Press and interviews
Since the end of 2017, Eurimages has carried out regular interviews with female directors having received support from the Fund to help them to address the problem of the invisibility of women in film.
The opinions expressed in these interviews are those of the directors concerned and in no way reflect the official position of the Council of Europe or the Eurimages Film Fund.
Interviews with female directors
A
- Danielle Arbid
"A Simple Passion" - Myrsini Aristidou
"Aria" - Emily Atef
"3 Days in Quiberon"
B
- Maria Bäck
Psychosis in Stockholm - Neus Ballus
"Staff only" - Laura Bispuri
"Daughter of Mine" - Moon Blaisse
"The Miracle of Almería" - Anke Blondé
"The Best of Dorien B." - Iciar Bollain
"Yuli" - Silvia Brunelli
Recipient of the 2019 Venice-Biennale Scholarship offered by Eurimages
C
- Samara Chadwick
"1999" - Katja Colja
"How Things Fall"
D
- Nisan Dag
"When I'm Done Dying" - Anca Damian
"The Fantastic Voyage of Marona"
E
- Ildikó Enyedi
"The Story of my Wife"
F
- Anna Falguères and John Shank
"Pompei" - Cécilia Felméri
"Spiral" - Anne Fontaine
"The Innocents" - Mira Fornay
"Cook F**k Kill"
G
- Katrin Gebbe
"Pelican Blood" - Denisa Grimmová
"Even Mice Belong in Heaven"
H
- Iram Haq
"What Will People Say" - Jessica Hausner
"Little Joe" - Agnieszka Holland
"Spoor" - Rubaiyat Hossain
"Made in Bangladesh" - Eva Husson (in French only)
"Les Filles du Soleil"
J
- Sara Johnsen
"Framing Mom" - Karin Junger
"10 Songs for Charity" - Hana Jušić
"Quit Staring at My Plate"
K
- Mischa Kamp
"Coupe Confused" - Sonia Liza Kenterman
"Tailor" - Anna Kryvenko
"My Unknown Soldier"
L
- Delphine Lehericey
"Beyond the Horizon" - Nanouk Leopold
"Cobain"
M
- Valérie Massadian (in French only)
"Milla" - Natalia Meshchaninova
"Core of the World" - Barbara Miller
"#Female Pleasure"
P
- Nicole Palo (in French only)
"Emma Peeters" - Ralitza Petrova
"Godless" - Claudia Pinto
"Las consecuencias" - Sonja Prosenc
"History of Love" - Elina Psykou
"Son of Sofia"
R
- Ricky Rijneke
"The Hunter's Son" - Alice Rohrwacher
"Lazzaro Felice"
S
- Shaharbanoo Sadat
"Wolf and Sheep", "The Orphanage", recipient of the 2017 Nipkow Scholarship offered by Eurimages - Laura Schroeder
"The Treasure Knights and the Secret of Melusina" - Tatia Skhirtladze and Anna Khazaradze
"The Encounter" - Carla Simón
Recipient of the 2019 Eurimages Co-production Development Award for “Alcarràs” and Recipient of the 2018 Nipkow Scholarship offered by Eurimages - Agnieszka Smoczynska
"Fugue" - Maria Sødahl
"Hope" - Ester Sparatore
"Photograph - Women" - Teona Strugar Mitevska
"God exists, her name is Petrunija" - Andrea Štaka
"Mare" - Petra Szöcs
"Deva"
T
- Ines Tanovic
"The Son" - Mila Turajlić
"The Labudovic Reels"
U
- Ioana Uricaru
"Lemonade" - Yeşim Ustaoğlu
"Clair Obscur"
V
- Egle Vertelyte
"Miracle" - Eva Vila
"Penèlope"
W
- Juanita Wilson
"As If I Am Not There" - Zoé Wittock
"Jumbo" - Jessica Woodworth
"The Barefoot Emperor"
Z
- Jasmila Žbanić
"Quo Vadis, Aida" - Agnieszka Zwiefka
"Scars"
Eurimages and gender in the spotlight
- Mia Engberg - 2019 Audentia Award winner
Interview - Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian - 2018 Audentia Award winner
Interview
Acceptance speech - Press releases - Berlin Film Festival Live Report: Eurimages urges industry support for gender equality
YouTube, interview with Francine Raveney, 20 February 2018 - Berlin: Call for gender equality as scale of gender gap in European film is revealed
Variety, 16 February 2018