Interviews

Weekly feature introducing you to film professionals from all over Europe sorted by name.

7476 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 27/03/2024. 582 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Claude-Éric Poiroux • General delegate, Premiers Plans Film Festival

"There's a pleasurable dimension to film festivals that mustn't be neglected"

Claude-Éric Poiroux • General delegate, Premiers Plans Film Festival

Claude-Éric Poiroux talks about young European talent at the 31st Premiers Plans Film Festival in Angers...  

25/01/2019 | Festivals | France

"Cinemas are the best place for films"

Claude-Eric Poiroux • General Director of Europa Cinemas

Digitisation, film circulation, experimentation with day-and-date film releases -- Claude-Eric Poiroux,...  

20/11/2012

Mikołaj Pokromski

Producer on the Move 2014 – Poland

Mikołaj Pokromski

Cineuropa met up with Poland’s Producer on the Move, Mikołaj Pokromski, of Pokromski Studio, to discuss...  

14/05/2014

Special report - The Documentary Market

Lynne Polak, Project Manager EBU, Switzerland

Interview with the project manager of EBU (European Broadcasting Union), focusing on documentary series  

Interview - 10 European Directors To Watch

Sacha Polak • Director

Hemel’s director explains the making of Hemel, her first feature length film  

Sacha Polak  • Director of Dirty God

"I find it important to fight for what you want, even if it’s difficult to explain what you have in mind"

Sacha Polak • Director of Dirty God

We chatted to Dutch director Sacha Polak just after she opened the 48th IFFR with her tremendous third...  

24/01/2019 | IFFR 2019 | Limelight

Gone back to the roots

Roman Polanski

Director´s childhood in The pianist, the story of a musician who survived the Nazi persecution in Warsaw  

24/05/2002

Roman Polanski • Director

"I thought the text was hilarious"

Roman Polanski • Director

Back in competition in Cannes, Polish director Roman Polanski talks about Venus in Fur  

25/05/2013

Ayşe Polat • Director of In The Blind Spot

“This cruel history, that has not been processed, has given rise to ghosts over the generations”

Ayşe Polat • Director of In The Blind Spot

BERLINALE 2023: We chatted with the Kurdish-German director about dealing with generational trauma and its...  

23/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Encounters

Mikko Pöllä  • Co-creator of Californian Commando

“People are excited about getting something other than Nordic noirs from the Nordics”

Mikko Pöllä • Co-creator of Californian Commando

We talked to Mikko Pöllä, the head writer and co-creator of the new Finnish comedy series Californian...  

08/04/2020 | Finland

Béatrice Pollet • Director of And Yet We Were All Blind

“Women have problems making people believe them”

Béatrice Pollet • Director of And Yet We Were All Blind

We talked to the French filmmaker about her highly sensitive and disturbing drama about a woman who...  

24/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Interview - Venice Days 2012

Sarah Polley • Director

Sarah Polley's documentary Stories We Tell explores her family history through the sometimes contradictory...  

Markku Pölönen  • Director of Land of Hope

“I walk on the sunny side of the street”

Markku Pölönen • Director of Land of Hope

We met up with Finnish helmer Markku Pölönen to discuss his latest period film, Land of Hope, which is out...  

20/11/2018

Fabrizio Polpettini • Producer

“Festivals will remain the core of distribution in the near future”

Fabrizio Polpettini • Producer

An interview with French documentary producer Fabrizio Polpettini of La Bête, one of the participants of...  

06/03/2018 | Emerging Producers 2018

Giovanni Pompili  • Co-Producer of Alcarràs

“I became hooked on this ensemble-cast, family story”

Giovanni Pompili • Co-Producer of Alcarràs

BERLINALE 2022: The Italian producer spoke to us about his involvement - via his company Kino Produzioni -...  

21/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Giovanni Pompili  • Producer, Kino Produzioni

"In future, those who manage to inject emotive value into their works will do well"

Giovanni Pompili • Producer, Kino Produzioni

Chosen as one of the EFP’s 2020 Producers on the Move, Italy’s Giovanni Pompili of Kino Produzioni talks...  

12/05/2020 | Producers on the Move 2020

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