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Martin Skovbjerg’s sophomore feature is intriguing on the whole, but its flaws stem from the fact that some of its main characters are largely underwritten
06/02 | IFFR 2023 | Big Screen Competition
The 8-episode series dedicated to iconic journalist Oriana Fallaci is produced by Paramount and Minerva Pictures, and will debut on the streaming platform very soon
06/02 | Production | Funding | Italy
The new course aims to welcome scribes who would like to work in series writing and will be hosted in Greece this June
06/02 | Industry | Market | Greece
The French sales agent who’ll be wagering on Midwives in the Panorama line-up will also be banking on upcoming films by Catherine Breillat, Nadir Moknèche, Anna Novion and Marie Garel-Weiss
06/02 | Berlinale 2023 | EFM
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Film Festival Trends – 31/01/2023Rotterdam looks to the future of film festivals after the pandemicThe panellists discussed how the market and curatorial strategies have changed as well as the impact of streaming platforms and reduced budgets on the festival circuit
Market TrendsFOCUSA new year has started! Cineuropa continues to provide extensive coverage of the European film business, including the most important festivals and industry events – Sundance, Rotterdam, Göteborg, Slamdance and the Berlinale
Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 03/02/2023By 2027, FAST revenues will surpass $10 billion in the USA, while in Europe, they will only exceed $1 billionWe asked Frequency CEO and media entrepreneur Blair Harrison to comment on the figures provided by Omdia’s latest report and discuss the reasons behind the disparity
Animation – 02/02/2023Three new online CEE Animation Experience sessions to be held between February and AprilThe programme will provide tips on how to make a stop-motion production eco-friendly, examine a case study on the international sales of The Websters and present a master class by Jelena Popovic
Produce – Co-Produce... – 02/02/2023Screen Ireland announces a rich slate of productions, new Regional Support FundThe Emerald Isle’s audiovisual agency has unveiled its ambitious plans for 2023, along with some important achievements attained in 2022
Produce – Co-Produce... – 31/01/2023The Slovenian Film Centre sums up its 2022 activities and announces plans for this yearThe institution has shared information about its activities past and future, from the success of Slovenian cinema at home and abroad last year, to filming, distribution and festival schedules for 2023
Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 27/01/2023Alexia Muíños Ruiz • Director of programmes, European Women’s Audiovisual NetworkIn Trieste, we discussed the EWA Mentoring Programme for producers and how the landscape has changed in the ten years since EWA was founded
New Media – 25/01/2023The MIA Market in Rome hosts an event dedicated to the relationship between NFTs and the audiovisual industryParticipants discussed the potential, challenges and legal issues involved in exploiting this new technology
Lukas Dhont’s second feature walked away with six prizes, including Best Film and Best Director, while Zillion bagged itself five
06/02 | Festivals | Awards | Belgium
The world’s biggest dedicated short-film festival and market – back at full capacity after pandemic-related restrictions – has ended with wins for films from Austria, Greece, Portugal and Spain
06/02 | Shorts | France
Iranian director Abbas Amini's Rotterdam prizewinner is an early contender for the most structurally complex and ethically nuanced film of the year
28/12/2022Episode 44: Sick of Myself (Norway/Sweden)The producers of the film by Kristoffer Borgli are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support
22/12/2022Episode 43: The Natural History of Destruction (Germany/Lithuania/ Netherlands)The producers of the film by Sergei Loznitsa are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support
20/12/2022Episode 42: Tori and Lokita (Belgium/France)The producers of the film by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support
15/12/2022Episode 41: On the Fringe (Spain/Belgium)The producers of the film by Juan Diego Botto are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support
08/12/2022Episode 40: The Happiest Man in the World (North Macedonia/ Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Belgium/ Croatia/ Denmark/ Slovenia)The producers of the film by Teona Strugar Mitevska are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support
06/12/2022Episode 39: Roll (Italy/Belgium)The producers of the film by Loris Lai are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support
01/12/2022Episode 38: Scarlet (France/Italy/Germany)The producers of the film by Pietro Marcello are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support
29/11/2022Episode 37: Bosnian Pot (Croatia/Austria/Bosnia and Herzegovina)The producers of the film by Pavo Marinković are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support
As its title suggests, Cyrielle Raingou’s debut feature takes stock of the wounds left by the notorious terrorist organisation in a Cameroonian village on the border with Nigeria
06/02 | IFFR 2023 | Tiger Competition
Cyrielle Raingou’s documentary took home the Tiger Award, whilst Abbas Amini’s feature won the VPRO Big Screen Award, as the Dutch gathering celebrated its in-person comeback
