvania International Film Festival president Tudor Giurgiu, whose new film, Parking, opened this year’s edition of the gathering  

07/06/2019 | Transilvania 2019

Paul Tunge • Director of Du

"I opted for a circular narrative as opposed to a traditional linear form"

Paul Tunge • Director of Du

On the occasion of the third Oslo Pix Festival, the Norwegian director Paul Tunge introduced us to his fourth feature film Du, an independent film selected...  

06/06/2019

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