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.

Marina Makris  • Actress

"I would like to play a role where the character acts beyond reason"

Marina Makris • Actress by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2025: The rising star, already well-known in Cyprus, delves into the most thrilling experiences in her career and some of her dream projects  

Šarūnas Zenkevičius  • Actor

"For me, the director’s vision is important"

Šarūnas Zenkevičius • Actor by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2025: The young Lithuanian actor talks to us about his leap from theatre to film acting, and what he is interested in from the profession  

Kārlis Arnolds Avots  • Actor

"When I discovered theatre and film, I found a source that could fill the gap inside my soul"

Kārlis Arnolds Avots • Actor

BERLINALE 2025: The young actor discusses past and present challenges in his career, dream projects and even the social responsibility of his profession  

Johanna Moder  • Director of Mother's Baby

"My character is going through loneliness, emptiness and the disappointment of motherhood"

Johanna Moder • Director of Mother's Baby by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2025: The Austrian director details the making of her film about a mother struggling to accept her son as her own, conveying the suspense of the...  

Jeanette Nordahl • Director of Beginnings

"I wanted to look at old love — boring and tired love"

Jeanette Nordahl • Director of Beginnings by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2025: The Danish director talks about her sophomore feature, a sensitive film about a middle-aged couple in the process of separating and telling...  

Maarja Johanna Mägi  • Actress

"Being free between projects is both scary and exciting — anything can happen"

Maarja Johanna Mägi • Actress by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2025: The emerging actress, well-known to Estonian audiences given her accessible work on local television, discusses the challenges of the profession  

Lidija Kordić  • Actress

"I really want to play a transgender or male role"

Lidija Kordić • Actress by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2025: The Montenegrin rising star talks about her approach to acting after having worked in films such as Working Class Goes to Hell and Diva...  

Frida Gustavsson  • Actress

"When you have a shoot for so long and you’re in every scene, your work has to be extremely precise"

Frida Gustavsson • Actress by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2025: The Swedish actress discusses her career and her complex turn in drama series Faithless, which is based on an original script by Ingmar Bergman  

Devrim Lingnau  • Actress

"Hysteria is unique in how it portrays different migrant and post-migrant communities in Germany"

Devrim Lingnau • Actress by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2025: The young German actress explores the challenges she had to face and her work in Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay’s psychological thriller  

Elín Hall  • Actress

"The most challenging part was staying in this very fragile emotional state for weeks"

Elín Hall • Actress by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2025: The Icelandic rising star discusses straddling the line between music, with two albums already to her name, and film, having worked with...  

Besir Zeciri  • Actor

"I always start by asking many questions to my character"

Besir Zeciri • Actor by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2025: The emerging Danish actor delves into his approach to acting, as well as his work in The Girl with the Needle  

Directors Talks @ European Film Awards 2024

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Directors Talks @ European Film Awards 2024 by Jesús Silva Vila, Ana Stanic

We have caught up with Saule Bliuvaite, Magnus von Horn and Mohammad Rasoulof to discuss their films, nominated at the European Film Awards  

Red Carpet @ European Film Awards 2024

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Red Carpet @ European Film Awards 2024 by Jesús Silva Vilas, Ana Stanic

At the European Film Awards, we crossed paths with stars, directors and European Film Academy heads, including new president Juliette Binoche  

Isabel Herguera • Director of Sultana's Dream

"Finally, these boundaries between techniques are little by little being thrown down"

Isabel Herguera • Director of Sultana's Dream by Jesús Silva Vilas, Ana Stanic

The Spanish filmmaker delves into her film, which was nominated for European Animated Feature Film, and consequently, for European Film  

Coralie Fargeat  • Director of The Substance

"I had to preserve the film from everyone who wanted to make it less provocative and extreme... I wanted it to be more"

Coralie Fargeat • Director of The Substance by Jesús Silva Vilas, Ana Stanic

The helmer of this year's sensation talked to us about her film, now one of the favourites in the international awards season, and the process she went...  

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