Interviews

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

8615 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 30/01/2026. 642 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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

Kaarle Aho • Producer

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Kaarle Aho • Producer

We talked to Kaarle Aho, producer of The Great Bear for Finland's Making Movies Oy, after having won the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at...  

01/12/2017

Laura and Clara Laperrousaz • Directors

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Laura and Clara Laperrousaz • Directors

We talked to French directors Laura and Clara Laperrousaz about Sunbeat, awarded the Special Jury Prize for Directing in the First Feature Competition of...  

01/12/2017 | Black Nights 2017

Branko Schmidt  • Director

"I am a bit scared of the young people that are being brought up in our society"

Branko Schmidt • Director

Cineuropa sat down to talk to Branko Schmidt about his latest film, Agape, now hitting national and regional screens  

30/11/2017 | Lecce 2018

Paola Randi  • Director

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Paola Randi • Director

We met up with Italian director Paola Randi to discuss her new film Little Tito and the Aliens, presented in competition at the Black Nights Film Festival  

30/11/2017

Nawell Madani  • Director

"I wanted to show what goes on behind the scenes in an environment that we rarely see in films"

Nawell Madani • Director

We met up with Belgian actress and comedian Nawell Madani, whose debut film, C'est tout pour moi, is released today in France and Belgium  

29/11/2017

Francesca Comencini  • Director

"I wanted to tell a story about a woman who isn’t a victim"

Francesca Comencini • Director

Roman director Francesca Comencini talks to us about her new film Stories of Love That Cannot Belong to This World, screened at Torino and in Italian...  

29/11/2017

Isa Prahl • Director

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Isa Prahl • Director

We met up with German director Isa Prahl to discuss her first film Different Kinds of Rain, which triumphed in the First Feature Competition of the Black...  

29/11/2017

Blerta Zeqiri • Director

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Blerta Zeqiri • Director

We met up with Kosovan director Blerta Zeqiri to discuss her first film The Marriage  

29/11/2017 | Black Nights 2017 | First Features Competition

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