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 12/07/2025. 654 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Leila Albayaty  • Director of From Abdul to Leila

"My father’s singing is a utopian message vis-à-vis our history"

Leila Albayaty • Director of From Abdul to Leila

The filmmaker chatted with us about her documentary which is drawn and sung in the first person but which resonates in many ways  

05/07/2024 | BRIFF 2024

Beata Parkanová • Director of Tiny Lights

“Adults tend to look down on children; in this film, they are all equal”

Beata Parkanová • Director of Tiny Lights

The Czech filmmaker discusses her tiny protagonist, whose family are convinced she is completely oblivious to the turmoil that’s ripping them apart – but...  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Angie Obeid  • Director of Yalla, Baba!

"The biggest challenge was being both the director and a character in my story"

Angie Obeid • Director of Yalla, Baba!

The filmmaker chatted with us about her documentary, following a road trip between Brussels and Beirut with her father, journeying through the history of...  

05/07/2024 | BRIFF 2024

Barbara Rupik • Director of Such Miracles Do Happen

“I wanted to create something along the lines of a waking dream”

Barbara Rupik • Director of Such Miracles Do Happen

We spoke to the young Polish filmmaker whose award-winning short film marks her as a major talent to watch with a unique artistic vision  

05/07/2024 | GoCritic! | Animafest Zagreb 2024

Oleh Sentsov  • Director of Real

“I would not dare call this a movie”

Oleh Sentsov • Director of Real

The Ukrainian director breaks down the making of his real-life record of war and the Russian invasion, captured accidentally with his military GoPro  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Antonio La Camera  • Director of The Lost Memories of Trees

“Being immersed in the Amazon was an inner journey to discover my limits and my strengths”

Antonio La Camera • Director of The Lost Memories of Trees

The Italian director participated in Playlab’s 2022 Creators Lab with Apichatpong Weerasethakul, where he shot his Venice-awarded short film  

05/07/2024 | /Italy/Spain

Alexe Poukine  • Director of Who Cares?

“Is it possible to be benevolent in an abusive system?”

Alexe Poukine • Director of Who Cares?

Cineuropa met with the Belgian director, whose new documentary focuses on caregivers’ sense of empathy and the way in which institutions prevent them from...  

04/07/2024 | BRIFF 2024

Samira El Mouzghibati  • Director of (Y)our mother

“Freedom is something very vast, we are constantly redefining what it means”

Samira El Mouzghibati • Director of (Y)our mother

The filmmaker talks about his first documentary feature, an intimate feminine film about the freedoms we look for and those that we grant ourselves  

04/07/2024 | BRIFF 2024

Margarida Cardoso  • Director of Banzo

“One of the challenges of the film is that it takes place from the point of view of those in power”

Margarida Cardoso • Director of Banzo

In her new feature, the Portuguese director focuses on a little-discussed historical happening: the death of expatriated African workers owing to their...  

04/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Jorge and Alberto Sánchez-Cabezudo  • Creators of See You in Another Life

"Something as big as a terrorist attack can be hidden in the everyday"

Jorge and Alberto Sánchez-Cabezudo • Creators of See You in Another Life

The pair responsible for one of the best Spanish series of the year, which can now be seen globally on Disney+ and Hulu, shared the secrets about their work  

03/07/2024 | Cinema Jove 2024

Ivana Gloria  • Director of Chlorophyll

“I had to learn to let go of the fear”

Ivana Gloria • Director of Chlorophyll

The director takes a deep dive into her “modern queer fairy tale”, a film about transformation and the fear of change  

03/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Pavel G Vesnakov  • Director of Windless

“Hesitation is a burden, but it marks creative paths”

Pavel G Vesnakov • Director of Windless

The Bulgarian director decodes his second feature, which follows a young man who’s detached from his past and his homeland as he deals with the sale of a...  

03/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Paula Ďurinová  • Director of Lapilli

“In the total darkness of a cave, where there is no way to escape to another reality, any question can be asked”

Paula Ďurinová • Director of Lapilli

The director discusses her exploration of grief and memory, the blending of autofiction and documentary essay, and the interdisciplinary influences on her...  

02/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Martin Pavol Repka  • Director of March to May

“What I like about slow cinema is that it gives a certain value to time in film and its passing”

Martin Pavol Repka • Director of March to May

Cineuropa chats to the debuting director about his film’s form, the influences behind his style and his take on slow cinema  

02/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Peter Hoogendoorn • Director of Three Days of Fish

“My work is often described as autobiographical, but I find that definition limiting”

Peter Hoogendoorn • Director of Three Days of Fish

The Dutch director breaks down his second feature, revealing the biographical connection to its plot  

02/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

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