Review: The Platform

Review: The Platform

Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s feature film debut is an organic, nightmarish fairy tale which is fairly well-executed, which has claimed multiple awards and which carries a strong socio-political message  

16/10 | Sitges 2019

The cameras are rolling for TV series The South Westerlies

The cameras are rolling for TV series The South Westerlies

Principal photography for the six-episode dramedy began in mid-September and will run until mid-November  

16/10 | Television | Ireland/UK/Germany/Norway

European Work in Progress Cologne 2019 hands out its awards

European Work in Progress Cologne 2019 hands out its awards

João Paulo Miranda Maria's Memory House, Eri Mizutani's Grace and Sonia Liza Kenterman’s Tailor have received €10,000 each  

16/10 | European Work in Progress Cologne 2019 | Awards

Serge Mirzabekiantz is shooting his first feature film, Le Coeur Noir des Forêts

Serge Mirzabekiantz is shooting his first feature film, Le Coeur Noir des Forêts

The Belgian director has commenced filming on his new movie, shored up by two young actors: Quito Rayon Richter and Elsa Houben  

16/10 | Production | Funding | Belgium/France

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Film Reviews

Camille - by Boris Lojkine - Boris Lojkine’s film beautifully tells the story of the bright, moving and tragic destiny of young French photojournalist Camille Lepage
Camille
by Boris Lojkine
Boris Lojkine’s film beautifully tells the story of the bright, moving and tragic destiny of young French photojournalist Camille Lepage
Martin Eden - by Pietro Marcello - VENICE 2019: In his adaptation of Jack London’s masterpiece, Italian director Pietro Marcello efficiently combines fiction and archive material
Martin Eden
by Pietro Marcello
VENICE 2019: In his adaptation of Jack London’s masterpiece, Italian director Pietro Marcello efficiently combines fiction and archive material
The Platform - by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia - Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s feature film debut is an organic, nightmarish fairy tale which is fairly well-executed, which has claimed multiple awards and which carries a strong socio-political message
The Platform
by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s feature film debut is an organic, nightmarish fairy tale which is fairly well-executed, which has claimed multiple awards and which carries a strong socio-political message
The Goya Murders - by Gerardo Herrero - Aided by a game Maribel Verdú, Gerardo Herrero delivers CSI: Spanish Romantic Painters edition
The Goya Murders
by Gerardo Herrero
Aided by a game Maribel Verdú, Gerardo Herrero delivers CSI: Spanish Romantic Painters edition
4x4 - by Mariano Cohn - The opening film of Sitges’ Orbita section, directed by Argentinian helmer Mariano Cohn, proves that cars are indeed killing us
4x4
by Mariano Cohn
The opening film of Sitges’ Orbita section, directed by Argentinian helmer Mariano Cohn, proves that cars are indeed killing us
Motherland - by Tomas Vengris - Lithuanian filmmaker Tomas Vengris' first feature is the story of a mother bringing her US-born son to her homeland for the first time in 1992
Motherland
by Tomas Vengris
Lithuanian filmmaker Tomas Vengris' first feature is the story of a mother bringing her US-born son to her homeland for the first time in 1992
Splitting the Sop - by Diarmuid Galvin - Diarmuid Galvin's directorial debut is an informative piece about the significance of road bowling in Irish culture and heritage
Splitting the Sop
by Diarmuid Galvin
Diarmuid Galvin's directorial debut is an informative piece about the significance of road bowling in Irish culture and heritage
Adults in the Room - by Costa-Gavras - VENICE 2019: Costa-Gavras directs a political, ironic and edifying film about the unsuccessful attempts by Greece to influence the European troika during the debt crisis of 2015
Adults in the Room
by Costa-Gavras
VENICE 2019: Costa-Gavras directs a political, ironic and edifying film about the unsuccessful attempts by Greece to influence the European troika during the debt crisis of 2015
Review: Blind Spot

Review: Blind Spot

Patrick Mario Bernard and Pierre Trividic put their names to an unusual and intriguing, metaphorical film about a man wrestling with a gift of invisibility gone wrong  

16/10 | Films | Reviews | France

Boris Lojkine • Director of Camille

Interview: Boris Lojkine • Director of Camille

"Camille is me"

French filmmaker Boris Lojkine tells us about his second feature, Camille, revealed in Locarno and distributed in France by Pyramide  

16/10

IPR.VC launches a €42 million fund specialised in European film, TV and web content

IPR.VC launches a €42 million fund specialised in European film, TV and web content

Four years after it was founded, the Finnish company is entering its second phase of expansion  

