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.

Eva Trobisch • Director of Home Stories

"I wanted to ask whether who we are and what our identity is can really be so narrow and definite"

Eva Trobisch • Director of Home Stories by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2026: We sat down with the German director to talk about identity, visibility, and the fragile construction of what we call home  

Adrian Goiginger • Director of Four Minus Three

"There are many different ways to grieve"

Adrian Goiginger • Director of Four Minus Three by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2026: The Austrian director spoke about finding the difficult balance between sorrow and lightness and about respecting the experience of the...  

Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel • Directors of The Loneliest Man In Town

"It’s a movie about the blues, and the blues is always about losing"

Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel • Directors of The Loneliest Man In Town by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2026: The directing duo spoke about working with a long-time friend, shaping a fiction film rooted in real life and capturing loneliness  

Grant Gee • Director of Everybody Digs Bill Evans

"His music is beautiful, precise, delicate… his life is a fucking disaster"

Grant Gee • Director of Everybody Digs Bill Evans by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2026: The British director, known for his music documentaries, brings jazz legend Bill Evans to the screen, capturing the fragile sensibility...  

Kornél Mundruczó • Director of At the Sea

"At one point in your life, you lose your previous self and find a new one"

Kornél Mundruczó • Director of At the Sea by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2026: The Hungarian filmmaker reflects on why his new film moves beyond conventional drama into something more existential  

Cleo Diára • Actress

"I see art as a seed that you plant in the world"

Cleo Diára • Actress by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2026: We spoke with last year's Cannes Un Certain Regard Best Performance prize winner about awards, career shifts and her bold visual presence  

Tecla Insolia • Actress

"What I love most about my work is making people feel represented"

Tecla Insolia • Actress by Ana _Stanic

BERLINALE 2026: The actress spoke to us about what it means to be seen as a Gen Z voice in Italy and, of course, the director she hopes will one day make...  

Joes Brauers • Actor

"I hope to get a grip on the abstract things in life like love, grief, history"

Joes Brauers • Actor by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2026: We spoke with the Dutch actor about craft, the strange privilege of being an actor, and the surprisingly tricky task of naming a dream director  

Violet Braeckman • Actress

"Between 'action' and 'cut' everything is possible"

Violet Braeckman • Actress by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2026: We caught up with the Belgian actress to talk about craft, the challenge of playing in Heysel 85, and what drives her as an actress  

Enno Trebs  • Actor

"The movies I want to act in have to feel very true, like a good observation of humanity"

Enno Trebs • Actor by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2026: We caught up with the German actor to talk about starting young, growing up in the countryside outside Berlin, and shaping his craft through...  

Fatlume Bunjaku  • Actress

"I love film more than theatre"

Fatlume Bunjaku • Actress by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2026: We caught up with the Kosovo-Albanian actress to talk about discovering acting, carving her own path, and where that journey has taken her  

Lance Hammer • Director of Queen at Sea

"I wanted to make a film that reflects the uncertainty I feel myself"

Lance Hammer • Director of Queen at Sea by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2026: We spoke with the director about his film centered on aging and dementia, exploring the fragile architecture of consent and agency  

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi • Actress in Duse

"Empathy is not a religious or sentimental word; it is the only way we can survive"

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi • Actress in Duse by Jesús Silva Vilas, Ana Stanic

The European Actress nominee reflected on the relevance of art as a vital force, linking Eleonora Duse’s era to our own moment  

Kamal Aljafari • Director of With Hasan in Gaza

"The film leaves the viewer a lot of space to connect with the reality of today"

Kamal Aljafari • Director of With Hasan in Gaza by Jesús Silva Vilas, Ana Stanic

The Palestinian filmmaker spoke about transforming found footage into a film that invites viewers to engage with the present  

Andres Veiel • Director of Riefenstahl

"Riefenstahl was very contemporary on many levels, not only in relation to the production of fake news"

Andres Veiel • Director of Riefenstahl by Jesús Silva Vilas, Ana Stanic

The German director speaks about why a figure like Leni Riefenstahl still hits a nerve today, and why her story refuses to stay in the past  

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