06/02 | IFFR 2023 | Awards
Malou Reymann's unsettling historical drama has won the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film, while Alma Pöysti received the Best Acting Award for her performance in Four Little Adults
06/02 | Göteborg 2023 | Awards
Diego Llorente’s new film explores the summer dreams and turmoil experienced by a young woman from Asturias
03/02 | IFFR 2023 | Tiger Competition
01/09/2022Venice 2022 – PhotogalleriesThe global film community is back on the Lido for the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival, unspooling this year from 31 August-10 September. Discover the festival highlights and the international stars walking the red carpet in our exclusive photo galleries
19/05/2022Cannes 2022 – PhotogalleriesAfter two difficult years, the international film industry is finally back on the Croisette for a new, crowded edition of the Cannes Film Festival and its Marché du Film, unspooling from 17-28 May. Discover the festival highlights in our exclusive photo galleries
12/02/2022European Shooting Stars 2022 – PhotogalleryThe Shooting Stars are back at the Berlinale! Discover this year's ten emerging European talents who will be presented to the international press, the industry and the public in an exclusive hybrid programme organised by the German festival
10/02/2022Berlinale 2022 – PhotogalleriesAfter unspooling virtually owing to the pandemic crisis last year, the Berlinale is now back to its physical format from 10-20 February. Discover the festival highlights in our exclusive photogalleries
02/12/2021Cinémamed 2021 – PhotogalleriesOrganised from 2-12 December, the Mediterranean Brussels film festival is back to its physical format and ready to celebrate the best European and Mediterranean films. Among the directors presented, Marco Bellocchio, Nabil Ayouch, Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, Clara Roquet, Tony Gatlif, Jonas Carpignano and many others. Check out our photogalleries here
13/11/2021Black Nights 2021 – PhotogalleriesOne of the most prestigious gatherings of the Nordic-Baltic region, the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival is set to brighten the dark Estonian winter from 12-28 November with a raft of new independent titles and a rich line-up of industry events. Discover this year’s festival highlights in our exclusive photogalleries
09/11/2021Lecce 2021 – PhotogalleryUnspooling from 6-13 November, Lecce European Film Festival is finally back to its physical format and ready to celebrate the best European titles of the year. Check out our photogalleries here
23/10/2021Cinemed 2021 – PhotogalleryOne of the most important showcases of Mediterranean cinema, the 43rd edition of Montpellier's Cinemed ran from 15-23 October. Discover this year's festival highlights in our exclusive photogallery
"This story is a metaphor for the way the Iraqi dream has been annihilated"
We met with the Belgian-Kurdish director who chose to reinvent his hit, short film and turn it into a feature film
03/02 | /Belgium/Netherlands/Iraq
We asked Frequency CEO and media entrepreneur Blair Harrison to comment on the figures provided by Omdia’s latest report and discuss the reasons behind the disparity
03/02 | Industry | Market | Europe/USA
The German sales agent and production outfit will present a rich slate, including Berlinale competition titles by Christian Petzold, Margarethe von Trotta, Christoph Hochhäusler and Emily Atef
03/02 | Berlinale 2023 | EFM
Le Spectre de Boko Haramby Cyrielle RaingouAs its title suggests, Cyrielle Raingou’s debut feature takes stock of the wounds left by the notorious terrorist organisation in a Cameroonian village on the border with Nigeria
Endless Bordersby Abbas AminiIranian director Abbas Amini's Rotterdam prizewinner is an early contender for the most structurally complex and ethically nuanced film of the year
La Palisiadaby Philip SotnychenkoThe feature debut by Ukrainian director Philip Sotnychenko, homing in on a police investigation, inherits the best traditions of slow cinema
Love according to Dalvaby Emmanuelle NicotCANNES 2022: In her sober and moving first feature film, Emmanuelle Nicot paints the portrait of a child survivor who grew up dramatically too quickly
For My Countryby Rachid HamiVENICE 2022: Rachid Hami signs a work at once expansive and sensitive on the place of each individual and the recognition of others in a family microcosm and in the macrocosm of France
The Great Magicby Noémie LvovskyWhere some people see walls, others see the sea. Noémie Lvovsky offers up a joyous interlude in the form of a musical and a light-hearted parable on existential themes
The Adventures of Gigi the Lawby Alessandro ComodinThis sensitive and at times surreal depiction of a rural policeman (the director’s own uncle) marks the mighty comeback of Alessandro Comodin
Astrakanby David DepessevilleDavid Depesseville presents his debut feature film about adolescence, combining impressionism and cruel realism and exuding dark-to-sinister undertones
The new six-episode show, produced by Harmonica Films, and directed by Jens Jonsson and Henrik Georgsson, will premiere later this autumn on Viaplay
03/02 | Production | Funding | Sweden
The new feature, directed by Patrik Eklund, stars Katia Winter, Adam Lundgren and Eva Melander in the leading roles
