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.

1949 video interviews available in total starting from 30/08/2002. Last updated on 18/07/2025. 101 video interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Florenc Papas • Director of Open Door

"Albania is a male-dominated society; women suffer a lot of inequality, especially in rural areas, and I care about these characters"

Florenc Papas • Director of Open Door

Albanian-born filmmaker Florenc Papas took a moment to dissect his feature debut, Open Door, which is world-premiering at the Sarajevo Film Festival  

Stephan Komandarev • Director of Rounds

"This film aims to diagnose the sickness in our society, to show the problems and to prompt the audience to search for the answer"

Stephan Komandarev • Director of Rounds

Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev unpicked his latest feature, Rounds, centring on three pairs of police officers on patrol in Sofia over the course of...  

Ines Tanović • Director of The Son

"I wanted the viewer to understand the system of the life we are living because I think people in Western Europe don't really understand Bosnia"

Ines Tanović • Director of The Son

We sat down with Bosnian filmmaker Ines Tanović to discuss her second feature, The Son, a truly generational film screening at Sarajevo  

Nadia Parfan • Director of Heat Singers

"In the beginning pitching was a very painful process for me, but it became very inspiring and helpful"

Nadia Parfan • Director of Heat Singers

Ukrainian filmmaker Nadia Parfan talked to us about her documentary Heat Singers, which screened in Odesa after having world-premiered at Switzerland's...  

Julia Sinkevych • General producer, Odesa International Film Festival

"Our industry platform is widening the borders of the Eastern Partnership countries, since we are in the geographical middle"

Julia Sinkevych • General producer, Odesa International Film Festival

Odesa International Film Festival general producer Julia Sinkevych talked to us about how the gathering is helping the local industry, and also that of the...  

Viktoriya Tigipko • President, Odesa International Film Festival

"Our goal is to enable new technologies to approach the film industry and vice versa"

Viktoriya Tigipko • President, Odesa International Film Festival

We have met up with Odesa International Film Festival president Viktoriya Tigipko, who discussed the features, the strengths and the aims of the gathering...  

Interviews at the unveiling of the 2019 LUX Prize Official Selection

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Interviews at the unveiling of the 2019 LUX Prize Official Selection

Director Benedikt Erlingsson, MEP Helga Trüpel and journalist Barbara Majsa talked to us at the LUX Prize Official Selection unveiling during the 54th...  

Martin Mareček • Director of Over The Hills

"This might be a film about man's search for his inner woman"

Martin Mareček • Director of Over The Hills

Czech filmmaker Martin Mareček talked to us about Over The Hills, which was world-premiered in the Documentary Competition at Karlovy Vary  

Ivan Zachariáš • Director of The Sleepers

"It's easier to write characters when they are strong and not quite passive"

Ivan Zachariáš • Director of The Sleepers

HBO mini-series The Sleepers was presented out of competition at Karlovy Vary, and we met up with its director Ivan Zachariáš to discuss it  

Martin Dušek, Ondřej Provazník • Directors of Old-Timers

"The story is not only Czech, and not only about communism - it could happen anywhere and anytime"

Martin Dušek, Ondřej Provazník • Directors of Old-Timers

Martin Dušek and Ondřej Provazník, the Czech directing duo behind Old-Timers, shown out of competition at Karlovy Vary, discuss their film with us  

Nazareno Manuel Nicoletti • Director of Up To Down

"Filmmakers are supposed to provoke the viewers and make them feel the sadness or happiness of the world"

Nazareno Manuel Nicoletti • Director of Up To Down

We interviewed Italian filmmaker Nazareno Manuel Nicoletti, who presented his newest title Up To Down in the Documentary Competition of Karlovy Vary  

MIDPOINT Feature Launch Script Consultancy @ KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days

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MIDPOINT Feature Launch Script Consultancy @ KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days

We interviewed the professionals participating in the MIDPOINT Feature Launch Script Consultancy workshop that took place as part of the KVIFF Eastern...  

MIDPOINT Feature Launch winners @ KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days

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MIDPOINT Feature Launch winners @ KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days

At the KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days of the 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, we interviewed the winners of the MIDPOINT Feature Launch...  

Chloé Galibert-Laîné, Kevin B Lee  • Directors of Bottled Songs

"It’s this line you have to walk, between selling your project but not selling out your project…"

Chloé Galibert-Laîné, Kevin B Lee • Directors of Bottled Songs

We have interviewed Kevin B Lee and Chloé Galibert-Laîné, writers, directors and producers of the documentary Bottled Songs, winner of the Eurimages Lab...  

KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days award winners

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KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days award winners

We interviewed the winners of the Works in Progress and Docs in Progress awards at the KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days of the 54th Karlovy Vary...  

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