Review: The Rite of Spring

Review: The Rite of Spring

Fernando Franco tells a story of sexuality and disability with sensitivity and complexity, delving deep into the intimate history of the characters  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2022 | Competition

Review: The Wonder

Review: The Wonder

Sebastián Lelio’s latest effort is a departure from his filmography, treating us to yet another wonderful performance from Florence Pugh and revealing the immensely talented Kíla Lord Cassidy  

23/09 | San Sebastian 2022 | Competition

Rome Film Fest unveils the programme for its 17th edition

Rome Film Fest unveils the programme for its 17th edition

New director Paola Malanga reintroduces a competitive element, with 130 titles screening throughout the festival running 13-23 October  

23/09 | Rome 2022

Review: Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures

Review: Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures

Marco Martins crafts an atmospheric and grim portrait of a woman who both helps and exploits Portuguese workers in a depressing English seaside town  

23/09 | San Sebastián 2022 | Competition

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Industry Reports

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Global streamers account for 16% of investments in European original content, says a new European Audiovisual Observatory report - 15/09/2022

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 15/09/2022
Global streamers account for 16% of investments in European original content, says a new European Audiovisual Observatory report
In 2021, Netflix injected about half of global streamers’ investments in Europe, but other players have now started to catch up

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming
FOCUS
The industry is finally transitioning back to normality, with a busy festival season ahead. While keeping a close eye on the tragic war unfolding in Ukraine and its effects on the audiovisual industry, Cineuropa continues to provide extensive coverage of the European film business, including the most important summer festivals - Karlovy Vary, Locarno and Venice.

Animation - The 2022 edition of Cartoon Forum ends on a high note, with record attendance figures and Tribute Awards - 23/09/2022

Animation – 23/09/2022
The 2022 edition of Cartoon Forum ends on a high note, with record attendance figures and Tribute Awards
Two Spanish outfits, GoldBee and Peekaboo Animation, were respectively crowned Investor and Producer of the Year, whilst Germany’s KiKA snagged Broadcaster of the Year

Animation - María Peña Mateos • Chief executive officer, ICEX/Animation from Spain - 22/09/2022

Animation – 22/09/2022
María Peña Mateos • Chief executive officer, ICEX/Animation from Spain
Our chat focused on ICEX and Animation from Spain’s activities at this year’s Cartoon Forum and the benefits of producing animated projects in the Iberian country

Produce – Co-Produce... - The Montreal New Cinema Festival unveils the projects selected for the second edition of its co-production market - 21/09/2022

Produce – Co-Produce... – 21/09/2022
The Montreal New Cinema Festival unveils the projects selected for the second edition of its co-production market
The industry initiative, running from 6-9 October, will host the producing and directing teams of the 15 projects in development from Brazil, France, Ukraine, Senegal and the USA, among others

Documentary - Focus on Finland Docs all set to take place on the island of Lonna - 19/09/2022

Documentary – 19/09/2022
Focus on Finland Docs all set to take place on the island of Lonna
The first joint export venture for key players in the Finnish audiovisual industry aims to strengthen the promotion of Finnish content on the international level

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - The Locarno Film Festival’s acting awards will now be gender neutral - 16/09/2022

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 16/09/2022
The Locarno Film Festival’s acting awards will now be gender neutral
The festival is following the example of the Berlinale and San Sebastián which made the same decision and obliterated the binary distinction between its acting prizes

Produce – Co-Produce... - Malta approves the construction of the archipelago’s first sound stage - 15/09/2022

Produce – Co-Produce... – 15/09/2022
Malta approves the construction of the archipelago’s first sound stage
The local planning authority has finally greenlit the construction plans for a 4,000 square metre facility, incorporating a huge interior water tank

Review: Cork

Review: Cork

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

23/09 | San Sebastian 2022 | Competition

The Visitor from the Future: a model for the future?

The Visitor from the Future: a model for the future?

