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.

Dominik Mencej  • Director of Riders

"This is the Slovenian version of Easy Rider, structured like a memory of recent times"

Dominik Mencej • Director of Riders by Ana Stanic

The Slovenian filmmaker talks about how he looked back at the recent past of the Balkans while drawing inspiration from Dennis Hopper's landmark film  

Aida Begic  • Director of A Ballad

"I wanted to make a love story and experiment with everything that is 'forbidden' in arthouse cinema"

Aida Begic • Director of A Ballad by Ana Stanic

The Bosnian filmmaker tried her hand at romantic comedy for the first time in her latest film, which opened the Sarajevo Film Festival  

Sabine Gebetsroither  • Festival Director Crossing Europe Linz

"Crossing Europe has a important role for the distribution of European films in Austria, as well as the platform for lokal filmmakers to meet European film industry"

Sabine Gebetsroither • Festival Director Crossing Europe Linz

In this interview, Sabine Gebetsroither, director of the Austrian festival Crossing Europe, gives advice on attracting and choosing the right sponsors for a...  

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  

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