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.

1976 video interviews available in total starting from 30/08/2002. Last updated on 11/09/2025. 96 video interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Diao Yinan • Director of The Wild Goose Lake

"I very much want to rely on the visual language, rather than on dialogues"

Diao Yinan • Director of The Wild Goose Lake

CANNES 2019: We met up with Chinese filmmaker Diao Yinan, who is participating for the first time in the Palme d'Or competition with his new film The Wild...  

Bruno Dumont • Director of Joan of Arc

"Joan of Arc represents the human side of what we all are"

Bruno Dumont • Director of Joan of Arc

CANNES 2019: We met up with French director Bruno Dumont, who is presenting his latest film, Joan of Arc, in Un Certain Regard  

Peter Sallade | • Project director, European Union Film Festival in China

“The Chinese audience is very interested, intellectually engaged and thankful for seeing movies they would normally never see”

Peter Sallade | • Project director, European Union Film Festival in China

Peter Sallade, the project director of the European Union Film Festival in China, talks about the organisation of a film festival, the programming process  

Maria Tanjala, Irina Albita • Co-founders, FilmChain

"It's important to keep this bridge between all of the stakeholders and the technology giants"

Maria Tanjala, Irina Albita • Co-founders, FilmChain

CANNES 2019: We chatted to Maria Tanjala and Irina Albita, co-founders of FilmChain, a blockchain platform that works with film, TV & digital revenues, at...  

Linda Petrikova • Manager, Decent Media Group

"Education is a big thing for blockchain technology"

Linda Petrikova • Manager, Decent Media Group

CANNES 2019: Linda Petrikova, manager of Decent Media Group, discusses advantages and challenges of the blockchain technology at the Marché du Film  

Alan R Milligan • Co-founder and CEO, Motion

"People in Europe have pirated at least once last year and they are willing to pay"

Alan R Milligan • Co-founder and CEO, Motion

CANNES 2019: Motion co-founder and CEO Alan R Milligan discusses the latest devices that the peer-to-peer solution is currently offering to the market  

Jérémy Clapin • Director of I Lost My Body

"In this film we have two genres, romance and action"

Jérémy Clapin • Director of I Lost My Body

CANNES 2019: French director Jérémy Clapin talks about his animation film I Lost My Body, world-premiered in the Critics' Week  

Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbe-Mevellec • Directors of The Swallows Of Kabul

"I don't believe men would have the same gaze on the same subject"

Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbe-Mevellec • Directors of The Swallows Of Kabul

CANNES 2019: Directing duo Zabou Breitman and Eléa Gobbe-Mevellec talk about their animation film, The Swallows Of Kabul, presented in Un Certain Regard  

Juris Kursietis • Director of Oleg

"There has to be a proper reason to make a film"

Juris Kursietis • Director of Oleg

CANNES 2019: Latvian director Juris Kursietis is presenting his second film, Oleg, in the Directors' Fortnight, and he talked to us about it  

Omar De La Cruz  • Executive director, Dominican Global Film Festival

“The festival is a service to the people; it’s a long-term improvement for the film industry here”

Omar De La Cruz • Executive director, Dominican Global Film Festival

The executive director of the Dominican Global Film Festival, Omar De La Cruz, talks about the main idea behind the festival and its purpose  

Nauval Yazid and Meninaputri Wismurti  • Co-curators, Europe on Screen Indonesia

“European film is rich in diversity and many issues we don’t talk about in Indonesia, so this is a good cultural policy to reach the public and other people here”

Nauval Yazid and Meninaputri Wismurti • Co-curators, Europe on Screen Indonesia

We chatted to Nauval Yazid and Meninaputri Wismurti , the co-curators of Europe on Screen in Indonesia  

Hervé Le Phuez  • Programme director, Namur International French-language Film Festival

“The goal is to highlight Belgian features and documentaries from the year to promote them to Belgian operators”

Hervé Le Phuez • Programme director, Namur International French-language Film Festival

Hervé Le Phuez, programme director of the Namur International French-language Film Festival, discusses the programming process and the crucial role of a...  

Colette Naufal | • Director, Beirut International Film Festival

“The purpose of the festival is to bring arthouse films to the audience”

Colette Naufal | • Director, Beirut International Film Festival

Colette Naufal chats to us about the Beirut International Film Festival’s selection process and its Public Square section  

Angelica Lares | • Head of industry and market, FICG

“Through our industry programmes, we can follow the growth of the films, from the development stage to work in progress and being screened; this year there are six films in Cannes”

Angelica Lares | • Head of industry and market, FICG

The head of industry and market at the Guadalajara International Film Festival, Angelica Lares, talks about the side events and master classes organised...  

Themba Bhebhe  • Coordinator, Diversity & Inclusion, European Film Market

“One of the most powerful arguments for diversity and inclusion in the film industry is that of proportional representation”

Themba Bhebhe • Coordinator, Diversity & Inclusion, European Film Market

We spoke to Themba Bhebhe, who is in charge of the Diversity & Inclusion initiative at the European Film Market  

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