The surprise success of François Descraques’s science-fiction film in French cinemas should make the industry think, according to distributor Vladimir Kokh (KMBO)  

23/09 | Industry | Market | France

Manuel Abramovich • Director of Pornomelancolía

Interview: Manuel Abramovich • Director of Pornomelancolía

“I don't have any fixed work method; I question myself all the time”

We interviewed the Argentinian director nominated for the Golden Shell for a film that, beyond all the controversy, is an interesting shake-up of experimental film conventions  

23/09 | San Sebastián 2022 | Competition

Discover Moonday

Co-Production Podcast

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

Episode 30: Theater of Violence (Denmark/Germany) - 21/06/2022

21/06/2022
Episode 30: Theater of Violence (Denmark/Germany)
The producers of the documentary by Emil Langballe and Lukasz Konopa are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 29: Motherhood (France/Canada/Tunisia) - 20/06/2022

20/06/2022
Episode 29: Motherhood (France/Canada/Tunisia)
The producers of Meryam Joober's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Ji.hlava edition: Mara (France/Georgia) - 01/06/2022

01/06/2022
Ji.hlava edition: Mara (France/Georgia)
The producers of the mid-length documentary by Sasha Kulak are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 28: The Open Body (Spain/Portugal) - 28/04/2022

28/04/2022
Episode 28: The Open Body (Spain/Portugal)
The producers of Ángeles Huerta's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 27: Ordinary Failures (Czech Republic/Hungary/Italy) - 08/04/2022

08/04/2022
Episode 27: Ordinary Failures (Czech Republic/Hungary/Italy)
The producers of Cristina Grosan's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 26: A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On (Albania/Greece/Kosovo/Portugal) - 08/03/2022

08/03/2022
Episode 26: A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On (Albania/Greece/Kosovo/Portugal)
The producers of Gentian Koçi's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

The Ourense International Film Festival revs its engines

The Ourense International Film Festival revs its engines

The rendezvous, which kicks off today and will continue unspooling until Saturday 1 October, will screen more than 100 titles, and will also pay tribute to Jaime Chávarri and Pablo Trapero  

23/09 | Festivals | Awards | Spain

Full cast unveiled for Zentropa-produced drama The Bastard

Full cast unveiled for Zentropa-produced drama The Bastard

Originally announced at Cannes and sold by TrustNordisk, the production is being helmed by Nikolaj Arcel, and stars Mads Mikkelsen, Simon Bennebjerg and Kristine Kujath Thorp, among others  

23/09 | Production | Funding | Denmark/Sweden/Germany/Czech Republic

Dag Johan Haugerud to direct Sex, Dreams and Love for Viaplay

Dag Johan Haugerud to direct Sex, Dreams and Love for Viaplay

The trilogy will explore sexuality, longing and transgression in modern Nordic society  

23/09 | Production | Funding | Norway/Sweden

Marco Martins • Director of Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures

Interview: Marco Martins • Director of Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures

“The film is named after the city because the entire city is sick”

The director tells us about his atmospheric film, centred on Portuguese workers in the titular, economically depressed English seaside town  

23/09 | San Sebastián 2022 | Competition

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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

Review: Sparta

Review: Sparta

In his bold style, Ulrich Seidl dares to tackle the subject of paedophilia head-on, turning his protagonist into someone who cannot escape from himself  

23/09 | San Sebastian 2022 | Competition

Less Is More is on the lookout for its next projects

Less Is More is on the lookout for its next projects

Up-and-coming filmmakers are welcome to apply to become one of the 16 writers and directors selected to develop and produce their next feature  

23/09 | LIM 2023

The 2022 edition of Cartoon Forum ends on a high note, with record attendance figures and Tribute Awards

The 2022 edition of Cartoon Forum ends on a high note, with record attendance figures and Tribute Awards

Two Spanish outfits, GoldBee and Peekaboo Animation, were respectively crowned Investor and Producer of the Year, whilst Germany’s KiKA snagged Broadcaster of the Year  

23/09 | Cartoon 2022 | Cartoon Forum/Awards

Reviews

The Kings of the World - by Laura Mora

The Kings of the World
by Laura Mora
Laura Mora Ortega’s second feature film confirms her status as one of the greatest talents in the modern-day Latin American filmscape

Runner - by Marian Mathias

Runner
by Marian Mathias
Marian Mathias' first feature film statically depicts a young woman’s escape

