Interviews

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

8313 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 11/07/2025. 654 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Alexandre Gavras • Producer of Bab El Sahra

“The films we’ve produced are about topics we’re not used to seeing, that are a bit out of the ordinary”

Alexandre Gavras • Producer of Bab El Sahra

Cineuropa met with the producer from KG Productions, who discussed Salim Brahimi’s project and the company’s other current endeavours  

23/10/2024 | Cinemed 2024 | Cinemed Meetings

Ahmed Shawky • Head, CineGouna Funding

“We are a place where you can get access to important platforms, and meet European distributors, festivals and labs”

Ahmed Shawky • Head, CineGouna Funding

The Egyptian film critic and FIPRESCI president, who is heading CineGouna Funding for the second year, tells us about the changes he has introduced  

23/10/2024 | El Gouna 2024

Liliana Torres • Director of Mamífera

“The lack of positive role models for women who don’t want to be mothers contributes to stigmatisation”

Liliana Torres • Director of Mamífera

The Spanish director talks about her latest film, an exploration of bodily, reproductive and social autonomy around women who don't want to be mothers  

23/10/2024 | Warsaw 2024

Milko Lazarov • Director of Tarika

“I've always been interested in mysticism more than ordinary relationships”

Milko Lazarov • Director of Tarika

The Bulgarian director breaks down his third feature, which wraps up a triptych exploring forces and meanings stemming from the invisible layers of human...  

22/10/2024 | CinÉast 2024

Christophe Leparc • Director, Cinemed

“At the Cinemed Meetings, we meet talented people we didn’t know before and whom it will be interesting to follow”

Christophe Leparc • Director, Cinemed

The impact of current conflicts, geographical trends and the birth of projects: the director of the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival walks us through...  

17/10/2024 | Cinemed 2024

Robert Budina • Director of Waterdrop

“We wanted to have a kind of anatomy of our society, but also of the relationship you have with your family, career, society and politics”

Robert Budina • Director of Waterdrop

The Albanian director shares the sociopolitical inspirations behind his latest film and its complex main character  

16/10/2024 | Warsaw 2024

Hayet Benkara • Head of the Nouveau Marché, Nouveau Cinéma Montréal

“Despite the shifts in the industry, auteur cinema still has a long life ahead of it”

Hayet Benkara • Head of the Nouveau Marché, Nouveau Cinéma Montréal

The head honcho of the Montreal-based industry gathering explains what makes it unique and what she envisions for the event in the next decade  

16/10/2024 | Nouveau Cinéma Montréal 2024 | Nouveau Marché

Élise Otzenberger, Cécile de France • Director and star of Call of Water

"I always felt something very spiritual and a bit mystic about [my] connection to water"

Élise Otzenberger, Cécile de France • Director and star of Call of Water

The director and star share their attraction to their film's thematic material and why connecting to their own childhoods was so important for this story  

15/10/2024 | Sitges 2024

Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas • Director of Luna

“The first thing I said was that we had to make a movie where they could never physically touch each other”

Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas • Director of Luna

The Spanish director talks about creating a film shot entirely with actors in spacesuits, drawing inspiration from independent work and making space magic...  

15/10/2024 | Sitges 2024

Torsten Frehse • CEO, European Work in Progress

“EWIP thinks about which projects can be interesting for the cinemas, mainly keeping the audience in mind”

Torsten Frehse • CEO, European Work in Progress

The Cologne-based industry event will include the pitching of 29 feature-length projects at an advanced stage of production, alongside panels focused on...  

14/10/2024 | European Work in Progress Cologne 2024

Ronaldas Tomaševičius, Lineta Lasiauskaitė • Director and producer of Dead Among the Living

“When I first found a camera, it was transformative for me – it became my way of exploring this new post-addiction life”

Ronaldas Tomaševičius, Lineta Lasiauskaitė • Director and producer of Dead Among the Living

The director and producer discuss their project selected for the Nouveau Marché in Montreal, about a former drug addict and homeless man who chronicles his...  

14/10/2024 | Nouveau Cinéma Montréal 2024 | Nouveau Marché

Grímur Hákonarson, Sara Nassim • Director and producer of 200 Kopavogur

“The film speaks to a very delicate subject – infertility – and how one deals with that”

Grímur Hákonarson, Sara Nassim • Director and producer of 200 Kopavogur

The director-producer duo behind the project selected for the Nouveau Marché in Montreal unpick their story set in 1960s Iceland, revolving around a complex...  

14/10/2024 | Nouveau Cinéma Montréal 2024 | Nouveau Marché

Ariel Nasr, Yanick Létourneau • Director and producer of Daudistan

“The main focus is ensuring the story and characters resonate powerfully with the audience”

Ariel Nasr, Yanick Létourneau • Director and producer of Daudistan

The director and the producer of the project selected for the Nouveau Marché in Montreal detail their motivations for telling this particular story as well...  

14/10/2024 | Nouveau Cinéma Montréal 2024 | Nouveau Marché

Fabien Dao, Moustapha Sawadogo • Director and producer of Princesse Téné

“Horsemen are of great importance to Burkina Faso but remain absent from the screens”

Fabien Dao, Moustapha Sawadogo • Director and producer of Princesse Téné

The brains behind the project selected for the Nouveau Marché in Montreal break down the origins of their film and what they hope to gain by attending the...  

14/10/2024 | Nouveau Cinéma Montréal 2024 | Nouveau Marché

Nacho Vigalondo • Director of Daniela Forever

“I’m open to confessing that I remember depression through a Betacam camera in my mind”

Nacho Vigalondo • Director of Daniela Forever

The Spanish filmmaker and contemporary auteur of high-concept science fiction speaks about the personal connections to his latest film and making bold...  

10/10/2024 | Sitges 2024

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