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.

Konstantinos Aivaliotis • Hellas Film for Promotion and Distribution director, Greek Film Centre

"We see now the first results of our 35% cash rebate initiative"

Konstantinos Aivaliotis • Hellas Film for Promotion and Distribution director, Greek Film Centre

BERLIN 2019: Konstantinos Aivaliotis, Hellas Film for Promotion and Distribution director at Greek Film Centre, talked to us about their activities at the...  

Dovile Butnoriute • Head of Department of Film Promotion, Lithuanian Film Centre

"This year we had the biggest Lithuanian delegation at the Berlinale"

Dovile Butnoriute • Head of Department of Film Promotion, Lithuanian Film Centre

BERLIN 2019: We had a chance to chat with Lithuanian Film Centre's Head of Department of Film Promotion Dovile Butnoriute, who explained to us the new...  

Alex Traila • Policy advisor on EU affairs and foreign relations, Romanian Film Centre

"One of our priorities is co-production"

Alex Traila • Policy advisor on EU affairs and foreign relations, Romanian Film Centre

BERLIN 2019: We met up with Alex Traila, policy advisor on EU affairs and foreign relations at the Romanian Film Centre, to discuss the institution's...  

Aldemar Matias • Director of On The Starting Line

"How can we talk about political context through the intimacy of a family"

Aldemar Matias • Director of On The Starting Line

BERLIN 2019: Brazilian filmmaker Aldemar Matias talks about his first film On The Starting Line, about a Cuban athlete, screened in the Panorama section  

Neus Ballús • Director of Staff Only

"Our touristic experiences are totally constructed by the images we take all the time"

Neus Ballús • Director of Staff Only

BERLIN 2019: We interviewed Spanish director Neus Ballús to talk about her second feature Staff Only, screened in the Panorama section  

Elliott Crosset Hove • Actor

"Growing up in my family has given me a realistic view of what it means to be an actor"

Elliott Crosset Hove • Actor

BERLIN 2019: Danish actor Elliott Crosset Hove, one of the 2019 Shooting Stars, talks to us about his work experience  

Kristin Thora Haraldsdóttir • Actress

"I'm often asked what is it to be an actress having kids, but my male colleagues don't"

Kristin Thora Haraldsdóttir • Actress

BERLIN 2019: Icelandic Shooting Star Kristin Thora Haraldsdóttir talks to us about her emerging film career  

Jayro Bustamante • Director of Tremors

"It's a society in which homophobia is a problem, but the real one is machoism"

Jayro Bustamante • Director of Tremors

BERLIN 2019: We interviewed Guatemalan director Jayro Bustamante, who returned to the Berlinale, after the success of Ixcanul, with his new film Tremors  

Yaron Shani • Director of Chained

"I want to understand life"

Yaron Shani • Director of Chained

BERLIN 2019: Israeli filmmaker Yaron Shani talks to us about the second instalment of his "Love Trilogy", Chained, presented in the Panorama section  

Fatih Akin • Director of The Golden Glove

"They say this film is against women, but it's people who haven't seen the film saying that"

Fatih Akin • Director of The Golden Glove

BERLIN 2019: Fatih Akin talks to us about his new film The Golden Glove, one of the most heinous and gory movies that have ever played in competition at the...  

Miroslav Terzić • Director of Stitches

"I would have ruined the film if I used too many formal elements"

Miroslav Terzić • Director of Stitches

BERLIN 2019: We have met up with Serbia's Miroslav Terzić, director of Stitches, one of the hits of this year's Panorama section  

Dawid Ogrodnik • Actor

"In my country I have my own Hollywood"

Dawid Ogrodnik • Actor

BERLIN 2019: Poland's Shooting Star Dawid Ogrodnik talks to us about himself, his work and where his career might lead him to  

Milan Maric • Actor

"Every time I try to find a strong relation between me and the character"

Milan Maric • Actor

BERLIN 2019: We sat down with Serbian actor Milan Maric, selected for the 2019 Shooting Stars  

Xaver Böhm • Director of O Beautiful Night

"I'm only moved by stories that are truthful and honest"

Xaver Böhm • Director of O Beautiful Night

BERLIN 2019: We met up with German director Xaver Böhm, who has screened his first feature, O Beautiful Night, in the Panorama section  

Ardalan Esmaili • Actor

"Hopefully I will be respected more as an actor and not just a 'terrorist' actor!"

Ardalan Esmaili • Actor

BERLIN 2019: We sat down with Swedish actor Ardalan Esmaili, selected for the 2019 Shooting Stars  

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