Interviews

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

7488 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 16/04/2024. 580 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Emanuel Pârvu  • Director

“There are many shades of the Romanian grey”

Emanuel Pârvu • Director

We talked to Emanuel Pârvu, who explores the challenges in rural Romania with his first feature, Meda or...  

21/08/2017 | Sarajevo 2017 | Competition

Emanuel Pârvu • Director of Mikado

“I know a film cannot change the world, but it can raise questions”

Emanuel Pârvu • Director of Mikado

We talked to the Romanian director, who seems determined to get to the bottom of complicated family...  

28/09/2021 | San Sebastián 2021 | New Directors

Leena Pasanen • Artistic director, DOK Leipzig

"I salute the young generation of filmmakers for their fearless attitude to push boundaries"

Leena Pasanen • Artistic director, DOK Leipzig

We chatted to Leena Pasanen, artistic director of DOK Leipzig, who is leaving after five years to head the...  

29/10/2019 | DOK Leipzig 2019

Documentary Campus, Krakow, June 2010

Leena Pasanen - Coordinator of Programmes and Executive Producer

Interview with Leena Pasanen, head of programmes and associate producer for Finnish public broadcaster Yle...  

Nadia Paschetto  • Director, Arras Film Festival

"The films which prevail are the ones which speak to us, which we like and which we want to carry forwards and champion"

Nadia Paschetto • Director, Arras Film Festival

The director unpicks the 24th edition of the festival, notably the European competition and the focus...  

03/11/2023 | Arras 2023

Nadia Paschetto • Director, Arras Film Festival

"Cinemas aren’t supermarkets where you drop a product into your trolley and head to the checkout"

Nadia Paschetto • Director, Arras Film Festival

We met with the director of the French festival, whose 23rd edition is unspooling 4 – 13 November  

04/11/2022 | Arras 2022

Nadia Paschetto • Director, Arras Film Festival

"We need to help viewers find their way back to cinemas"

Nadia Paschetto • Director, Arras Film Festival

We met with the French festival’s director who isn’t hiding her joy over the revival of the event, a year...  

05/11/2021 | Arras 2021

Nadia Paschetto  • Director, Arras Film Festival

"We decided to position ourselves differently to other festivals"

Nadia Paschetto • Director, Arras Film Festival

We met with Nadia Paschetto, the director of the Arras Film Festival whose 20th edition is unspooling 8...  

08/11/2019 | Arras 2019

Nadia Paschetto  • Director, Arras Film Festival

"Viewers have a dormant passion for European films"

Nadia Paschetto • Director, Arras Film Festival

We met up with Nadia Paschetto, director of the Arras Film Festival, the 19th edition of which runs from 2...  

02/11/2018 | Arras 2018

Nadia Paschetto  • Director, Arras Film Festival

"When we spot a filmmaker, we aim to help them out over time"

Nadia Paschetto • Director, Arras Film Festival

We met up with Nadia Paschetto, director of the 18th edition of the Arras Film Festival, which is running...  

03/11/2017

Stergios Paschos  • Director

"There are many ways to imprison someone you love - like making a film, for instance"

Stergios Paschos • Director

We chatted to Greek director Stergios Paschos about his latest film, Afterlov, which competed for the...  

10/11/2016

Goran Paskaljević  • Director

"I don't like making compromises"

Goran Paskaljević • Director

Veteran director Goran Paskaljević tells Cineuropa about how he got the chance to make Land of the Gods in...  

24/03/2017

Video - Venice Film Festival 2009, Venice Days

Interview with Goran Paskaljevic, director of Honeymoons

The stories of two young couples run parallel throughout Goran Paskaljevic’s film Honey Moons  

Uberto Pasolini • Director

“A low-key film on the value of life”

Uberto Pasolini • Director

Uberto Pasolini presented his second film in Rome, Still Life, to mark the film’s upcoming release in...  

10/12/2013

Video - Brussels Festival 2009

Uberto Pasolini - Director of Machan

Cineuropa met with Italian director Uberto Pasolini, whose debut film Machan scooped the Golden Iris at...  

Uberto Pasolini • Director of Nowhere Special

“Death is what makes life important”

Uberto Pasolini • Director of Nowhere Special

VENICE 2020: We chatted to acclaimed producer-turned-director Uberto Pasolini about his Venice comeback...  

11/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Orizzonti

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