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.

1938 video interviews available in total starting from 30/08/2002. Last updated on 28/06/2025. 100 video interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Antonietta De Lillo  • Director of The Eye of the Hen

"This story had to be told because it concerns everyone"

Antonietta De Lillo • Director of The Eye of the Hen by Vittoria Scarpa, Daniele Zoica

VENICE 2024: The Italian helmer tells her own story, that of a highly respected director who is relegated to the sidelines of the film industry following a...  

Giovanni Dota  • Director of High Stakes - A Night in the Ward

"A bet that's born of boredom and also a little bit out of spite"

Giovanni Dota • Director of High Stakes - A Night in the Ward by Vittoria Scarpa, Daniele Zoica

VENICE 2024: The Italian director talks to us about his second feature, set entirely in a Naples hospital where, one night, two nurses bet on whether a...  

Monica Stambrini • Director of Hold on Miss! Isabella Ducrot Unlimited

"When success comes for an artist at that age, it's fascinating"

Monica Stambrini • Director of Hold on Miss! Isabella Ducrot Unlimited by Vittoria Scarpa, Daniele Zoica

VENICE 2024: The Italian director talks about the documentary she has dedicated to the ninety-something protagonist's extraordinary journey as a woman and...  

Hind Meddeb  • Director of Sudan, Remember Us

"Sudanese people are very inspiring because they have a passion for freedom"

Hind Meddeb • Director of Sudan, Remember Us by Vittoria Scarpa, Daniele Zoica

VENICE 2024: The French director talks about her documentary about the oppression in the African country and the resistance of a group of politically and...  

Rusudan Glurjidze  • Director of The Antique

"We have more power than politicians: with our voices, we can deliver many messages"

Rusudan Glurjidze • Director of The Antique by Vittoria Scarpa, Daniele Zoica

VENICE 2024: The Georgian director talks about her film inspired by the illegal deportation of thousands of Georgians that took place in Russia in 2006  

Carolina Pavone  • Director of Almost Home

"I wanted to convey the feeling of fear that can grip you when you make the first move"

Carolina Pavone • Director of Almost Home by Vittoria Scarpa, Daniele Zoico

VENICE 2024: The former assistant director to Nanni Moretti reveals a few details about her feature debut, the story of a young musician who befriends a...  

Kohei Igarashi  • Director of Super Happy Forever

"Eternal happiness doesn't exist, but we are all looking for it nonetheless"

Kohei Igarashi • Director of Super Happy Forever by Vittoria Scarpa, Daniele Zoico

VENICE 2024: The Japanese director talks about his new film, which tells of the upheaval of unexpected grief and recalls the birth of a love affair at a...  

Federica Di Giacomo e Chiara Francini  • Director and actress-producer of The Open Couple

"We wanted to figure out whether or not certain concepts would be called into question after 40 years"

Federica Di Giacomo e Chiara Francini • Director and actress-producer of The Open Couple by Vittoria Scarpa, Daniele Zoico

VENICE 2024: We chat about polyamory with the director and the producer of the documentary based on the 1983 play of the same name by Franca Rame and Dario Fo  

Brigitte Weich and Judith Benedikt • Director and director of photography of ...ned, tassot, yossot...

"North Korea made such an impression on me that it eventually made me a filmmaker"

Brigitte Weich and Judith Benedikt • Director and director of photography of ...ned, tassot, yossot... by Ana Stanic

The Austrian filmmakers talk to us about their documentary about four former players from North Korea’s women’s football national team that won the Asian...  

Isabela Tent • Director of Alice On & Off

"It isn't easy to watch this character because all of us have our own emotional baggage – and it bothers us"

Isabela Tent • Director of Alice On & Off by Ana Stanic

The Romanian filmmaker discusses her first documentary feature, in which she follows an unloved girl trapped in the life of a young mother over ten years  

The winners of the CineLink Industry Days

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The winners of the CineLink Industry Days by Ana Stanic

We have a chat with the CineLink Co-Production Market's Eurimages Co-production Development Awards winners, as well as the winners of the CineLink Drama and...  

Maja Novaković • Director of At the Door of the House Who Will Come Knocking

"I wanted to visualise inner landscapes in contrast with nature"

Maja Novaković • Director of At the Door of the House Who Will Come Knocking by Ana Stanic

The Bosnian filmmaker talks about depicting loss, grief and loneliness, and more importantly, nature, in her first feature, a documentary shot in the heart...  

Goran Dević • Director of Pavilion 6

"I wanted to capture the small talk in the waiting room of a COVID-19 vaccination institution"

Goran Dević • Director of Pavilion 6 by Ana Stanic

The Croatian director discusses his documentary, a wide and a detailed look at the state of society and people's minds at the time of COVID-19  

Anna Rubi • Director of Your Life Without Me

"This film is about the strength of community and the place of fragility in our society"

Anna Rubi • Director of Your Life Without Me by Ana Stanic

The Hungarian director delves into her documentary, in which a group of elderly mothers join forces and sue the state to secure a dignified future for their...  

Vuk Ršumović and Fereshteh Hosseini • Director of and actress in Dwelling Among the Gods

"What makes my lead character unique is her love, dedication and resolve to restore dignity to herself and her brother"

Vuk Ršumović and Fereshteh Hosseini • Director of and actress in Dwelling Among the Gods by Ana Stanic

The Serbian director discusses his second feature, in which he follows an Afghan family after having stopped in a refugee centre in Serbia en route to Germany  

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