16/10 | Production | Funding | Finland

Jaro Vojtek braces for another foray into fiction filmmaking with Anaesthesia

Jaro Vojtek braces for another foray into fiction filmmaking with Anaesthesia

The award-winning Slovakian documentarian is preparing his sophomore fiction feature, about the “everyday struggle for morality and faith”  

16/10 | Production | Funding | Slovakia/Czech Republic

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French filmmaker Boris Lojkine tells us about his second feature, Camille, revealed in Locarno and distributed in France by Pyramide
French filmmaker Boris Lojkine tells us about his second feature, Camille, revealed in Locarno and distributed in France by Pyramide
We talked to Leopold Grün, managing director of AG Verleih and organiser of European Work in Progress Cologne (EWIP), ahead of the second edition of the independent industry event
We talked to Leopold Grün, managing director of AG Verleih and organiser of European Work in Progress Cologne (EWIP), ahead of the second edition of the independent industry event
Raffaella Delvecchio and Roberto Corciulo of the Apulia Film Commission talk to us about the advantages of shooting in Puglia and the new funds made available by the FC
Raffaella Delvecchio and Roberto Corciulo of the Apulia Film Commission talk to us about the advantages of shooting in Puglia and the new funds made available by the FC
The Manager of the Trentino Film Fund and Commission, Luca Ferrario, tells Cineuropa how productions filmed in an environmentally friendly fashion are being rewarded for their efforts
The Manager of the Trentino Film Fund and Commission, Luca Ferrario, tells Cineuropa how productions filmed in an environmentally friendly fashion are being rewarded for their efforts
Cineuropa caught up with British helmer Rose Glass to talk about Saint Maud, her highly acclaimed debut film that has just screened at London
Cineuropa caught up with British helmer Rose Glass to talk about Saint Maud, her highly acclaimed debut film that has just screened at London
We spoke with the director of the Apulia Film Forum, Alberto La Monica, about this year’s tenth edition which unfolded in Brindisi between 10-12 October
We spoke with the director of the Apulia Film Forum, Alberto La Monica, about this year’s tenth edition which unfolded in Brindisi between 10-12 October
We spoke with David Bogi, Head of International Distribution and Business at RaiCom, on the eve of his departure for MIPCOM
We spoke with David Bogi, Head of International Distribution and Business at RaiCom, on the eve of his departure for MIPCOM
We talked to Jessica Woodworth, one of the directors of this year’s Warsaw opening film, The Barefoot Emperor, about Europe turning sour and learning how to laugh about it
We talked to Jessica Woodworth, one of the directors of this year’s Warsaw opening film, The Barefoot Emperor, about Europe turning sour and learning how to laugh about it
Four animation films nominated for the European Film Awards

Four animation films nominated for the European Film Awards

Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles, I Lost My Body, Marona's Fantastic Tale and The Swallows of Kabul are vying for the European Animated Feature Film award  

16/10 | European Film Awards 2019

Review: Dilili in Paris

Review: Dilili in Paris

Michel Ocelot's animation brings to life dozens of famous people from Belle Époque-era Paris  

16/10 | Animest 2019

Review: Splitting the Sop

Review: Splitting the Sop

Diarmuid Galvin's directorial debut is an informative piece about the significance of road bowling in Irish culture and heritage  

16/10 | IndieCork 2019

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz - by Maciej Pieprzyca - Polish release October 18
Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz
by Maciej Pieprzyca
Polish release October 18
Martin Eden - by Pietro Marcello - Venice 2019 - Volpi Cup for Best Actor - Toronto 2019 - Platform Prize - French release October 16
Martin Eden
by Pietro Marcello
Venice 2019 - Volpi Cup for Best Actor
Toronto 2019 - Platform Prize
French release October 16
Blind Spot - by Patrick-Mario Bernard and Pierre Trividic - Cannes 2019- ACID - French release October 16
Blind Spot
by Patrick-Mario Bernard and Pierre Trividic
Cannes 2019- ACID
French release October 16
Camille - by Boris Lojkine - Locarno 2019 - Piazza Grande - French release October 16
Camille
by Boris Lojkine
Locarno 2019 - Piazza Grande
French release October 16
The Goya Murders - by Gerardo Herrero - Spanish release October 18
The Goya Murders
by Gerardo Herrero
Spanish release October 18
Review: Us Among the Stones

Review: Us Among the Stones

Three generations of an eccentric family meet for a reunion at their old Dartmoor home, in DR Hood’s follow-up to 2011’s Wreckers  

