Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi • Directors of La bola negra

Interview: Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi • Directors of La bola negra

“Queer stories aren’t niche; they’re much bigger than that”

The Spanish directorial duo talk about their film’s major international success, their connection with young audiences, and the value of telling a story about love and memory  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2026

Review: Lovers Sleep Alone

Review: Lovers Sleep Alone

The first feature by Iranian-born, German-based filmmaker Massih Parsaei is an austere yet delicately crafted portrait of an immigrant’s solitary life in Berlin  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | New Directors

Review: Milo

Review: Milo

Nicole Garcia hits the mark with a film carried by a dazzlingly sombre Marion Cotillard who plays a mother trying to reconnect with a son she barely knows  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

The Institute of Documentary Film selects nine projects for the Docs Beyond programme

The Institute of Documentary Film selects nine projects for the Docs Beyond programme

The first edition of the training initiative will support Czech-based documentary teams in developing audience outreach or impact strategies for their films  

24/09 | Institute of Documentary Film 2026

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Industry Reports

Series - Toronto explores how French-language series can scale without losing authenticity - 22/09/2026

Series – 22/09/2026
Toronto explores how French-language series can scale without losing authenticity
Producers and broadcasters from France and Quebec argued that international finance can give ambitious series greater scale – but only when cross-border elements grow organically from the story

Market Trends
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Throughout the summer, Cineuropa will continue bringing readers closer to the European and international film industry through breaking news, market analysis and on-the-ground festival reporting. From Karlovy Vary, Locarno and Sarajevo to Venice, Toronto and San Sebastián, our coverage will track the key films, industry shifts and emerging trends shaping the sector between July and the end of September

Europe and the Rest of the World - Sovereignty must extend from land to screen, Arctic Indigenous storytellers say at Toronto - 16/09/2026

Europe and the Rest of the World – 16/09/2026
Sovereignty must extend from land to screen, Arctic Indigenous storytellers say at Toronto
Professionals linked the growing geopolitical focus on the region to questions of creative control, arguing that collaborations led by natives must generate ownership, skills and lasting value

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - European cinemas report exceptional summer as box-office momentum continues into second half of 2026 - 15/09/2026

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 15/09/2026
European cinemas report exceptional summer as box-office momentum continues into second half of 2026
EMEA box office was up 88% year on year in August, with several European markets recording their strongest summer results in years

Produce – Co-Produce... - Norway and the Netherlands pitch incentives and production muscle at Toronto - 15/09/2026

Produce – Co-Produce... – 15/09/2026
Norway and the Netherlands pitch incentives and production muscle at Toronto
The two national film commissions highlighted how cash rebates, experienced crews and accessible locations are broadening their appeal to international shoots

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Venice and Eurimages figures show gender gains, but entrenched gaps remain across European film - 09/09/2026

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 09/09/2026
Venice and Eurimages figures show gender gains, but entrenched gaps remain across European film
VENICE 2026: Fresh data point to growing female participation across parts of the industry, while directing, technical roles and higher-budget projects remain far from balanced

Produce – Co-Produce... - Piedmont’s nine-title Venice surge offers a blueprint for building a competitive regional model - 09/09/2026

Produce – Co-Produce... – 09/09/2026
Piedmont’s nine-title Venice surge offers a blueprint for building a competitive regional model
VENICE 2026: With rising production volumes and an expanding funding architecture, the Italian region is turning festival visibility into a wider industrial success story

Europe and the Rest of the World - Asia becomes the world’s largest market for streaming commissions - 08/09/2026

Europe and the Rest of the World – 08/09/2026
Asia becomes the world’s largest market for streaming commissions
Driven by Netflix and Prime Video, the region accounted for 36% of all first-run scripted orders from the six leading global streamers in the first half of 2026, according to Ampere Analysis

Hristo Simeonov • Director of My Father’s Shoes

Interview: Hristo Simeonov • Director of My Father’s Shoes

“There is something about forgiving a person in death, and accepting them”

