Interviews

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

7494 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 29/04/2024. 576 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Csilla Kató  • Head of programming, Astra Film Festival

“Good cinema can do a lot”

Csilla Kató • Head of programming, Astra Film Festival

During Cineuropa’s visit to the Astra Film Festival, we caught up with its head of programming, Csilla Kató, to discuss her approach to curating the event  

24/10/2016

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

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