Series review: The Helicopter Heist

Series review: The Helicopter Heist

A 2009 cash caper involving a helicopter and some noticeably polite baddies is turned into an exhilarating rollercoaster ride, created by Daniel Espinosa and Ronnie Sandahl  

21/11 | Stockholm 2024

Review: Never Alone

Review: Never Alone

Klaus Häro relates a little-known episode in Finland’s World War II experience, where a business proprietor toiled to save the country’s small Jewish population  

21/11 | Black Nights 2024 | Baltic Film Competition

Review: Pink Lady

Review: Pink Lady

In Israeli filmmaker Nir Bergman's latest, a young ultra-Orthodox couple is thrown into disarray when the husband’s hidden queerness is discovered  

21/11 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

Myrid Carten • Director of A Want in Her

Interview: Myrid Carten • Director of A Want in Her

“People are often powerless over their issues, but there are ways in which we can make excuses for it as well”

Irish artist and filmmaker talks about turning a critical lens on her mother and herself in her first feature-length documentary  

21/11 | IDFA 2024

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Industry Reports

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Mirona Radu • Founder, Her Story, Her Future - 12/11/2024

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 12/11/2024
Mirona Radu • Founder, Her Story, Her Future
The Romanian filmmaker and researcher discusses the mentorship programme for women in the film industry, whose second edition is nearing its end

Market Trends
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A busy autumn/winter festival season awaits the European film industry. Cineuropa will continue to keep its readers up to date with the latest news and market insights, covering the buzziest events including London, Rome, Seminci, DOK Leipzig, Ji.hlava, Riga, Stockholm, IDFA, Tallinn, Turin and Les Arcs

Series - At Tallinn, panellists unpack the development and financing of the series Von Fock - 20/11/2024

Series – 20/11/2024
At Tallinn, panellists unpack the development and financing of the series Von Fock
Led by former TV Beats head honcho Jevgeni Supin, the joint Estonian-Latvian-German-Italian project has become one of Estonia’s biggest to date

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Mirona Radu • Director, Mindful Photography and Cinema - 14/11/2024

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 14/11/2024
Mirona Radu • Director, Mindful Photography and Cinema
The Romanian filmmaker and researcher discusses the programme of workshops, screenings and discussions that merges art with emotional healing

Europe and the Rest of the World - Rodrigo Brum • Head, Cairo Film Connection - 13/11/2024

Europe and the Rest of the World – 13/11/2024
Rodrigo Brum • Head, Cairo Film Connection
We sat down to discuss the 10th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival's platform presenting upcoming fiction and documentary feature projects from the MENA region

Produce – Co-Produce... - The European Audiovisual Observatory analyses the activities of national and sub-national film funds - 12/11/2024

Produce – Co-Produce... – 12/11/2024
The European Audiovisual Observatory analyses the activities of national and sub-national film funds
One of the key findings of the report, which covers the period 2018-2022, is that incentive support from European film funds is rising at a far greater rate than direct public funding

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - The CNC suggests adjusting platform regulations in Europe - 08/11/2024

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 08/11/2024
The CNC suggests adjusting platform regulations in Europe
The French centre makes recommendations on the quota and the definition of European works, the country of origin rule, data access and intellectual property rights

Market Trends - Mathieu Ripka • Director General, ARP - 07/11/2024

Market Trends – 07/11/2024
Mathieu Ripka • Director General, ARP
The ARP’s new director general responds to criticism over regulation and gives his view on takeovers of independent production companies by large groups

Review: Ciao bambino

Review: Ciao bambino

Edgardo Pistone’s debut film is a thrilling dark tale which speaks of love and desperation in Naples’ criminal underworld  

21/11 | Black Nights 2024 | First Feature Competition

Review: Naples to New York

Review: Naples to New York

Gabriele Salvatores’ movie based on a screenplay by Federico Fellini is dedicated to young audiences but takes an overly casual approach to blending themes like inclusion and gender  

