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.

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  

Julie Zackova, Milada Tesitelova and Jan Tesitel • Team behind Willows

"At MIDPOINT, you get a chance to concentrate on the project and nothing else"

Julie Zackova, Milada Tesitelova and Jan Tesitel • Team behind Willows

We caught up with Julie Zackova, Milada Tesitelova and Jan Tesitel, the team behind the winner of the MIDPOINT HBO Europe Award at Sarajevo, Willows  

Goran Matić, Ruxandra Ghitescu, Michaela Taschek and Vasilis Chrysanthopoulos • CineLink Industry Days participants

"CineLink really helps you move forward and open up to the international market"

Goran Matić, Ruxandra Ghitescu, Michaela Taschek and Vasilis Chrysanthopoulos • CineLink Industry Days participants

We sat down with some of the participants in the various strands of Sarajevo's CineLink Industry Days to get the lowdown on this year's edition  

Katalin Bársony • Director of How Far the Stars

"What I love in my film is the fact that you see a natural friendship between a world-class star and someone who comes from a small ghetto"

Katalin Bársony • Director of How Far the Stars

We chatted to Hungarian filmmaker Katalin Bársony about her feature How Far the Stars, which was shown in Sarajevo's Documentary Competition  

Siniša Gacić • Director of Daughter of Camorra

"The basic question was this: if you shoot somebody, can you love again afterwards?"

Siniša Gacić • Director of Daughter of Camorra

We spoke to Slovenian director Siniša Gacić to get the lowdown on his Sarajevo Documentary Competition entry Daughter of Camorra  

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  

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