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.

The winners of the CineLink Industry Days

"CineLink is a pivotal programme in the region, but also across Europe"

The winners of the CineLink Industry Days by Ana Stanic

We caught up with some of the winners of the CineLink Industry Days awards at the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival to hear about their projects and what the...  

Zvonimir Jurić • Director of Small Things

"I like characters who have a radical form of empathy and who think about the bigger picture"

Zvonimir Jurić • Director of Small Things by Ana Stanic

The Croatian helmer breaks down his intimate drama film, a chamber piece set over one winter weekend on a Croatian island  

Urša Menart • Director of Everything That's Wrong with You

"I wanted to explore how much we are willing to do just to have someone and to relate to someone"

Urša Menart • Director of Everything That's Wrong with You by Ana Stanic

We caught up with the Slovenian director to talk about her film, which stars Anuša Kodelja and Klara Kuk as two young women, each weird in her own way  

GoCritic! Interview: Matas Pakutinskas  • Director of Little October

“I don’t feel it’s right for young people to put themselves on the line for other people’s goals”

GoCritic! Interview: Matas Pakutinskas • Director of Little October by Magdalena Nieświec

The Lithuanian animator and illustrator shares the real-life inspirations and his use of strong colour-blocking in his short film  

GoCritic! Interview: Tommaso Zerbi  • Director of Time Flies

“It’s a statement about the society that pushes us to be productive and manifesto about being useless”

GoCritic! Interview: Tommaso Zerbi • Director of Time Flies by Magdalena Nieświec

The Italian animator explores the absurdity behind his award-winning film as an invitation to the audience to reclaim their own time  

GoCritic! Interview: Katrina Larner  • Director of Play Fight!

“Each girl discovers something about herself and the dynamics of social life”

GoCritic! Interview: Katrina Larner • Director of Play Fight! by Magdalena Nieświec

The US multimedia animator discusses her animation techniques and more in this film set at a girls' slumber party  

GoCritic! Interview: Šimon Mészáros  • Director of Quantum Jump

“It’s a part of the story of what is real and what is not”

GoCritic! Interview: Šimon Mészáros • Director of Quantum Jump by Magdalena Nieświec

The Slovak director and animator shares his artistic ideas behind the film and its dialogue with artificially generated imagery  

Michele Fiascaris • Director of Rain Catcher

"We created this character by trying to think and act like him, and that got us into trouble"

Michele Fiascaris • Director of Rain Catcher by Ana Stanic

The British filmmaker shared the references that shaped the film's visual style and philosophical underpinnings and reflected on discovering his protagonist...  

Ivan Ostrochovský • Director of Only Beautiful Things to Look At

"The topic of forced sterilisation is universal, not only a phenomenon of socialist times"

Ivan Ostrochovský • Director of Only Beautiful Things to Look At by Ana Stanic

The Slovak director talks about his film, which revisits one of the darkest chapters of Czechoslovakia's history, the state's policy of forced sterilisation...  

Miroslav Terzić • Director of 3 Weeks After

"This film provokes the audience to ask themselves: ‘What would I do in this situation?'"

Miroslav Terzić • Director of 3 Weeks After by Ana Stanic

The Serbian director speaks about the film's casting and working with an entire classroom of young actors, as well as using horror as a storytelling tool  

Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov • Directors of Black Money for White Nights

"Our characters are very confused people, living half of their lives under communism and the other half in and after the transition"

Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov • Directors of Black Money for White Nights by Ana Stanic

The duo speaks about portraying a generation that has lived through two opposing political systems and exploring the many shades of corruption and moral...  

Mads Mengel • Director of The Guest

"I wanted nuance in every character, everyone to be right and everyone to be wrong at some point"

Mads Mengel • Director of The Guest by Ana Stanic

The Danish director speaks about developing complex characters with the actors, portraying mental illness without easy answers, or even the proper...  

Florian Reignier • Co-director of Susurros

"The subject is very sensitive, so it was important for us to make our message as clear as possible, leaving no room for misinterpretation"

Florian Reignier • Co-director of Susurros by Eda Üner

This collaborative ASIFA Student Award-winning graduation film examines the enduring struggle around women's reproductive rights  

Mathilde Henrot  •  Co-founder of Festival Scope and film programmer

“There is a limit to physical events and there is less limits in digital events. Our idea is to explore how they compliment each other.”

Mathilde Henrot • Co-founder of Festival Scope and film programmer

Mathilde Henrot talks about the ongoing collaboration between Festival Scope and the European film festival project.  

Shozo Ichiyama  •  Programming Director of the Tokyo International Film Festival

“Being the country of honour is a very good news for the young Japanese filmmakers.”

Shozo Ichiyama • Programming Director of the Tokyo International Film Festival

Shozo Ichiyama explains how the Tokyo International Film Festival programming team works year-round to look for films and build their programme.  

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