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. 581 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
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Jonas Poher Rasmussen  • Director of Flee

“I didn’t intend to do a refugee story; I wanted to do a story about my friend”

Jonas Poher Rasmussen • Director of Flee

We talked to the Danish director whose latest movie has become one of the year’s most celebrated titles...  

17/09/2021 | Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2021

Teemu Nikki, Jani Pösö and Petri Poikolainen  • Director of, producer of and actor in The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic

“We didn’t make a film about a handicapped person; we made a film about a person who also happens to be disabled”

Teemu Nikki, Jani Pösö and Petri Poikolainen • Director of, producer of and actor in The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic

VENICE 2021: The Orizzonti Extra entry focuses on a man who would do anything for love – even leave his...  

13/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Orizzonti Extra

"European cinema is the alternative"

Claude-Eric Poiroux • Director of Europa Cinemas

28/02/2006

Claude-Eric Poiroux • Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers

"We sometimes forget the importance of renewal"

Claude-Eric Poiroux • Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers

The state of young European cinema deciphered by Claude-Eric Poiroux, General and Artistic Director of the...  

16/01/2014

Claude-Éric Poiroux • General delegate, Premiers Plans Film Festival

"There's a pleasurable dimension to film festivals that mustn't be neglected"

Claude-Éric Poiroux • General delegate, Premiers Plans Film Festival

Claude-Éric Poiroux talks about young European talent at the 31st Premiers Plans Film Festival in Angers...  

25/01/2019 | Festivals | France

"Cinemas are the best place for films"

Claude-Eric Poiroux • General Director of Europa Cinemas

Digitisation, film circulation, experimentation with day-and-date film releases -- Claude-Eric Poiroux,...  

20/11/2012

Mikołaj Pokromski

Producer on the Move 2014 – Poland

Mikołaj Pokromski

Cineuropa met up with Poland’s Producer on the Move, Mikołaj Pokromski, of Pokromski Studio, to discuss...  

14/05/2014

Special report - The Documentary Market

Lynne Polak, Project Manager EBU, Switzerland

Interview with the project manager of EBU (European Broadcasting Union), focusing on documentary series  

Interview - 10 European Directors To Watch

Sacha Polak • Director

Hemel’s director explains the making of Hemel, her first feature length film  

Sacha Polak  • Director of Dirty God

"I find it important to fight for what you want, even if it’s difficult to explain what you have in mind"

Sacha Polak • Director of Dirty God

We chatted to Dutch director Sacha Polak just after she opened the 48th IFFR with her tremendous third...  

24/01/2019 | IFFR 2019 | Limelight

Gone back to the roots

Roman Polanski

Director´s childhood in The pianist, the story of a musician who survived the Nazi persecution in Warsaw  

24/05/2002

Roman Polanski • Director

"I thought the text was hilarious"

Roman Polanski • Director

Back in competition in Cannes, Polish director Roman Polanski talks about Venus in Fur  

25/05/2013

Ayşe Polat • Director of In The Blind Spot

“This cruel history, that has not been processed, has given rise to ghosts over the generations”

Ayşe Polat • Director of In The Blind Spot

BERLINALE 2023: We chatted with the Kurdish-German director about dealing with generational trauma and its...  

23/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Encounters

Mikko Pöllä  • Co-creator of Californian Commando

“People are excited about getting something other than Nordic noirs from the Nordics”

Mikko Pöllä • Co-creator of Californian Commando

We talked to Mikko Pöllä, the head writer and co-creator of the new Finnish comedy series Californian...  

08/04/2020 | Finland

Béatrice Pollet • Director of And Yet We Were All Blind

“Women have problems making people believe them”

Béatrice Pollet • Director of And Yet We Were All Blind

We talked to the French filmmaker about her highly sensitive and disturbing drama about a woman who...  

24/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Interview - Venice Days 2012

Sarah Polley • Director

Sarah Polley's documentary Stories We Tell explores her family history through the sometimes contradictory...  

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