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.

1953 video interviews available in total starting from 30/08/2002. Last updated on 13/08/2025. 105 video interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Jayro Bustamante  • Director of La Llorona

"We wanted to take the myth of La Llorona and make it more powerful"

Jayro Bustamante • Director of La Llorona

VENICE 2019: Guatemalan director Jayro Bustamante talks to us about his new film, La Llorona, which is in competition in the Giornate degli Autori  

Gianfranco Pannone, Ambrogio Sparagna  • Directors of Scherza con i fanti

"Italy isn't a hostile country, but we also thrive on falling in love unexpectedly"

Gianfranco Pannone, Ambrogio Sparagna • Directors of Scherza con i fanti

VENICE 2019: Gianfranco Pannone and Ambrogio Sparagna talk to us about their new documentary, the tragicomic Scherza con i fanti, screening in the Giornate...  

Lucas Rosant | • Festival Expert

“The most important thing is to be able to identify the resources within the territory of the festival”

Lucas Rosant | • Festival Expert

Lucas Rosant talks to us about the biggest difficulties in developing a film festival and the importance of networking  

Giorgio Gosseti  • Director, Giornate degli Autori

“You really need to have a feeling with a community and a place and to understand the cultural heritage of this place”

Giorgio Gosseti • Director, Giornate degli Autori

Giorgio Gosetti, director of Giornate degli Autori, underlines the importance of having a good editorial line for a film festival  

Gaia Furrer | • Head of Programming, Giornate degli Autori

“We select films which are compelling in terms of acting in directing, films that we love”

Gaia Furrer | • Head of Programming, Giornate degli Autori

Gaia Furrer explains how she organises the programming and selection process at the Giornate degli Autori in Venice  

Eric Lagess  • CEO, Pyramide

“At Pyramide, we think that it is important that the films are screened in front of different audiences”

Eric Lagess • CEO, Pyramide

We chatted with Eric Lagess about Pyramide’s editorial line  

Jared P Scott  • Director of The Great Green Wall

"An ambitious 8,000-kilometre-long wall of trees from Senegal to Djibouti"

Jared P Scott • Director of The Great Green Wall

VENICE 2019: US director Jared P Scott, who has already made a number of award-winning climate documentaries, talks to us about The Great Green Wall,...  

Elio Germano, Omar Rashid   • Directors of Segnale d'allarme - La mia battaglia

"We create a virtual theatre with the headsets, but there's much more to it than just filming a play"

Elio Germano, Omar Rashid • Directors of Segnale d'allarme - La mia battaglia

VENICE 2019: We spoke to Elio Germano and Omar Rashid about their VR film Segnale d'allarme - La mia battaglia, presented in the Giornate degli Autori  

Amjad Abu Alala  • Director of You Will Die at 20

"We Sudanese people are all calling for freedom"

Amjad Abu Alala • Director of You Will Die at 20

VENICE 2019: Sudanese director Amjad Abu Alala talks to us about his feature debut, You Will Die at 20, an international co-production selected in the...  

Giancarlo Soldi  • Director of Cercando Valentina

"I see the world through comic strips"

Giancarlo Soldi • Director of Cercando Valentina

VENICE 2019: During the Giornate degli Autori, director Giancarlo Soldi talked to us about his new documentary, Cercando Valentina, dedicated to Guido...  

Fabienne Berthaud  • Director of A Bigger World

"A film that answers several questions about the visible and the invisible"

Fabienne Berthaud • Director of A Bigger World

VENICE 2019: French director Fabienne Berthaud talked to us about A Bigger World, selected in the Giornate degli Autori, based on a true story, and starring...  

Dominik Moll • Director of Only The Animals

"A mystery thriller with an original structure"

Dominik Moll • Director of Only The Animals

VENICE 2019: French-German director Dominik Moll talks to us about his new feature Only the Animals, screened as the opening film of the Giornate degli Autori  

Igort • Director of 5 Is the Perfect Number

"Pain often leads us to discover new things"

Igort • Director of 5 Is the Perfect Number

VENICE 2019: Italian graphic novelist Igort talks about his directorial debut, 5 Is the Perfect Number, based on his graphic novel of the same name and...  

Irina Șofletea • Policy officer, European Comission

"For Creative Europe MEDIA it is very important to get industry players together"

Irina Șofletea • Policy officer, European Comission

We met up with European Comission policy officer Irina Șofletea during the think tank organised at Sarajevo's CineLink Industry Days to discuss current...  

Marijana Verhoef • Creator and co-writer of Playgirl

"Our mentor had the most amazing approach: he was really trying to get to the core of our project with us"

Marijana Verhoef • Creator and co-writer of Playgirl

We had a chinwag with Marijana Verhoef, the creator and co-writer of Playgirl, which scooped MIDPOINT's Marseille Web Fest Award at Sarajevo  

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