Interviews

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

7498 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 03/05/2024. 578 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Michael Koch • Director

“I prefer portraying the daily lives of my characters through the actors’ bodies”

Michael Koch • Director

LOCARNO 2016: Swiss director Michael Koch talks to us with passion about his intense first feature, Marija, which had its world premiere in the running for...  

12/08/2016

Milagros Mumenthaler  • Director

“What interests me is the character’s inner experience”

Milagros Mumenthaler • Director

LOCARNO 2016: Cineuropa interviewed Swiss-Argentine director Milagros Mumenthaler, whose The Idea of a Lake, an intimate work both biographical and...  

11/08/2016

Tobias Weber • Director

"What's so special about Late Shift is that the film never stops, it keeps running"

Tobias Weber • Director

LOCARNO 2016: Late Shift, directed by Swiss filmmaker Tobias Weber, is the world's first cinematic interactive film, presented in the Panorama Suisse section  

11/08/2016

João Pedro Rodrigues • Director

“I find it impossible to film actors without desiring them”

João Pedro Rodrigues • Director

LOCARNO 2016: Cineuropa met with João Pedro Rodrigues, director of The Ornithologist, a sensual feature film full of myths. Best Director Leopard  

10/08/2016

Emiliano Rocha Minter  • Director

"Imagination is always linked to reality"

Emiliano Rocha Minter • Director

Cineuropa sat down with Emiliano Rocha Minter, whose film We Are the Flesh is being presented at the Fantasia IFF, to discuss the title’s aesthetics and...  

27/07/2016

Julia Sinkevych  • Executive director, Odessa International Film Festival

“The Ukrainian film industry is currently going through a reform”

Julia Sinkevych • Executive director, Odessa International Film Festival

Last Friday, Cineuropa met up with Julia Sinkevych, the executive director of the Odessa International Film Festival, the 7th edition of which wrapped this...  

26/07/2016

Carlo Chatrian  • Director, Locarno Film Festival

“The challenge is to show works that are strong enough to take on a huge screen”

Carlo Chatrian • Director, Locarno Film Festival

Carlo Chatrian, the artistic director of the Locarno International Film Festival, talks to us about the 69th edition  

25/07/2016

Christine Eloy  • Managing director, Europa Distribution

“The audiovisual industry is a very fragile eco-system”

Christine Eloy • Managing director, Europa Distribution

We sat down with Christine Eloy to discuss the impact of the Brexit and the Digital Single Market for distributors  

13/07/2016

Michele Placido  • Director

Women and work: 7 minuti tackles a very hot topic

Michele Placido • Director

Italian filmmaker Michele Placido talks about his all-female drama 7 Minuti, co-produced by Italy, France, Spain and Switzerland  

13/07/2016

Steve Oram  • Director

“I mourn the fact that great subversive films rarely get made nowadays”

Steve Oram • Director

KARLOVY VARY 2016: Cineuropa sat down with Steve Oram, the director of Aaaaaaaah!, to discuss how he made this intriguing slice of British cinema  

11/07/2016

Ayhan Salar  • Director

"Separation leaves deep cuts in our lives"

Ayhan Salar • Director

Cineuropa met up with Ayhan Salar, the co-writer, co-director, co-producer and DoP on Verge, his first feature, which he shot with Erkan Tahhusoglu, to talk...  

08/07/2016

Tomáš Klein  • Director

"It is a testament to one of the most talented directors we've ever had"

Tomáš Klein • Director

Tomáš Klein reveals the process of shooting legendary Czech director Jan Němec's last film, The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street, to Cineuropa at this year's...  

08/07/2016

Faton Bajraktari  • Director

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Faton Bajraktari • Director

Cineuropa met up with Kosovan filmmaker Faton Bajraktari at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2016 to talk about his feature debut, Home Sweet Home  

08/07/2016

Kivanc Sezer • Director

“Human life is just a replaceable element for the sake of profit”

Kivanc Sezer • Director

Cineuropa sat down with Turkish filmmaker Kivanc Sezer at the KVIFF to discuss the genesis, motivation and urgent message of his debut, My Father’s Wings  

07/07/2016

Bernard Declercq • Director

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Bernard Declercq • Director

Meeting with the Belgian director Bernard Declerq on the filming of his new feature-film, Méprises  

07/07/2016

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