The theatrical crisis and the space remaining in the market for independent film formed the focus of Turin’s Production Days

The theatrical crisis and the space remaining in the market for independent film formed the focus of Turin’s Production Days

Those active within the industry gave their opinions on the gloomy overview of the sector offered by Ergo Research expert Michele Casula  

05/12 | Turin 2022 | Torino Film Industry

Review: The Pioneers

Review: The Pioneers

Luca Scivoletto’s film debut nostalgically highlights the comical sides of political militancy as it once was, but it lacks the irreverent verve of the book on which it’s based  

05/12 | Turin 2022

Maddi Barber and David Pérez Sañudo among the directors selected for the ninth Ikusmira Berriak programme

Maddi Barber and David Pérez Sañudo among the directors selected for the ninth Ikusmira Berriak programme

Projects by Sameh Alaa, María Alché, Naomi Pacifique and Hikaru Uwagawa will also take part in the residency organised by the festival together with Tabakalera and Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola  

05/12 | San Sebastián 2023 | San Sebastián Industry

Nine animated short films selected for CEE Animation Talents 2022

Nine animated short films selected for CEE Animation Talents 2022

The programme is a compilation of nine animated short films by the most talented young animation filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe  

05/12 | CEE Animation Forum 2022

Co-funded by the European Union - Creative Europe MEDIA
Ukraine

Industry Reports

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Europa Distribution tackles new and old challenges for the release of documentaries at IDFA - 01/12/2022

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 01/12/2022
Europa Distribution tackles new and old challenges for the release of documentaries at IDFA
The decline in cinema attendance for arthouse films after the pandemic and the challenges of releasing independent documentaries were among the many topics discussed by distributors at the festival

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming
FOCUS
While keeping a close eye on the tragic war unfolding in Ukraine, Cineuropa continues to provide extensive coverage of the European film business, including the most important winter festivals and industry events - Rome, Zurich, Thessaloniki, IDFA, Tallinn, Les Arcs and many more.

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - The theatrical crisis and the space remaining in the market for independent film formed the focus of Turin’s Production Days - 05/12/2022

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 05/12/2022
The theatrical crisis and the space remaining in the market for independent film formed the focus of Turin’s Production Days
Those active within the industry gave their opinions on the gloomy overview of the sector offered by Ergo Research expert Michele Casula

Produce – Co-Produce... - At Tallinn, Beta Film and ZDF Studios share their production and distribution challenges, and new joint-venture shows - 02/12/2022

Produce – Co-Produce... – 02/12/2022
At Tallinn, Beta Film and ZDF Studios share their production and distribution challenges, and new joint-venture shows
The case-study panel zoomed in on how the two German companies turned from competitors into allies and began working together on ambitious new projects

Produce – Co-Produce... - At Industry@Tallinn, Belarusian independent filmmakers talk about the struggles of producing films and fighting for freedom - 02/12/2022

Produce – Co-Produce... – 02/12/2022
At Industry@Tallinn, Belarusian independent filmmakers talk about the struggles of producing films and fighting for freedom
The speakers discussed their experiences in exile, how the government controls cinema and uses it as a propaganda tool, and their political battles

Animation - Jean-François Le Corre • Producer, Vivement Lundi ! - 01/12/2022

Animation – 01/12/2022
Jean-François Le Corre • Producer, Vivement Lundi !
The head of the French company analyses the powerful comeback of stop-motion animation, to which Unifrance is dedicating a focus for the very first time within the Yokohama French Film Festival

Produce – Co-Produce... - Alicja Grawon-Jaksik • Producer, MTL Max Film - 30/11/2022

Produce – Co-Produce... – 30/11/2022
Alicja Grawon-Jaksik • Producer, MTL Max Film
We had a chinwag with the producer, recently appointed vice-president of the established Polish production house, which for the past 30 years has mainly produced romantic comedies

Produce – Co-Produce... - “Creativity is buzzing, but we need more time and money,” stress Israeli directors at Tallinn - 29/11/2022

