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.

Vladimir Tagić • Director of Yugo Florida

"My character starts his journey with a storm around him, which starts producing the storm inside him"

Vladimir Tagić • Director of Yugo Florida by Ana Stanic

We talked with the Serbian director about father-son dynamics, loneliness, masturbation, and pushing his lead actor beyond charm and into deeper emotional...  

Stefan Đorđević • Director of Wind, Talk to Me

"This film was my way of expressing grief, and my family said yes to it"

Stefan Đorđević • Director of Wind, Talk to Me by Ana Stanic

The Serbian director, winner of the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film, shares how his debut emerged from losing his mother  

Hugo Latulippe  •  Director of Québec City Film Festival

“At Québec City Film Festival we like to connect citizenship and art”

Hugo Latulippe • Director of Québec City Film Festival

Hugo Latulippe explains the thematic focus of this year’s festival and what the festival puts into place regarding diversity in their film programme.  

Sonora Broka  •  Artistic Director of Riga International Film Festival

“Film festivals are a celebration, it gives us the opportunity to meet and gather”

Sonora Broka • Artistic Director of Riga International Film Festival

Sonora Broka talks about shaping the film programme and the criteria that in her opinion makes for a good film to show at a festival.  

Nikola Ležaić • Director of How Come It's All Green Out Here?

"We believe in our memory, but the only reality is the one we’re in right now"

Nikola Ležaić • Director of How Come It's All Green Out Here? by Ana Stanic

The Serbian director discusses his quiet, autobiographical road trip around a weekend across Dalmatia to re-bury his grandmother  

Bence Fliegauf and Barbara Bernáth • Director and producer of Jimmy Jaguar

"Jimmy Jaguar is a bodyless revenge demon looking for justice"

Bence Fliegauf and Barbara Bernáth • Director and producer of Jimmy Jaguar by Ana Stanic

The Hungarian director and producer discuss their film, a mixture of procedural realism with folk horror that blurs the boundary between reality and psyche  

GoCritic! Interview: Martinus Klemet  • Director, short film Yummy

"When I converted the text into visuals, it became more humorous and softer"

GoCritic! Interview: Martinus Klemet • Director, short film Yummy by Emel-Elizabeth Tuulik

Estonian animator Martinus Klemet discusses metaphors and visual identity as well as collaborating with the Oscars-shortlisted production company AAA Creative  

GoCritic! Interview: Martin Vandas  • Producer and founder, MAUR Film

"It's necessary to keep the audience as a part of our artistic responsibility"

GoCritic! Interview: Martin Vandas • Producer and founder, MAUR Film by Sergiu Inizian

The Czech producer discusses the producer-animator chemistry and the current state of funding in European animation, and previews upcoming projects  

João Rosas • Director of The Luminous Life

"My main character is built on doubt, rather than certainty"

João Rosas • Director of The Luminous Life by Ana Stanic

The Portuguese director unpicks his movie, which continues to build the fictional universe of Nicolau, a world he has developed since the character's...  

GoCritic! Interview: Mato Uljarević  • Director, short film Urosh

"I was using this biographical story to talk about the universal theme of the power of art"

GoCritic! Interview: Mato Uljarević • Director, short film Urosh by Sergiu Inizian

Mato Uljarević speaks about the challenges and rewards of creating his first short film, presented with the Zlatko Grgić Award at Animafest Zagreb  

Pere Vilà Barceló • Director of When a River Becomes the Sea

"My film is based on interviews with more than 100 women who were victims of gender-based violence"

Pere Vilà Barceló • Director of When a River Becomes the Sea by Ana Stanic

We caught up with the director to talk about his movie, in which a young archaeology student is struggling to find her true calling all while recovering...  

Nina Knag • Director of Don't Call Me Mama

"I wanted to introduce a female character that would be complex and difficult to like"

Nina Knag • Director of Don't Call Me Mama by Ana Stanic

We sat down with the Norwegian director to chat about her film, which examines the fragile interplay of power, desire and vulnerability through an intimate...  

Vytautas Katkus • Director of The Visitor

"Sometimes, people watching a film see different movies — I like that idea, and that kind of film"

Vytautas Katkus • Director of The Visitor by Ana Stanic

The Lithuanian director gives us the low-down on his feature debut, in which a new father living in Norway returns to Lithuania to sell his parents’ flat...  

Miro Remo • Director of Better Go Mad in the Wild

"I focused on the wild elements within the twin brothers and was guided by magic moments"

Miro Remo • Director of Better Go Mad in the Wild by Ana Stanic

We sat down with the Slovak director, who won the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary and who revealed that he went into €50,000 worth of debt when making his...  

Ondřej Provazník • Director of Broken Voices

"We wanted to create a world that you can trust - one that would be fragile and gentle, yet also threatening and suspenseful"

Ondřej Provazník • Director of Broken Voices by Ana Stanic

We caught up with the Czech director to discuss his Special Jury Mention-winning film, a deeply affecting work about a scandal in a girls' choir  

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