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.

1814 video interviews available in total starting from 30/08/2002. Last updated on 19/03/2024. 93 video interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Alexandru Solomon • Director of Arsenie. An Amazing Afterlife

"I hope that instead of seeking salvation in Heaven, we begin to correct issues here on Earth"

Alexandru Solomon • Director of Arsenie. An Amazing Afterlife by Ana Stanic

The Romanian filmmaker talks about his second documentary, which portrays Romania's obsession with Arsenie Boca, a priest, theologian, and mystic persecuted...  

Emilie Brisavoine • Director of Keeping Mum

"Even if this is an intimate investigation of the relationship with my mother, our sufferings are universal"

Emilie Brisavoine • Director of Keeping Mum by Ana Stanic

The French director unpicks her second documentary, a captivating and poignant portrait of her mother and of the relationship between them  

Olga Chajdas, Lena Góra  • Director and actress of Imago

"I wanted the audience to leave the screening with two words resonating: 'freedom' and 'choice'"

Olga Chajdas, Lena Góra • Director and actress of Imago by Ana Stanic

The director and the actress discuss their film, a punk odyssey through the communist Poland in the 80s, which they both co-wrote  

Tomáš Klein  • Director of A Sensitive Person

"My film is about finding love and hope in a very absurd and cruel world"

Tomáš Klein • Director of A Sensitive Person by Ana Stanic

The Czech director discusses his directorial debut by unpicking his visual and narrative approach, his characters' journey and the topics he wanted to talk...  

Cyril Aris  • Director of Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

"I wanted to explore how art can get people back on their feet again"

Cyril Aris • Director of Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano by Ana Stanic

The Lebanese director gives us the insights on his documentary centred on a film crew in the middle of production paralysed by the catastrophic explosion in...  

Ernst De Geer  • Director of The Hypnosis

"We wanted to be personal, but not too personal, and unique, but not too crazy"

Ernst De Geer • Director of The Hypnosis by Ana Stanic

The Swedish director talks about what is behind his first feature, a satire on modern society and about the conventions dictating how we behave with each other  

Matěj Chlupáček and Miro Šifra  • Director and screenwriter of We Have Never Been Modern

"We’ve always wanted We Have Never Been Modern to look modern"

Matěj Chlupáček and Miro Šifra • Director and screenwriter of We Have Never Been Modern by Ana Stanic

The Czech duo zooms in on the very topical theme of gender, as well as creating links between the past and the present, when discussing their latest film  

Claudia  Droc   •  Head of International Relations Transilvania International Film Festival

“It is a good feeling to try to get on board people who are like-minded and who want to develop a long-term relationship”

Claudia Droc • Head of International Relations Transilvania International Film Festival

Claudia Droc talks about the particularities of the Transilvania International Film Festival and her role as Head of International Relations.  

Cristiano Bortone and Huangdan Zhao • Managing Director and Project Manager, Bridging The Dragon

"Communication between the two different markets is very important, both economically and culturally"

Cristiano Bortone and Huangdan Zhao • Managing Director and Project Manager, Bridging The Dragon by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2023: The experts discuss the initiative bringing together the European and Chinese film professionals, which has once again this year participated...  

Evelyn Regner • Vice-President, European Parliament

"We have to see external powers as partners and include them in the legal frameworks in order to avoid dangers for European film"

Evelyn Regner • Vice-President, European Parliament by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2023: The Vice-President of the European Parliament discusses their current approach to the film industry, as well as this year's LUX Audience Award,...  

Filipa Reis, João Miller Guerra  • Directors of Légua

"We worked on the film through the idea of cycle: the cycle of seasons, the cycle of life, the cycle of nature..."

Filipa Reis, João Miller Guerra • Directors of Légua by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2023: The Portuguese directing duo discuss the concept, the making and the social background of their new film, centred on a woman working in a...  

Felipe Gálvez  • Director of The Settlers

"What happens when a country decides to erase a page of its history?"

Felipe Gálvez • Director of The Settlers by Fabien Lemercier, Ana Stanic

CANNES 2023: The Chilean director tells us more about his first feature, which lifts the veil on the genocide of native people at the beginning of the 20th...  

Rodrigo Moreno  • Director of The Delinquents

"I had a totally free spirit in making this film"

Rodrigo Moreno • Director of The Delinquents by Teresa Vena, Ana Stanic

CANNES 2023: The Argentinian director unpicks his new film, which follows two bank employees that question the routine life they carry out and decide to do...  

Lillah Halla  • Director of Power Alley

"This film is not only a portrait of intolerance"

Lillah Halla • Director of Power Alley by Ana Stanic

CANNES 2023: The Brazilian filmmaker discusses her first feature, centred on a promising volleyball player who is faced with an unwanted pregnancy  

João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora  • Directors of The Buriti Flower

"We spent years together with this indigenous community in Brazil"

João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora • Directors of The Buriti Flower by Teresa Vena, Ana Stanic

CANNES 2023: The directing duo once again follows the indigineous Krahô people in the heart of the Brazilian forest, this time over three time periods of...  

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