The Bulgarian first-time director reveals the real absurdist story behind his tender feature, and elaborates on the creative process of transferring life on screen  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | New Directors

Review: This Solitude

Review: This Solitude

Javier Giner’s debut feature is a portrait of two damaged souls whose break-up acts as the catalyst that causes all their wounds to bleed  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | New Directors

The Door-to-Door Bookstore sequel starts filming

The Door-to-Door Bookstore sequel starts filming

Ngo The Chau returns to direct Christoph Maria Herbst and Yuna Bennett in the sequel to the 2024 German box-office hit, with Désirée Nosbusch joining the cast  

24/09 | Production | Funding | Germany/Italy

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Co-Production Podcast

Episode 90: Strange River (Spain/Germany) - 05/06/2026

05/06/2026
Episode 90: Strange River (Spain/Germany)
The producers of the film by Jaume Claret Muxart are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their Eurimages-supported work

Episode 89: Romería (Spain/Germany) - 28/05/2026

28/05/2026
Episode 89: Romería (Spain/Germany)
The producers of the film by Carla Simón are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their Eurimages-supported work

Episode 88: Sirāt (Spain/France) - 28/04/2026

28/04/2026
Episode 88: Sirāt (Spain/France)
The producers of the film by Óliver Laxe are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their Eurimages-supported work

Episode 87: Tales from the Magic Garden (Czech Republic/Slovakia/ Slovenia/France) - 07/04/2026

07/04/2026
Episode 87: Tales from the Magic Garden (Czech Republic/Slovakia/ Slovenia/France)
The producers of the film by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar and Jean-Claude Rozec are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their Eurimages-supported work

Episode 86: Calle Málaga (Morocco/France/Spain/Germany/Belgium) - 19/03/2026

19/03/2026
Episode 86: Calle Málaga (Morocco/France/Spain/Germany/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Maryam Touzani are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 85: Köln 75 (Germany/Poland/Belgium) - 05/03/2026

05/03/2026
Episode 85: Köln 75 (Germany/Poland/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Ido Fluk are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 84: Eagles of the Republic (Sweden/France/Denmark) - 24/02/2026

24/02/2026
Episode 84: Eagles of the Republic (Sweden/France/Denmark)
The producers of the film by Tarik Saleh are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 83: Sevda (Switzerland/Belgium/Turkey) - 18/11/2025

18/11/2025
Episode 83: Sevda (Switzerland/Belgium/Turkey)
The producers of the film by Ufuk Emiroglu are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

NEM Awards to celebrate creativity in European television across three competitive categories

NEM Awards to celebrate creativity in European television across three competitive categories

The awards will return to NEM Zagreb on 7 and 8 December, introducing a new competition for unscripted formats alongside their two established categories for scripted series  

24/09 | NEM Zagreb 2026

Review: Pray for Us

Review: Pray for Us

Daniel Monzón returns to depict a life devoid of freedom, but now from the perspective of a female teenager brutalised by the Catholic-Francoist regime  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Special Screenings

West of England launches £4.5 million Greenlight West production fund

West of England launches £4.5 million Greenlight West production fund

The new non-recoupable fund, aiming to boost regional spending, employment and skills development, will offer grants of up to £500,000 to film and TV productions  

24/09 | Production | Funding | UK

Malika Rabahallah • Director, FilmFest Hamburg

Interview: Malika Rabahallah • Director, FilmFest Hamburg

“Cinema can’t solve the world’s problems, but it can help us understand them differently – and perhaps better”

FilmFest Hamburg's director speaks about the themes of this year’s programme, the aim of its industry events and the role of film festivals in the modern age  

24/09 | Hamburg 2026

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San Sebastian 2026 – Photogalleries - 21/09/2026

21/09/2026
San Sebastian 2026 – Photogalleries
The San Sebastián International Film Festival cements its position on the global festival circuit with its 74st edition, which is unspooling from 21-29 September. Check out our exclusive photo galleries

