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.

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  

Kiara Fontanesi • Motocross racer

"Sports and art have some aspects in common"

Kiara Fontanesi • Motocross racer by Ana Stanic

The Italian world motocross champion will be a member of the jury of the New Visions Short Films Aquila Reale D'Oro section of the brand-new festival  

Alessandro Castriota • Composer

"The line between entertainment and art is very thin"

Alessandro Castriota • Composer by Ana Stanic

The official composer of the brand-new Italian festival discusses the gathering's upcoming edition, and how it fits on his career and his approach to art  

Svetlana Aleksijevic  • Writer, journalist

"Art, with its broad imagination and ability to make guesses, should envision what may happen to us in the future"

Svetlana Aleksijevic • Writer, journalist by Ana Stanic

The Belarusian writer and journalist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, is one of the official patrons of the Italian festival  

Cecilia Dazzi • Actress

"The experience of sharing the same, cathartic experience with other people is much better when it happens in that temple called the movie theatre"

Cecilia Dazzi • Actress by Ana Stanic

The Italian actress will be part of the jury for the Oltre il Limite Aquila Reale d'Oro Official Selection at the brand-new Italian festival  

Milica Tomovic • Director of Celts

"The idea was to simultaneously deal with my childhood and with my adult life, by trapping them inside one house and one day"

Milica Tomovic • Director of Celts by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2021: The young Serbian filmmaker discusses her first feature, which takes the viewer back to the difficult year 1993 in Belgrade, while...  

Robin Petré • Director of From The Wild Sea

"My aim is to leave room for the audience to draw their own conclusions on a topic that desperately needs our attention"

Robin Petré • Director of From The Wild Sea by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2021: The Danish director discusses her poetic documentary zooming in on the complex collision between human and nature  

Marc Bauder • Director of Who We Were

"There is no lack of information; there is a lack of emotional attachment to it"

Marc Bauder • Director of Who We Were

BERLINALE 2021: The German filmmaker talks about his cinematic essay, inspired by the Roger Willemsen's book, and about asking ourselves the right questions  

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