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.

1976 video interviews available in total starting from 30/08/2002. Last updated on 11/09/2025. 96 video interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Emin Alper • Director of Burning Days

"This film is completely about a society which is dominated by men and their inner conflict"

Emin Alper • Director of Burning Days by Sylvie Lazzarini, Teresa Vena

CANNES 2022: The Turkish filmmaker discusses gender and social status (and the disadvantages that come from them) to give us the lowdown on his latest film  

Jasmine Trinca  • Director of Marcel!

"I wanted to talk about a woman who doesn’t have her limits imposed by the society... but has others"

Jasmine Trinca • Director of Marcel! by Sylvie Lazzarini, Teresa Vena

CANNES 2022: The Italian actress talks about her first steps as a feature film director with a tale of a special mother-daughter relationship  

Chie Hayakawa  • Director of Plan 75

"There is a feeling of hatred among young people towards elderly in Japanese society, because they think they have to pay for them and won’t get anything back"

Chie Hayakawa • Director of Plan 75 by Sylvie Lazzarini, Teresa Vena

CANNES 2022: The Japanese director discusses her first feature, a film of great acuity about the topic of euthanasia which received a Special Mention from...  

Felix van Groeningen & Charlotte Vandermeersch  • Directors of The Eight Mountains

"It’s not just about friendship, it’s also about finding your path, accepting death, forgiving your father for what you didn’t get from him"

Felix van Groeningen & Charlotte Vandermeersch • Directors of The Eight Mountains by Sylvie Lazzarini, Fabien Lemercier

CANNES 2022: The Belgian duo discuss the making, the topics and all of the details of the first film they have directed together, an adaptation of the novel...  

Kristoffer Borgli • Director of Sick of Myself

"The reality is always a disappointing fact compared to our dreams and desires"

Kristoffer Borgli • Director of Sick of Myself by Sylvie Lazzarini, Jan Lumholdt

CANNES 2022: The Norwegian director discusses his unsettling second feature, led by an exceptional main character and... drugs  

Ruben Östlund • Director of Triangle of Sadness

"My film is inspired in the Marxist theories saying that our position in financial hierarchy is changing our behavior"

Ruben Östlund • Director of Triangle of Sadness by Sylvie Lazzarini, Jan Lumholdt

CANNES 2022: The Swedish filmmaker returns after his Palme d'Or win in 2017 to introduce his new film, and he discusses its key topics with us  

Tamara Tatishvili  • Head of training of MEDICI

“The world is shifting and I think we need to be part of that shift”

Tamara Tatishvili • Head of training of MEDICI

In this interview, Tamara Tatishvili, head of training of MEDICI – The Film Funding Journey, addresses the changes going on within the film industry  

Tarik Saleh • Director of Boy from Heaven

"As an immigrant child, I’m standing of the shoulders of my grandparents"

Tarik Saleh • Director of Boy from Heaven by Sylvie Lazzarini, Jan Lumholdt

CANNES 2022: The Swedish filmmaker of Egyptian origins discusses the topics he tackles on his latest film, and how they relate to his personal and...  

Pietro Marcello • Director of Scarlet

"For me cinema is a family"

Pietro Marcello • Director of Scarlet by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2022: The Italian director discusses the cast and the challenges of making his first French-language film, as well as the topics it tackles, such as...  

Kerem Ayan  • Istanbul Film Festival

“Succesful Film Festival starts from the the programming”

Kerem Ayan • Istanbul Film Festival

Kerem Ayan, Deputy Director at Instanbul Film Festival, is currently in Cannes watching about 6 films per day  

Charline Froment  • Festival Manager BE for films

“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”

Charline Froment • Festival Manager BE for films

In this interview, Charline Froment, festival manager for BE for films (Belgium), gives tips on how to be a good sales agent or festival manager  

Nikolaj Nikitin  • Head of studies and Director of SOFA - School of Film Advancement

“The streamers will not destroy the cinema as a venue, neither film as an art form”

Nikolaj Nikitin • Head of studies and Director of SOFA - School of Film Advancement

Nikolaj Nikitin, the head of studies and Director of SOFA, explains what is the School of Film Advancement and its programme  

Martina Bleis  • Head of Berlinale Co-Production Market

“In Berlin you have to make sure that your project stands out because otherwise nobody will notice you”

Martina Bleis • Head of Berlinale Co-Production Market

Martina Bleis talks about her work all year long and the selection criteria for the projects selected for the co-production market  

José Luis Rebordinos   • Director San Sebastian Film Festival

“Our interest lies in the themes. A film can be less interesting formally but still deal with an interesting theme”

José Luis Rebordinos • Director San Sebastian Film Festival

The director of the San Sebastian Film Festival José Luis Rebordinos clarifies the list of criteria they use at the festival to judge the quality of a film  

Bernd Buder  • Festival Director Cottbus Film Festival

“If you want to win an audience and keep it, you have to deal with all age groups”

Bernd Buder • Festival Director Cottbus Film Festival

Bernd Buder talks about the different programmes of the Cottbus Film Festival  

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