Interviews

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

8294 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 04/07/2025. 657 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Damien Ounouri • Director

"I will take his palace, ride his horse, and his wife"

Damien Ounouri • Director

We met up with Damien Ounouri to chat about his project The Last Queen at the Cinemed Meetings  

25/10/2017

Dumitru Budrala  • President, Astra Film Festival

“We don’t want to lose a certain atmosphere that encourages communication”

Dumitru Budrala • President, Astra Film Festival

The Astra Film Festival’s president, Dumitru Budrala, chatted to Cineuropa about the strengths of Romania's biggest documentary event  

24/10/2017

Lionel Guedj  • Producer

“We want to work with artists who are not averse to taking risks”

Lionel Guedj • Producer

We met up with producer Lionel Guedj (of To Be Continued) at the Cinemed Meetings to discuss the project Dieu reconnaîtra les siens  

24/10/2017

Aro Korol  • Director

“Soho epitomises what’s happening around the world with regard to gentrification”

Aro Korol • Director

At the Warsaw Film Festival, we spoke to director Aro Korol to find out more about his documentary Battle of Soho, which explores the gentrification of Soho...  

24/10/2017

Andrzej Jakimowski  • Director

“The citizens of Warsaw are the best audience for the film”

Andrzej Jakimowski • Director

Polish director Andrzej Jakimowski explains why he shows a different side of Warsaw in Once Upon a Time in November, which had its world premiere at the...  

23/10/2017

Anniken Hoel  • Director

“When we started getting threats, we knew that we were looking in the right areas”

Anniken Hoel • Director

We chatted to Norwegian director Anniken Hoel, who presented her investigative documentary Cause of Death: Unknown in the Discoveries section of the Warsaw...  

23/10/2017

Ben Brand • Director

"A story about growing up and making mistakes"

Ben Brand • Director

We talk to Dutch filmmaker Ben Brand, whose first feature film Find This Dumb Little Bitch and Throw Her into the River just had its world premiere as part...  

20/10/2017

Sahim Omar Kalifa • Director

“Zagros and his wife are victims of the burden of tradition”

Sahim Omar Kalifa • Director

Belgian-based Kurdish director Sahim Omar Kalifa talks to us about his feature debut, Zagros, which was presented in competition at the Film Fest Gent  

20/10/2017 | Ghent 2017

Christophe Leparc  • Director, Cinemed

"A young emerging cinema where the place of women directors is more and more important"

Christophe Leparc • Director, Cinemed

We met up with Christophe Leparc, director of the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival (39th edition running from 20 to 28 October)  

20/10/2017

Rungano Nyoni  • Director

“I was interested in how difficult it is to break away from the rules”

Rungano Nyoni • Director

We spoke to Rungano Nyoni about her feature debut, I Am Not a Witch, which is unspooling at the London Film Festival after premiering at Cannes  

13/10/2017

Etienne Ollagnier • Distributor

"Protecting cinemas is not just about business"

Etienne Ollagnier • Distributor

Etienne Ollagnier, producer at Jour2Fête and co-president of the Syndicat des Distributeurs Indépendants, discusses reforms to French media timelines  

13/10/2017

Jan Cvitkovič • Director

"The Basics of Killing is a warning"

Jan Cvitkovič • Director

Slovenian filmmaker Jan Cvitkovič tells Cineuropa about why and how he made his latest movie, The Basics of Killing  

12/10/2017

Xavier Rigault  • Producer

"A threat to the French film industry"

Xavier Rigault • Producer

Xavier Rigault, co-president of the UPC (Union des Producteurs de Cinéma), gives his opinion on the debate on media timelines  

12/10/2017

Catherine Ann Berger  • Director, Swiss Films

“In the long run, it is really not enough to make films for your own home territory”

Catherine Ann Berger • Director, Swiss Films

At the Zurich Film Festival, we chatted to the director of Swiss Films, Catherine Ann Berger, about the agency’s new initiatives and the future of Swiss cinema  

11/10/2017

Laurent Cantet • Director

"A common framework for understanding young people’s worldview"

Laurent Cantet • Director

An encounter with French filmmaker Laurent Cantet to talk about The Workshop, shown in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, and which is arriving in French theatres...  

11/10/2017

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