Venice 2026 – Photogalleries - 02/09/2026

02/09/2026
Venice 2026 – Photogalleries
The global film community is back on the Lido. Discover the festival highlights and the international stars walking the red carpet in our exclusive photo galleries

Cannes 2026 – Photogalleries - 13/05/2026

13/05/2026
Cannes 2026 – 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 12-23 May. Discover the festival highlights in our exclusive photo galleries

Berlinale 2026 – Photogalleries - 13/02/2026

13/02/2026
Berlinale 2026 – Photogalleries
The Berlin International Film Festival returns for its 76th edition, the first under the direction of Tricia Tuttle, from 12-22 February. Check out the festival highlights in our exclusive photogalleries

Venice 2025 – Photogalleries - 27/08/2025

27/08/2025
Venice 2025 – Photogalleries
The global film community is back on the Lido for the 82nd Venice Film Festival, unspooling from 27 August-6 September. Discover the festival highlights and the international stars walking the red carpet in our exclusive photo galleries

Cannes 2025 – Photogalleries - 13/05/2025

13/05/2025
Cannes 2025 – 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 13-24 May. Discover the festival highlights in our exclusive photo galleries

Berlinale 2025 – Photogalleries - 13/02/2025

13/02/2025
Berlinale 2025 – Photogalleries
The Berlin International Film Festival returns for its 75th edition, the first under the direction of Tricia Tuttle, from 13-23 February. Check out the festival highlights in our exclusive 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

Susanne Kovács, Anne Marie Engtoft Meldgaard • Director and protagonist of Techplomacy

Interview: Susanne Kovács, Anne Marie Engtoft Meldgaard • Director and protagonist of Techplomacy

“Europe can compete with the USA and China by delivering great technology rooted in different values”

We get a break-down of this documentary following Denmark’s tech ambassador during her work, as she goes from Silicon Valley to international summits  

24/09 | Zurich 2026

Nightborn and The Danish Woman win the top honours at the Freyas Awards

Nightborn and The Danish Woman win the top honours at the Freyas Awards

Hanna Bergholm’s film and Benedikt Erlingsson’s series have been named Outstanding Nordic Film and Series, respectively, at the first edition of the Helsinki-based awards  

24/09 | Festivals | Awards | Finland

San Sebastián’s industry programme doles out its prizes

San Sebastián’s industry programme doles out its prizes

Projects by Val Jashari, Ekain Albite, Juan Sebastián Mesa and Alfonso García are among the winners of this year’s Co-Production and WIP strands  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | San Sebastián Industry/Awards

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Reviews

Milo - by Nicole Garcia

Milo
by Nicole Garcia
Nicole Garcia hits the mark with a film carried by a dazzlingly sombre Marion Cotillard who plays a mother trying to reconnect with a son she barely knows

Tender Loving Care - by Mike Leigh

Tender Loving Care
by Mike Leigh
What is potentially Mike Leigh’s last film is a spirited ode to both the good and the bad in life, told through the eyes of two sanguine social workers

Brace Your Heart - by Amanda Kernell

Brace Your Heart
by Amanda Kernell
Amanda Kernell’s third feature places a young Sámi woman’s struggle for independence at the heart of a restrained tale of love, trauma and resilience

Growth of the Soil - by Hans Petter Moland

Growth of the Soil
by Hans Petter Moland
Hans Petter Moland’s new feature is a rural wilderness-set epic on the lives of a couple marked by deep personal and societal changes

What Remains - by Yeşim Ustaoğlu

What Remains
by Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Yeşim Ustaoğlu crafts a film at once profound and prosaic, realistic and poetic, in the form of a road movie painting a portrait of a woman in search of restorative freedom

El mal padre - by Roberto Bueso

El mal padre
by Roberto Bueso
Roberto Bueso portrays the fraught relationship between an absent father and his children, whom he brings together in a bid for a belated reconciliation

Krux - by Tony Vahl

Krux
by Tony Vahl
In her feature debut, set at the end of World War II, Tony Vahl creates a heady sense of quiet terror around the story of a village encouraged to mass suicide by local leaders

