Interviews

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

8592 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 17/01/2026. 640 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Vanessa Redgrave  • Actress, director

“I want to help refugees in any way possible”

Vanessa Redgrave • Actress, director

Legendary British actress Vanessa Redgrave talked to us about her directorial debut, Sea Sorrow, which was screened at the 12th Rome Film Fest  

08/11/2017

Samu Fuentes  • Director

"I want the film to be a sensory experience"

Samu Fuentes • Director

Asturian filmmaker Samu Fuentes helms his first fiction feature with Bajo la piel de lobo, which has world-premiered at the 14th Seville European Film Festival  

07/11/2017

Marco Müller and Jia Zhangke  • Organisers, Pingyao Film Festival

“The idea was to promote a constant East-West exchange”

Marco Müller and Jia Zhangke • Organisers, Pingyao Film Festival

The men behind the first edition of the Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival, Marco Müller and Jia Zhangke, discuss its “year zero”  

07/11/2017 | Pingyao 2017

Carlos Marques-Marcet  • Director

“How do we build an ‘us’ in today’s world?”

Carlos Marques-Marcet • Director

Anchor and Hope is the second film by Spaniard Carlos Marques-Marcet, who garnered huge acclaim with his feature debut, Long Distance  

06/11/2017 | Seville 2017 | Competition

Nadia Paschetto  • Director, Arras Film Festival

"When we spot a filmmaker, we aim to help them out over time"

Nadia Paschetto • Director, Arras Film Festival

We met up with Nadia Paschetto, director of the 18th edition of the Arras Film Festival, which is running from 3-12 November  

03/11/2017

Emilie Bujès • Artistic director, Visions du Réel

"Maintaining a distinctiveness and very high artistic standards"

Emilie Bujès • Artistic director, Visions du Réel

Cineuropa talked to Emilie Bujès, the new artistic director of Visions du Réel, about the first new elements that she has introduced  

02/11/2017

Christine Eloy, Laurent Dutoit, Stefano Massenzi • Europa Distribution

Christine Eloy, Laurent Dutoit, Stefano Massenzi • Europa Distribution

We met with Christine Eloy, Laurent Dutoit and Stefano Massenzi, respectively the managing director and the co-presidents of Europa Distribution, at the...  

31/10/2017

Gürcan Keltek  • Director

“The visual style resonates with our distorted collective memory of events”

Gürcan Keltek • Director

We talked to Turkish filmmaker Gürcan Keltek about Meteors, the difficulties of political filmmaking, and his artistic and visual inspiration  

30/10/2017

Franz Schwartz  • Director, Viennale

“The Viennale should be kept as it was and as it is”

Franz Schwartz • Director, Viennale

Current Viennale director Franz Schwartz talks about his interim position, the spirit of the Viennale and the effort to keep it going after the passing of...  

30/10/2017

Paolo Taviani • Director

"Anyone can fall head over heels in love and forget about everything else"

Paolo Taviani • Director

After premiering at Toronto, Paolo Taviani presents his new film, Rainbow – A Private Affair, at the 12th Rome Film Fest, written with his brother Vittorio,...  

30/10/2017

Marco Alessi  • Producer

"I like to be surprised by what I see"

Marco Alessi • Producer

We met up with Italian producer Marco Alessi, head of Dugong Films, at the Cinemed Meetings  

26/10/2017

Erlingur Thoroddsen • Director

"Rift talks about a recent breakup, a transition period of emotional instability"

Erlingur Thoroddsen • Director

Icelandic director Erlingur Thoroddsen talks about his second feature film, Rift, which comes out on 27 October in Iceland  

26/10/2017

Vicky Miha • Producer

"Yet further confirmation that this story needs to be told"

Vicky Miha • Producer

We met up with Vicky Miha from Momento Film, producer of Binyam Berhane's Madame Luna, winner of the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at the MIA in...  

25/10/2017

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

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