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.

Carmen Losmann • Director of Oeconomia

"How is money generated? That's the main question in my film!"

Carmen Losmann • Director of Oeconomia

BERLINALE 2020: We sat down with German director Carmen Losmann, who has presented her documentary Oeconomia in the Forum section  

Patric Chiha • Director of If It Were Love

"You never dance for the future or the past, you always dance to catch the present"

Patric Chiha • Director of If It Were Love

BERLINALE 2020: We sat down with Austrian director Patric Chiha to talk about his French-produced dance documentary If It Were Love, screened in Panorama  

Burhan Qurbani • Director of Berlin Alexanderplatz

"This was also a research into my personal history, since my parents fled from Afghanistan"

Burhan Qurbani • Director of Berlin Alexanderplatz

BERLINALE 2020: We sat down with German filmmaker Burhan Qurbani to get the lowdown on Berlin Alexanderplatz, his new effort, competing for the Golden Bear  

Bastian Günther • Director of One of These Days

"Such kind of endurance contests reflect so well the system we live in"

Bastian Günther • Director of One of These Days

BERLINALE 2020: Germany's Bastian Günther talks to us about his Panorama-screened film One of These Days, which portrays the obsession with economic gain in...  

Levan Gelbakhiani • Actor

"I put my life in danger for accepting the role in And Then We Danced"

Levan Gelbakhiani • Actor

BERLINALE 2020: Georgian actor Levan Gelbakhiani, one of the 2020 Shooting Stars, talks to us about his work experience  

Ella Rumpf • Actress

"By playing a character, I look for what we are when we're totally naked"

Ella Rumpf • Actress

BERLINALE 2020: We have chatted to Ella Rumpf, the Swiss participant in the 2020 Shooting Stars, about her career  

Bartosz Bielenia • Actor

"When you scratch a bit under the surface of the Oscars you find something else…"

Bartosz Bielenia • Actor

BERLINALE 2020: Poland's Shooting Star Bartosz Bielenia talks to us about himself, his work and where his career might lead him to  

Constanze Ruhm • Director of The Notes of Anna Azzori/A Mirror that Travels through Time

"A fresh, feminist perspective on an old art film"

Constanze Ruhm • Director of The Notes of Anna Azzori/A Mirror that Travels through Time

BERLINALE 2020: Austrian artist Constanze Ruhm discusses her essay film The Notes of Anna Azzori/A Mirror that Travels through Time, screening in the Forum...  

Bettina Böhler • Director of Schlingensief – A Voice that Shook the Silence

"If we were a little bit more courageous we could change something"

Bettina Böhler • Director of Schlingensief – A Voice that Shook the Silence

BERLINALE 2020: German director Bettina Böhler talks about her documentary about artist Christoph Schlingensief, Schlingensief – A Voice that Shook the...  

Liesbeth De Ceulaer, Isabelle Tollenaere and Sofie Benoot • Directors of Victoria

"The film shows the optimistic power of a character whose situation is rather desperate"

Liesbeth De Ceulaer, Isabelle Tollenaere and Sofie Benoot • Directors of Victoria

BERLINALE 2020: We have met up with Belgium's Liesbeth De Ceulaer, Isabelle Tollenaere and Sofie Benoot, who have presented their documentary Victoria in...  

Hannah Reinikainen, Lia Hietala • Directors of Always Amber

"We wanted to make a film about young people with the queer perspective"

Hannah Reinikainen, Lia Hietala • Directors of Always Amber

BERLINALE 2020: Swedish directors Hannah Reinikainen and Lia Hietala discuss their Panorama-screened documentary Always Amber which explores the world of...  

Cristi Puiu • Director of Malmkrog

"I believe that historical memory is a subjective and an emotional matter"

Cristi Puiu • Director of Malmkrog

BERLINALE 2020: The kickstarter of the Romanian New Wave, Cristi Puiu, is world-premiering his most cerebral film, Malmkrog, in the Encounters section, and...  

Michael Harbauer  • Director of Schlingel International Film Festival for Children and young audience

We also put into place an exchange and connecting tool which allow us to go abroad with German children films

Michael Harbauer • Director of Schlingel International Film Festival for Children and young audience

Michael Harbauer talks about the particular challenges inherent in organising a film festival dedicated to children  

Myriam Arab  • Founder & Director of Villa134

“It is very important to understand that festivals and markets are tools for the film industry”

Myriam Arab • Founder & Director of Villa134

Myriam Arab talks about her experience running Cannes’ Marché du Film and International Village from 1997-2014  

Christine Dollhofer  • Director of Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz

Crossing Europe Film Festival is a platform to show the variety of European cinema outside the box

Christine Dollhofer • Director of Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz

Christine Dollhofer tells how Crossing Europe Film Festival in Linz builds its programme each year  

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