Produce – Co-Produce... – 29/11/2022
“Creativity is buzzing, but we need more time and money,” stress Israeli directors at Tallinn
The panel saw seven filmmakers sharing the challenges involved in producing and distributing their works in their country

MIDPOINT Editing Room focuses on Ukraine

MIDPOINT Editing Room focuses on Ukraine

The Glass House by Taras Dron and When We Were 15 by Anna Buryachkova are the two Ukrainian projects in the editing phase that are participating in this edition  

05/12 | MIDPOINT 2022

Eurimages supports 24 co-productions

Eurimages supports 24 co-productions

New projects by Miguel Gomes, Javier Rebollo, Claire Burger, Payal Kapadia and Andrei Ujica are among the selection  

05/12 | Production | Funding | Europe

The Critics' Week's Next Step initiative announces the participants of its 9th instalment

The Critics' Week's Next Step initiative announces the participants of its 9th instalment

Seven young filmmakers are taking part in the programme organised by the Cannes autonomous programme which assists auteurs to make the leap to feature film  

05/12 | Industry | Market | France

Discover Moonday

Co-Production Podcast

Episode 38: Scarlet (France/Italy/Germany) - 01/12/2022

01/12/2022
Episode 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

Episode 37: Bosnian Pot (Croatia/Austria/Bosnia and Herzegovina) - 29/11/2022

29/11/2022
Episode 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

Episode 36: Something You Said Last Night (Canada/Switzerland) - 27/10/2022

27/10/2022
Episode 36: Something You Said Last Night (Canada/Switzerland)
The producers of the film by Luis De Filippis are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 35: Fiume o Morte! (Croatia/Italy/Slovenia) - 25/10/2022

25/10/2022
Episode 35: Fiume o Morte! (Croatia/Italy/Slovenia)
The producers of the film by Igor Bezinović are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 34: Triangle of Sadness (Sweden /Germany /France /Turkey /Greece /Denmark /UK /USA) - 11/10/2022

11/10/2022
Episode 34: Triangle of Sadness (Sweden /Germany /France /Turkey /Greece /Denmark /UK /USA)
The producers of the film by Ruben Östlund are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 33: Butterfly Vision (Ukraine/Czech Republic/Croatia/Sweden) - 06/10/2022

06/10/2022
Episode 33: Butterfly Vision (Ukraine/Czech Republic/Croatia/Sweden)
The producers of the film by Maksym Nakonechnyi are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 32: The Book of Everything (Netherlands/Latvia) - 22/07/2022

22/07/2022
Episode 32: The Book of Everything (Netherlands/Latvia)
The producers of the film by Ineke Houtman are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 31: Beanie (Slovenia/Croatia/ Luxembourg/Slovakia) - 28/06/2022

28/06/2022
Episode 31: Beanie (Slovenia/Croatia/ Luxembourg/Slovakia)
The producers of the film by Slobodan Maksimović are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Review: The Winter of One Spring

Review: The Winter of One Spring

Milan Nikodijević tells the story behind an iconic photo and portrays the experience of the Prague Spring from the point of view of Yugoslav FAMU pupils studying at that time  

05/12 | Films | Reviews | Serbia

Viaplay announces its next original, the coming-of-age drama series Bullshit

Viaplay announces its next original, the coming-of-age drama series Bullshit

The show, which recently wrapped filming, is directed by Milad Alami and is set against the backdrop of a notorious biker-gang war that took place in Copenhagen in the 1980s  

05/12 | Production | Funding | Denmark/Estonia

Latvia’s Oscars bid January to be screened in the USA on 9 and 12 December

Latvia’s Oscars bid January to be screened in the USA on 9 and 12 December

After its triumphs at Tribeca, Rome and Warsaw, Viesturs Kairišs’ partly autobiographical tale hopes to make the final shortlist in the Best International Feature Film category  

