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.

 
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The most european of all producers

Paulo Branco • Producer

He, whom the Cinémathèque in Paris already called 'the most european of all producers' in 1992, during a...  

01/04/2005

Ben Brand • Director

"A story about growing up and making mistakes"

Ben Brand • Director

We talk to Dutch filmmaker Ben Brand, whose first feature film Find This Dumb Little Bitch and Throw Her...  

20/10/2017

Christian Bräuer • President, CICAE

“Each arthouse cinema is a little star, but together, they are like the Milky Way – you can’t ignore them”

Christian Bräuer • President, CICAE

Cineuropa talked to the managing director of Yorck-Kino GmbH and the president of CICAE about the sixth...  

26/11/2021 | /Germany/Europe

Christian Bräuer  • President, CICAE

“Cinemas must keep their audience engaged and continually communicate with them through their channels”

Christian Bräuer • President, CICAE

We caught up with Christian Bräuer, president of CICAE, to talk through the best practices that exhibitors...  

04/05/2020 | Europe

Bernhard Braunstein • Director of Stams

"I also wanted to show the religious dimension that skiing has in Austria"

Bernhard Braunstein • Director of Stams

BERLINALE 2023: The Austrian director talks to us about the pitfalls of the competitive iron will and the...  

25/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Panorama

Francesca Breccia • Exporter

"Let me explain our revolutionary business sales model"

Francesca Breccia • Exporter

We met up with Francesca Breccia, founder of Coccinelle Film Sales, which promotes independent films and...  

20/12/2017

Francesca Breccia • Sales agent, Coccinelle Film Sales

“Festivals are now the main theatrical distribution option for independent films”

Francesca Breccia • Sales agent, Coccinelle Film Sales

A chat about the sales agency’s unique business model and about how the market has changed, both during...  

15/02/2023 | /Italy

Álvaro Brechner • Director

“They can’t take our imagination away from us”

Álvaro Brechner • Director

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: Filmmaker Álvaro Brechner presents his third film, A Twelve-Year Night, based on true...  

01/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Orizzonti

“We must safeguard the cross-cultural nature of cinema”

Álvaro Brechner • Director

07/12/2009

Financing: An obstacle course

Jean Bréhat • Producer

Co-founder of the production company 3B Productions with Rachid Bouchareb in the late 1980s, he has always...  

20/09/2006

Bård Breien • Director

A detective’s quiet radiance

Bård Breien • Director

Norwegian director Bård Breien talks about Detective Downs  

25/10/2013

Catherine Breillat • Director

“It took me some time to understand what had happened to me”

Catherine Breillat • Director

In Abuse of Weakness, Catherine Breillat explores a personal experience  

15/10/2013

Catherine Breillat • Director of Last Summer

"Political correctness means not thinking things through"

Catherine Breillat • Director of Last Summer

CANNES 2023: As intense as ever, the French filmmaker offers some food for thought about her new film,...  

27/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Competition

Annette Brejner  • Senior creative advisor, m:brane

“This was a unique occasion to define some structures to work with, or – why not – against”

Annette Brejner • Senior creative advisor, m:brane

The m:brane co-founder and senior creative advisor unpicks the new Learning Think Tank initiative, and...  

16/03/2023 | M:brane 2023

Ulrich Thomsen, Ewen Bremner • Director and actor of Gutterbee

"Religion, racism and fear of each other are ruining human relationships"

Ulrich Thomsen, Ewen Bremner • Director and actor of Gutterbee

We interviewed Danish actor-turned-director Ulrich Thomsen, who presented his feature Gutterbee in...  

03/12/2019 | Black Nights 2019 | Competition

Karine de Villers and Mario Brenta  • Directors

“A film is not something ephemeral; it is timeless”

Karine de Villers and Mario Brenta • Directors

Karine de Villers and Mario Brenta have just finished Corps à corps, a film about the creative process...  

09/05/2014

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