“Cinema is very often built on feelings, like music and poetry”
The Ukrainian director breaks down his film about two old friends, a police detective and a forensic psychiatrist, investigating the murder of their colleague
Giovanni Bucchieri • Director of 100 SeasonsWe spoke with the filmmaker, artist and dancer about his very personal film which is a portrait and a love story at the same time
Lukas Nathrath • Director of One Last EveningWe talked to the German filmmaker about his first feature film shot in a rush during the pandemic and which conveys a feeling of being lost and loneliness
Henrik M Dahlsbakken • Director of MunchWe talked to the director about the big gap that exists between our knowledge of the art and of the life of Edvard Munch
Sahim Omar Kalifa • Director of Baghdad MessiWe met with the Belgian-Kurdish director who chose to reinvent his hit, short film and turn it into a feature film
Philip Sotnychenko • Director of La PalisiadaThe Ukrainian director breaks down his film about two old friends, a police detective and a forensic psychiatrist, investigating the murder of their colleague
Edgar Pêra • Director of The Nothingness ClubWe spoke with the director about his feverish homage to the creative genius of Portuguese author Fernando Pessoa
Abbas Amini • Director of Endless BordersThe Iranian helmer talked us through the writing process behind his film, his work with the DoP and the composer, and the importance of forbidden love
Andreas Öhman • Director of One Day All This Will Be YoursThe Swedish helmer shares a few thoughts on the mixture of light and dark tones in his movie, and also how a personal family loss became a film
“Exile is still a reality that exists in Iran”
The Iranian helmer talked us through the writing process behind his film, his work with the DoP and the composer, and the importance of forbidden love
03/02 | IFFR 2023 | Big Screen Competition
Armed with Nicolas Philibert’s On the Adamant in competition and Patric Chiha’s The Beast in the Jungle in the Panorama section, the EFM looks promising for the French sales agent
"I guess it was the film I discussed most with everyone before we finally started shooting"
We spoke with the director about his feverish homage to the creative genius of Portuguese author Fernando Pessoa
Le Spectre de Boko Haramby Cyrielle RaingouRotterdam 2023 - Tiger Competition
Endless Bordersby Abbas AminiRotterdam 2023 - VPRO Big Screen Award
Love according to Dalvaby Emmanuelle NicotCannes 2022 - Critics' Week Rising Star AwardRotterdam 2023 - Audience Award
La Palisiadaby Philip SotnychenkoRotterdam 2023 - Tiger CompetitionFIPRESCI Award
For My Countryby Rachid HamiVenice 2022 - OrizzontiFrench release February 8
Beating Sunby Philippe PetitVenice 2022 - Critics’ WeekFrench release February 8
The Lockdown Towerby Guillaume NiclouxRotterdam 2023 - HarbourFrench release February 8
Astrakanby David DepessevilleLocarno 2022 - Cineasti del presenteFrench release February 8
The debut film directed by Javier Barbero from Madrid and Martín Guerra from Peru is currently being shot with a cast starring Job Mansilla and Eliza Rycembel
03/02 | Production | Funding | Spain/Peru
Sahim Omar Kalifa pleads for the preservation of the Iraqi people’s lost dreams, depicting the singular trajectory of a football-crazy little boy who’ll do anything to keep his passion afloat
02/02 | Films | Reviews | Belgium/Netherlands/Iraq
“My aim is to speak as much to the cineaste audience as to my friends from my little home town”
The Swedish helmer shares a few thoughts on the mixture of light and dark tones in his movie, and also how a personal family loss became a film
02/02 | Göteborg 2023
The Chapelby Dominique DeruddereDominique Deruddere takes us behind the scenes of the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Competition in the company of a young virtuoso pianist consumed by her demons
Beating Sunby Philippe PetitVENICE 2022: Philippe Petit signs a very engaging first feature film about a landscape gardener trying to overcome obstacles in the way of a personal and utopian open garden project
Il Boemoby Petr VáclavThis jaunty biopic of Czech composer Josef Mysliveček, helmed by Petr Vaclav, is brimming with music and human instinct, but it could do with being a tad more edgy and mucky
Dogbornby Isabella CarbonellVENICE 2022: Isabella Carbonell’s debut feature is a gritty, heartbreaking drama that tells us much about human nature and our struggle for survival
Passagesby Ira SachsIra Sachs’ deceptively simple film is a thoughtful, generous and realistic look at how people change and stay the same
Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 03/02/2023
Animation – 02/02/2023
The programme will provide tips on how to make a stop-motion production eco-friendly, examine a case study on the international sales of The Websters and present a master class by Jelena Popovic
Produce – Co-Produce... – 02/02/2023
The Emerald Isle’s audiovisual agency has unveiled its ambitious plans for 2023, along with some important achievements attained in 2022
Film Festival Trends – 31/01/2023
The panellists discussed how the market and curatorial strategies have changed as well as the impact of streaming platforms and reduced budgets on the festival circuit
IFFR 2023 – Big Screen Competition - 06/02/2023
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