16/10 | London 2019

Frédéric Videau’s Selon la police gets an advance on receipts from CNC

Frédéric Videau’s Selon la police gets an advance on receipts from CNC

France's CNC is throwing its weight behind the new opus by the director of Coming Home, as well as films being helmed by Brigitte Sy, Isild Le Besco and Sonia Kronlund  

15/10 | Production | Funding | France

Leopold Grün • Managing director of AG Verleih, organiser of European Work in Progress Cologne

Interview: Leopold Grün • Managing director of AG Verleih, organiser of European Work in Progress Cologne

“We wanted to do something for the benefit of European arthouse cinema and movie theatres”

We talked to Leopold Grün, managing director of AG Verleih and organiser of European Work in Progress Cologne (EWIP), ahead of the second edition of the independent industry event  

15/10 | European Work in Progress Cologne 2019

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The New Music - by Chiara Viale - Chiara Viale's debut feature is an enjoyable film, the strongest assets of which are its script and the four lead characters' performances
The New Music
by Chiara Viale
Chiara Viale's debut feature is an enjoyable film, the strongest assets of which are its script and the four lead characters' performances
Fanny Lye Deliver'd - by Thomas Clay - In the aftermath of the English Civil War, a devout Puritan family shelters a mysterious couple, in British auteur Thomas Clay’s third feature
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
by Thomas Clay
In the aftermath of the English Civil War, a devout Puritan family shelters a mysterious couple, in British auteur Thomas Clay’s third feature
I Am (Not) a Monster - by Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian - Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian concocts a documentary about the origins of knowledge that is as whimsical as it is thought-provoking
I Am (Not) a Monster
by Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian
Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian concocts a documentary about the origins of knowledge that is as whimsical as it is thought-provoking
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon - by Will Becher, Richard Phelan - Aardman’s classic brand of stop-motion animation is given a sci-fi twist in this brilliant sequel to 2015’s Shaun the Sheep Movie
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
by Will Becher, Richard Phelan
Aardman’s classic brand of stop-motion animation is given a sci-fi twist in this brilliant sequel to 2015’s Shaun the Sheep Movie
White Riot - by Rubika Shah - The activist group Rock Against Racism, a key player in 1970s UK punk rock, gets a timely documentary tribute from director Rubika Shah
White Riot
by Rubika Shah
The activist group Rock Against Racism, a key player in 1970s UK punk rock, gets a timely documentary tribute from director Rubika Shah
Old-Timers - by Martin Dušek, Ondřej Provazník - Revenge is a dish best served dead cold in Martin Dušek and Ondřej Provazník’s geriatric comedy-drama
Old-Timers
by Martin Dušek, Ondřej Provazník
Revenge is a dish best served dead cold in Martin Dušek and Ondřej Provazník’s geriatric comedy-drama
The Voice - by Ognjen Svilicic - Ognjen Sviličić trains his piercing spotlight on the influence of the Catholic Church on Croatian society
The Voice
by Ognjen Svilicic
Ognjen Sviličić trains his piercing spotlight on the influence of the Catholic Church on Croatian society
By the Grace of God - by François Ozon - BERLIN 2019: François Ozon’s latest feature is a strong, modest, relentless and sensitive film about the actions and consequences of a paedophile priest
By the Grace of God
by François Ozon
BERLIN 2019: François Ozon’s latest feature is a strong, modest, relentless and sensitive film about the actions and consequences of a paedophile priest
Raffaella Delvecchio and Roberto Corciulo • International production manager and film fund manager, Apulia Film Commission

Interview: Raffaella Delvecchio and Roberto Corciulo • International production manager and film fund manager, Apulia Film Commission

“A model for the good use and proper spending of European funds”

Raffaella Delvecchio and Roberto Corciulo of the Apulia Film Commission talk to us about the advantages of shooting in Puglia and the new funds made available by the FC  

15/10 | Apulia Film Forum 2019

Review: Camille

Review: Camille

Boris Lojkine’s film beautifully tells the story of the bright, moving and tragic destiny of young French photojournalist Camille Lepage  

15/10 | Films | Reviews | France/Central African Republic

Review: Motherland

Review: Motherland

Lithuanian filmmaker Tomas Vengris' first feature is the story of a mother bringing her US-born son to her homeland for the first time in 1992  

