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Categoria: interviews
Interview: Jonás Trueba • Director of Who’s Stopping Us – “It’s an entirely unpremeditated, intuitive piece of filmmaking” – San Sebastián 2021 – Competition
The Spanish filmmaker vies for the Golden Shell with this genre-defying feature, coaxed into life over the course of five years with the generous participation of a cast of young actors
Interview: Rasmus Dinesen • Director of Michelin Stars II – Nordic by Nature – “For me, it just seems natural to make documentaries about something I like” – San Sebastián 2021 – Culinary Zinema
Koks, one of the most remote Michelin-starred restaurants in the world, is the protagonist of the Danish helmer’s new documentary
Interview: Manu Gómez • Director of Once Upon a Time in Euskadi – “I don’t agree with Hitchcock” – San Sebastián 2021 – RTVE Galas
The Basque filmmaker makes his debut with a feature film set in the tumultuous decade of the 80s, seen through the eyes of the child that he was back then
Interview: Claire Simon • Director of I Want to Talk About Duras – “For women, who have been oppressed for centuries, it’s very difficult to speak out about their oppression” – San Sebastián 2021 – Competition
Cineuropa talks with the French director about the nature of love, society’s obssesion with fame, and the limits between fiction and documentary
Interview: Lucía de la Torre • Festival programmer, Calvert Journal Film Festival – “Our main goal is to give a platform to independent filmmakers from Eastern Europe and Central Asia” – /UK
We took the opportunity to speak to the programmer of the Calvert Journal Film Festival about this year’s line-up, the gathering’s side initiatives and its mission
Interview: Alina Grigore • Director of Blue Moon – “I was the only girl in my village who was able to pursue further education” – San Sebastián 2021 – Competition
The writer-director chatted with Cineuropa about dysfunctional families, going back to her village with an education, and the difference between a psychological rhythm and logical storytelling
Interview: Lucile Hadzihalilovic • Director of Earwig – “This film is in the head of a man who is lost” – San Sebastián 2021 – Competition
The third feature by the French director is her first in English; its European premiere is taking place in competition at San Sebastián, where Cineuropa spoke to her
Interview: Paweł Łoziński • Director of The Balcony Movie – “I wanted to check if I could reverse the roles and not be someone who chases people with a camera, but instead wait for them to come to me” – Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2021
Cineuropa sat down with the established Polish director to discuss his latest ouevre, which was awarded in Locarno’s Semaine de la Critique and was recognised at Millennium Docs Against Gravity
Interview: Aga Woszczyńska • Director of Silent Land – “Nobody in this film is either just good or just bad; there are a lot of nuances within the personality of each character” – Toronto 2021 – Platform
We talked to the Polish director to get the low-down on her film, which is ostensibly about the collapse of a relationship but actually tackles something far more important