05/12 | Oscars 2023/Sponsored

Have You Seen This Woman? crowned as the champion of the Festival of Auteur Film

Have You Seen This Woman? crowned as the champion of the Festival of Auteur Film

Safe Place and Pelican were also among the winners of the 28th edition of the Serbian arthouse film gathering  

05/12 | Festivals | Awards | Serbia

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Photogalleries

Venice 2022 – Photogalleries - 01/09/2022

01/09/2022
Venice 2022 – Photogalleries
The 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

Cannes 2022 – Photogalleries - 19/05/2022

19/05/2022
Cannes 2022 – Photogalleries
After 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

European Shooting Stars 2022 – Photogallery - 12/02/2022

12/02/2022
European Shooting Stars 2022 – Photogallery
The 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

Berlinale 2022 – Photogalleries - 10/02/2022

10/02/2022
Berlinale 2022 – Photogalleries
After 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

Cinémamed 2021 – Photogalleries - 02/12/2021

02/12/2021
Cinémamed 2021 – Photogalleries
Organised 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

Black Nights 2021 – Photogalleries - 13/11/2021

13/11/2021
Black Nights 2021 – Photogalleries
One 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

Lecce 2021 – Photogallery - 09/11/2021

09/11/2021
Lecce 2021 – Photogallery
Unspooling 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

Cinemed 2021 – Photogallery - 23/10/2021

23/10/2021
Cinemed 2021 – Photogallery
One 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

Italy will be present at the 8th edition of FOCUS-The Meeting Place for International Production

Italy will be present at the 8th edition of FOCUS-The Meeting Place for International Production

The event will unspool on 6 and 7 December in London’s Business Design Centre, showcasing the services, funds and locations available to international productions  

02/12 | Industry | Market | UK/Italy

Verónica Echegui starring in Justicia artificial

Verónica Echegui starring in Justicia artificial

Simón Casal is in Galicia, about to wrap the shoot for this political thriller, which is co-produced by Tornasol Media and also stars Alberto Ammann, Tamar Novas and Alba Galocha  

02/12 | Production | Funding | Spain/Portugal

At Tallinn, Beta Film and ZDF Studios share their production and distribution challenges, and new joint-venture shows

At Tallinn, Beta Film and ZDF Studios share their production and distribution challenges, and new joint-venture shows

The case-study panel zoomed in on how the two German companies turned from competitors into allies and began working together on ambitious new projects  

02/12 | Black Nights 2022 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

Reviews

Orlando - by Daniele Vicari

Orlando
by Daniele Vicari
Shot in Brussels, Daniele Vicari’s movie depicts an affectionate coming together and clashing of two generations and, potentially, two forms of cinema

Suro - by Mikel Gurrea

Suro
by Mikel Gurrea
Newcomer Mikel Gurrea bursts onto the Spanish film scene with this solid, fierce and unsettling duel of human contradictions and ambiguities

And Then There Was Love… - by Šimon Holý

And Then There Was Love…
by Šimon Holý
Šimon Holý’s sophomore feature is a quirky, melancholic comedy about two generations struggling to understand each other

Winter Boy - by Christophe Honoré

Winter Boy
by Christophe Honoré
Christophe Honoré delivers a poignant and formally very impressive work centred on a grieving teenager

Corsage - by Marie Kreutzer

Corsage
by Marie Kreutzer
CANNES 2022: Director Marie Kreutzer and actress Vicky Krieps reunite for this alternative look at the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria

Smoking Causes Coughing - by Quentin Dupieux

Smoking Causes Coughing
by Quentin Dupieux
CANNES 2022: With his latest effort, prolific filmmaker Quentin Dupieux will make you love anti-smoking propaganda

Monica - by Andrea Pallaoro

Monica
by Andrea Pallaoro
VENICE 2022: Andrea Pallaoro’s third film fails to hold the audience’s attention, relying too heavily on things left unsaid and a soporific pace

Sonne - by Kurdwin Ayub

Sonne
by Kurdwin Ayub
BERLINALE 2022: Kurdwin Ayub’s feature debut looks at the intersection of Generation Z social-media use and modern Muslim identity