20/11 | Films | Reviews | Italy

Review: Un hombre libre

Review: Un hombre libre

Laura Hojman's documentary showcases the Spanish writer Agustín Gómez Arcos, a literary star in France but unknown in his own country, from whose Franco dictatorship he fled  

20/11 | Seville 2024

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Co-Production Podcast

Episode 71: Superluna (Italy/Belgium) - 14/11/2024

14/11/2024
Episode 71: Superluna (Italy/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Federico Bondi are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 70: Robot Dreams (Spain/France) - 27/06/2024

27/06/2024
Episode 70: Robot Dreams (Spain/France)
The producers of the film by Pablo Berger are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 69: Black Tea (France/ Mauritania/ Luxembourg/ Taiwan/ Côte d'Ivoire) - 30/04/2024

30/04/2024
Episode 69: Black Tea (France/ Mauritania/ Luxembourg/ Taiwan/ Côte d'Ivoire)
The producers of the film by Abderrahmane Sissako are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 68: Paradise Is Burning (Sweden/Italy/Denmark/Finland) - 18/04/2024

18/04/2024
Episode 68: Paradise Is Burning (Sweden/Italy/Denmark/Finland)
The producers of the film by Mika Gustafson are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 67: The Empire (France/ Germany/Italy/Belgium/Portugal) - 09/04/2024

09/04/2024
Episode 67: The Empire (France/ Germany/Italy/Belgium/Portugal)
The producers of the film by Bruno Dumont are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 66: Green Border (Poland/Czech Republic/ France/Belgium) - 13/02/2024

13/02/2024
Episode 66: Green Border (Poland/Czech Republic/ France/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Agnieszka Holland are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 65: Savages! (Switzerland/France/Belgium) - 13/12/2023

13/12/2023
Episode 65: Savages! (Switzerland/France/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Claude Barras are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 64: Pure Unknown (Italy/Switzerland/Sweden) - 12/12/2023

12/12/2023
Episode 64: Pure Unknown (Italy/Switzerland/Sweden)
The producers of the film by Mattia Colombo and Valentina Cicogna are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Review: Wishbone

Review: Wishbone

In her latest film, Greek director Penny Panayotopoulou uses realism and poetry to convey the condition of a family holding strong in a fragmented society, set against a backdrop of malpractice  

20/11 | Lecce 2024

Björn Stein • Director of Whiskey on the Rocks

Interview: Björn Stein • Director of Whiskey on the Rocks

“'Are you interested in humour?' producer Henrik Jansson-Schweizer asked. I read five pages and was good to go”

The Swedish director breaks down his process of turning a 1981 Cold War story into a wacky satirical comedy  

20/11 | Stockholm 2024

Review: Tower of Strength

Review: Tower of Strength

The leader of a family clan has to choose between the lives of its members, and his and his family’s honour in Nikola Vukčević’s third feature  

20/11 | Cairo 2024

The Eurimages Co-Production Award goes to Labina Mitevska

The Eurimages Co-Production Award goes to Labina Mitevska

The European Film Awards are set to honour one of the founders of the Macedonian family-run production company Sisters and Brother Mitevski Production  

20/11 | European Film Awards 2024

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Photogalleries

San Sebastian 2024 – Photogalleries - 23/09/2024

23/09/2024
San Sebastian 2024 – Photogalleries
The San Sebastián International Film Festival cements its position on the global festival circuit with its 72st edition, which is unspooling from 20-28 September. Check out our exclusive photo galleries

Venice 2024 – Photogalleries - 27/05/2024

27/05/2024
Venice 2024 – Photogalleries
After the media storm triggered by last year's SAG-AFTRA strike, the global film community is back on the Lido for the 81st Venice Film Festival, unspooling from 28 August-7 September. Discover the festival highlights and the international stars walking the red carpet in our exclusive photo galleries

Cannes 2024 – Photogalleries - 14/05/2024

14/05/2024
Cannes 2024 – Photogalleries
The international film industry is gathering again on the Croisette for a packed edition of the Cannes Film Festival and its Marché du Film, unspooling from 14-25 May. Discover the festival highlights in our exclusive photo galleries

