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.

1951 video interviews available in total starting from 30/08/2002. Last updated on 22/07/2025. 103 video interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

José Manuel Carrasco  • Director of Myocardium

"I wanted to send a message of optimism with this film"

José Manuel Carrasco • Director of Myocardium by Inmaculada Salado, Elena Rosado, Juan Escalera, Alfonso Rivera

The Spanish director breaks down his second feature, in which he follows a couple consisting of an actress and an author who delve into their past  

David Jovanović • Director of Sun Never Again

"It's an impossible choice: stay and die, or leave and forget your home forever"

David Jovanović • Director of Sun Never Again by Ana Stanic

The Serbian filmmaker discusses his first feature, a magical realism-infused tale of a family whose home will soon be taken by the mine next to the village  

Paolo Marinou-Blanco • Director of Dreaming of Lions

"How do we answer the question of what makes life worth living?"

Paolo Marinou-Blanco • Director of Dreaming of Lions by Ana Stanic

The Portuguese director shares some insights into his film, a surreal and heartwarming comedy about euthanasia  

Dechen Roder • Director of I, the Song

"What can we do in this mean world, with all these issues of copying, recording private things, secret songs?"

Dechen Roder • Director of I, the Song by Ana Stanic

One of the first female directors from Bhutan discusses her second feature, a tale of Buddhist karma, doppelgangers and melancholic Dzongkha songs  

Jaak Kilmi • Director of The Shadow

"I wanted an entertaining way to approach a divine Estonian poet"

Jaak Kilmi • Director of The Shadow by Ana Stanic

The Estonian director delves into his latest film, a portray of Juhan Liiv, a struggling poet and unlikely detective who lived in his country during the...  

Boris Guts • Director of Deaf Lovers

"My characters are in limbo, walking from heaven to hell"

Boris Guts • Director of Deaf Lovers by Ana Stanic

The Russian-born filmmaker discusses his a tale of a Ukrainian woman and a Russian man, both deaf, who meet in Istanbul while there’s a war going on back home  

Viktor Tauš • Director of Girl America

"Hope and faith have a transformative power"

Viktor Tauš • Director of Girl America by Ana Stanic

The Czech filmmaker delves into his newest film, about a little girl in a strict socialist orphanage who tries to overcome fears, insecurity and loneliness  

Juris Kursietis • Director of The Exalted

"I wanted the story to be a clash between art and money"

Juris Kursietis • Director of The Exalted by Ana Stanic

The filmmaker discusses his follow-up to his Cannes Directors' Fortnight entry Oleg, about a German organist who discovers her Latvian husband's involvement...  

Seyfettin Tokmak • Director of Empire of the Rabbits

"I tried to show how brutal a man's world can be without women in a rural area of Turkey"

Seyfettin Tokmak • Director of Empire of the Rabbits by Ana Stanic

The Turkish filmmaker discusses his new feature, a daring boy's journey against the cruel entanglements of deception and disabilities of the adult world  

Manuel Cristóbal • Director, Seville European Film Festival

"A festival is about enjoying a movie in a theater with people who love movies"

Manuel Cristóbal • Director, Seville European Film Festival by Alejandra Navarro, Juan Escalera, Pablo Muñoz, Alfonso Rivera

The Spanish producer discusses his first edition at the helm of the event, taking place between 8 and 16 November  

Elena Manrique • Director of The Party's Over

"We let the film flow in an organic way when we shot it"

Elena Manrique • Director of The Party's Over by Alfonso Rivera, María Martín, Juan Escalera

The Spanish producer discusses her first feature as a director, a portray of the disruption of a wealthy divorcée's life when a young Senegalese immigrant...  

Isabella Torre • Director of Basileia

"It was Aspromonte that inspired me: it is much more than a refuge of Mafia activity, which is what people usually know it for"

Isabella Torre • Director of Basileia by Vittoria Scarpa, Daniele Zoica

VENICE 2024: In the Italian director's feature debut, an archaeologist is searching for treasure in the rugged natural surroundings of the Calabrian...  

Francesca Pirani • Director of Vakhim

"I don't reveal the events in advance; the viewer is by my side, as if it were all happening at that very moment"

Francesca Pirani • Director of Vakhim by Vittoria Scarpa, Daniele Zoica

VENEZIA 2024: The Italian director talks about her highly personal documentary, which follows the journey of a four-year-old boy who was adopted in Cambodia...  

Quay Brothers • Directors of Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

"Schulz was a gift for the Polish language, because of his richness and the metaphors he used"

Quay Brothers • Directors of Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass by Vittoria Scarpa, Daniele Zoica

VENICE 2024: The US directorial duo talk about their exploration of the themes dealt with in the mythopeic writings of great Polish author Bruno Schulz  

Mladen Kovačević • Director of Possibility of Paradise

"There is a very loose connection to Dante in this film, to the Divine Comedy, which for me is the story of an existential crisis"

Mladen Kovačević • Director of Possibility of Paradise by Vittoria Scarpa, Daniele Zoica

VENICE 2024: The Serbian director paints the portrait of a diverse array of people in search of happiness on an idyllic island  

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