15/10 | Films | Reviews | Lithuania/Latvia/Germany/Greece

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Interviews

We chatted to Ligia Soare, who is in charge of the kids’ events and sidebars at Bucharest’s Animest International Animation Film Festival
We chatted to Ligia Soare, who is in charge of the kids’ events and sidebars at Bucharest’s Animest International Animation Film Festival
We chatted to Sergi Doladé, the director of the Euromed Docs Market, which focuses on the promotion and distribution of projects from the EU and the Southern Mediterranean countries
We chatted to Sergi Doladé, the director of the Euromed Docs Market, which focuses on the promotion and distribution of projects from the EU and the Southern Mediterranean countries
We caught up with Croatian writer-director Ognjen Sviličić, whose sixth feature, The Voice, has just premiered in the World Cinema section of the Busan International Film Festival
We caught up with Croatian writer-director Ognjen Sviličić, whose sixth feature, The Voice, has just premiered in the World Cinema section of the Busan International Film Festival
We chatted to Lachezar Avramov, a Bulgarian director whose film A Picture with Yuki has just won a Special Mention at this year’s Golden Rose Film Festival
We chatted to Lachezar Avramov, a Bulgarian director whose film A Picture with Yuki has just won a Special Mention at this year’s Golden Rose Film Festival
Cineuropa spoke to Danish director Jonas Alexander Arnby during a walk around Copenhagen to discuss the Zurich- and Sitges-screened Suicide Tourist
Cineuropa spoke to Danish director Jonas Alexander Arnby during a walk around Copenhagen to discuss the Zurich- and Sitges-screened Suicide Tourist
We had a chance to chat with Less Is More’s artistic director, Antoine Le Bos, about the next edition, LIM’s philosophy and what “limited” really means
We had a chance to chat with Less Is More’s artistic director, Antoine Le Bos, about the next edition, LIM’s philosophy and what “limited” really means
We chatted with Animest festival director Mihai Mitrică about the 14th edition of the most popular film gathering in Bucharest
We chatted with Animest festival director Mihai Mitrică about the 14th edition of the most popular film gathering in Bucharest
Cineuropa talked to Alina Rudnitskaya, the director of School of Seduction, about what it means to be a woman in Putin’s Russia – or maybe all over the world
Cineuropa talked to Alina Rudnitskaya, the director of School of Seduction, about what it means to be a woman in Putin’s Russia – or maybe all over the world
Review: The Goya Murders

Review: The Goya Murders

Aided by a game Maribel Verdú, Gerardo Herrero delivers CSI: Spanish Romantic Painters edition  

15/10 | Sitges 2019

Luca Ferrario • Manager of the Trentino Film Fund and Commission

Interview: Luca Ferrario • Manager of the Trentino Film Fund and Commission

“Foreign productions are discovering a new side of Italy”

The Manager of the Trentino Film Fund and Commission, Luca Ferrario, tells Cineuropa how productions filmed in an environmentally friendly fashion are being rewarded for their efforts  

15/10

Documentary on Karel Gott, the “Frank Sinatra of the East”, in the editing room

Documentary on Karel Gott, the “Frank Sinatra of the East”, in the editing room

Shooting on the doc wrapped several days before the Czech pop legend’s demise earlier this month  

15/10 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Portrait of a Lady on Fire - by Céline Sciamma - Cannes 2019 - Best Screenplay - Spanish and Polish releases October 18
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
by Céline Sciamma
Cannes 2019 - Best Screenplay
Spanish and Polish releases October 18
By the Grace of God - by François Ozon - Berlinale 2019 - Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize - Italian release October 17
By the Grace of God
by François Ozon
Berlinale 2019 - Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
Italian release October 17
Adults in the Room - by Costa-Gavras - Venice 2019 - Out of Competition - Spanish release October 18
Adults in the Room
by Costa-Gavras
Venice 2019 - Out of Competition
Spanish release October 18
Old-Timers - by Martin Dušek and Ondřej Provazník - Karlovy Vary 2019 – Out of Competition - Czech release October 17
Old-Timers
by Martin Dušek and Ondřej Provazník
Karlovy Vary 2019 – Out of Competition
Czech release October 17
Deva - by Petra Szöcs - Venice 2018 - Biennale College Cinema - Romanian release October 18
Deva
by Petra Szöcs
Venice 2018 - Biennale College Cinema
Romanian release October 18

Industry Reports

30/09/2019

Europa Distribution discusses availability and visibility of European films on VoD platforms at San Sebastián

Experts tried to offer an overview of the current trends in the VoD market despite the lack of transparency that prevents any analysis to reach decisive results

06/09/2019

Europa Distribution addresses early strategy and positioning in Haugesund

In partnership with New Nordic Films, the professional network analysed the case of Queen of Hearts’s rise to the international throne

10/07/2019

Europa Distribution towards the future of digital marketing

The distributors network held a workshop dedicated to online marketing during the KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days at Karlovy Vary

Film Reviews

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