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.

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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  

Abu Bakr Shawky • Director of The Stories

"Everybody is the hero of their own story"

Abu Bakr Shawky • Director of The Stories by Ana Stanic

We spoke to the Egyptian-Austrian filmmaker about portraying small people in big times, and the sacrifices needed to tell such a tale  

Stefanos Tsivopoulos • Director of Elena's Shift

"If silence is safety and finding your voice puts you at risk, what will you choose?"

Stefanos Tsivopoulos • Director of Elena's Shift by Ana Stanic

We spoke with the Greek filmmaker about his debut feature, is a story of reclaiming voice, agency and the right to belong  

Richard Hawkins • Director of Think of England

"I wanted the audience to have the job of searching and finding the truth"

Richard Hawkins • Director of Think of England by Ana Stanic

With his sophomore feature, the British filmmaker Richard Hawkins returns after two decades with a biting, genre-defying satire  

Gianni Di Gregorio • Director of Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't

"My character remains the central pivot, but I thought it was more interesting to talk about all ages, even children"

Gianni Di Gregorio • Director of Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't by Vittoria Scarpa, Daniele Zoico

VENICE 2025: The Italian director once again takes on the role of a teacher who, once he has retired, plans to enjoy the little pleasures in life  

Lana Daher • Director of Do You Love Me

"In Lebanon we do have a lot of pain but we also have a lot of art, music and love"

Lana Daher • Director of Do You Love Me by Vittoria Scarpa, Daniele Zoico

VENICE 2025: The Lebanese helmer casts an eye over the fragmented historical, social, cultural and political landscapes of Beirut in her debut...  

Gabriel Azorín • Director of Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes

"Those thermal baths have a magical quality, they are the perfect place to create intimacy"

Gabriel Azorín • Director of Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes by Vittoria Scarpa, Daniele Zoico

VENICE 2025: In his feature debut, the Spanish director broaches the topic of masculinity in all its fragility, in a place suspended between past and present  

Amir Azizi • Director of Inside Amir

"What I want to show in this film is that hope is not far away"

Amir Azizi • Director of Inside Amir by Vittoria Scarpa, Daniele Zoico

VENICE 2025: The Iranian director breaks down his GdA Director's Award winning film, a personal exploration of the doubts that plague him before he leaves...  

Nicolas Wadimoff • Director of Who Is Still Alive

"I experienced for the first time what it is to be with someone who experience a genocide, which is different from a war"

Nicolas Wadimoff • Director of Who Is Still Alive by Vittoria Scarpa, Daniele Zoico

VENICE 2025: The Swiss director talks about his moving film, in which nine Palestinian refugees share their stories in minimalistic surroundings that...  

Gianluca Matarrese • Director of I Want Her Dead

"This film is like a cinematic reality show"

Gianluca Matarrese • Director of I Want Her Dead by Vittoria Scarpa, Daniele Zoico

VENICE 2025: The director reconnects with his Calabrian roots with his mix of reality, fiction and theatre, which tells of the feud within a family: his...  

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