Interviews

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

8520 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 18/11/2025. 642 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Izer Aliu  • Director

“What are our principles worth when reality brings a cruel denial to our beliefs?”

Izer Aliu • Director

Cineuropa met up with Norwegian director Izer Aliu, whose first feature film, Hunting Flies, was released in Norway after its world premiere at Toronto  

25/04/2017

Dome Karukoski  • Director

“It was the longest and most intense scripting process I have ever experienced”

Dome Karukoski • Director

We spoke to Dome Karukoski, whose Tom of Finland – which is well on the way to becoming his seventh local blockbuster – is screening at the Tribeca Film...  

25/04/2017

Gianni Amelio • Director

“We need some tenderness to chase away our anxieties”

Gianni Amelio • Director

Multi-award-winning director Gianni Amelio talks about his latest film, Holding Hands, fresh from its international premiere at Bari’s Bif&st  

24/04/2017

Petra Volpe • Director

"I hope the film encourages people not to give in to oppression and injustice"

Petra Volpe • Director

Swiss director Petra Volpe talks to us about her latest feature film, The Divine Order, screening in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival: an homage to...  

21/04/2017

Gudula Meinzolt • Director of the DOCM at Visions du Réel

“Our market backs ambitious projects by authors with a unique artistic vision”

Gudula Meinzolt • Director of the DOCM at Visions du Réel

Cineuropa caught up with Gudula Meinzolt, director of the DOCM (Doc Outlook-International Market) at the Visions du Réel festival in Nyon  

21/04/2017

Steve Matthews  • Executive producer, HBO Europe

“It all starts with the talent; it all starts local”

Steve Matthews • Executive producer, HBO Europe

In the run-up to the 2017 Visegrad Film Forum, Cineuropa talked to HBO Europe executive producer Steve Matthews about the golden age of television in Europe  

21/04/2017

Esteban Crespo  • Director

"A screenplay is a guide, not law"

Esteban Crespo • Director

Amar is the debut feature film by Spanish director Esteban Crespo. We sat down with him to talk about it  

20/04/2017

Severin Eskeland • Director

"I like scaring myself"

Severin Eskeland • Director

Cineuropa met with Norwegian director Severin Eskeland to talk about his second feature film, Lust, which is being released in Norwegian theatres  

20/04/2017

Fabrice du Welz • Director

"Shooting in LA is like being in another world”

Fabrice du Welz • Director

Cineuropa caught up with Belgian director Fabrice du Welz, who is back with his American production, Message from the King, at the Brussels International...  

18/04/2017

Valentin Hitz  • Director

"I wanted to give a certain impact to thinking about life and death"

Valentin Hitz • Director

Cineuropa talked to Valentin Hitz about his second feature, Hidden Reserves, which was screened at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival  

14/04/2017

Jan Naszewski  • Sales agent, New Europe Film Sales

"It is important to have a discussion about marketing during a project’s early stages"

Jan Naszewski • Sales agent, New Europe Film Sales

Cineuropa sat down with New Europe Film Sales owner Jan Naszewski during the CineLink Project Development Workshop to learn about the role that a marketer...  

14/04/2017

Romain Roll  • Director, BIF Market

"Genre films aren’t limited to gory films with lots of massacres"

Romain Roll • Director, BIF Market

Cineuropa caught up with Romain Roll at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival to talk about his latest project, the BIF Market, the inaugural...  

12/04/2017

Cristiano Bortone  • Director

“There is an ever-greater demand for quality European movies”

Cristiano Bortone • Director

Cineuropa sat down with Italian director Cristiano Bortone, whose feature Coffee has been selected at the Beijing International Film Festival; here he talks...  

12/04/2017

Sylvain George • Director

"Folding things up and rewriting them in the long term"

Sylvain George • Director

Interview with Sylvain George, director of Paris is a Moveable Feast – A Film in 18 Waves, a hypnotic and radical stroll around the centre and nooks and...  

11/04/2017

Tereza Kotyk • Director

“Home is something we find inside ourselves”

Tereza Kotyk • Director

Austrian director Tereza Kotyk talks to us about her debut feature film, Home is Here, in competition at the Lecce European Film Festival, a minimalist and...  

11/04/2017

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