Interviews

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

8436 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 11/09/2025. 651 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Bettina Blümner • Director

Between fact & fiction

Bettina Blümner • Director

The Berlin-based filmmaker Bettina Blümner talks about her latest work, her influences and how she ended up directing features  

23/12/2014

Ronnie Sandahl  • Director

“Everything’s harder than before”

Ronnie Sandahl • Director

Cineuropa met with Swedish screenwriter and director Ronnie Sandahl to talk about his film Underdog  

19/12/2014

Gerard Johnson  • Director

“To try to destroy the limits of our usual perspective”

Gerard Johnson • Director

Meeting at Les Arcs with British director Gerard Johnson to talk about Hyena, his hard-hitting thriller about police corruption  

18/12/2014

Pieter Van Hees  • Director

“A deviant crime thriller”

Pieter Van Hees • Director

Rendez-vous at the Les Arcs Festival with Belgian director Pieter Van Hees who deciphers his gripping psychological thriller Waste Land  

16/12/2014

Gabriele Salvatores  • Director

The Invisible Boy, the Italian route to fantasy

Gabriele Salvatores • Director

Cineuropa interviewed Oscar winner Gabriele Salvatores for the release of his latest movie, about a teenage superhero.  

11/12/2014

Jochen Greve  • Screenwriter

“The interest in Europe lies in its diversity, and cinema is no exception”

Jochen Greve • Screenwriter

Cineuropa met up with German screenwriter and patron of the SAA Jochen Greve to speak about culture in times of crisis and the importance of authors’ rights  

11/12/2014

Koen Mortier and Eurydice Gysel  • Producers

“It has become very difficult for young directors to find a job”

Koen Mortier and Eurydice Gysel • Producers

Cinergie speaks to Koen Mortier and Eurydice Gysel about their work as producers and their production companies  

09/12/2014

Alfonso Zarauza  • Director

"People outside are curious about what’s happening in Spain"

Alfonso Zarauza • Director

Galician director Alfonso Zarauza releases Aces, previously screened at the Malaga Film Festival and shown at various European festivals  

09/12/2014

John Boorman  • Director

“Film is a universal language”

John Boorman • Director

Cineuropa met up with English director John Boorman in Paris during the “Filmmakers Invite... a European Friend” event  

05/12/2014

Tomm Moore  • Director

“The timeless side of animation”

Tomm Moore • Director

Meeting in Paris with the Irish director of the wonderful animation movie Song of the Sea  

05/12/2014

Roberts Vinovskis  • Producer

“It’s never easy in any country to get films funded. Latvia is no exception”

Roberts Vinovskis • Producer

At the 18th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Cineuropa found out what it’s like to be a producer in Latvia, and how Roberts Vinovskis chooses his projects  

02/12/2014

Aik Karapetian  • Director

“I wanted to build up the rules of the game”

Aik Karapetian • Director

At the 18th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Cineuropa sat down with Aik Karapetian to talk about his career, the Latvian film industry and his thoughts...  

01/12/2014

Cristóbal Arteaga  • Director

“Spain’s tax situation is a disgrace”

Cristóbal Arteaga • Director

The Galicia-based Chilean filmmaker is presenting his as-yet-unseen debut film, Faro sin isla, in the Géneros Mutantes section of the Gijón Film Festival  

26/11/2014

Luis Marías  • Director

“There’s nothing more fun than directing a movie”

Luis Marías • Director

Fuego, the second movie by the Basque director, is a dramatic thriller about the violence caused by terrorism; the only Spanish movie in competition in Gijón  

24/11/2014

Dimitri Eipides  • Head of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival

"I don't want this festival to be snuffed out for any reason - it deserves to last longer"

Dimitri Eipides • Head of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Cineuropa met up with Dimitri Eipides to talk about how he felt about the latest edition of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival and the gathering’s...  

20/11/2014

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