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.

Claudia  Droc   •  Head of International Relations Transilvania International Film Festival

“It is a good feeling to try to get on board people who are like-minded and who want to develop a long-term relationship”

Claudia Droc • Head of International Relations Transilvania International Film Festival

Claudia Droc talks about the particularities of the Transilvania International Film Festival and her role as Head of International Relations.  

Cristiano Bortone and Huangdan Zhao • Managing Director and Project Manager, Bridging The Dragon

"Communication between the two different markets is very important, both economically and culturally"

Cristiano Bortone and Huangdan Zhao • Managing Director and Project Manager, Bridging The Dragon by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2023: The experts discuss the initiative bringing together the European and Chinese film professionals, which has once again this year participated...  

Evelyn Regner • Vice-President, European Parliament

"We have to see external powers as partners and include them in the legal frameworks in order to avoid dangers for European film"

Evelyn Regner • Vice-President, European Parliament by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2023: The Vice-President of the European Parliament discusses their current approach to the film industry, as well as this year's LUX Audience Award,...  

Filipa Reis, João Miller Guerra  • Directors of Légua

"We worked on the film through the idea of cycle: the cycle of seasons, the cycle of life, the cycle of nature..."

Filipa Reis, João Miller Guerra • Directors of Légua by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2023: The Portuguese directing duo discuss the concept, the making and the social background of their new film, centred on a woman working in a...  

Felipe Gálvez  • Director of The Settlers

"What happens when a country decides to erase a page of its history?"

Felipe Gálvez • Director of The Settlers by Fabien Lemercier, Ana Stanic

CANNES 2023: The Chilean director tells us more about his first feature, which lifts the veil on the genocide of native people at the beginning of the 20th...  

Rodrigo Moreno  • Director of The Delinquents

"I had a totally free spirit in making this film"

Rodrigo Moreno • Director of The Delinquents by Teresa Vena, Ana Stanic

CANNES 2023: The Argentinian director unpicks his new film, which follows two bank employees that question the routine life they carry out and decide to do...  

Lillah Halla  • Director of Power Alley

"This film is not only a portrait of intolerance"

Lillah Halla • Director of Power Alley by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2023: The Brazilian filmmaker discusses her first feature, centred on a promising volleyball player who is faced with an unwanted pregnancy  

João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora  • Directors of The Buriti Flower

"We spent years together with this indigenous community in Brazil"

João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora • Directors of The Buriti Flower by Teresa Vena, Ana Stanic

CANNES 2023: The directing duo once again follows the indigineous Krahô people in the heart of the Brazilian forest, this time over three time periods of...  

Mohamed Kordofani  • Director of Goodbye Julia

"The friendship story in my film is a model for the political situation in Sudan, and for a possible reconciliation"

Mohamed Kordofani • Director of Goodbye Julia by Teresa Vena, Ana Stanic

CANNES 2023: The Sudanese director discusses his first feature, a film that strikes a balance between a political and cultural backdrop and a highly...  

Iris Kaltenbäck  • Director of The Rapture

"I read a headline in the newspaper about this woman and made the film to understand her, without having answers"

Iris Kaltenbäck • Director of The Rapture by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2023: The French filmmaker discusses the topics, the making and the cast of her first feature, which follows a young midwife who embarks on a...  

Aakash Chhabra   •  Filmmaker

“We are trying to access some European funds and film commissions from Europe, which we lack in India and Asia”

Aakash Chhabra • Filmmaker

Indian director Aakash Chhabra is developing his first feature film.  

Christop Terhechte & Nadja Tennstedt   • Director & Head of Industry Dok Leipzig

"We want to make people understand that documentaries are not just about the content, but also about the form"

Christop Terhechte & Nadja Tennstedt • Director & Head of Industry Dok Leipzig

Christoph Terhechte, director and Nadja Tennstedt, head of industry at Dok Leipzip, tell us how this “audience festival” focuses on documentary  

Philippe Reynaert   • Director Rencontres Internationales du film politique

"We thought there was something we could do with films about politics"

Philippe Reynaert • Director Rencontres Internationales du film politique

Philippe Reynaert tells us how this project started, what has been and will be the program and actions for the next edition  

Lisa Theresa Hoeh   •  Festival and Program Director Tromsø International Film Festival

"What is special about our festival is that it really is an audience festival"

Lisa Theresa Hoeh • Festival and Program Director Tromsø International Film Festival

Festival and program director Lisa Theresa Hoeh talks about how this international film festival has been developing since 1991 in Tromsø.  

Fiona Clark   •  CEO Cork International Film Festival

"Start with the art and if it’s really good, you can market it proudly"

Fiona Clark • CEO Cork International Film Festival

Fiona Clark, director and CEO of the Cork International Film Festival, talks about the 68th edition which will be held in November 2023.  

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