Berlinale 2024 – Photogalleries - 15/02/2024

15/02/2024
Berlinale 2024 – Photogalleries
The Berlin International Film Festival returns for its 74th edition, the last under the direction of Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek, from 15-25 February. Check out the festival highlights in our exclusive photogalleries

San Sebastián 2023 – Photogalleries - 25/09/2023

25/09/2023
San Sebastián 2023 – Photogalleries
The San Sebastián International Film Festival cements its position on the global festival circuit with its 71st edition, which is unspooling from 22-30 September. Check out our exclusive photo galleries

Venice 2023 – Photogalleries - 01/09/2023

01/09/2023
Venice 2023 – Photogalleries
After the media storm triggered by the SAG-AFTRA strike, the global film community is back on the Lido for the 80th Venice Film Festival, unspooling from 30 August-9 September. Discover the festival highlights and the international stars walking the red carpet in our exclusive photo galleries

Close wins the 2023 LUX Audience Award - 27/06/2023

27/06/2023
Close wins the 2023 LUX Audience Award
Lukas Dhont’s heartbreaking coming-of-age drama has emerged as the winner of the European audience award, determined by ratings from the public and Members of the European Parliament

Cannes 2023 – Photogalleries - 17/05/2023

17/05/2023
Cannes 2023 – Photogalleries
The international film industry is gathering again on the Croisette for a packed edition of the Cannes Film Festival and its Marché du Film, unspooling from 16-27 May. Discover the festival highlights in our exclusive photo galleries

Carmen Trocker • Director of Personale

Interview: Carmen Trocker • Director of Personale

“This is the best way to talk about the expectations that tourists have and the workers who make it possible”

The first-time director talks about her simple yet effective visual and sonic approaches to her documentary, illuminating different forms of unseen labour  

20/11 | IDFA 2024

Review: The Body

Review: The Body

The newest movie by Vincenzo Alfieri is a remake of Oriol Paulo’s mystery film but in a steamy erotic-thriller mode  

20/11 | Black Nights 2024 | Critics’ Picks

EXCLUSIVE: Reel Suspects boards On the Edge

EXCLUSIVE: Reel Suspects boards On the Edge

The French international sales agent is launching sales for the film by Belgium's Guérin van de Vorst and Sophie Muselle, which is toplined by Mara Taquin and is set to world-premiere at Mar del Plata  

20/11 | Production | Funding | Belgium

Reviews

The Shadow - by Jaak Kilmi

The Shadow
by Jaak Kilmi
Estonian director Jaak Kilmi's feature is a rare blend of historical drama, crime-thriller and a partially biographical portrait of a nationally significant poet

The Flood - by Gianluca Jodice

The Flood
by Gianluca Jodice
With his second feature, Gianluca Jodice attempts to tell the story of the final few months of France’s last royal couple

The Most Precious of Cargoes - by Michel Hazanavicius

The Most Precious of Cargoes
by Michel Hazanavicius
CANNES 2024: Michel Hazanavicius delivers a jewel of animation, modest, poignant and profound, about the topic of the death camps always extremely delicate to represent

Deaf Lovers - by Boris Guts

Deaf Lovers
by Boris Guts
Two lost souls try to connect through their bodies as their destinies drift between an impossible present and a doomed future

Cross Away - by Gilles Bourdos

Cross Away
by Gilles Bourdos
Vincent Lindon imposes his charisma and talent as he occupies the screen alone for the full 77 minutes of Gilles Bourdos’ remake, based on Steven Knight’s Locke

Kneecap - by Rich Peppiatt

Kneecap
by Rich Peppiatt
Rich Peppiatt’s feature debut is an infectious retelling of the titular Irish-language rap group’s rise to fame

Wild Diamond - by Agathe Riedinger

Wild Diamond
by Agathe Riedinger
CANNES 2024: Agathe Riedinger's first feature film is incisive, touching and very dynamic, about the high hopes of social advancement thanks to reality TV

The Passion According to Béatrice - by Fabrice du Welz

The Passion According to Béatrice
by Fabrice du Welz
The heartbreaking and poetic feature by Fabrice Du Welz sees a vulnerable Béatrice Dalle on the traces of one of the men of her life, Pier Paolo Pasolini

