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.

1938 video interviews available in total starting from 30/08/2002. Last updated on 04/07/2025. 100 video interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Adam Sedlák • Director of BANGER.

"My film is not an anti-drugs movie; I’m trying to be more progressive and show that the manipulation and mixing of different drugs is dangerous"

Adam Sedlák • Director of BANGER. by Ana Stanic

We had a chat with the director, whose feature BANGER., filmed entirely on an iPhone, follows the odyssey of a young drug dealer and aspiring musician...  

Sonja Orlewicz-Zakrzewska and Magdalena Sztorc • Director and producer of Dolphin

"Dolphin is about a couple facing a very unusual gender twist, and the struggle the female character has with the process of creation and accepting herself"

Sonja Orlewicz-Zakrzewska and Magdalena Sztorc • Director and producer of Dolphin by Ana Stanic

We talked to the director-producer team behind the winner of the connecting cottbus Award in KVIFF Eastern Promises to find out more about their intimate...  

Sophie Vuković and Eliza Jones • Director and producer of My Best Friend’s Baby

"Our film tries to portray the complexities of friendship, especially for those people who do not comply with the norm in terms of their relationship, their sexuality or parenthood"

Sophie Vuković and Eliza Jones • Director and producer of My Best Friend’s Baby by Ana Stanic

The duo behind the winner of the KVIFF & MIDPOINT Development Award in KVIFF Eastern Promises break down their film, which revolves around the different...  

Tizian Büchi • Director of Like an Island

"Fiction and imagination are also part of reality, and as a member of the audience, I like to have the opportunity to build my own story"

Tizian Büchi • Director of Like an Island by Ana Stanic

We sat down with the director to discuss his fable - part documentary, part fiction and tinged with magical realism - which subtly questions our...  

Matt Sarnecki • Director of The Killing of a Journalist

"Thanks to the clear evidence, this case is a blueprint for how corruption works throughout the region, but maybe also around the world"

Matt Sarnecki • Director of The Killing of a Journalist by Ana Stanic

The director unpicks his investigative documentary that tackles the 2018 murder of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová  

Adéla Komrzý and Tomás Bojar • Directors of Art Talent Show

"Maybe the Western, liberal, individualistic way of thinking has gone too far, and we’re too obsessed with the personal side of things"

Adéla Komrzý and Tomás Bojar • Directors of Art Talent Show by Ana Stanic

The directors talk us through their Proxima Grand Prix winner, which was filmed over the course of one week during the entrance exams for the Prague Academy...  

Andrea Bagney • Director of Ramona

"We only have one life - this is it, and if you don’t go for it now, you won't have a chapter two"

Andrea Bagney • Director of Ramona by Ana Stanic

We had a chinwag about this romantic comedy in which an episode of innocent flirtation gets in the way of a woman's dreams and the perfectly good...  

Tomasz Wasilewski • Director of Fools

"I wanted to talk about the biggest taboo: incest between a mother and son - in my film, two mature people choose this path and are condemned by society for it"

Tomasz Wasilewski • Director of Fools by Ana Stanic

We sat down with the Polish director to discuss his drama about the difficult relationship between a mother and son, whose choices have dramatic consequences  

Ofir Raul Grazier • Director of America

"I wanted to tell a story about childhood and its influence on our life; it's the basic thing in our human spirit"

Ofir Raul Grazier • Director of America by Ana Stanic

The Israeli director unpicks his new feature, a cleverly structured, psychologically complex story about relationships, which has just screened in...  

Ioseb “Soso” Bliadze and Taki Mumladze • Director of and actress in A Room of My Own

"This film was made thanks to the help of our friends, and our ambition is to be the voice of young people in Georgia"

Ioseb “Soso” Bliadze and Taki Mumladze • Director of and actress in A Room of My Own by Ana Stanic

The director and his lead actress and co-writer break down their new film, which has just screened in competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film...  

Gemma Beltrán  • Communication & Press Officer San Sebastian Film Festival

“I think something that we definitely have to keep is meeting the people that we work with, exchanging five emails is not the same as having a full conversation”

Gemma Beltrán • Communication & Press Officer San Sebastian Film Festival

In this interview, Gemma Beltrán, a communication and press officer at the San Sebastian film festival, gives some advice on how to deal with the press  

Gloria Zerbinati  • International Publicist

"Being an independent film publicist it's about passion, not about money"

Gloria Zerbinati • International Publicist

In this interview, Gloria Zerbinati, an international publicist, speaks about her love for her work, but also her duties  

Claudia Tomassini  • International Film Publicist

“I would suggest to try to find a publicist that you can work with, don’t accept just someone who says: “your film is great”

Claudia Tomassini • International Film Publicist

At the last Cannes Film Festival, Cineuropa met Claudia Tomassini, one of the most active independent film publicist at the international film festivals and...  

Erika Etangsalé  • Director of In the Billowing Night

"This film is a process of shedding light and gaining awareness of generational transmission"

Erika Etangsalé • Director of In the Billowing Night by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2022: The French filmmaker has won the 2022 Doc Alliance Prize for Best Short for her “story of silence, dark dreams, mysterious pain and muted...  

Payal Kapadia  • Director of A Night of Knowing Nothing

"Political change can not come without understanding the social reality"

Payal Kapadia • Director of A Night of Knowing Nothing by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2022: The Indian filmmaker has received the 2022 Doc Alliance Prize for Best Feature for her “emotionally and artistically packed documentary full of...  

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