Interviews

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

7478 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 28/03/2024. 582 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Jim Sheridan • Director

“We all have to live together”

Jim Sheridan • Director

Irish director Jim Sheridan, whose film, The Secret Scripture, screened at the Rome Film Fest, sat down with Cineuropa to discuss child abuse, church and...  

21/10/2016

Philip John • Director

“They reminded me of two versions of myself when I was that age”

Philip John • Director

Welsh director Philip John, who made a name for himself for TV series, Downton Abbey and Outlander, presented his feature film debut Moon Dogs at the Warsaw...  

21/10/2016

Christophe Leparc • Director, Cinemed

"It’s no coincidence that an entirely new generation is emerging"

Christophe Leparc • Director, Cinemed

Cineuropa sat down with Christophe Leparc, director of the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, the 38th edition of which will run from 21-29 October  

21/10/2016

Francesco Patierno • Director

Naples '44, a mirror of the present

Francesco Patierno • Director

In Rome we caught up with Italian director Francesco Patierno, who made his documentary Naples ‘44 with archive material, photos, clips from films, and...  

20/10/2016

Lone Scherfig • Director

“So much at stake in the UK”

Lone Scherfig • Director

We have interviewed Lone Scherfig, whose latest feature, Their Finest, was the Mayor of London’s Gala at the 60th BFI London Film Festival  

20/10/2016

Jon Haukeland • Director

"Their reality, thanks to the freedom fiction granted me, became a new reality"

Jon Haukeland • Director

Cineuropa sat down with Norwegian director Jon Haukeland, whose third feature film, What Young Men Do, is about to hit screens in the Scandinavian nation  

20/10/2016

Oliver Stone  • Director

“The major studios didn’t want to touch this film”

Oliver Stone • Director

Oliver Stone sat down with Cineuropa at the 11th Rome Film Festival to discuss why Snowden was mostly produced as a European movie  

20/10/2016

Virgil Widrich • Director

"We made magic on the set"

Virgil Widrich • Director

After world-premiering at Busan and winning an audience award, Virgil Widrich screened Night of a 1000 Hours in the international competition of the 32nd...  

19/10/2016

Kamen Balkanski • Acting director, Bulgarian National Film Center

“We have a solid CV, but we also have lots to do in order to make it a brilliant CV”

Kamen Balkanski • Acting director, Bulgarian National Film Center

Cineuropa spoke to Bulgarian National Film Center acting director Kamen Balkanski during the Center's most elaborate film event, the Golden Rose Film...  

18/10/2016

Andrius Blazevicius • Director

“Saints are generally victims in one way or another”

Andrius Blazevicius • Director

Andrius Blazevicius’ debut film, The Saint, an ironic drama that takes a close look at the 2008 financial crisis, was unveiled at the 32nd Warsaw...  

18/10/2016

Adam Smith • Director

“It’s full of anarchy and wildness, but also a big heart”

Adam Smith • Director

British director Adam Smith has brought his debut feature, Trespass Against Us, a thrilling crime movie with a warm heart, to the BFI London Film Festival  

18/10/2016

Maciej Pieprzyca  • Director

"Why talk when the images tell you everything?"

Maciej Pieprzyca • Director

Maciej Pieprzyca, who won several awards in 2013 for Life Feels Good, talks to us about his new film, I’m a Killer.  

18/10/2016

Laurent Teyssier • Director

“I wanted to bring our relationship with the farming world into question”

Laurent Teyssier • Director

French filmmaker Laurent Teyssier triumphed in Warsaw’s 1-2 Competition with his impressively crafted feature debut, Toril  

17/10/2016

Einari Paakkanen • Director

“When you are making a movie about yourself, you never really stop working on it”

Einari Paakkanen • Director

Finnish filmmaker Einari Paakkanen's directorial debut My Father from Sirius, about his father’s belief in UFOs, had its world premiere at the 32nd Warsaw...  

14/10/2016

Grigor Lefterov • Director

“In Bulgaria there is a widespread opinion that films should only entertain”

Grigor Lefterov • Director

Representing the directing duo behind Hristo, an impressive Bulgarian debut feature screening in Warsaw, Grigor Lefterov chatted with Cineuropa about the...  

14/10/2016

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