Márk Bodzsár • Director of Comrade Draculich

Interview: Márk Bodzsár • Director of Comrade Draculich

“The vampire is the most normal character in our movie”

We talked to Hungarian director Márk Bodzsár about Comrade Draculich and Jimi Hendrix’s Ford Mustang. Really  

10/07 | NIFFF 2020

Wallimage lends support to Philippe Lioret, Katell Quillévéré and Olivier Babinet

Wallimage lends support to Philippe Lioret, Katell Quillévéré and Olivier Babinet

The Wallonian regional investment fund is throwing its weight behind 6 new projects, and 19 projects supported in the past thanks to an additional budgetary allowance of nigh-on €1.6 million  

10/07 | Production | Funding | Belgium

Projects from Hungary and Jordan awarded at Karlovy Vary’s Works in Progress

Projects from Hungary and Jordan awarded at Karlovy Vary’s Works in Progress

Hajni Kis's Wild Roots has received the TRT Award, while Bassel Ghandour's The Alleys picked up the Post-production Development Award  

10/07 | Karlovy Vary 2020 | KVIFF Eastern Promises/Awards

First Cut+ hands out its awards

First Cut+ hands out its awards

The second edition of the new programme has awarded the upcoming film projects by Ferit Karahan and Hajni Kis  

10/07 | Karlovy Vary 2020 | KVIFF Eastern Promises/Awards

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Film Reviews

The Wanderer - by Miguel Mejias - Miguel Mejías’ first feature film adopts an intimate and reflective tone in a tale of a thirty-year-old entomologist’s journey north in search of identity
The Wanderer
by Miguel Mejias
Miguel Mejías’ first feature film adopts an intimate and reflective tone in a tale of a thirty-year-old entomologist’s journey north in search of identity
Sleep - by Michael Venus - In Michael Venus’ feature debut, whatever you do, don’t… fall… asleep. And this time, Freddy Krueger has nothing to do with it
Sleep
by Michael Venus
In Michael Venus’ feature debut, whatever you do, don’t… fall… asleep. And this time, Freddy Krueger has nothing to do with it
Tout Simplement Noir - by Jean-Pascal Zadi, John Wax - Jean-Pascal Zadi and John Wax deliver an energetic and politically incorrect comedy, mixing together political engagement and offbeat humour, about the place of black people in French society
Tout Simplement Noir
by Jean-Pascal Zadi, John Wax
Jean-Pascal Zadi and John Wax deliver an energetic and politically incorrect comedy, mixing together political engagement and offbeat humour, about the place of black people in French society
Into Dad's Woods - by Véro Cratzborn - Véro Cratzborn’s first feature film follows in the footsteps of a teenage girl reluctantly entering into adulthood while facing up to her father’s madness, a condition she finds impossible to express
Into Dad's Woods
by Véro Cratzborn
Véro Cratzborn’s first feature film follows in the footsteps of a teenage girl reluctantly entering into adulthood while facing up to her father’s madness, a condition she finds impossible to express
The 8th - by Aideen Kane, Lucy Kennedy, Maeve O'Boyle - The documentary, directed by trio Maeve O’Boyle, Lucy Kennedy and Aideen Kane, focuses on the recent “Repeal the 8th” campaign in Ireland and opened this year’s Galway Film Fleadh
The 8th
by Aideen Kane, Lucy Kennedy, Maeve O'Boyle
The documentary, directed by trio Maeve O’Boyle, Lucy Kennedy and Aideen Kane, focuses on the recent “Repeal the 8th” campaign in Ireland and opened this year’s Galway Film Fleadh
Breaking Surface - by Joachim Hedén - Sweden’s Joachim Hedén presents his first genre film - claustrophobes beware!
Breaking Surface
by Joachim Hedén
Sweden’s Joachim Hedén presents his first genre film - claustrophobes beware!
Malmkrog - by Cristi Puiu - BERLINALE 2020: Cristi Puiu opens the Berlinale's new competitive section Encounters with what might be his least accessible and most cerebral film
Malmkrog
by Cristi Puiu
BERLINALE 2020: Cristi Puiu opens the Berlinale's new competitive section Encounters with what might be his least accessible and most cerebral film
La lista de los deseos - by Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo - Starting off in Seville and ending up in the Moroccan desert, this road movie heads south, steering clear of sentimental short cuts to remind us that we should live every single moment to the full
La lista de los deseos
by Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo
Starting off in Seville and ending up in the Moroccan desert, this road movie heads south, steering clear of sentimental short cuts to remind us that we should live every single moment to the full
Edoardo Leo is shooting Lasciarsi un giorno a Roma

