Interviews

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

8334 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 04/08/2025. 666 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Mark Cousins  • Director of A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

"Looking into the world can take you out of yourself and into something bigger"

Mark Cousins • Director of A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

The filmmaker talks about his new work, an exploration of British modernist painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham's perspective after her experience atop the...  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Claire Burger  • Director of Foreign Language

“I wanted to show beautiful things amongst the youth, even if the current moment is complicated”

Claire Burger • Director of Foreign Language

The French director talks about her second solo feature film, a vivid and subtle portrait of today’s youth  

05/07/2024 | BRIFF 2024

Bruno Anković  • Director of Celebration

"This is a story from 100 years ago, but unfortunately, it is also about today and maybe even tomorrow"

Bruno Anković • Director of Celebration

The Croatian director delves into his first feature, a film that shows the reasons why innocent people become easy quarry for ideological crusaders  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Noaz Deshe  • Director of Xoftex

"I wanted to document the progression of the mental state of stateless people in a refugee camp"

Noaz Deshe • Director of Xoftex

The director tells us more about his new film, in which he portrays refugees filming satirical sketches and preparing for a zombie horror flick while...  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

George Sikharulidze  • Director of Panopticon

"I was interested in exploring the clash between a young boy's soul and his exploding sexuality"

George Sikharulidze • Director of Panopticon

The Georgian filmmaker discusses his first film, about an introvert teenager embarking on a journey of self-discovery, opening up both to an ultra-right...  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Paolo Tizón • Director of Night Has Come

"But life goes on, like in an Abbas Kiarostami movie"

Paolo Tizón • Director of Night Has Come

We sat down with the Peruvian director to discuss his debut feature offering an intimate look at one of the most challenging military trainings in Latin America  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

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

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