At Industry@Tallinn, Belarusian independent filmmakers talk about the struggles of producing films and fighting for freedom

At Industry@Tallinn, Belarusian independent filmmakers talk about the struggles of producing films and fighting for freedom

The speakers discussed their experiences in exile, how the government controls cinema and uses it as a propaganda tool, and their political battles  

02/12 | Black Nights 2022 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

FIFDH Impact Days announces its 2023 selection

FIFDH Impact Days announces its 2023 selection

A total of 16 projects hailing from all over the world have been selected and are set to be presented in March 2023 during the special event held in Geneva  

02/12 | FIFDH 2023 | FIFDH Industry

Yvan Attal wraps filming on Un coup de dés n'abolira jamais le hasard

Yvan Attal wraps filming on Un coup de dés n'abolira jamais le hasard

Guillaume Canet, Marie-Josée Croze, Maïwenn and Victor Belmondo star in the actor-director’s new movie, produced by Curiosa Films  

02/12 | Production | Funding | France

Interviews

Dana Nechushtan • Director of Piece of My Heart

Dana Nechushtan • Director of Piece of My Heart
The Israeli-born Dutch director talks about her film, a psychologically mercilessly tense tale about two dancers who understand each other without words

Adrian Goiginger • Director of The Fox

Adrian Goiginger • Director of The Fox
We met up with the Austrian director to discuss his great-grandfather’s personal experience during the Second World War, a story which became the centre of his film

Mona J Hoel • Director of Night

Mona J Hoel • Director of Night
The Norwegian director discusses her newest feature, which portrays the struggles of a married woman who is forced to travel to the faraway place where her husband lives to face him

Ivan Gergolet • Director of The Man Without Guilt

Ivan Gergolet • Director of The Man Without Guilt
The Italian filmmaker talks about his first feature, which follows the journey through loss and suffering of a widow of a worker who died from an asbestos-related disease

Carol Morley • Director of Typist Artist Pirate King

Carol Morley • Director of Typist Artist Pirate King
British artist Audrey Amiss was recognised only after her death, thanks to filmmaker Carol Morley, who made a movie about her and disclosed some interesting details to Cineuropa

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 brand-new strand dedicated to powerful and artistically outstanding works that might otherwise be overlooked

Jean-François Le Corre • Producer, Vivement Lundi !

Jean-François Le Corre • Producer, Vivement Lundi !
The head of the French company analyses the powerful comeback of stop-motion animation, to which Unifrance is dedicating a focus for the very first time within the Yokohama French Film Festival

Annamaria Scaramella • Director, Márgenes Festival

Annamaria Scaramella • Director, Márgenes Festival
The festival director told us about the challenges of launching a new edition of Márgenes/Work and what the gathering’s objectives are for next year

Episode 38: Scarlet (France/Italy/Germany)

Episode 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  

01/12 | The Co-production Podcast

Women in European cinema: are we making progress?

Women in European cinema: are we making progress?

A group of bodies in the European audiovisual sector are organising an online event on 7 December to keep track of the latest developments related to the presence of women in European cinema  

01/12 | Promotion | Europe

Review: Orlando

Review: Orlando

Shot in Brussels, Daniele Vicari’s movie depicts an affectionate coming together and clashing of two generations and, potentially, two forms of cinema  

01/12 | Turin 2022

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Corsage - by Marie Kreutzer

Corsage
by Marie Kreutzer
Cannes 2022 - Best Performance Award Un Certain Regard
Spanish and Romanian releases December 2, Italian release December 7, Portuguese release December 8

The Worst Ones - by Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret

The Worst Ones
by Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret
Cannes 2022 - Un Certain Regard Award
French and Belgian releases December 7

Our Brothers - by Rachid Bouchareb

Our Brothers
by Rachid Bouchareb
Cannes 2022 - Cannes Première
French release December 7