Edoardo Leo is shooting Lasciarsi un giorno a Roma

The actor-director is back on set after the hiatus caused by Covid-19, stepping behind the camera for the fifth time to shoot this Italian-Spanish co-production co-starring Marta Nieto  

09/07 | Production | Funding | Italy

Slovak project The Lines wins the Karlovy Vary Docs in Progress Award

Slovak project The Lines wins the Karlovy Vary Docs in Progress Award

Barbora Sliepková's first feature-length documentary, a black-and-white essay on Bratislava-inspired city symphonies, received the €5,000 prize  

10/07 | Karlovy Vary 2020 | KVIFF Eastern Promises/Awards

Usud wins the MIDPOINT Feature Launch Award

Usud wins the MIDPOINT Feature Launch Award

Vacuum and Sara's Bungalow also received prizes as this year’s edition of the training and networking platform wrapped during KVIFF Eastern Promises  

10/07 | Karlovy Vary 2020 | KVIFF Eastern Promises/Awards

Five projects receive awards at the 17th Sofia Meetings

Five projects receive awards at the 17th Sofia Meetings

Films from Bulgaria, Switzerland, Spain, and Bosnia and Herzegovina have shared the prizes at this year’s online edition  

10/07 | Sofia 2020 | Sofia Meetings/Awards

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We met with Belgian director Véro Cratzborn whose first feature film Into Dad’s Woods is being released in France and Belgium in these early weeks of July
We met with Belgian director Véro Cratzborn whose first feature film Into Dad’s Woods is being released in France and Belgium in these early weeks of July
We chatted to Anaïs Emery, the co-founder and artistic director of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, as she was about to wrap her last edition in charge
We chatted to Anaïs Emery, the co-founder and artistic director of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, as she was about to wrap her last edition in charge
We talked to Hungarian director Márk Bodzsár about Comrade Draculich and Jimi Hendrix’s Ford Mustang. Really
We talked to Hungarian director Márk Bodzsár about Comrade Draculich and Jimi Hendrix’s Ford Mustang. Really
Cineuropa met up with Ingibjörg Halldórsdóttir, co-founder of the Akranes-based Iceland Documentary Film Festival, who is busy preparing its second edition
Cineuropa met up with Ingibjörg Halldórsdóttir, co-founder of the Akranes-based Iceland Documentary Film Festival, who is busy preparing its second edition
CANNES NEXT: New community-driven platform Artinii aims to enhance distribution channels, and we talked to head of acquisitions Žofie Strachotová to discover more about its use of machine learning
CANNES NEXT: New community-driven platform Artinii aims to enhance distribution channels, and we talked to head of acquisitions Žofie Strachotová to discover more about its use of machine learning
We caught up with Laurent Dutoit, of distribution company Agora Films, to discuss the main challenges of the Swiss market and the current situation
We caught up with Laurent Dutoit, of distribution company Agora Films, to discuss the main challenges of the Swiss market and the current situation
Icelandic director Brúsi Ólason talked to us about his short film Dalia, which will screen as part of this year’s EFP Future Frames
Icelandic director Brúsi Ólason talked to us about his short film Dalia, which will screen as part of this year’s EFP Future Frames
We met up with Franco-Canadian director Guillaume de Fontenay whose feature film debut Sympathy for the Devil is presented this week at the Galway Film Fleadh
We met up with Franco-Canadian director Guillaume de Fontenay whose feature film debut Sympathy for the Devil is presented this week at the Galway Film Fleadh
KVIFF’s Eastern Promises Industry Days hands out its awards

