Video interviews

Cineuropa's video interviews. Discover or re-discover interviews with directors, actors, producers, distributors and other European professionals. In this section, you can find our video interviews with the Shooting Stars and Producers on the Move, as selected by European Film Promotion.

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi • Actress in Duse

"Empathy is not a religious or sentimental word; it is the only way we can survive"

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi • Actress in Duse by Jesús Silva Vilas, Ana Stanic

The European Actress nominee reflected on the relevance of art as a vital force, linking Eleonora Duse’s era to our own moment  

Kamal Aljafari • Director of With Hasan in Gaza

"The film leaves the viewer a lot of space to connect with the reality of today"

Kamal Aljafari • Director of With Hasan in Gaza by Jesús Silva Vilas, Ana Stanic

The Palestinian filmmaker spoke about transforming found footage into a film that invites viewers to engage with the present  

Andres Veiel • Director of Riefenstahl

"Riefenstahl was very contemporary on many levels, not only in relation to the production of fake news"

Andres Veiel • Director of Riefenstahl by Jesús Silva Vilas, Ana Stanic

The German director speaks about why a figure like Leni Riefenstahl still hits a nerve today, and why her story refuses to stay in the past  

Irene Iborra Rizo • Director of Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake

"It’s better to talk about problems rather than hide them — even when the audience is children"

Irene Iborra Rizo • Director of Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake by Jesús Silva Vilas, Ana Stanic

The Spanish director speaks about using animation to openly address social issues, even for young audiences, and about stop motion as a personal way of...  

Sergi López • Actor in Sirāt

"It’s a privilege to read a script that can’t be compared to anything else"

Sergi López • Actor in Sirāt by Jesús Silva Vilas, Ana Stanic

The European Actor nominee described the rare pull of a script that stands on its own, and the total physical and emotional immersion it called for  

Igor Bezinović • Director of Fiume o morte!

"History is not just assembly of different facts, history is storytelling"

Igor Bezinović • Director of Fiume o morte! by Jesús Silva Vilas, Ana Stanic

We caught up with the Croatian filmmaker, who used his local community network to question how history is constructed and remembered  

Laura Carreira • Director of On Falling

"There is immense power in being able to look at the world in a fresh way, and cinema does that"

Laura Carreira • Director of On Falling by Jesús Silva Vilas, Ana Stanic

Winner of the European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI, the Portuguese director speaks about cinema as a social force  

Ada Solomon • Producer and Chair of European Film Academy board

"Arthouse cinema will be less affected by upcoming crisis than large-scale commercial productions"

Ada Solomon • Producer and Chair of European Film Academy board by Jesús Silva Vilas, Ana Stanic

We sat down with the newly elected Chair of the European Film Academy board to discuss her priorities and future plans for the institution  

Giovanni Labadessa  •  Film Producer and Founder of Nòt Film Fest

“Nòt Film Fest is a place where people are reminded why they started making movies in the first place.”

Giovanni Labadessa • Film Producer and Founder of Nòt Film Fest

Giovanni Labadessa, founder of Nòt Film Fest, talks about building a festival that celebrates rejection  

George Ovashvili • Director of The Moon Is a Father of Mine

"The fight is to do your work and do it well — to make strong films"

George Ovashvili • Director of The Moon Is a Father of Mine by Ana Stanic

The Georgian filmmaker opened up about his film’s autobiographical echoes and the collaborative weight of an intricate European co-production spanning six...  

Nikolaj Nikitin • Curator, Critics' Picks, Tallinn Black Nights

"To curate is to care — about stories, about voices, about the emotions we dare to show"

Nikolaj Nikitin • Curator, Critics' Picks, Tallinn Black Nights by Ana Stanic

We met up with the curator of the festival section, for whom cinema is not just entertainment, "it is urgency, emotion, and the bold insistence that our...  

Ali Vatansever • Director of LifeLike

"The human condition is much richer than stripped-down concepts of life"

Ali Vatansever • Director of LifeLike by Ana Stanic

The Turkish director shared with us why he celebrates life more than the concepts of it — and why audiences should experience their own feelings rather than...  

Petter Næss • Director of No Comment

"This is a message to politicians: take yourselves and your job seriously"

Petter Næss • Director of No Comment by Ana Stanic

We chatted to the Norwegian director to discuss his sharp political satire, which casts politicians as adult children  

Samuel Abrahams • Director of Lady

"My film deals with visibility and the longing to be seen"

Samuel Abrahams • Director of Lady by Ana Stanic

We spoke with the British director about the script and the meta structure of his gloriously oddball debut  

Hille Norden • Director of Easy Girl

"Talking helps, and listening heals"

Hille Norden • Director of Easy Girl by Ana Stanic

We sat down with the emerging German director to talk about her striking debut, a bold mix of sexuality, beauty and pain  

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