Interviews

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

7559 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 22/05/2024. 594 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

 

"We like to get every single detail right"

Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier • Directors

Young director Benjamin Renner teamed up with Belgium's Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier to make the adaptation of Ernest et Célestine. Cineuropa met the...  

25/05/2012

Return to cinema with a sunny and essential film

Bernardo Bertolucci • Director

Nine years since The Dreamers, the master shoots Io e te, based on a book by Ammaniti and screened in Cannes out of competition  

24/05/2012

“People are scared”

Thomas Vinterberg • Director

The Danish film director is back in the competition at the Cannes Film Festival with The Hunt, a film exploring the loss of innocence.  

21/05/2012

"I try not to criticise anybody"

Cristian Mungiu • Director

Cristian Mungiu's last film, Beyond the Hills, in the 65th Cannes Film Festival official competition, confirms the Romanian director's serious talent.  

19/05/2012

"I try not to criticise anybody"

Cristian Mungiu • Director

Cristian Mungiu's last film, Beyond the Hills, confirms the Romanian director's serious talent.  

19/05/2012

“My dark and cartoon-like fairytale”

Matteo Garrone • Director

Following Gomorra, Matteo Garrone has chosen a small story: that of a man who is chasing the dream of TV success  

19/05/2012

"A love story in this universe of the downgraded"

Jacques Audiard • Director

French film director Jacques Audiard is back in the competition at Cannes, and here deciphers his stunning film, Rust & Bone  

17/05/2012

“A love story in this universe of the downgraded”

Jacques Audiard • Director

French film director Jacques Audiard is back in the competition at Cannes, and here deciphers his stunning film, Rust & Bone.  

17/05/2012

"Working on films for cinema and for TV at the same time"

Jenny Gilbertsson • Producer

The producer Jenny Gilbertsson explains the strategy of Swedish production company Yellow Bird (Millennium), specialised in book to film adaptations  

14/05/2012

Producers on the Move 2012 – Switzerland

David Epiney • Alina Film

Since it was set up in 2008, production company Alina Film has produced Back to Stay, winner of the Golden Leopard in Locarno last year  

14/05/2012

"A simple film"

Michael Haneke • Director

The Austrian filmmaker, who doesn't like analysing his work, gives us a few clues about Amour  

11/05/2012

Bank secrecy and revolutionaries

Nicolas Wadimoff • Director

The Genevan filmmaker tells Cineuropa about making Operation Libertad, his fake documentary selected for the Directors' Fortnight.  

11/05/2012

Producers on the move 2012 – Czech Republic

Ondrej Zima • Evolution Films

"A mutual trust between the artist and the producer is crucial", says Ondrej Zima, who stands behind both small and highly successful Czech and Slovak films.  

11/05/2012

Producers on the move 2012 - Macedonia

Robert Naskov • KINO OKO Production

Robert Naskov began strongly in 2005, when he produced Darko Mitrevski’s comedy Bal-Can-Can, the highest grosser ever in the territory.  

11/05/2012

"A beautiful journey across cinema and across the world"

Thierry Frémaux • Artistic Director of the Cannes Film Festival

Cineuropa meets the passionate and very influential Thierry Frémaux, Artistic Director and General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival  

11/05/2012

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