Interviews

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

7573 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 27/05/2024. 578 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 
Anne Schultka • Research and editing manager, CineRegio

“Increasing calls for equitable representation in all sectors have played a role in inspiring our report”

Anne Schultka • Research and editing manager, CineRegio

The research and editing manager of the network of regional film funds in Europe discusses its new publication on gender and diversity tools for the industry  

27/05/2024 | /Europe

Sandhya Suri • Director of Santosh

"We spent the days researching with the police and the evenings bringing that reality into the script"

Sandhya Suri • Director of Santosh

CANNES 2024: The British-Indian filmmaker discusses her fiction debut Santosh, a story of a woman who goes from being a housewife to a widow to becoming a...  

27/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard

Karan Kandhari • Director of Sister Midnight

"You need to accept your own weirdness with humour acting as a driving force"

Karan Kandhari • Director of Sister Midnight

CANNES 2024: The Indian filmmaker discusses his first feature, a genre effort about an arranged marriage spiralling into darkness as the wife morphs into a...  

27/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors' Fortnight

Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel • Director of Armand

“Making people uncomfortable might be something I just know how to do”

Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel • Director of Armand

CANNES 2024: We caught up with the first Norwegian winner of the Caméra d’Or to discuss body language, discomfort and other aspects of his new film  

27/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard

Nomintuya Baasankhuu • Director, Film Nomad

“Thanks to our partnership with the Sundance Institute, we aim to provide our filmmakers with top-tier online training and resources”

Nomintuya Baasankhuu • Director, Film Nomad

In 2023, Cineuropa participated in Film Nomad, the first training and coaching programme for Mongolian professionals; we caught up with the director of the...  

27/05/2024 | /Mongolia

Miguel Gomes • Director of Grand Tour

"My film is almost like a joke, about men being so cowardly and women being so determined"

Miguel Gomes • Director of Grand Tour

CANNES 2024: The Portuguese filmmaker talks about his new film, a travelogue drama about colonialism, social divides and love  

25/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Competition

Ariane Labed • Director of September Says

"Unconditional love in the family can be a safe place, but at the same time it can become manipulation"

Ariane Labed • Director of September Says

CANNES 2024: The Greek-French actress has talked to us about her first feature as a director, a mysterious and haunting tale of two sisters raised by a...  

25/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard

Jean-Christophe Meurisse • Director of Plastic Guns

“My characters are disguising their actual lives and trying to step into different ones, even if it will eventually destroy them”

Jean-Christophe Meurisse • Director of Plastic Guns

CANNES 2024: Wannabe detectives and murderers without a conscience seek each other out in the French director’s film – and predictably, mayhem ensues  

25/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors’ Fortnight

Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu • Directors of Jim’s Story

"It's a melodrama that isn't fabricated, but simply comes from life"

Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu • Directors of Jim’s Story

CANNES 2024: The French filmmakers explain how they came up with their loose and excellent adaptation of Pierric Bailly's novel of the same name  

24/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Cannes Premiere

Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel • Directors of Eat The Night

"The characters fight with their own means against this ambient depression which assails an entire era"

Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel • Directors of Eat The Night

CANNES 2024: The French filmmakers talk about their second feature, a daring hybrid work with a whiff of the end of the world about it  

24/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors’ Fortnight

Alain Guiraudie • Director of Misericordia

“As I delved deeper into it, I rediscovered how the Catholic religion is anthropophagous”

Alain Guiraudie • Director of Misericordia

CANNES 2024: The French filmmaker talks about his new film, a mixture of genres revolving around secrecy, forceful desire, crime and Christianity in a small...  

24/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Cannes Première

Mahdi Fleifel • Director of To a Land Unknown

“I’m always intrigued by what it means to have no place where you belong”

Mahdi Fleifel • Director of To a Land Unknown

CANNES 2024: The Palestinian-Danish director takes on the melancholy of exile as two Palestinian cousins get stranded in Greece  

24/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors’ Fortnight

Jessica Palud • Director of Being Maria

"This young woman spoke out and reported things, but she wasn’t listened to"

Jessica Palud • Director of Being Maria

CANNES 2024: The French filmmaker spoke to us about her movie charting the tragic fate of actress Maria Schneider, who was left traumatised after shooting...  

23/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Cannes Premiere

Gints Zilbalodis • Director of Flow

“Creating a sense of hand-made artistry was crucial”

Gints Zilbalodis • Director of Flow

CANNES 2024: We sat down with the renowned Latvian animation director to discuss apocalyptic floods and domestic animals  

23/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard

Maisam Ali • Director of In Retreat

“I was trying to do something like a painting or a haiku"

Maisam Ali • Director of In Retreat

CANNES 2024: The Indian filmmaker talks about the multifaceted meanings of home, belonging and portraying the region of Ladakh in his debut film  

23/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | ACID

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