Alexis Juncosa • Artistic Director, Luxembourg City Film Festival

Interview: Alexis Juncosa • Artistic Director, Luxembourg City Film Festival

"We’d like to become a “metafestival” where you can see the best possible films being made"

We met with Alexis Juncosa who heads up programming for the Luxembourg City Film Festival, the 10th edition of which is unspooling between 5-15 March  

20/02 | Luxembourg 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer and poster for Between Dog and Wolf

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer and poster for Between Dog and Wolf

The second feature by Irene Gutiérrez, a Spanish-Cuban-Colombian co-production, is world-premiering in the Forum section of the 70th Berlinale  

17/02 | Berlinale 2020 | Forum

Sandra Wollner • Director of The Trouble with Being Born

Interview: Sandra Wollner • Director of The Trouble with Being Born

“I was interested in making an anti-Pinocchio”

BERLINALE 2020: We chatted to Austrian director Sandra Wollner about The Trouble with Being Born, in which she finally puts the Pinocchio myth to rest  

20/02 | Berlinale 2020 | Encounters

Yulia Serdyukova • Producer, yutopia films

Interview: Yulia Serdyukova • Producer, yutopia films

“The idea that documentary films can change the world is very dangerous”

Interview with Yulia Serdyukova, producer for Ukrainian company yutopia films and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme  

20/02 | Emerging Producers 2020

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Film Reviews

Exile - by Visar Morina - Heaps of dead rats and a burning stroller: office bullying takes on a severe dimension in Visar Morina's sophomore film
Exile
by Visar Morina
Heaps of dead rats and a burning stroller: office bullying takes on a severe dimension in Visar Morina's sophomore film
Pompei - by John Shank, Anna Falguères - John Shank and Anna Falguères deliver a crepuscular tale of unconditional love, starring Garance Marillier and Aliocha Schneider
Pompei
by John Shank, Anna Falguères
John Shank and Anna Falguères deliver a crepuscular tale of unconditional love, starring Garance Marillier and Aliocha Schneider
Pinocchio - by Matteo Garrone - Matteo Garrone preserves the original spirit of the famous puppet and isn’t influenced by current tendencies in fantasy storytelling. In Italian cinemas from 19 December
Pinocchio
by Matteo Garrone
Matteo Garrone preserves the original spirit of the famous puppet and isn’t influenced by current tendencies in fantasy storytelling. In Italian cinemas from 19 December
Cuties - by Maïmouna Doucouré - Maïmouna Doucouré has won the Best Director award at the Sundance Film Festival for her feature debut, a multi-faceted coming-of-age drama
Cuties
by Maïmouna Doucouré
Maïmouna Doucouré has won the Best Director award at the Sundance Film Festival for her feature debut, a multi-faceted coming-of-age drama
Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness - by Massoud Bakhshi - In his second feature, a largely European majority production, Iranian filmmaker Massoud Bakhshi creates a redoubtable and thrilling TV procedural with a female touch
Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness
by Massoud Bakhshi
In his second feature, a largely European majority production, Iranian filmmaker Massoud Bakhshi creates a redoubtable and thrilling TV procedural with a female touch
Our Lady of the Nile - by Atiq Rahimi - Atiq Rahimi explores the bonds between violence and the sacred through the roots of the Rwandan genocide in 1973, in the world of seemingly innocent privileged young women
Our Lady of the Nile
by Atiq Rahimi
Atiq Rahimi explores the bonds between violence and the sacred through the roots of the Rwandan genocide in 1973, in the world of seemingly innocent privileged young women
The Earth Is Blue as an Orange - by Iryna Tsilyk - The documentary by Ukraine's Iryna Tsilyk, winner of the Best Director award in Sundance's World Cinema Documentary Competition, is an affectionate homage to subjects who are hungry for life
The Earth Is Blue as an Orange
by Iryna Tsilyk
The documentary by Ukraine's Iryna Tsilyk, winner of the Best Director award in Sundance's World Cinema Documentary Competition, is an affectionate homage to subjects who are hungry for life
Jumbo - by Zoé Wittock - Belgium’s Zoé Wittock sticks her neck out with a screwball, metaphorical first feature film, a highly original yet unfulfilling offering in which Noémie Merlant shines bright
Jumbo
by Zoé Wittock
Belgium’s Zoé Wittock sticks her neck out with a screwball, metaphorical first feature film, a highly original yet unfulfilling offering in which Noémie Merlant shines bright
EXCLUSIVE: Trailer and poster for Berlinale title Garage People

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer and poster for Berlinale title Garage People

