Interviews

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

7493 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 25/04/2024. 580 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Yury Bykov  • Director

"Durak (The Fool) is not the full picture of Russia, even though it is most of it"

Yury Bykov • Director

Cineuropa speaks to Russian director Yury Bykov, whose works are always characterized by a criticism of his country’s society  

12/08/2014

Eran Riklis  • Director

"Middle Eastern cinema should become awareness-raising cinema, like European cinema is"

Eran Riklis • Director

The Israeli director screens Dancing Arabs in Locarno, a ‘comedy drama’ view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the 90s  

11/08/2014

Agnès Varda  • Director

"I've been lucky, because my films have been appreciated despite not being commercial successes"

Agnès Varda • Director

The director analyses her career in light of the Leopard of Honour awarded to her by the Locarno Festival  

11/08/2014

Carlo Chatrian  • Artistic director, Locarno International Film Festival

“Ours is a festival of discovery”

Carlo Chatrian • Artistic director, Locarno International Film Festival

Carlo Chatrian, artistic director of the Locarno International Film Festival, reveals to us his vision of the festival  

30/07/2014

Isabel Ayguavives  • Director

“I prefer to show and suggest”

Isabel Ayguavives • Director

Cineuropa met up with Isabel Ayguavives, the director of The Magnetic Tree, her feature debut  

29/07/2014

Ivan Ikic  • Director

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Ivan Ikic • Director

Cineuropa met up with Serbian filmmaker Ivan Ikic to talk about his film Barbarians which has won the Special Mention in the East of the West selection  

Iris Elezi • Director

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Iris Elezi • Director

Cineuropa met up with Albanian filmmaker Iris Elezi to talk about her film Bota (directed in collaboration with Thomas Logoreci) which has won the FEDEORA Award  

Daniel Monzón  • Director

"I’m grateful to cinema for life experiences it has granted me"

Daniel Monzón • Director

The award-winning director of Cell 211 is back with El niño, an action movie filmed in the Straits of Gibraltar.  

11/07/2014

Sydney Sibilia  • Director

"I just wanted to make people laugh"

Sydney Sibilia • Director

We met the director who made his debut with an exhilarating comedy that quickly won over the public and critics.  

11/07/2014

Pavel Jech  • Dean of FAMU

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Pavel Jech • Dean of FAMU

Cineuropa sat down with Pavel Jech, Dean of FAMU, to talk about the school's programme and its achievements  

11/07/2014

Jiri Konecny  • Producer, Endorfilm

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Jiri Konecny • Producer, Endorfilm

Cineuropa chatted to Jiří Konečný from Endorfilm, co-producer of Goat (working title), winner of the KVIFF 2014 Work in Progress  

09/07/2014

Darko Lungulov • Director

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Darko Lungulov • Director

Cineuropa met up with Serbian filmmaker Darko Lungulov to talk about his film Monument to Michael Jackson which was in competition in the East of the West...  

09/07/2014

George Ovashvili  • Director

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George Ovashvili • Director

Cineuropa met up with Georgian filmmaker George Ovashvili to talk about his film Corn Island, which won the Crystal Globe (Grand Prix) at Karlovy Vary  

09/07/2014

Charles Gillibert  • Producer

“Ambitious films with international potential”

Charles Gillibert • Producer

Cineuropa met up with Charles Gillibert, who, together with CG Cinéma, produced Clouds of Sils Maria and Eden  

08/07/2014

Nikolaj Nikitin  • SOFA founder and director

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Nikolaj Nikitin • SOFA founder and director

Cineuropa met up with SOFA's founder and director, Nikolaj Nikitin, to discuss the scope of the workshop  

08/07/2014

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