Interviews

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

8442 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 16/09/2025. 650 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Juliette Schrameck  • Managing director, mk2 Films

"Our policy is to have a few films that we really focus on"

Juliette Schrameck • Managing director, mk2 Films

Juliette Schrameck talks about mk2 Films’ extraordinary line-up at the 71st Cannes Film Festival and offers her point of view on market trends  

07/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Market

Jan Prušinovský  • Director

“My idea is to have absolute intimacy within the open space”

Jan Prušinovský • Director

Cineuropa talks to Czech writer-director Jan Prušinovský about his latest project in development, which was presented at the recent Czech Film Springboard  

07/05/2018

Rok Sečen • Producer

"I believe things are developing in the right direction"

Rok Sečen • Producer

Slovenian producer Rok Sečen, of Ljubljana-based outfit Monoo, is taking part in the 2018 Producers on the Move and talks to us about it  

04/05/2018 | Producers on the Move 2018

Nicolas Anthomé • Producer

"A filmmaker's talent is essential"

Nicolas Anthomé • Producer

We met up with Nicolas Anthomé, bathysphere producer for Makala and 10,000 Nights in the Jungle, now a 2018 Producer on the Move  

04/05/2018 | Producers on the Move 2018

Birgitta Björnsdóttir • Producer

"We really depend on our film fund"

Birgitta Björnsdóttir • Producer

Iceland's Birgitta Björnsdóttir, a producer for Vintage Pictures, talks to us about being selected as a 2018 Producer on the Move  

04/05/2018 | Producers on the Move 2018

Esko Rips • Producer

"Resources in Estonia are rather limited, so competition is pretty tough"

Esko Rips • Producer

We chat to Estonia's Esko Rips, one of EFP's 2018 Producers on the Move, about his work and the new projects being undertaken by his company, Nafta Films  

04/05/2018 | Producers on the Move 2018

Thierry Frémaux • Artistic Director, Cannes Film Festival

"It was the perfect opportunity to be bold"

Thierry Frémaux • Artistic Director, Cannes Film Festival

Thierry Frémaux, Artistic Director and General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival, chats to Cineuropa about the 2018 selection and his take on current...  

04/05/2018 | Cannes 2018

Elena Christodoulidou • Senior cultural officer, Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus

“Cyprus has multiple advantages for international co-productions”

Elena Christodoulidou • Senior cultural officer, Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus

We chatted to Elena Christodoulidou, senior cultural officer at the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus, about the present and future of Cypriot cinema  

03/05/2018

Kamyar Mohsenin  • Manager of international relations, Fajr International Film Festival

“Every day, our role in world cinema is growing”

Kamyar Mohsenin • Manager of international relations, Fajr International Film Festival

The Fajr International Film Festival’s manager of international relations, Kamyar Mohsenin, explains how the gathering has played a vital role in the...  

03/05/2018

Edouard Waintrop • Artistic director, Directors' Fortnight

"You mustn't be afraid of offending people's feelings"

Edouard Waintrop • Artistic director, Directors' Fortnight

Edouard Waintrop, artistic director of Cannes Directors' Fortnight, comments on the 2018 selection  

03/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Directors' Fortnight

Walid Mattar • Director

"Two different tranches de vie, without falling victim to clichés or bleakness"

Walid Mattar • Director

The Tunisian director Walid Mattar talks to us about his debut feature film, Nothern Wind, selected in international competition at Bari Bif&st  

03/05/2018 | Bif&st 2018

Charles Tesson • Artistic director, Critics' Week

"This is the first time we’ve had so much high-quality European content"

Charles Tesson • Artistic director, Critics' Week

Charles Tesson, artistic director of Cannes Critics' Week, comments on the 2018 selection  

02/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Critics' Week

Michael Pearce  • Director

“I didn’t want to exploit the victims’ story”

Michael Pearce • Director

Director Michael Pearce discusses fairy tales, serial killers and going back to Jersey to make his debut feature, Beast, which has just had its UK release  

02/05/2018

Daniele Vicari  • Director

"We have a duty to maintain a critical stance in the press, just as we do in cinema"

Daniele Vicari • Director

Daniele Vicari talks about his new film, Before the Night, which focuses on Pippo Fava, the extraordinary intellectual killed by the Mafia. The film world...  

30/04/2018 | Bif&st 2018

Tomáš Hubáček  • Director

“We want to literally drag the viewer into the landscape”

Tomáš Hubáček • Director

Emerging Czech director Tomáš Hubáček talks about his fiction feature in development, Wirbel, and his attempt to make a Czech mystery movie for a broader...  

27/04/2018

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