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.

Akinola Davies Jr • Director of My Father's Shadow

"We wanted to make something that services us, our community and masculinity in general"

Akinola Davies Jr • Director of My Father's Shadow by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2025: The British-Nigerian filmmaker discusses his first feature, a film that is set over the course of one day, in which he plays with the concept...  

Sten-Kristian Saluveer • Head, Cannes Next

"The point for us in Cannes is not to talk about innovation, but to make it something you can feel and touch"

Sten-Kristian Saluveer • Head, Cannes Next by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2025: The expert discusses the platform, which has become a seismograph for the cultural shifts triggered by artificial intelligence, immersive...  

Óliver Laxe • Director of Sirāt

"The solution is always to trust in the power of images — and in how they affect human metabolism"

Óliver Laxe • Director of Sirāt by Fabien Lemercier, Ana Stanic

CANNES 2025: The Spanish filmmaker explains why his film was born to build a rite of passage for himself, and also invite the viewers to look inside themselves  

Sergei Loznitsa • Director of Two Prosecutors

"It would be great if people from that time could watch my film"

Sergei Loznitsa • Director of Two Prosecutors by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2025: The Ukranian-born director discusses the novella that inspired his film, as well as the universal and the particular, the consequences of the...  

Marek Hovorka  •  Festival Director - Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival - Jihlava, Czech Republic

"It is important for us to keep in mind that documentaries are reflecting the world"

Marek Hovorka • Festival Director - Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival - Jihlava, Czech Republic

Marek Hovorka explains the programming and different sections of the festival  

Levan Dvali  •  Festival Director - Taoba International Youth Film Festival  - Tbilisi, Georgia

“All opinions and all ideas are welcome, as long as you can have an argument”

Levan Dvali • Festival Director - Taoba International Youth Film Festival - Tbilisi, Georgia

Levan Dvali talks about the origins of the festival and the will to bring together young people to talk about films  

Jovita Maeder  •  Director Of Bobine Films & Festival Director Of The Paris Peruvian Film Festival

"There are Latin American themes that resonate with the French audience"

Jovita Maeder • Director Of Bobine Films & Festival Director Of The Paris Peruvian Film Festival

Jovita Maeder talks about the difficulties of releasing arthouse films nowadays  

Sandino Saravia  •  Executive Producer At Cimarrón Cine

“A lot has to be done in terms of diversity in the film industry, especially for women”

Sandino Saravia • Executive Producer At Cimarrón Cine

Sandino Saravia comes back on the panel “Is there equity on the screen?” and its outcomes  

Sarah Miro Fischer & Marie Bloching • Director of and actress in The Good Sister

"We bring a close look at a sexual abuser through a person who is deeply connected with him"

Sarah Miro Fischer & Marie Bloching • Director of and actress in The Good Sister by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2025: The first-time director and the actress delve into the making and the ethical questions of their film, about a girl whose older brother is...  

Cağla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti • Directors of Confidante

"Our main character is like Scheherazade in One Thousand and One Nights — she has to tell stories to survive"

Cağla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti • Directors of Confidante by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2025: The Turkish-French directing duo discuss their new film, which follows a woman working in an erotic call centre who is suddenly trying to...  

Frédéric Hambalek • Director of What Marielle Knows

"What would happen if starting from now, very suddenly, the privacy is gone?"

Frédéric Hambalek • Director of What Marielle Knows by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2025: The German director delves into his new film, in which he follows a mother and a father whose child is able to hear and see everything that...  

Burhan Qurbani • Director of No Beast. So Fierce.

"Rashida, aka Richard III, represents a wound that we in the Western world don’t want to see"

Burhan Qurbani • Director of No Beast. So Fierce. by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2025: The German director details his retelling of Richard III, in which the families are Arab and have been fighting a war for years on the...  

Dag Johan Haugerud • Director of Dreams (Sex Love)

"When you tell me about your life, I will perceive it in a completely different way than you do"

Dag Johan Haugerud • Director of Dreams (Sex Love) by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2025: The Norwegian director discusses his Golden Bear winning film, the last installment of his trilogy, which demonstrates hierarchies have no...  

Ido Fluk • Director of Köln 75

"It’s a movie about a jazz concert, but it’s a punk rock story"

Ido Fluk • Director of Köln 75 by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2025: The director delves into his film about one of the best-selling jazz records of all time, Keith Jarrett's Köln Concert from 1975, made...  

Vicente Wallenstein  • Actor

"For me, it’s always about the movie, not the character"

Vicente Wallenstein • Actor by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2025: The emerging Portuguese actor delves into his approach to roles, his most exciting acting experiences and even playing piano  

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