Natalija Yefimkina's first feature-length documentary is poised to world-premiere in the Berlinale's Perspektive Deutsches Kino  

19/02 | Berlinale 2020 | Perspektive Deutsches Kino

Memento Films International hungry for deals at the EFM

Memento Films International hungry for deals at the EFM

Shining bright on the French sales agent’s Berlinale line-up are My Salinger Year as the festival’s opening film and Persian Lessons as a gala screening, as well as the upcoming Asghar Farhadi movie  

19/02 | Berlinale 2020 | EFM

Jeanette Nordahl • Director of Wildland

Interview: Jeanette Nordahl • Director of Wildland

“I was trying to create tension in a way that’s not obvious”

BERLINALE 2020: We talked to Jeanette Nordahl, the debuting director behind the Panorama title Wildland  

19/02 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

Hungarian cinema is preparing the future in Berlin

Hungarian cinema is preparing the future in Berlin

At the EFM, the new National Film Institute will be pinning its hopes on a series of titles currently in post-production, many of them feature debuts  

19/02 | Berlinale 2020 | EFM

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BERLINALE 2020: We talked to Jeanette Nordahl, the debuting director behind the Panorama title Wildland
BERLINALE 2020: We talked to Jeanette Nordahl, the debuting director behind the Panorama title Wildland
We chatted to EFM director Matthijs Wouter Knol to get the low-down on what’s new at the upcoming edition of the prestigious industry event
We chatted to EFM director Matthijs Wouter Knol to get the low-down on what’s new at the upcoming edition of the prestigious industry event
We sat down with Grainne Humphreys and Si Edwards, VMDIFF’s director and shorts programmer, to talk about this year’s programme and industry initiatives
We sat down with Grainne Humphreys and Si Edwards, VMDIFF’s director and shorts programmer, to talk about this year’s programme and industry initiatives
We met with Alexis Juncosa who heads up programming for the Luxembourg City Film Festival, the 10th edition of which is unspooling between 5-15 March
We met with Alexis Juncosa who heads up programming for the Luxembourg City Film Festival, the 10th edition of which is unspooling between 5-15 March
BERLINALE 2020: We chatted to Austrian director Sandra Wollner about The Trouble with Being Born, in which she finally puts the Pinocchio myth to rest
BERLINALE 2020: We chatted to Austrian director Sandra Wollner about The Trouble with Being Born, in which she finally puts the Pinocchio myth to rest
Interview with Yulia Serdyukova, producer for Ukrainian company yutopia films and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme
Interview with Yulia Serdyukova, producer for Ukrainian company yutopia films and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme
Cineuropa met with Norwegian director Johanne Langeland whose first feature film The Crossing is full of action, courage and friendship, unfolding during the German occupation of Norway in 1942
Cineuropa met with Norwegian director Johanne Langeland whose first feature film The Crossing is full of action, courage and friendship, unfolding during the German occupation of Norway in 1942
On the eve of its French release, Stéphane Demoustier talks to us about his second feature film, The Girl With A Bracelet, first discovered in Locarno
On the eve of its French release, Stéphane Demoustier talks to us about his second feature film, The Girl With A Bracelet, first discovered in Locarno
EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Pari

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Pari

Writer-director Siamak Etemadi’s debut feature is set to world-premiere in the Panorama section of the upcoming Berlin International Film Festival  

19/02 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

Amazon and Netflix among the biggest spenders in the Czech Republic

Amazon and Netflix among the biggest spenders in the Czech Republic

International productions spent a total of €363 million in the country in 2019  

19/02 | Industry | Market | Czech Republic/USA

The Bergamo Film Meeting unveils its Film Industry Meetings programme

The Bergamo Film Meeting unveils its Film Industry Meetings programme

The two-day line-up will examine the opportunities for authors and producers, as well as exploring the landscape of European funds, co-production funds and other sources of finance  

18/02 | Bergamo 2020 | Film Industry Meetings

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Malmkrog - by Cristi Puiu - Berlinale 2020 - Encounters
Malmkrog
by Cristi Puiu
Berlinale 2020 - Encounters
Hidden Away - by Giorgio Diritti - Berlinale 2020 - Competition
Hidden Away
by Giorgio Diritti
Berlinale 2020 - Competition
Wildland - by Jeanette Nordahl - Berlinale 2020 - Panorama
Wildland
by Jeanette Nordahl
Berlinale 2020 - Panorama
Naked Animals - by Melanie Waelde - Berlinale 2020 - Encounters
Naked Animals
by Melanie Waelde
Berlinale 2020 - Encounters
Victoria - by Sofie Benoot, Liesbeth De Ceulaer and Isabelle Tollenaere - Berlinale 2020 - Forum
Victoria
by Sofie Benoot, Liesbeth De Ceulaer and Isabelle Tollenaere
Berlinale 2020 - Forum
Wild Bunch heads to Berlin with an XXL line-up

