Interviews

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

7457 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 18/03/2024. 584 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf • Directors of The Translator

“It's like every government has learned this playbook, a way to delegitimise the peaceful protester”

Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf • Directors of The Translator

Filmmakers Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf talk to Cineuropa about their debut feature, The Translator,...  

19/11/2020 | Black Nights 2020 | First Feature Competition

Naqqash Khalid  • Director of In Camera

“The intention was to create this portrait of what it's like to exist in our late capitalist society”

Naqqash Khalid • Director of In Camera

The Manchester-based writer-director discusses his debut feature, centred on an actor desperate for a part...  

13/10/2023 | London 2023

Basil Khalil • Director of A Gaza Weekend

“I think with comedy, you can reach people who wouldn't otherwise want to hear stories from a place with such tough issues”

Basil Khalil • Director of A Gaza Weekend

In his first feature, the London-based Palestinian director parodies the situation in Gaza by crafting a...  

19/09/2022 | Toronto 2022 | Discovery

Lasha Khalvashi • Producer

“I try to keep some variety in making films”

Lasha Khalvashi • Producer

Cineuropa met up with producer Lasha Khalvashi, Georgia’s 2017 Producer on the Move, to discuss his work...  

15/05/2017

Nadia Khamlichi  • Producer

“Moving into production is a great present for our tenth birthday”

Nadia Khamlichi • Producer

Umedia, the historic Belgian Tax Shelter intermediary, is revving up its international production...  

02/07/2014

Aleem Khan • Director of After Love

"I grew up in a mixed-race family and didn't really know where I fitted into society"

Aleem Khan • Director of After Love

Cineuropa met up with Aleem Khan to talk about his debut feature, After Love, awarded the Cannes label...  

27/10/2020 | Rome 2020

Hong Khaou  • Director of Monsoon

“The characters have to live with the unintended consequences of what their parents did”

Hong Khaou • Director of Monsoon

We sat down with Cambodian-born British director Hong Khaou to unpick his second movie, Monsoon, in...  

08/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | Competition

José-Luis Peñafuerte, Chergui Kharroubi • Directors

"We had a responsibility as Belgian filmmakers, we needed to make a film"

José-Luis Peñafuerte, Chergui Kharroubi • Directors

Interview with Belgian filmmakers José-Luis Peñafuerte and Chergui Kharroubi, whose documentary Molenbeek,...  

06/12/2016

Alireza Khatami  • Director

“Imagination helps us navigate reality”

Alireza Khatami • Director

VENICE 2017: Iranian filmmaker Alireza Khatami is presenting his debut feature Oblivion Verses in...  

01/09/2017

Mariam Khatchvani • Founder and artistic director, Svaneti International Film Festival

“When I am in Svaneti, I always come up with good ideas”

Mariam Khatchvani • Founder and artistic director, Svaneti International Film Festival

The filmmaker talks to us about the future of the festival she created  

18/07/2022 | /Georgia

Boris Khlebnikov • Director

Interview

Boris Khlebnikov • Director

KARLOVY VARY 2017: We caught up with Russian director Boris Khlebnikov, who is in the Official Competition...  

03/07/2017 | Karlovy Vary 2017 | Competition

"Re-create a sense of social cohesion"

Martin Khoolhoven • Director

Arthouse favourite Martin Koolhoven makes his first crowd-pleasing comedy because his country needs it  

24/11/2005

Ehsan Khoshbakht  • Co-director and curator, Il Cinema Ritrovato

“There's some magic to Bologna, and it clicks here because it's absolutely international”

Ehsan Khoshbakht • Co-director and curator, Il Cinema Ritrovato

Ahead of the repertory festival’s 2023 edition, one of its co-directors discusses the importance of...  

22/06/2023 | /Italy

Ilya Khrzhanovskiy  • Director of DAU. Natasha

“You cannot exploit people in this way, because it's not a voyeuristic Big Brother show”

Ilya Khrzhanovskiy • Director of DAU. Natasha

BERLINALE 2020: We chatted to Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, who co-directed the competition title DAU. Natasha with...  

29/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Competition

Kim Ki-Duk  • Director

Interview - Venice Days 2014

Kim Ki-Duk • Director

VENICE 2014: The South Korean director Kim Ki-Duk, who won the Golden Lion in 2012 with Pietà, is back at...  

27/08/2014

The poetry of everyday life

Abbas Kiarostami • Director

The Iranian director, the subject of a wide-ranging retrospective at the Batik Film Festival of Perugia,...  

22/11/2002

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