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.

1951 video interviews available in total starting from 30/08/2002. Last updated on 24/07/2025. 103 video interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Tea Lukač  • Director of Roots

"My film is a sensory, ethnographical experience about people and nature trapped in time"

Tea Lukač • Director of Roots by Ana Stanic

The Serbian filmmaker discusses her first feature film, which contains elements of documentary, ethnography and fiction  

Srdjan Kovačević  • Director of Factory to the Workers

"This is the inside story of the workers who took over a machine tool plant"

Srdjan Kovačević • Director of Factory to the Workers by Ana Stanic

The filmmaker discusses his documentary, which portrays the story of Croatian factory ITAS, a bitter reminder of the unfair market game  

Dušan Kasalica  • Director of The Elegy of Laurel

"My film is a genre mixture exploring the limits of language and communication"

Dušan Kasalica • Director of The Elegy of Laurel by Ana Stanic

The Montenegrin director talks about his very contemporary portrait of a self-satisfied man cushy in his social position and oblivious to the needs of others  

Kumjana Novakova, Guillermo Carreras-Candi  • Directors of Disturbed Earth

"The painful past stirs the present, marking the future"

Kumjana Novakova, Guillermo Carreras-Candi • Directors of Disturbed Earth by Ana Stanic

The filmmaking duo discuss their film, which dives into the Srebrenica horror through a space in silence, where past has captured present  

Cristina Grosan  • Director of Things Worth Weeping For

"What’s the best way to live our lives?"

Cristina Grosan • Director of Things Worth Weeping For by Ana Stanic

The Hungarian filmmaker discusses her film, which follows a young woman whose life is put upside down after experiencing the death of an old relative  

Rocco Di Mento • Director of The Blunder of Love

"Using all of my grandfather's private archive material, I tried to deconstruct the idea of love"

Rocco Di Mento • Director of The Blunder of Love by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2021: We chatted to the winner of the Doc Alliance Award for Best Feature Film at this year's Marché du Film in Cannes  

Maciej Hamela • Co-director of Bless You!

"My co-director, Tatiana Chistova, and I depict the situation endured by Russian pensioners during the pandemic"

Maciej Hamela • Co-director of Bless You! by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2021: We talked to the winner of the brand-new Doc Alliance Award for Best Short Film at this year's Marché du Film in Cannes  

Albin Kurti  • Prime Minister of Kosovo

"The constant success of Kosovo's cinema convinced us to double the budget for the film fund"

Albin Kurti • Prime Minister of Kosovo by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2021: The success Kosovo has been experiencing in the film landscape is culminating on the Croisette, with a short in the Palme d'Or competition and...  

Jonas Carpignano  • Director of A Chiara

"This is a detailed, distinct study of the community I’ve been always part of"

Jonas Carpignano • Director of A Chiara by Teresa Vena, Ana Stanic

CANNES 2021: The Italian filmmaker discusses his latest film, which can be called a spin-off of his previous one, both set in the Calabrian commune of Gioia...  

Teodora Ana Mihai  • Director of La Civil

"A mother whose daughter was kidnapped in Mexico told me: 'When I wake up in the morning I want to kill or die'"

Teodora Ana Mihai • Director of La Civil by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2021: The Belgian-Romanian director delved into the Mexican cauldron to direct her thrilling first feature, and now talks to us about it  

Sebastian Meise  • Director of Great Freedom

"My film tells a story of tragic fate in an era where love is treated as crime"

Sebastian Meise • Director of Great Freedom by Teresa Vena, Ana Stanic

CANNES 2021: The Austrian director discusses homosexuality, post-war Germany and his film, one of the sensations in this year's Un Certain Regard  

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Achouackh Abakar  • Director of and actress in Lingui, The Sacred Bonds

"The film is about a woman bravely taking her destiny into her own hands, but also about a country where women help each other"

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Achouackh Abakar • Director of and actress in Lingui, The Sacred Bonds by Fabien Lemercier, Ana Stanic

CANNES 2021: The Chadian director is back in the Palme d'Or competition with his new film, which follows a woman surmounting social and religious taboos  

Luana Bajrami  • Director of The Hill Where Lionesses Roar

"My film paints the unknown picture of Kosovo"

Luana Bajrami • Director of The Hill Where Lionesses Roar by Fabien Lemercier, Ana Stanic

CANNES 2021: The French-Kosovar actress discusses her first feature as a director, which follows a gang of likeable (and perfectly cast) girls  

Jérémy Clapin  • Director

"Without this spotlight from the Critics' Week, you can easily end up staying under the radar"

Jérémy Clapin • Director

The French filmmaker, who won the Grand Prix in the 2019 Critics' Week, is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival's parallel section...  

Marco and Antonio Manetti • Directors

"A movie that tackles a serious topic is just as important as a movie that makes you have fun"

Marco and Antonio Manetti • Directors by Ana Stanic

The Italian brothers will be the jury presidents of the New Visions Aquila Reale D'Oro section of the brand-new festival  

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