Wild Bunch heads to Berlin with an XXL line-up

With The Salt of Tears and Delete History both in the running for the Golden Bear and an avalanche of titles still to come, sales are looking promising for the film sales agency  

18/02 | Berlinale 2020 | EFM

European cinemas register a record 1,34 billion visits in 2019

European cinemas register a record 1,34 billion visits in 2019

European cinema admissions are set for a record-breaking feat unmatched since the early 1990s, according to UNIC's provisional update on admissions and box office revenues  

18/02 | Box Office | Europe

Woody Allen putting the finishing touches to Rifkin's Festival

Woody Allen putting the finishing touches to Rifkin's Festival

The new film by the veteran US director, starring Gina Gershon, Wallace Shawn, Elena Anaya, Louis Garrel, Sergi López and Christoph Waltz and set in Spain, will be released internationally in 2020  

18/02 | Production | Funding | Spain/USA/Italy

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Film Reviews

A Perfectly Normal Family - by Malou Reymann - Denmark’s Malou Reymann debuts with a film that couldn’t have come out at a better time
A Perfectly Normal Family
by Malou Reymann
Denmark’s Malou Reymann debuts with a film that couldn’t have come out at a better time
Citizens of the World - by Gianni Di Gregorio - In this story of three pensioners who want to retire to Santo Domingo, Gianni Di Gregorio broadens his horizons only to turn his back on them, immortalising his sacred space of Rome once again
Citizens of the World
by Gianni Di Gregorio
In this story of three pensioners who want to retire to Santo Domingo, Gianni Di Gregorio broadens his horizons only to turn his back on them, immortalising his sacred space of Rome once again
My Father Marianne - by Mårten Klingberg - Transsexualism is the timely topic of Mårten Klingberg’s Swedish comedy-drama with the emphasis on the comedy
My Father Marianne
by Mårten Klingberg
Transsexualism is the timely topic of Mårten Klingberg’s Swedish comedy-drama with the emphasis on the comedy
The Best Years - by Gabriele Muccino - Gabriele Muccino homes in once again on his beloved middle-class characters, confirming his filmmaking skill and directorial prowess with a story about love and friendship over the course of 40 years
The Best Years
by Gabriele Muccino
Gabriele Muccino homes in once again on his beloved middle-class characters, confirming his filmmaking skill and directorial prowess with a story about love and friendship over the course of 40 years
The Painter and the Thief - by Benjamin Ree - Benjamin Ree has crafted a deceptive heist movie that paints a portrait of an unlikely friendship in Norway
The Painter and the Thief
by Benjamin Ree
Benjamin Ree has crafted a deceptive heist movie that paints a portrait of an unlikely friendship in Norway
There Was a Little Ship - by Marion Hänsel - From her hospital bed, Belgian filmmaker Marion Hänsel creates an intimate portrait of the cities, events and people that have shaped her life
There Was a Little Ship
by Marion Hänsel
From her hospital bed, Belgian filmmaker Marion Hänsel creates an intimate portrait of the cities, events and people that have shaped her life
Once Upon a Time in Venezuela - by Anabel Rodríguez Ríos - Against a backdrop of a politically divided Venezuela, Anabel Rodríguez Ríos shows two local titans making waves in the floating and forgotten village of Congo Mirador
Once Upon a Time in Venezuela
by Anabel Rodríguez Ríos
Against a backdrop of a politically divided Venezuela, Anabel Rodríguez Ríos shows two local titans making waves in the floating and forgotten village of Congo Mirador
The Tie - by Mathias Théry, Etienne Chaillou - Following on from La Sociologue et l’ourson, Étienne Chaillou and Mathias Théry put their names to a subtle documentary on the far-right, via the portrait of a young activist
The Tie
by Mathias Théry, Etienne Chaillou
Following on from La Sociologue et l’ourson, Étienne Chaillou and Mathias Théry put their names to a subtle documentary on the far-right, via the portrait of a young activist
The 2020 EFA Young Audience Award announces nominees

The 2020 EFA Young Audience Award announces nominees

My Brother Chases Dinosaurs, My Extraordinary Summer with Tess and Rocca Changes the World are vying for the award, to be decided by audiences of 12- to 14-year-olds across Europe  

18/02 | Festivals | Awards | Europe

Jane Campion announces The Power of the Dog, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst

Jane Campion announces The Power of the Dog, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst

The Palme d’Or winner is adapting Thomas Savage’s 1967 western novel for her first feature since 2009’s Bright Star  

18/02 | Production | UK/Canada

TrustNordisk comes bearing Hope to Berlin

TrustNordisk comes bearing Hope to Berlin

The Danish firm is presenting Maria Sødahl’s autobiographical drama in Panorama and Monty and the Street Party in Generation Kplus, along with various titles getting market screenings  

18/02 | Berlinale 2020 | EFM

Interviews

We talked to Adam Oľha, one of the co-directors of the documentary Athanor – The Alchemical Furnace, about the process of capturing how foremost Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer creates art
We talked to Adam Oľha, one of the co-directors of the documentary Athanor – The Alchemical Furnace, about the process of capturing how foremost Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer creates art
Iranian filmmaker Massoud Bakhshi discusses Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness, a majority European production recognised in Sundance and on its way to the Berlinale
Iranian filmmaker Massoud Bakhshi discusses Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness, a majority European production recognised in Sundance and on its way to the Berlinale
We met with Canary Islander directors Miguel G. Morales and Silvia Navarro, whose documentary On the Names of Goats is screening at MiradasDoc
We met with Canary Islander directors Miguel G. Morales and Silvia Navarro, whose documentary On the Names of Goats is screening at MiradasDoc
We chatted to Zeina Durra about her Sundance-screened second film, the Andrea Riseborough starrer Luxor
We chatted to Zeina Durra about her Sundance-screened second film, the Andrea Riseborough starrer Luxor
We spoke to Alexis Delgado Búrdalo, who is taking part in MiradasDoc with This Film Is About Me, a doc that made a splash during its screenings at Visions du Réel and Seville, among other festivals
We spoke to Alexis Delgado Búrdalo, who is taking part in MiradasDoc with This Film Is About Me, a doc that made a splash during its screenings at Visions du Réel and Seville, among other festivals
Swedish Film Institute CEO Anna Serner talks to Cinema Femme about the institution's objectives related to gender equality and the importance of women in the film industry
Swedish Film Institute CEO Anna Serner talks to Cinema Femme about the institution's objectives related to gender equality and the importance of women in the film industry
We spoke to Belgian filmmaker Marion Hänsel at IFFR, where she was the subject of a Deep Focus and presented her new film, There Was a Little Ship
We spoke to Belgian filmmaker Marion Hänsel at IFFR, where she was the subject of a Deep Focus and presented her new film, There Was a Little Ship
We sat down with Swedish director Alexandra-Therese Keining to discuss her small film about grand schemes The Average Color of the Universe
We sat down with Swedish director Alexandra-Therese Keining to discuss her small film about grand schemes The Average Color of the Universe
Lithuania brings “only good news” to Berlin

Lithuania brings “only good news” to Berlin

With its first-ever film in the Berlinale Shorts competition, a co-production in Generation and four movies getting market screenings, the Baltic country is revving its engines for Berlin  

18/02 | Berlinale 2020 | EFM

Grainne Humphreys and Si Edwards • Director and shorts programmer, Dublin International Film Festival

Interview: Grainne Humphreys and Si Edwards • Director and shorts programmer, Dublin International Film Festival

“I see first-hand the gap between film students and world cinema”

We sat down with Grainne Humphreys and Si Edwards, VMDIFF’s director and shorts programmer, to talk about this year’s programme and industry initiatives  

18/02 | Dublin 2020

Taskovski Films boards Sanctuary and four Berlinale documentaries

Taskovski Films boards Sanctuary and four Berlinale documentaries

The London-based sales agent has also picked up the Forum films The Exit of the Trains, The House of Love and Strike or Die, plus the Panorama Dokumente title The Foundation Pit  

18/02 | Berlinale 2020 | EFM

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

The Salt of Tears - by Philippe Garrel - Berlinale 2020 - Competition
The Salt of Tears
by Philippe Garrel
Berlinale 2020 - Competition
Los Conductos - by Camilo Restrepo - Berlinale 2020 - Encounters
Los Conductos
by Camilo Restrepo
Berlinale 2020 - Encounters
Kill It and Leave This Town - by Mariusz Wilczynski - Berlinale 2020 - Encounters
Kill It and Leave This Town
by Mariusz Wilczynski
Berlinale 2020 - Encounters
Days of Cannibalism - by Teboho Edkins - Berlinale 2020 - Panorama
Days of Cannibalism
by Teboho Edkins
Berlinale 2020 - Panorama
Uppercase Print - by Radu Jude - Berlinale 2020 - Forum
Uppercase Print
by Radu Jude
Berlinale 2020 - Forum

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

Film Reviews

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