KVIFF’s Eastern Promises Industry Days hands out its awards

Wild Roots has received the Works in Progress TRT Award, while creative documentary Atlantide snagged the Eurimages Lab Project Award  

10/07 | Karlovy Vary 2020 | KVIFF Eastern Promises/Awards

Ingibjörg Halldórsdóttir • Co-founder, IceDocs Iceland Documentary Film Festival

Interview: Ingibjörg Halldórsdóttir • Co-founder, IceDocs Iceland Documentary Film Festival

“We are just going to show our audience the world”

Cineuropa met up with Ingibjörg Halldórsdóttir, co-founder of the Akranes-based Iceland Documentary Film Festival, who is busy preparing its second edition  

09/07 | IceDocs 2020

Filming to kick off in August on Pierre Salvadori’s La Petite Bande

Filming to kick off in August on Pierre Salvadori’s La Petite Bande

A Les Films Pelléas production sold worldwide by Wild Bunch, the director’s 10th feature looks set to be a rejuvenating experience with its very young cast filming over a three-month period in Corsica  

09/07 | Production | Funding | France

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Malmkrog - by Cristi Puiu - Berlinale 2020 - Award for Best Director Encounters - French release July 8
Malmkrog
by Cristi Puiu
Berlinale 2020 - Award for Best Director Encounters
French release July 8
School Life - by Grand Corps Malade and Mehdi Idir - Italian release July 9
School Life
by Grand Corps Malade and Mehdi Idir
Italian release July 9
A Perfectly Normal Family - by Malou Reymann - Rotterdam 2020 - Big Screen Award - Dutch release July 9 and French release August 19
A Perfectly Normal Family
by Malou Reymann
Rotterdam 2020 - Big Screen Award
Dutch release July 9 and French release August 19
How to be a Good Wife - by Martin Provost - Norwegian release July 10, Czech release July 16 and Polish release July 24
How to be a Good Wife
by Martin Provost
Norwegian release July 10, Czech release July 16 and Polish release July 24
Perfect 10 - by Eva Riley - French release July 8
Perfect 10
by Eva Riley
French release July 8
Žofie Strachotová • Head of acquisitions, Artinii

Interview: Žofie Strachotová • Head of acquisitions, Artinii

“Our system delves deep into understanding communities, and their specific demands, values and interests”

CANNES NEXT: New community-driven platform Artinii aims to enhance distribution channels, and we talked to head of acquisitions Žofie Strachotová to discover more about its use of machine learning  

09/07 | Cannes 2020 | Marché du Film

screen.brussels supports Arnaud Demuynck and Rémi Durin’s first full-length animation

screen.brussels supports Arnaud Demuynck and Rémi Durin’s first full-length animation

The Brussels Regional Investment Fund will throw its weight behind ten new audiovisual projects and will be endowed with an additional €1 million for 2020  

09/07 | Production | Funding | Belgium

Bruno Gascon offers an initial glimpse of Sombra

Bruno Gascon offers an initial glimpse of Sombra

The Caracol Studios production stars Ana Moreira and is set to premiere in Portugal on 22 October  