5 More Minutes - by Javier Ruiz Caldera

5 More Minutes
by Javier Ruiz Caldera
Javier Ruiz Caldera directs from a screenplay by comedian and actor Berto Romero, built on repetitive sequences that push its protagonists into extraordinary situations

Review: Tender Loving Care

Review: Tender Loving Care

What is potentially Mike Leigh’s last film is a spirited ode to both the good and the bad in life, told through the eyes of two sanguine social workers  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

European titles submitted for the Oscars race

European titles submitted for the Oscars race

European countries reveal their titles submitted for the Best International Feature Film Award at the 2027 Academy Awards  

23/09 | Oscars 2027

Michel Hazanavicius’ The Third Hand now in post-production

Michel Hazanavicius’ The Third Hand now in post-production

François Civil, Bérénice Bejo, Rebecca Marder and Michel Fau lead the cast of this silent, colour fantasy feature film produced by Les Compagnons du Cinéma and sold by Goodfellas  

23/09 | Production | Funding | France

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Interviews

Fatih Akin • Director of Ghost Song

Fatih Akin • Director of Ghost Song
The German-Turkish director shares the Hitchcockian inspirations that influenced his way of shooting Hamburg, and his desire to go back to basics

Amanda Kernell • Director of Brace Your Heart

Amanda Kernell • Director of Brace Your Heart
The Swedish director shares some thoughts on her creative journey and whether there is any shared DNA between her latest film and her prior works

Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi • Directors of La bola negra

Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi • Directors of La bola negra
The Spanish directorial duo talk about their film’s major international success, their connection with young audiences, and the value of telling a story about love and memory

Hristo Simeonov • Director of My Father’s Shoes

Hristo Simeonov • Director of My Father’s Shoes
The Bulgarian first-time director reveals the real absurdist story behind his tender feature, and elaborates on the creative process of transferring life on screen

Malika Rabahallah • Director, FilmFest Hamburg

Malika Rabahallah • Director, FilmFest Hamburg
FilmFest Hamburg's director speaks about the themes of this year’s programme, the aim of its industry events and the role of film festivals in the modern age

Susanne Kovács, Anne Marie Engtoft Meldgaard • Director and protagonist of Techplomacy

Susanne Kovács, Anne Marie Engtoft Meldgaard • Director and protagonist of Techplomacy
We get a break-down of this documentary following Denmark’s tech ambassador during her work, as she goes from Silicon Valley to international summits

Ana Vaz • Director of Hanabi

Ana Vaz • Director of Hanabi
The Brazilian filmmaker focuses on Fukushima to probe an invisible, planetary catastrophe in a sensorial documentary where sound, time and images resonate with one another

Marlene Emilie Lyngstad • Director of Cute

Marlene Emilie Lyngstad • Director of Cute
The Norwegian director discusses her first feature and how to create empathy without neglecting a sense of responsibility

The Arab Critics’ Award for European Films unveils its shortlist

The Arab Critics’ Award for European Films unveils its shortlist

A total of 25 titles from across Europe are vying for the prize presented by European Film Promotion and the Arab Cinema Center, set to be handed out in El Gouna  

23/09 | Europe

The 19th Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival is ready to unspool

The 19th Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival is ready to unspool

The gathering will showcase genre productions across its competitions and special sections, while nine European projects will be presented at the 4th Eurogenre professional meetings  

23/09 | Production | Funding | France

Sylvelin Måkestad's The Smuggler comes out on top at Nordisk Panorama

Sylvelin Måkestad's The Smuggler comes out on top at Nordisk Panorama

Swedish productions have won the majority of the prizes, while in the industry strand, Ejner Benedict Seidelin got the ARTE European Talent Development Award for Lost at Sea  

