Interviews

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

8142 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 10/04/2025. 655 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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"We wanted to do a full-on western film. A real western, like they used to shoot in the old days: gritty, dirty and savage"
Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis • Directors of Heads or Tails?We spoke to the second winners of this year’s CineMart Eurimages Co-Production Development Award, who are...  
10/02/2023 | IFFR 2023 | IFFR Pro
“The role of Luciano grew with our lead actor; he really became the character”
Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis  • Directors of The Tale of King CrabCANNES 2021: The Italian duo have presented their first feature film, set in a fictional 19th century, in...  
13/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Directors’ Fortnight
“We believe in a cinema of omission”
Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis  • DirectorsWith Il Solengo, Italian filmmakers Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis are already consolidating a...  
09/02/2016
"We dance well together; we complement each other perfectly"
Fernando Franco and Koldo Zuazua • Director and producer of The Rite of SpringWe get to talk with the two experienced professionals, who with this film complete their third...  
22/09/2022 | San Sebastian 2022 | Competition
2009 Producer on the Move - Spain
Koldo Zuazua28/04/2009
"I have been inspired by Shakespeare"
Paolo Zucca  • DirectorItalian filmmaker Paolo Zucca talks to us about his project L’uomo che comprò la Luna, at the Cinemed...  
27/10/2016
Venice Days 2013
Paolo Zucca • DirectorDirector Paolo Zucca speaks about his feature debut L'arbitro, born from the short by the same name, which...  
01/09/2013
Video - Trieste Film Festival 2009
Andrzej Zuławski, directorŻuławski talks about training in Central and Eastern Europe, about cinema and communism  
"Cinema must be as a peacock's tail"
Andrzej Zulawski • Director10/06/2005
“This film is anti-fascist, it’s really that simple”
Xawery Żuławski  • Director of Bird TalkCineuropa met with Polish filmmaker Xawery Żuławski, celebrating the world premiere of his latest film...  
05/08/2019 | New Horizons 2019
The inside story of a European co-production
Léon Zuratas • ProducerAfter an early career at United Artists, Léon Zuratas became an independent producer in the 1970s...  
20/03/2007
"We often associate destruction with something negative, but sometimes it’s necessary for something healthy to take root"
Ramon and Silvan Zürcher • Director and producer of The Sparrow in the ChimneyThe Swiss duo expand on their artistic universe, their passion for still-life, and cinema as a means for...  
14/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition
Limits of language, power of sound
Ramon Zürcher • DirectorThe Strange Little Cat had world-premiered in the 2013 Berlinale's Forum section. It won the New Talent...  
05/12/2013
“Our style, in a way, is determined by control, but there’s also this beauty in chaos”
Ramon Zürcher and Silvan Zürcher  • Directors of The Girl and the SpiderBERLINALE 2021: We spoke to the Swiss directors about their oblique, witty psychological drama, on the eve...  
03/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Encounters
“TV is more profound than it seems”
Meinolf Zurhorst  • Head of the ARTE film department, ZDFCineuropa sat down with Meinolf Zurhorst during the CineLink Drama workshop, to talk about current TV...  
11/04/2017
“We shot the film in the pauses between playing FIFA and Call of Duty”
Josip Žuvan  • Director of CarbideThe Croatian director’s debut feature is a drama set in Mediterranean suburbs during the winter, mixing...  
26/10/2022 | Zagreb 2022

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