09/07 | Production | Funding | Portugal

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Film Reviews

The Good One - by Vincenzo Marra - Vincenzo Marra exposes the underbelly of the football world and the buying and selling of young talent in this bittersweet comedy, one of the first Italian films to hit re-opened cinemas
The Good One
by Vincenzo Marra
Vincenzo Marra exposes the underbelly of the football world and the buying and selling of young talent in this bittersweet comedy, one of the first Italian films to hit re-opened cinemas
Perfumes - by Grégory Magne - Grégory Magne signs his name to a film full of charm and great humanity, focused on the unexpected coming together of two characters who are both in difficulty, but are ultimately poles apart
Perfumes
by Grégory Magne
Grégory Magne signs his name to a film full of charm and great humanity, focused on the unexpected coming together of two characters who are both in difficulty, but are ultimately poles apart
Undine - by Christian Petzold - BERLINALE 2020: The latest effort by Christian Petzold, which is competing for the Golden Bear, is a love story with a mystical twist but will leave your eyes dry
Undine
by Christian Petzold
BERLINALE 2020: The latest effort by Christian Petzold, which is competing for the Golden Bear, is a love story with a mystical twist but will leave your eyes dry
The Salt of Tears - by Philippe Garrel - BERLINALE 2020: In his usual personal style — romantic, bare and suggestive — Philippe Garrel intertwines a discovery of the different facets of love with a father-son relationship
The Salt of Tears
by Philippe Garrel
BERLINALE 2020: In his usual personal style — romantic, bare and suggestive — Philippe Garrel intertwines a discovery of the different facets of love with a father-son relationship
The Death of Cinema and My Father Too - by Dani Rosenberg - CANNES 2020: Tick-tock, stop the clock! Just like Fats Domino, in his debut feature, Dani Rosenberg tries to freeze time
The Death of Cinema and My Father Too
by Dani Rosenberg
CANNES 2020: Tick-tock, stop the clock! Just like Fats Domino, in his debut feature, Dani Rosenberg tries to freeze time
Love Affair(s) - by Emmanuel Mouret - CANNES 2020: Emmanuel Mouret trials and skilfully succeeds at a new recipe for decrypting the complexity of the love choices we make, a very subtle exploration awarded the Official Selection Label
Love Affair(s)
by Emmanuel Mouret
CANNES 2020: Emmanuel Mouret trials and skilfully succeeds at a new recipe for decrypting the complexity of the love choices we make, a very subtle exploration awarded the Official Selection Label
Gagarin - by Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh - CANNES 2020: Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh successfully and skillfully reinvent the social realist drama by tinting it with space-themed onirism and an epic dimension of resistance
Gagarin
by Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh
CANNES 2020: Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh successfully and skillfully reinvent the social realist drama by tinting it with space-themed onirism and an epic dimension of resistance
Josep - by Aurel - CANNES 2020: Aurel signs a magnificent animated film about the Retirada, the painful exodus to France in 1939 of the antifrancoist Spanish people, through the story of artist Josep Bartoli
Josep
by Aurel
CANNES 2020: Aurel signs a magnificent animated film about the Retirada, the painful exodus to France in 1939 of the antifrancoist Spanish people, through the story of artist Josep Bartoli
Guillaume de Fontenay • Director of Sympathy for the Devil

Interview: Guillaume de Fontenay • Director of Sympathy for the Devil

"Paul Marchand was a powerful film character"

We met up with Franco-Canadian director Guillaume de Fontenay whose feature film debut Sympathy for the Devil is presented this week at the Galway Film Fleadh  

09/07 | Galway 2020

Laurent Dutoit • Distributor, Agora Films

Interview: Laurent Dutoit • Distributor, Agora Films

“I still don’t see a real VOD market for arthouse films and I believe theatrical will continue leading the way”

We caught up with Laurent Dutoit, of distribution company Agora Films, to discuss the main challenges of the Swiss market and the current situation  

09/07 | /Switzerland

Paolo Sorrentino directs The Hand of God for Netflix

Paolo Sorrentino directs The Hand of God for Netflix

Set in Naples, shooting is soon to begin on this film produced by The Apartment which promises to be intimate and personal  

