Interviews

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

8395 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 02/09/2025. 656 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 

Finding new talent in the right place

Irena Taskovski • Producer and sales agent

Taskovski Films has recently opened an office in Irena Taskovski’s hometown Banja Luka in Bosnia-Herzegovina  

27/08/2012

"I would love to see a high-quality film festival take place in Riga again"

Sarlote Liduma • Organiser of FF Riga

The organiser of FF Riga, Sarlote Liduma, elaborates on her plans for the new festival  

22/08/2012

“Minimalist suspense”

Emin Alper • Director

Encounter in Paris with the Turkish filmmaker on the occasion of the French release of his first feature film, the widely-acclaimed Beyond the Hill.  

20/08/2012

“Looking at reality in a different way”

Giorgio Diritti • Director

Searching for oneself, faith and a sense of community are the themes at the centre of Giorgio Diritti’s latest film, There Will Come a Day.  

20/08/2012

Modern Times for the bees

Markus Imhoof • Director

With stunning macro shots Swiss filmmaker Markus Imhoof provides an inside look into beehives that has never been seen before.  

20/08/2012

Redemption Street: a thriller with its own conventions

Miroslav Terzić • Director

Terzić tells Cineuropa about how his film turned into a stylish political thriller, a rare beast in Balkan cinema.  

20/08/2012

“It’s becoming very difficult for me to make the films that I love”

Frédéric Fonteyne • Director

Belgian director Frédéric Fonteyne tells us about Tango Libre, his fourth film that has been selected for the Orizzonti competition at the upcoming 69th...  

06/08/2012

Interview

Gianantonio Furlan • National Association of Italian Film Exhibitors

"Why digitalization by 2013 is necessary"  

"People want to see films: We have to make it easy for them."

Paco León • Director/actor

Paco León is releasing Carmina o revienta, his first film for which he was also producer and screenwriter, in cinemas, on internet, and on DVD all on the...  

29/07/2012

"Festivals must recuperate their function as explorations of new aesthetics and languages"

Alberto Barbera • Director of the 69th Venice International Film Festival

The new director of the Venice Film Festival (August 29 - September 8) talks about the festival's selection and the new additions to this 69th edition  

26/07/2012

Interview

Aida Begić • Director

Aida Begić's second feature Children of Sarajevo was awarded the Cineuropa Prize at the 18th Sarajevo Film Festival after a Un Certain Regard Special...  

Interview

Andrea Occhipinti • Distributor
"I believe in the future of VOD for quality cinema"

Lucky Red is celebrating 25 years of quality-film distribution. Alongside Key Films, the company has been able to confront the market with intelligence,...  

"Content can't be slave to form"

Miroslav Momčilović • Director

Serbian director Miroslav Momčilović speaks about Death of a Man in the Balkans, which won the Independent Camera Award in Karlovy Vary  

18/07/2012

'Silver screen'? No thank you!

Laurent Hebert • CST General Manager

With digital cinema comes the promise of better on-screen quality for less money. Laurent Hebert talks about the challenges in the digital age  

18/07/2012

"The grave for small distributors"

Frank L. Stavik • Managing Director, Fidalgo Film Distribution

The managing director of Fidalgo Film Distribution explains how the digital reality has changed the situation for independent distributors in Norway  

17/07/2012

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