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 26/04/2024. 576 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Ivan Hronec  • CEO, Film Europe Media Company

“A distributor must be in the position of a partner”

Ivan Hronec • CEO, Film Europe Media Company

Cineuropa talks to Film Europe Media Company founder and CEO Ivan Hronec about the company's "distribution cloud"  

09/11/2016

Orestis Andreadakis  • Artistic director, Thessaloniki IFF

“Thessaloniki’s strongest suit is getting films made”

Orestis Andreadakis • Artistic director, Thessaloniki IFF

A seasoned festival veteran, the new Thessaloniki IFF artistic director Orestis Andreadakis discusses the challenges of leading the Balkans' go-to film...  

08/11/2016

Ado Arrietta  • Director

"Real life doesn't appeal to me at all"

Ado Arrietta • Director

World-premiering in the 13th Seville European Film Festival, Spanish director Ado Arrietta’s latest escapade Sleeping Beauty is a poetic, dreamlike and...  

07/11/2016

Albert Serra  • Director

“I’d have liked to have done something a bit crazier”

Albert Serra • Director

Screening out of competition at Seville, Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra presents his latest film, Last Days of Louis XIV, a chamber piece about the final...  

07/11/2016

Eric Miot • General Delegate, Arras Film Festival

"Exploring films that are not so well known in France"

Eric Miot • General Delegate, Arras Film Festival

We caught up with Eric Miot, the general delegate of the Arras Film Festival, the 17th edition of which will take place between 4 and 13 November  

04/11/2016

Gentian Koçi  • Director

“Films coming from smaller countries have to be very good to break out”

Gentian Koçi • Director

Cineuropa interviewed Albanian director, writer and producer Gentian Koçi, whose first feature, Daybreak, is in post-production  

03/11/2016

José Luis Cienfuegos  • Director, Seville European Film Festival

“We’re interested in reaping the harvest of this different kind of cinema”

José Luis Cienfuegos • Director, Seville European Film Festival

We chatted to José Luis Cienfuegos, head of the Seville European Film Festival, in the run-up to its 13th edition, the fourth under his auspices  

02/11/2016

Jean Anouilh  • Director

"A contemporary western set in the Western Pyrenees"

Jean Anouilh • Director

Jean Anouilh won the Development Aid Grant at the Cinemed Meetings with Marta, his debut feature project being produced by La Voie Lactée  

28/10/2016

Maja Vukic  • Producer

"Reality can sometimes be a lot more absurd than fiction"

Maja Vukic • Producer

At the Cinemed Meetings, Croatian producer Maja Vukic talked about What a Country!, the new project by Vinko Bresan after The Priest’s Children  

28/10/2016

Paolo Zucca  • Director

"I have been inspired by Shakespeare"

Paolo Zucca • Director

Italian filmmaker Paolo Zucca talks to us about his project L’uomo che comprò la Luna, at the Cinemed Meetings in Montpellier  

27/10/2016

Alberto Morais  • Director

“I don’t believe in the concept of family”

Alberto Morais • Director

Spanish director Alberto Morais is hoping for a Seminci win with his third fiction film, The Mother: an acerbic and uncompromising social critique  

27/10/2016

Sonora Broka  • Artistic director, Riga IFF

“The audience trusts our concept and programme structure”

Sonora Broka • Artistic director, Riga IFF

We had a chat with Sonora Broka, artistic director of the Riga International Film Festival, to discuss the inner workings of this young but ambitious gathering  

26/10/2016

Jacques Bidou  • Producer

"Helping young filmmakers to emerge"

Jacques Bidou • Producer

Interview with Jacques Bidou, from JBA Production, at the Cinemed Meetings of the Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpellier  

26/10/2016

Sylvie Suire  • Director, Cinemed Meetings

“Directors can continue to make progress with their projects”

Sylvie Suire • Director, Cinemed Meetings

We met up with Sylvie Suire, director of the three-day professional sidebar of the Cinemed, the Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpellier  

25/10/2016

Marek Hovorka  • Festival director, Jihlava IDFF

“We try to be the voice of the region”

Marek Hovorka • Festival director, Jihlava IDFF

The director of the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Marek Hovorka, sat down with Cineuropa to discuss the anniversary edition of the...  

25/10/2016

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