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.

 
Lucía Recalde • Head of Unit, Creative Europe MEDIA

“We want to use MEDIA to take collaboration to the next level”

Lucía Recalde • Head of Unit, Creative Europe MEDIA

We sat down with Lucía Recalde in Berlin, during the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the European Film Awards, to discuss MEDIA’s current situation...  

28/12/2017

Harald Zwart • Director

"We need to instil in our children values such as constantly challenging our own limits"

Harald Zwart • Director

Cineuropa met with Norwegian director, Harald Zwart, whose new film 12th Man is released in Norway on Christmas day  

22/12/2017

Andrea Caccia • Director

"A microcosm, where different moments of existence co-exist"

Andrea Caccia • Director

Italian director Andrea Caccia talks to us about his new project, Gold Is All There is, winner of the Eurimages Lab Project Award at Les Arcs European Film...  

21/12/2017

Emmanuel Finkiel • Director

"I play the card of total subjectivity"

Emmanuel Finkiel • Director

We met up with French director Emmanuel Finkiel at Les Arcs European Film Festival to talk about his remarkable new film, Memoir of Pain  

21/12/2017

Francesca Breccia • Exporter

"Let me explain our revolutionary business sales model"

Francesca Breccia • Exporter

We met up with Francesca Breccia, founder of Coccinelle Film Sales, which promotes independent films and documentaries sold in alternative ways, i.e. "by...  

20/12/2017

Urszula Antoniak • Director

"The film traces a certain progression towards awareness"

Urszula Antoniak • Director

Dutch-Polish director Urszula Antoniak talks about her latest film, Beyond Words, at the Les Arcs European Film Festival  

20/12/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | Competition

Robert Schwentke • Director

"Naturalism restricts a director's toolbox too much"

Robert Schwentke • Director

German director Robert Schwentke talks about his new film, The Captain, screening at Les Arcs European Film Festival  

19/12/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | Competition

Frédéric Boyer • Artistic Director, Les Arcs European Film Festival

"Getting the seal of approval from Les Arcs is a real advantage for a film"

Frédéric Boyer • Artistic Director, Les Arcs European Film Festival

Frédéric Boyer, artistic director of the Les Arcs European Film Festival, talks to us about the gathering's Work in Progress section and the changes the...  

14/12/2017

Jesper Ganslandt  • Director

“My goal is to reflect stories that are unfurling around us at this moment”

Jesper Ganslandt • Director

Swedish filmmaker Jesper Ganslandt talks to us about his new project, Jimmie, which won the Eurimages Lab Project Award in Haugesund last August  

13/12/2017

Amr Salama  • Director

“I feel that saying that some people lack humanity is not right”

Amr Salama • Director

At the Cairo Film Festival, Cineuropa talked to Amr Salama, the director of Sheikh Jackson, which premiered at Toronto and is the Egyptian entry for Best...  

12/12/2017

Osamah Sami  • Scriptwriter and actor

“It is important to share our stories with the world”

Osamah Sami • Scriptwriter and actor

Cineuropa met up with Australian scriptwriter and actor Osamah Sami at the Cairo Film Festival to discuss whether cinema can change people’s mentalities  

08/12/2017

Akseli Tuomivaara • Director

“The reputation of films for young audiences is changing”

Akseli Tuomivaara • Director

Finnish director Akseli Tuomivaara talked to us about his new project, Tagli and Telle, the winner of the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at the...  

07/12/2017

Marion Döring • Director, European Film Academy

“There is no other industry in Europe that feels as united as we do”

Marion Döring • Director, European Film Academy

European Film Academy director Marion Döring talks to us about the achievements of the European Film Awards in the run-up to their 30th ceremony, to be held...  

04/12/2017

Jacopo Chessa • Director, Torino Short Film Market

"A market and hotbed for talent"

Jacopo Chessa • Director, Torino Short Film Market

Jacopo Chessa talks about the Torino Short Film Market, Italy’s only short film market, which is due to take place from 29 November to 1 December as part of...  

01/12/2017

Anna Jadowska  • Director

Where (and when) Wild Roses grow

Anna Jadowska • Director

Writer-director Anna Jadowska talks to Cineuropa about the inspiration behind her award-winning film Wild Roses, and why she considers herself a chronicler...  

01/12/2017 | Bergamo 2018

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