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Euro Film Fest


89 articles available in total starting from 20/05/2019. Last article published on 11/08/2025.

Colette Naufal | • Director, Beirut International Film Festival

Interview: Colette Naufal | • Director, Beirut International Film Festival

“The purpose of the festival is to bring arthouse films to the audience”

Colette Naufal chats to us about the Beirut International Film Festival’s selection process and its Public Square section  

20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest

Angelica Lares | • Head of industry and market, FICG

Interview: Angelica Lares | • Head of industry and market, FICG

“Through our industry programmes, we can follow the growth of the films, from the development stage to work in progress and being screened; this year there are six films in Cannes”

The head of industry and market at the Guadalajara International Film Festival, Angelica Lares, talks about the side events and master classes organised during the festival  

20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest/Mexico

Themba Bhebhe  • Coordinator, Diversity & Inclusion, European Film Market

Interview: Themba Bhebhe • Coordinator, Diversity & Inclusion, European Film Market

“One of the most powerful arguments for diversity and inclusion in the film industry is that of proportional representation”

We spoke to Themba Bhebhe, who is in charge of the Diversity & Inclusion initiative at the European Film Market  

20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest

Pamela Leu  • Founder and CEO, Be For Films

Interview: Pamela Leu • Founder and CEO, Be For Films

“I’m always happy for the movies to be shown in the most remote, craziest, and most difficult and different parts of the world”

We chatted to Pamela Leu, the founder of Be For Films, an independent film sales agent in Belgium  

20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest

Marjorie Bendeck  • Director, Connecting Cottbus

Interview: Marjorie Bendeck • Director, Connecting Cottbus

“A clear concept and consistency over the years are good ingredients in order to bind and engage the audience”

In this interview, Marjorie Bendeck, the director of Connecting Cottbus, breaks down the inner workings of the co-production market and the local film industry  

20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest

Johannes Ebert  • Secretary general, Goethe-Institut

Interview: Johannes Ebert • Secretary general, Goethe-Institut

“European film is what conveys the diversity of European culture”

The secretary general of the Goethe-Institut, Johannes Ebert, explains how the institute works and how it is involved in the “Support to EU Film Festivals” project  

20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest

Jason Ryle  • Executive director, imagineNATIVE

Interview: Jason Ryle • Executive director, imagineNATIVE

“Programming is one of the most amazing, but also one of the most difficult, things about film-festival work”

The executive, artistic and managing director of the imagineNATIVE festival, Jason Ryle, talks about the submission and selection process, and the programming of a film festival  

20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest

Guilhem Caillard | • Managing director, Cinemania

Interview: Guilhem Caillard | • Managing director, Cinemania

“Our funding system is a happy medium between US private and French public funding”

Guilhem Caillard talks about the organisation of side events, the financing of a film festival, programming and the use of social media to promote events  

20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest

Anne Tallineau  • Executive director, Institut français

Interview: Anne Tallineau • Executive director, Institut français

“We hope to give international audiences an idea of European values that are at the heart of European cinema”

Anne Tallineau, executive director of the Institut français, talks about the aim and the work of the institute  

20/05/2019 | Euro Film Fest

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