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.

David  Duponchel  •  Festival Director Al Este Festival

The three festivals have all similiraties but each are adaptated to the country

David Duponchel • Festival Director Al Este Festival

The director of Al Este David Duponchel talks about the three different editions of the festival, their locations, their similarities and their differences  

Pauliina Ståhlberg & Outi _Rehn  •  CEO and Programme director of Helsinki Film Festival

“What is special about Love & Anarchy is that we strive to bring diversity and gender equality into our programme”

Pauliina Ståhlberg & Outi _Rehn • CEO and Programme director of Helsinki Film Festival

Pauliina Ståhlberg and Outi Rehn talk about the 38th edition of the Helsinki film festival.  

Manon Kerjean  •  Founder of Lost in Frenchlation

"Today we have screened more than 500 films with English subtitles"

Manon Kerjean • Founder of Lost in Frenchlation

Manon Kerjean is the founder of Lost in Frenchlation which is a cineclub organising French films screenings with English subtitles in France  

Cassandra Han, Anders Nygaard, Laura Muccino, Sien Josephine Teijssen • Casting directors

"It's such a nice, interconnected space that's created here"

Cassandra Han, Anders Nygaard, Laura Muccino, Sien Josephine Teijssen • Casting directors by Ana Stanic

Now in its fourth edition, ReActing as a Star connects local talent from the former Yugoslav region with casting professionals, marking the starting point...  

Emilie Boucheteil • Director of Audience and Engagement, Art Explora

"Everything we organise is for and with audiences, and here we’re preparing content of tomorrow to which we want to give audiences access"

Emilie Boucheteil • Director of Audience and Engagement, Art Explora by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2025: With a career spanning cinema and cultural networks, the expert has been instrumental in developing initiatives that bridge the gap between art...  

Liselott Forsman • CEO, Nordisk Film & TV Fond

"We have to challenge the big trends all the time, we have to keep searching for the new ways and stay truthful to the real art of cinema"

Liselott Forsman • CEO, Nordisk Film & TV Fond by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2025: The CEO of Nordisk Film & TV Fond reflected on the evolving landscape of Nordic cinema and the importance of resistance and challenging the system  

Marion Guillard • Director of We Had Fun Yesterday

"While I wanted to talk about shaping fake wildlife images, I realised that I’ve been shaping myself according to the patriarchal gaze from the outside"

Marion Guillard • Director of We Had Fun Yesterday by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2025: The Belgian filmmaker discusses her autobiographical work, winner of the Doc Alliance Award for Best Short Film  

Masha Chernaya • Director of The Shards

"I wanted this film to work on the level of general human emotions, without explaining facts"

Masha Chernaya • Director of The Shards by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2025: The director discusses her film, a fragmentary portrait of life in Moscow during the spring of 2022, winner of the Doc Alliance Award for Best...  

Zuzana Kirchnerová • Director of Caravan

"I wanted to show a mother who is also a sexual being — someone who protests, who desires, and who loves freedom"

Zuzana Kirchnerová • Director of Caravan by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2025: The Czech director Zuzana Kirchnerová discusses her first feature, the return of Czech cinema to the festival's official selection after more...  

Tarzan Nasser • Director of Once Upon a Time in Gaza

"Is the hero the one who gets the credit — or the one who endures and adapts to inhuman conditions?"

Tarzan Nasser • Director of Once Upon a Time in Gaza by Fabien Lemercier, Ana Stanic

CANNES 2025: The Palestinian filmmaker, director of the film alongside with brother Arab, discusses their story of survival, politics and filmmaking set in...  

Prïncia Car • Director of The Girls We Want

"When women are together, a kind of sisterhood emerges — one that offers more freedom than masculinity’s frameworks"

Prïncia Car • Director of The Girls We Want by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2025: The French filmmaker discusses her first feature, as well as directing an ensemble made of non-professional actors and the connection between...  

Ben Vandendaele • Founder, FilmConnector

"FilmConnector is a platform that will allow you to never use Google Sheets again for your festival submission strategy"

Ben Vandendaele • Founder, FilmConnector by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2025: The expert has unveiled a bold new initiative born from the everyday frustrations of festival submissions and fragmented workflows  

Josef Kullengård • Head of Industry, Göteborg Film Festival

"The industry needs to go from not recognising what is going on around us to resisting the reality that has already started to happen"

Josef Kullengård • Head of Industry, Göteborg Film Festival by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2025: The expert shares his thoughts on this year’s Marché du Film and on the 12th edition of the Nostradamus Report, a document that takes the...  

Fred Burle, Géraldine Sprimont, Lionel Massol • Producers

“Dancing between creativity and finances is exactly what makes producers’ work so thrilling and interesting”

Fred Burle, Géraldine Sprimont, Lionel Massol • Producers by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2025: The producers from Germany, Belgium and France discuss their projects and their attendance at the festival through the EFP initiative Producers...  

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...  

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