Review: Pictures in Mind

Review: Pictures in Mind

Swiss filmmaker Eleonora Camizzi presents a tender, inquisitive and personal debut feature about family and schizophrenia  

20/11 | IDFA 2024

At Tallinn, panellists unpack the development and financing of the series Von Fock

At Tallinn, panellists unpack the development and financing of the series Von Fock

Led by former TV Beats head honcho Jevgeni Supin, the joint Estonian-Latvian-German-Italian project has become one of Estonia’s biggest to date  

20/11 | Black Nights 2024 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

Jesper Ganslandt • Director of Cry Wolf

Interview: Jesper Ganslandt • Director of Cry Wolf

“I almost get restless if I don’t test out something new now and again”

The Swedish festival regular behind Falkenberg Farewell, The Ape and other more auteur-driven titles discusses his new crime series  

20/11 | Stockholm 2024

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Interviews

Rashid Masharawi • Director of Passing Dreams

Rashid Masharawi • Director of Passing Dreams
The established filmmaker speaks about his bittersweet road movie centred on a boy who stubbornly follows a carrier pigeon across Palestine, believing it has returned home

Bogdan Mureşanu • Director of The New Year That Never Came

Bogdan Mureşanu • Director of The New Year That Never Came
The filmmaker decrypts his virtuoso and joyful tragicomedy made of six intertwined stories over 24 hours, at the turn of the 1989 Romanian revolution

Lorna Tucker • Director of Garbo: Where Did You Go?

Lorna Tucker • Director of Garbo: Where Did You Go?
The British director breaks down her third documentary on complex females who have inspired her

Marek Šulík • Director of Ms. President

Marek Šulík • Director of Ms. President
We talked to the Slovak filmmaker, whose documentary has already triumphed in Ji.hlava, about the challenges of filming the former leader of his country

Nikolaj Nikitin • Head programmer, Critics’ Picks, Tallinn Black Nights

Nikolaj Nikitin • Head programmer, Critics’ Picks, Tallinn Black Nights
We caught up with the head programmer of PÖFF’s strand dedicated to powerful and artistically outstanding works that might otherwise be overlooked

Myrid Carten • Director of A Want in Her

Myrid Carten • Director of A Want in Her
Irish artist and filmmaker talks about turning a critical lens on her mother and herself in her first feature-length documentary

Björn Stein • Director of Whiskey on the Rocks

Björn Stein • Director of Whiskey on the Rocks
The Swedish director breaks down his process of turning a 1981 Cold War story into a wacky satirical comedy

Carmen Trocker • Director of Personale

Carmen Trocker • Director of Personale
The first-time director talks about her simple yet effective visual and sonic approaches to her documentary, illuminating different forms of unseen labour

Review: Cross Away

Review: Cross Away

Vincent Lindon imposes his charisma and talent as he occupies the screen alone for the full 77 minutes of Gilles Bourdos’ remake, based on Steven Knight’s Locke  

19/11 | Films | Reviews | France

The Márgenes Festival continues its strong commitment to creative freedom

The Márgenes Festival continues its strong commitment to creative freedom

Works by authors such as Miguel Gomes, Roberto Minervini, Alberto Gracia, Elena López Riera, Adrián Orr, Anne-Marie Miéville and Radu Jude, among others, can be enjoyed at the event in Madrid  

19/11 | Márgenes 2024

The magnetism of the islands is the central theme for the 14th Lanzarote Film Festival

The magnetism of the islands is the central theme for the 14th Lanzarote Film Festival

The archipelagos form part of the festival's Trasfoco section, with films such as 7 Walks with Mark Brown, The Flats and Viet and Nam, among others, competing in the official section  

19/11 | Lanzarote 2024

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

The Flood - by Gianluca Jodice

The Flood
by Gianluca Jodice
Locarno 2024 – Piazza Grande
Italian release November 21

Conclave - by Edward Berger

Conclave
by Edward Berger
Toronto 2024 - Special Presentations
San Sebastián 2024 - Competition
German release November 21 and Romanian release November 22

