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.

1962 video interviews available in total starting from 30/08/2002. Last updated on 31/08/2025. 105 video interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Vladlena Sandu • Director of Memory

"We need to start talking about the rights of children in dictatorships and war zones"

Vladlena Sandu • Director of Memory by Vittoria Scarpa, Daniele Zoico

VENICE 2025: The Crimean-born, Chechen-raised director talks about her film, in which she wonders if it's possible to escape from the cycle of violence...  

Yegor Troyanovsky • Director of Cuba & Alaska

"My film is a portrait of friendship during wartime"

Yegor Troyanovsky • Director of Cuba & Alaska by Ana Stanic

The Ukrainian director reflects on the challenges of filming in an active war zone and the urgent need to preserve human connection through cinema  

Dalija Dozet • Director of My Dad’s Lessons

"My idea was to explore what is left behind in the hundred hours of footage my father obsessively filmed"

Dalija Dozet • Director of My Dad’s Lessons by Ana Stanic

The Croatian director discusses her film, an intimate dialogue across time, as she uses the archive to reflect on memory, loss, and everything left unsaid  

Renátó Olasz • Director of Stars of Little Importance

"My aim was to combine a poetic attitude with the rawness of reality"

Renátó Olasz • Director of Stars of Little Importance by Ana Stanic

Shot in stark black and white, the director's debut feature eschews traditional narrative structures in favour of mood, atmosphere and subtle gesture  

Srđan Vuletić • Director of Otter

"Our movie encourages you to accept that the only superpower you have is yourself"

Srđan Vuletić • Director of Otter by Ana Stanic

Between resistance and imagination, the director's new film traces a tender coming-of-age process in the shadow of loss  

Katalin Bársony • Director of I Saw a 'Suno'

"The viewpoint of Romani refugee Nasmi and his journey could potentially sensitise people and enable them to feel with us"

Katalin Bársony • Director of I Saw a 'Suno' by Ana Stanic

Through vérité scenes and quiet moments, the director crafts an intimate portrait of displacement, identity and the hope of reunion  

The winners of the CineLink Industry Days

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The winners of the CineLink Industry Days by Ana Stanic

We have a chat with the CineLink Co-Production Market's Eurimages Co-production Development Award winners, as well as the winners of the CineLink Work in...  

Vladimir Tagić • Director of Yugo Florida

"My character starts his journey with a storm around him, which starts producing the storm inside him"

Vladimir Tagić • Director of Yugo Florida by Ana Stanic

We talked with the Serbian director about father-son dynamics, loneliness, masturbation, and pushing his lead actor beyond charm and into deeper emotional...  

Stefan Đorđević • Director of Wind, Talk to Me

"This film was my way of expressing grief, and my family said yes to it"

Stefan Đorđević • Director of Wind, Talk to Me by Ana Stanic

The Serbian director, winner of the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film, shares how his debut emerged from losing his mother  

Hugo Latulippe  •  Director of Québec City Film Festival

“At Québec City Film Festival we like to connect citizenship and art”

Hugo Latulippe • Director of Québec City Film Festival

Hugo Latulippe explains the thematic focus of this year’s festival and what the festival puts into place regarding diversity in their film programme.  

Sonora Broka  •  Artistic Director of Riga International Film Festival

“Film festivals are a celebration, it gives us the opportunity to meet and gather”

Sonora Broka • Artistic Director of Riga International Film Festival

Sonora Broka talks about shaping the film programme and the criteria that in her opinion makes for a good film to show at a festival.  

Nikola Ležaić • Director of How Come It's All Green Out Here?

"We believe in our memory, but the only reality is the one we’re in right now"

Nikola Ležaić • Director of How Come It's All Green Out Here? by Ana Stanic

The Serbian director discusses his quiet, autobiographical road trip around a weekend across Dalmatia to re-bury his grandmother  

Bence Fliegauf and Barbara Bernáth • Director and producer of Jimmy Jaguar

"Jimmy Jaguar is a bodyless revenge demon looking for justice"

Bence Fliegauf and Barbara Bernáth • Director and producer of Jimmy Jaguar by Ana Stanic

The Hungarian director and producer discuss their film, a mixture of procedural realism with folk horror that blurs the boundary between reality and psyche  

João Rosas • Director of The Luminous Life

"My main character is built on doubt, rather than certainty"

João Rosas • Director of The Luminous Life by Ana Stanic

The Portuguese director unpicks his movie, which continues to build the fictional universe of Nicolau, a world he has developed since the character's...  

GoCritic! Interview: Mato Uljarević  • Director, short film Urosh

"I was using this biographical story to talk about the universal theme of the power of art"

GoCritic! Interview: Mato Uljarević • Director, short film Urosh by Sergiu Inizian

Mato Uljarević speaks about the challenges and rewards of creating his first short film, presented with the Zlatko Grgić Award at Animafest Zagreb  

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