Falcon Lake - by Charlotte Le Bon

Falcon Lake
by Charlotte Le Bon
Cannes 2022 - Directors’ Fortnight
French release December 7

Tax Me If You Can - by Yannick Kergoat

Tax Me If You Can
by Yannick Kergoat
San Sebastián 2022 - Out of Competition
French release December 7

Under the Fig Trees - by Erige Sehiri

Under the Fig Trees
by Erige Sehiri
Cannes 2022 - Directors' Fortnight
French release December 7

Suro - by Mikel Gurrea

Suro
by Mikel Gurrea
San Sebastián 2022 - Competition
Spanish release December 2

Monica - by Andrea Pallaoro

Monica
by Andrea Pallaoro
Venice 2022 - Competition
Italian release December 1

Carlota Pereda shooting her second feature, La ermita

Carlota Pereda shooting her second feature, La ermita

The Piggy director has now enlisted the talents of Belén Rueda, who stars in this sinister fable about loss and motherhood, which unfolds in two, distant time periods  

01/12 | Production | Funding | Spain

Mona J Hoel • Director of Night

Interview: Mona J Hoel • Director of Night

"I developed this story out of my own experience of domestic violence"

The Norwegian director discusses her newest feature, which portrays the struggles of a married woman who is forced to travel to the faraway place where her husband lives to face him  

01/12 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Ivan Gergolet • Director of The Man Without Guilt

Interview: Ivan Gergolet • Director of The Man Without Guilt

"The way out of revenge, of being hurt and feeling devastated, is forgiveness"

The Italian filmmaker talks about his first feature, which follows the journey through loss and suffering of a widow of a worker who died from an asbestos-related disease  

01/12 | Black Nights 2022 | First Feature Competition

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Reviews

Godland - by Hlynur Pálmason

Godland
by Hlynur Pálmason
CANNES 2022: Hlynur Pálmason makes a spectacular, visceral and epic film in the wake of a young Danish priest who faces thousands of challenges in the wild Iceland of the 19th century

Angry Annie - by Blandine Lenoir

Angry Annie
by Blandine Lenoir
French filmmaker Blandine Lenoir’s intimate take on the private struggle for the approval of abortion law in France back in the 1970s is an ode to female solidarity

Forever Young - by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Forever Young
by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
CANNES 2022: Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi delivers a beautifully mature work, diving back into the vibrant and initiatory, young universe of student-actors at Patrice Chéreau’s Théâtre des Amandiers

Little Nicholas - Happy as Can Be - by Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre

Little Nicholas - Happy as Can Be
by Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre
CANNES 2022: Benjamin Massoubre and Amandine Fredon have put together a delightful, nostalgia-tinged treat that’s probably more fun for parents than for their kids

More than Ever - by Emily Atef

More than Ever
by Emily Atef
CANNES 2022: Emily Atef delivers a wonderful melodrama about the approach of death, whisking us from Bordeaux to Norway in the wake of the charismatic Vicky Krieps and the much-missed Gaspard Ulliel

Industry Reports

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 05/12/2022

The theatrical crisis and the space remaining in the market for independent film formed the focus of Turin’s Production Days

Those active within the industry gave their opinions on the gloomy overview of the sector offered by Ergo Research expert Michele Casula

Produce – Co-Produce... – 02/12/2022

At Tallinn, Beta Film and ZDF Studios share their production and distribution challenges, and new joint-venture shows

The case-study panel zoomed in on how the two German companies turned from competitors into allies and began working together on ambitious new projects

Produce – Co-Produce... – 02/12/2022

At Industry@Tallinn, Belarusian independent filmmakers talk about the struggles of producing films and fighting for freedom

The speakers discussed their experiences in exile, how the government controls cinema and uses it as a propaganda tool, and their political battles

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 01/12/2022

Europa Distribution tackles new and old challenges for the release of documentaries at IDFA

The decline in cinema attendance for arthouse films after the pandemic and the challenges of releasing independent documentaries were among the many topics discussed by distributors at the festival

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