Wild Diamond - by Agathe Riedinger

Wild Diamond
by Agathe Riedinger
Cannes 2024 - Competition
French release November 20

Shambhala - by Min Bahadur Bham

Shambhala
by Min Bahadur Bham
Berlinale 2024 - Competition
German release November 21

The Most Precious of Cargoes - by Michel Hazanavicius

The Most Precious of Cargoes
by Michel Hazanavicius
Cannes 2024 - Competition
Annecy 2024 - Competition
French release November 20

Memories of a Burning Body - by Antonella Sudasassi Furniss

Memories of a Burning Body
by Antonella Sudasassi Furniss
Berlinale 2024- Panorama Audience Award
Norwegian release November 15 and French release November 20

Meeting with Pol Pot - by Rithy Panh

Meeting with Pol Pot
by Rithy Panh
Cannes 2024 - Premiere
Spanish release November 22

The Room Next Door - by Pedro Almodóvar

The Room Next Door
by Pedro Almodóvar
Venice 2024 - Golden Lion for Best Film
Czech release November 21

Review: The House with No Address

Review: The House with No Address

Тhe exaggerated reality of Hatice Aşkın's highly stylised debut, a dystopian thriller, makes one wonder about the levels that public surveillance and cancel culture can reach  

19/11 | Black Nights 2024 | First Feature Competition

Paulo Filipe Monteiro • Director of Clear Nights

Interview: Paulo Filipe Monteiro • Director of Clear Nights

“I wanted to make a film where dialogue came through the body as well as through words”

The Portuguese director chatted with us about his film, which broaches post-natal depression and coming out  

19/11 | Lecce 2024

Series review: Whiskey on the Rocks

Series review: Whiskey on the Rocks

Director Björn Stein offers a burlesque account of a very real international skirmish involving a nuclear-tipped Soviet submarine hitting Swedish waters back in Cold War 1981  

19/11 | Stockholm 2024

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Reviews

Girl America - by Viktor Tauš

Girl America
by Viktor Tauš
Viktor Tauš delivers a visually bold and theatre-infused, kaleidoscopic coming-of-age fantasy drama

Small Things Like These - by Tim Mielants

Small Things Like These
by Tim Mielants
BERLINALE 2024: Based on Claire Keegan’s book of the same name, the third feature by Belgian director Tim Mielants is a portrait of a small town troubled by indifference

The Girls at the Station - by Juana Macías

The Girls at the Station
by Juana Macías
Juana Macías’ new film brings originality, authenticity and emotiveness to the delicate and thorny topic of underage prostitution

Shambhala - by Min Bahadur Bham

Shambhala
by Min Bahadur Bham
BERLINALE 2024: Min Bahadur Bham delivers a film of great romantic and mystical purity following in the wake of a woman overcoming adversity in the heart of the Himalayas

A Missing Part - by Guillaume Senez

A Missing Part
by Guillaume Senez
Guillaume Senez takes Romain Duris to Japan, telling a fine and well-put-together story about parenthood where a father allows himself a final reprieve and in which emotion swells like a wave

Industry Reports

Series – 20/11/2024

At Tallinn, panellists unpack the development and financing of the series Von Fock

Led by former TV Beats head honcho Jevgeni Supin, the joint Estonian-Latvian-German-Italian project has become one of Estonia’s biggest to date

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 14/11/2024

Mirona Radu • Director, Mindful Photography and Cinema

The Romanian filmmaker and researcher discusses the programme of workshops, screenings and discussions that merges art with emotional healing

Europe and the Rest of the World – 13/11/2024

Rodrigo Brum • Head, Cairo Film Connection

We sat down to discuss the 10th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival's platform presenting upcoming fiction and documentary feature projects from the MENA region

Produce – Co-Produce... – 12/11/2024

The European Audiovisual Observatory analyses the activities of national and sub-national film funds

One of the key findings of the report, which covers the period 2018-2022, is that incentive support from European film funds is rising at a far greater rate than direct public funding

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