09/07 | Production | Funding | Italy

Interviews

Emil Simeonov, of Bulgarian distribution company Pro Films, explains to us the situation of the market in their country
Emil Simeonov, of Bulgarian distribution company Pro Films, explains to us the situation of the market in their country
German director Constanze Klaue talked to us about her short film Lychen 92, screening as part of this year’s EFP Future Frames
German director Constanze Klaue talked to us about her short film Lychen 92, screening as part of this year’s EFP Future Frames
We talked to Polish director Tadeusz Łysiak, whose short film The Dress will screen as part of this year’s EFP Future Frames
We talked to Polish director Tadeusz Łysiak, whose short film The Dress will screen as part of this year’s EFP Future Frames
We talked to Ben Anthony, the director of the documentary Keith Haring: Street Art Boy, about the film – and about a certain design of kitchen wallpaper
We talked to Ben Anthony, the director of the documentary Keith Haring: Street Art Boy, about the film – and about a certain design of kitchen wallpaper
We chatted with Kristian Håskjold to find out more about his short film Crocodile Tears, selected for this year’s European Film Promotion’s Future Frames
We chatted with Kristian Håskjold to find out more about his short film Crocodile Tears, selected for this year’s European Film Promotion’s Future Frames
Cineuropa asked Swedish director Amanda Adele Björk to tell us more about her short film To Discharge, screening as part of this year’s EFP Future Frames
Cineuropa asked Swedish director Amanda Adele Björk to tell us more about her short film To Discharge, screening as part of this year’s EFP Future Frames
We talked to Hugo Rosák, head of KVIFF’s Film Industry Office, and programmer Lenka Tyrpáková about what to expect when you are expecting the online edition of Eastern Promises
We talked to Hugo Rosák, head of KVIFF’s Film Industry Office, and programmer Lenka Tyrpáková about what to expect when you are expecting the online edition of Eastern Promises
We interviewed Ivan Hronec, head of media company Film Europe, who gave us some insight into their particular business model
We interviewed Ivan Hronec, head of media company Film Europe, who gave us some insight into their particular business model
At Sofia Meetings, you can teach an old dog new Story Tricks

At Sofia Meetings, you can teach an old dog new Story Tricks

It was all about “the empathy formula” during the “Story Structure and Empathy Characters. Why Does It Matter?” webinar. And James Van Der Beek’s crying face  

09/07 | Sofia 2020 | Sofia Meetings

Brúsi Ólason • Director of Dalia

Interview: Brúsi Ólason • Director of Dalia

“Getting a healthy dose of a European point of view on the film industry was just what the doctor ordered”

Icelandic director Brúsi Ólason talked to us about his short film Dalia, which will screen as part of this year’s EFP Future Frames  

09/07 | Future Frames 2020

Matīss Kaža’s Where the Road Leads in post-production

Matīss Kaža’s Where the Road Leads in post-production

The film, shot in three different countries, is set to become the first Latvian western  

09/07 | Production | Funding | Latvia/Sweden

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Tout Simplement Noir - by Jean-Pascal Zadi and John Wax - French and Belgium releases July 8
Tout Simplement Noir
by Jean-Pascal Zadi and John Wax
French and Belgium releases July 8
Into Dad's Woods - de Vero Cratzborn - Frenh release July 8
Into Dad's Woods
de Vero Cratzborn
Frenh release July 8
Collective - by Alexander Nanau - Venice 2019 - Out of Competition - Dutch release July 9
Collective
by Alexander Nanau
Venice 2019 - Out of Competition
Dutch release July 9
In the Name of the Land - by Edouard Bergeon - Italian release July 9
In the Name of the Land
by Edouard Bergeon
Italian release July 9
Proxima - by Alice Winocour - Toronto 2019 - Special mention Platform - San Sebastian 2019 - Special Jury Prize - UK release July 10, Danish and Portuguese releases July 16, Czech release July 30
Proxima
by Alice Winocour
Toronto 2019 - Special mention Platform
San Sebastian 2019 - Special Jury Prize
UK release July 10, Danish and Portuguese releases July 16, Czech release July 30

Industry Reports

11/02/2020

EDN introduces its 2020 Financing Guide

For the first time published as a digital edition, the guide provides filmmakers with all the industry contacts they need to finance their documentaries

13/12/2019

Europa Distribution brings Solo to IDFA's Industry Talk

For the second year in a row, the distributors network co-organised various events at IDFA focused on the distribution of documentary films

13/12/2019

A focus on Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria by Europa Distribution

The European distributors network sheds some light on the situation of independent film distribution in the countries

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