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 15/03/2024. 93 video interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Philipp Fussenegger, Judy Landkammer, Cordula Kablitz-Post  • Directors and screenwriter of Teaches of Peaches

"This film is bigger than a portrait of a single person – it stands for a world view, a movement"

Philipp Fussenegger, Judy Landkammer, Cordula Kablitz-Post • Directors and screenwriter of Teaches of Peaches by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2024: The filmmakers discuss their portrait of singer Peaches, who has always tackled issues of sexual and gender and identity, leaving an...  

Agnes Lisa Wegner, Cece Mlay  • Directors of The Empty Grave

"Our film is balancing between historical trauma and historical responsibility"

Agnes Lisa Wegner, Cece Mlay • Directors of The Empty Grave by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2024: The directors detail their documentary, which portrays the struggle of the Tanzanian families whose ancestors were executed by the German...  

Thomas Arslan • Director of Scorched Earth

"I love the heist genre, it gives you the opportunity to show people doing a very interesting work"

Thomas Arslan • Director of Scorched Earth by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2024: The German filmmaker analyses his latest film, a new entry in his crime saga centred on Berliner gangster Trojan, played by Mišel Matičević  

Nelson Makengo • Director of Rising Up at Night

"After making my short film, I realised there was a need to tell a longer story together with the protagonists"

Nelson Makengo • Director of Rising Up at Night by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2024: The Congolese filmmaker delves into his portrait of the residents of Kinshasa as they face the challenges of life in an environment coloured...  

Faraz Fesharaki  • Director of What Did You Dream Last Night, Parajanov?

"As a child in Iran, I always thought talking about politics was part of greeting people"

Faraz Fesharaki • Director of What Did You Dream Last Night, Parajanov? by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2024: The director discusses his film, a digital dialogue between him, who moved away to Germany, and his family, who stayed behind in the Iranian...  

Džiugas Grinys  • Actor

"Acting is a tough sport, but sports taught me to lose and to win"

Džiugas Grinys • Actor by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2024: The emerging Lithuanian actor and former professional handball player talks about making the leap from theatre (and the sports field) to film  

Asli Özge  • Director of Faruk

"Fiction and reality meet in this film"

Asli Özge • Director of Faruk by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2024: The Turkish filmmaker portrays her own father in her new film, an insight into the life of an elderly man in the bustling metropolis of Istanbul  

Yorgos Zois  • Director of Arcadia

"I always like it when somebody takes me by the hand into a journey to the unknown"

Yorgos Zois • Director of Arcadia by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2024: The Greek director delves into his second film, a haunting story of love, loss, acceptance and letting go  

Kamila Urzędowska  • Actress

"I was totally surprised by myself as an animated character"

Kamila Urzędowska • Actress by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2024: The Polish actress explains what it was like to be the main character in the animated film The Peasants and what she'd love to do next  

Asta Kamma August  • Actress

"I read the script twenty to thirty times, with the idea that it moves into your subconscious"

Asta Kamma August • Actress by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2024: The Swedish actress talks about her budding career, which has already seen her work with emerging directors as well as masters such as Bille...  

Roman Bondarchuk  • Director of The Editorial Office

"This film is a response to the surreal reality of the media, not just Ukrainian, but universal"

Roman Bondarchuk • Director of The Editorial Office by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2024: The Ukrainian filmmaker discusses his playful media and political satire, shot in Kherson shortly before the Russian invasion  

Birgitte Stærmose  • Director of Afterwar

"People who live in bad predicaments need our empathy and emotion, but not sentimentality and pity"

Birgitte Stærmose • Director of Afterwar by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2024: The Danish filmmaker delves into the process of making her documentary, filmed over 15 years in order to document the depths of the...  

Éanna Hardwicke  • Actor

"I'm trying to be open to everybody else's way of working"

Éanna Hardwicke • Actor by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2024: The Irish actor explains the biggest challenges and rewards of his budding career, which has already landed him major roles in both films...  

Salome Demuria  • Actress

"I just listen and then follow my instinct - it never lies"

Salome Demuria • Actress by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2024: The Georgian actress discusses her past and upcoming works, as well as her interest in playing more genre roles  

Thibaud Dooms  • Actor

"My work on Skunk has a lot to do with releasing tension"

Thibaud Dooms • Actor by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2024: The Belgian actor explains how he felt he wanted to make a career in film and where it has taken him so far  

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