Video interviews

Cineuropa's video interviews. Discover or re-discover interviews with directors, actors, producers, distributors and other European professionals. In this section, you can find our video interviews with the Shooting Stars and Producers on the Move, as selected by European Film Promotion.

1817 video interviews available in total starting from 30/08/2002. Last updated on 26/04/2024. 96 video interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Vittorio Moroni  • Director of The Invention of Snow

“I wanted the viewer not to know from the start what was good and what was bad"

Vittorio Moroni • Director of The Invention of Snow by Vittoria Scarpa, Emanuele Basso

VENICE 2023: The Italian director talks about his fourth feature, which follows a woman caught up in her own mistakes, who is fighting to get her daughter back  

Ayat Najafi  • Director of The Sun Will Rise

“It was really tragic what was happening, but it also inspired me because I could see the bravery of these people”

Ayat Najafi • Director of The Sun Will Rise by Vittoria Scarpa, Emanuele Basso

VENICE 2023: The director talks about his Iranian-shot film, which documents the trials and tribulations of a theatre company, while outside, in the...  

Antonio Pisu  • Director of Nina of the Wolves

“There are neither goodies nor baddies in this film; people do what they have to do in order to survive”

Antonio Pisu • Director of Nina of the Wolves by Vittoria Scarpa, Emanuele Basso

VENICE 2023: The director talks to us about his new film, a dystopian fantasy-thriller based on Alessandro Bertante's novel of the same name  

Sudabeh Mortezai  • Director of Europa

"We don't have a script in real life"

Sudabeh Mortezai • Director of Europa by Ana Stanic

The filmmaker discusses her new film, which follows a businesswoman on her work trip to rural Albania to facilitate a deal between the local landowners and...  

Giorgi Parkosadze  • Director of Requiem to the Hot Days of Summer

"My film works on an intuitive level"

Giorgi Parkosadze • Director of Requiem to the Hot Days of Summer by Ana Stanic

The Georgian filmmaker discusses his film, which zooms in the subtle transformations people undergo in remote, rural Georgia  

Olivér Rudolf, Zsigmond Kungl and Genovéva Petrovits  • Director, co-writer and producer of My Mother, The Monster

"This film is an oath to rebellion"

Olivér Rudolf, Zsigmond Kungl and Genovéva Petrovits • Director, co-writer and producer of My Mother, The Monster by Ana Stanic

The Hungarian team discusses what's behind their project, winner of the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at CineLink Industry Days  

Nemanja Vojinović  • Director of Bottlemen

"I aimed to create an observational documentary, with the narrative driving force of fiction"

Nemanja Vojinović • Director of Bottlemen by Ana Stanic

The Serbian director discusses his film, a dive into one of Europe's largest unsanitary landfills, set in a suburb of Belgrade, which snagged the Heart of...  

Una Gunjak  • Director of Excursion

"A film is a living animal; it never comes out the way you imagine it on paper"

Una Gunjak • Director of Excursion by Ana Stanic

The Bosnian director talks about her first feature Excursion, which depicts the turmoil of adolescence through a young woman who doesn’t intend to play by...  

Goran Dević  • Director of What's to Be Done?

"In the film, the viewer and society also serve as the main characters"

Goran Dević • Director of What's to Be Done? by Ana Stanic

The Croatian filmmaker discusses his latest work, which approaches workers’ rights, corruption and governments’ disdain for ordinary people through the case...  

Christina Ioakeimidi • Director of Medium

"I wanted this story to transcend time and place"

Christina Ioakeimidi • Director of Medium by Ana Stanic

The Greek director discusses her second film, which follows a young woman in love moving through the world in an insecure but steadfast way  

Tudor Giurgiu & Cecilia Stefanescu • Director and writer of Libertate

"This particular episode about the chaos of the revolution in the aftermath of Ceaușescu's downfall is not well known in Romania"

Tudor Giurgiu & Cecilia Stefanescu • Director and writer of Libertate by Ana Stanic

The director and the screenwriter discuss their film, in which they explore the civil war-like events that took place in Sibiu during the last days of...  

Sarah Bissada  •  Deputy Executive Director El Gouna Film Festival

“Our main goal this year for the market is not only to attract the local and regional filmmakers but also international ones”

Sarah Bissada • Deputy Executive Director El Gouna Film Festival

The El Gouna Film Festival being quite young, Sarah Bissada talks about how it all started and the platform offering project funding for young filmmakers  

Marjan van der Haar  •  Managing Director International Film Festival Rotterdam

“If you really focus on how to bring the programme and make it balanced, you can really focus on younger audiences as well”

Marjan van der Haar • Managing Director International Film Festival Rotterdam

Marjan van der Haar describes the atmosphere and particularities of the International Film Festival in Rotterdam  

Jim Kolmar  •  Film Programmer

“The key work in the peak of busy season is watching films, reviewing them, taking notes and collaborating with your fellow programmers”

Jim Kolmar • Film Programmer

Jim Kolmar tells us about his role as a film programmer working on many different festivals  

Ilija Tatić  •  Festival Manager European Film Festival Palić

“We care to make the festival a friendly and hospitable place that everybody will remember”

Ilija Tatić • Festival Manager European Film Festival Palić

Ilija Tatić talks to us about the atmosphere of the festival and the events taking place outdoor such as concerts and screenings  

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