Interviews

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

7477 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/03/2024. 582 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Lasse Saarinen  • CEO, Finnish Film Foundation

“I don’t make promises I’m not sure I can keep”

Lasse Saarinen • CEO, Finnish Film Foundation

Cineuropa went to Helsinki to talk to Lasse Saarinen, the chief executive officer of the Finnish Film...  

25/06/2019

Ignas Jonynas and Kristupas Sabolius  • Director and screenwriter of Invisible

"Our choreographer was also an important scriptwriter, as he wrote the whole choreography of the two characters’ feelings"

Ignas Jonynas and Kristupas Sabolius • Director and screenwriter of Invisible

We sat down with Ignas Jonynas and Kristupas Sabolius to talk about their second, San Sebastián-screened...  

01/10/2019 | San Sebastián 2019 | New Directors

Beata Saboova  • Producer, Naoko Films

“The documentary audience has more political awareness and seeks to expand their minds”

Beata Saboova • Producer, Naoko Films

The Emerging Producer from Belgium addresses the relation between documentary, experimentation, low budget...  

09/03/2023 | Emerging Producers 2023

Festival du Cinéma Méditerranéen

Dunia Ayaso and Félix Sabroso • directors

Interview with directors Dunia Ayaso and Félix Sabroso for their film The Island Inside, whose lead actors...  

Hend Sabry  • Actress

"Art, film and culture also help in the fight against other stereotypes"

Hend Sabry • Actress

At the Cairo Film Festival, of which she was a sponsor, Cineuropa met up with actress Hend Sabry to talk...  

17/01/2018

Ira Sachs  • Director of Frankie

“I am interested in people being, not acting”

Ira Sachs • Director of Frankie

CANNES 2019: We met up with Ira Sachs, the director of Frankie, a French-Portuguese-Belgian-US...  

23/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Competition

Tathiani Sacilotto • Producer, Persona Non Grata Pictures

“It’s crucial to have those dreams and make them come true”

Tathiani Sacilotto • Producer, Persona Non Grata Pictures

The Brazil-born producer discusses the Portuguese film industry and the ambitions of her production company  

19/05/2021 | Producers on the Move 2021

Gilles Sacuto • Producer and President, French Union of Independent Producers

"It’s always wise for the cinema world to worry about its future: that’s how it moves forward"

Gilles Sacuto • Producer and President, French Union of Independent Producers

The president of the French Union of Independent Producers dissected the state of the sector on the...  

04/11/2022 | ARP Film Meetings 2022

Shahrbanoo Sadat • Director

Interview

Shahrbanoo Sadat • Director

CANNES 2016: Young Afghan filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat talks about her first feature Wolf and Sheep,...  

17/05/2016

Shahrbanoo Sadat  • Director of The Orphanage

“Some people feel I don’t talk enough about war and politics in my films”

Shahrbanoo Sadat • Director of The Orphanage

CANNES 2019: Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat breaks down The Orphanage, the second part of a planned...  

22/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Jiří Sádek • Director

“Technology inspires new art, and that art inspires new technologies”

Jiří Sádek • Director

Cineuropa spoke to Jiří Sádek at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival about his modern rendition of a classic...  

06/07/2016

2009 Producer on the Move - Norway

Yngve Sæther

29/04/2009

David Safarian  • Director

“There are people who can maintain their human face in any circumstances”

David Safarian • Director

We met up with Armenian filmmaker David Safarian, who won the Best Film and Best Actress Awards at the...  

26/03/2018

Yana Drouz & David Safarian  • Screenwriter and actress, Director

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Yana Drouz & David Safarian • Screenwriter and actress, Director

Cineuropa talked to Armenian screenwriter and actress Yana Drouz and director David Safarian, who...  

27/11/2015

Inna Sahakyan • Director of Aurora’s Sunrise

“Aurora just refused to be reduced to a victim or to an object of history”

Inna Sahakyan • Director of Aurora’s Sunrise

The Armenian documentary filmmaker reveals key details around the artistic decisions made throughout the...  

21/07/2022 | Golden Apricot 2022

Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival 2010

Ismaël Saïdi • director

Interview with Belgian director Isamaël Saïdi, whose Ahmed Gassiaux was presented at the 2010...  

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