23/09 | Nordisk Panorama 2026 | Awards

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

5 More Minutes - by Javier Ruiz Caldera

5 More Minutes
by Javier Ruiz Caldera
San Sebastián 2026 - Competition

Growth of the Soil - by Hans Petter Moland

Growth of the Soil
by Hans Petter Moland
Toronto 2026 - Special Presentations
San Sebastián 2026 - Competition

Brace Your Heart - by Amanda Kernell

Brace Your Heart
by Amanda Kernell
Toronto 2026 - Platform Special Jury Award
San Sebastián 2026 - Competition

Krux - by Tony Vahl

Krux
by Tony Vahl
Toronto 2026 - Discovery
San Sebastián 2026 - Competition

El mal padre - by Roberto Bueso

El mal padre
by Roberto Bueso
San Sebastián 2026 - Competition

Les Misérables - by Fred Cavayé

Les Misérables
by Fred Cavayé
San Sebastián 2026 - Competition

Ghost Song - by Fatih Akin

Ghost Song
by Fatih Akin
San Sebastián 2026 - Competition

La bola negra - by Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo

La bola negra
by Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo
Cannes 2026 - Best Director
Spanish release September 25

Review: Erratics

Review: Erratics

In his feature debut, Chile's Thomas Woodroffe offers an evocative revisiting of the footage filmed by Paul Castelnau in Tierra del Fuego in the early 20th century  

23/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | New Directors

Marlene Emilie Lyngstad • Director of Cute

Interview: Marlene Emilie Lyngstad • Director of Cute

“This character did not choose what he is attracted to, but he has to learn how to live with it"

The Norwegian director discusses her first feature and how to create empathy without neglecting a sense of responsibility  

23/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | New Directors

Naëmi Ada • Director of Body of Glass

Interview: Naëmi Ada • Director of Body of Glass

“There is always a lot of truth in every untruth she creates”

The German filmmaker discusses her feature debut, the boundary between performance and truth, and the visibility of violence  

23/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | New Directors

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Reviews

Lovers Sleep Alone - by Massih Parsaei

Lovers Sleep Alone
by Massih Parsaei
The first feature by Iranian-born, German-based filmmaker Massih Parsaei is an austere yet delicately crafted portrait of an immigrant’s solitary life in Berlin

This Solitude - by Javier Giner

This Solitude
by Javier Giner
Javier Giner’s debut feature is a portrait of two damaged souls whose break-up acts as the catalyst that causes all their wounds to bleed

Erratics - by Thomas Woodroffe

Erratics
by Thomas Woodroffe
In his feature debut, Chile's Thomas Woodroffe offers an evocative revisiting of the footage filmed by Paul Castelnau in Tierra del Fuego in the early 20th century

Ghost Song - by Fatih Akin

Ghost Song
by Fatih Akin
Fatih Akin’s Hamburg-set bittersweet tragedy-fantasy wears its heart on its sleeve, turning a supernatural teen fairy-tale romance into something more

Les Misérables - by Fred Cavayé

Les Misérables
by Fred Cavayé
Fred Cavayé delivers a new adaptation of Victor Hugo’s celebrated popular novel, modernising its ambitions and placing it at the crossroads of melodrama and action cinema

Industry Reports

Series – 22/09/2026

Toronto explores how French-language series can scale without losing authenticity

Producers and broadcasters from France and Quebec argued that international finance can give ambitious series greater scale – but only when cross-border elements grow organically from the story

Europe and the Rest of the World – 16/09/2026

Sovereignty must extend from land to screen, Arctic Indigenous storytellers say at Toronto

Professionals linked the growing geopolitical focus on the region to questions of creative control, arguing that collaborations led by natives must generate ownership, skills and lasting value

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 15/09/2026

European cinemas report exceptional summer as box-office momentum continues into second half of 2026

EMEA box office was up 88% year on year in August, with several European markets recording their strongest summer results in years

Produce – Co-Produce... – 15/09/2026

Norway and the Netherlands pitch incentives and production muscle at Toronto

The two national film commissions highlighted how cash rebates, experienced crews and accessible locations are broadening their appeal to international shoots

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