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

La maternal - by Pilar Palomero

La maternal
by Pilar Palomero
Pilar Palomero’s Schoolgirls have grown up, and in this overly long and not always successful blend of fiction and reality, they wrestle with the social issue of teenage pregnancies

Spare Keys - by Jeanne Aslan, Paul Saintillan

Spare Keys
by Jeanne Aslan, Paul Saintillan
Focusing on youth, the future and social classes, Jeanne Aslan and Paul Saintillan’s subtly simple and charming debut feature sees Céleste Brunnquell shine

The Substitute - by Diego Lerman

The Substitute
by Diego Lerman
Argentinian filmmaker Diego Lerman returns with a vibrant and honest portrayal of life in a high school in the suburbs of Buenos Aires

Pornomelancolía - by Manuel Abramovich

Pornomelancolía
by Manuel Abramovich
Manuel Abramovich presents an audacious film where fiction and reality come together to shine a light on issues rarely explored in contemporary auteur cinema

Cork - by Mikel Gurrea

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

The Finnish Film Affair announces its award winners

The Finnish Film Affair announces its award winners

Katja Gauriloff’s Je'vida, Helena Stefáns Magneudóttir’s Natatorium and Mohamed El Aboudi’s doc The Last Chapter have been crowned as the victors at Finland’s biggest industry event  

23/09 | Finnish Film Affair 2022 | Awards

Review: Forever

Review: Forever

Danish director Frelle Petersen casts a sensitive look at a family where each member has the space to grieve in their own way  

23/09 | San Sebastián 2022 | Competition

Review: Pornomelancolía

Review: Pornomelancolía

Manuel Abramovich presents an audacious film where fiction and reality come together to shine a light on issues rarely explored in contemporary auteur cinema  

23/09 | San Sebastian 2022 | Competition

Interviews

Christophe Honoré • Director of Winter Boy

Christophe Honoré • Director of Winter Boy
The French filmmaker is returning with a poignant and highly accomplished work, formally speaking, with deeply personal roots and revolving around a teenager struggling with grief

Pilar Palomero • Director of La maternal

Pilar Palomero • Director of La maternal
The Spanish director presents her second film after the award-winning work Schoolgirls, this time revolving around the issue of teenage pregnancies

Petr Vaclav • Director of Il Boemo

Petr Vaclav • Director of Il Boemo
Cineuropa talked to the Czech director about his biggest film to date and about the origins of this period drama that resurrects music that has not been heard for 250 years

Carmen Jaquier • Director of Thunder

Carmen Jaquier • Director of Thunder
The director spoke to us about her compelling portrayal of a character who fights for freedom to love, which society would rather censor forever

Manuel Abramovich • Director of Pornomelancolía

Manuel Abramovich • Director of Pornomelancolía
We interviewed the Argentinian director nominated for the Golden Shell for a film that, beyond all the controversy, is an interesting shake-up of experimental film conventions

Marco Martins • Director of Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures

Marco Martins • Director of Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures
The director tells us about his atmospheric film, centred on Portuguese workers in the titular, economically depressed English seaside town

Bruno Santamaría Razo and Guillermo Ortiz Aparicio • Director and producer of Six Months in the Pink and Blue Building

Bruno Santamaría Razo and Guillermo Ortiz Aparicio • Director and producer of Six Months in the Pink and Blue Building
We chatted to the director and producer of the Mexican title that took home the Best Project Award and the DALE! Award from the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum

Fernando Franco and Koldo Zuazua • Director and producer of The Rite of Spring

Fernando Franco and Koldo Zuazua • Director and producer of The Rite of Spring
We get to talk with the two experienced professionals, who with this film complete their third collaboration together

European titles submitted for the Oscars race

European titles submitted for the Oscars race

European countries reveal their titles submitted for the Best International Feature Film Award at the 2023 Academy Awards  

22/09 | Oscars 2023

Bruno Santamaría Razo and Guillermo Ortiz Aparicio • Director and producer of Six Months in the Pink and Blue Building

Interview: Bruno Santamaría Razo and Guillermo Ortiz Aparicio • Director and producer of Six Months in the Pink and Blue Building

“All of us, beneath what we project to others, are hiding something”

We chatted to the director and producer of the Mexican title that took home the Best Project Award and the DALE! Award from the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum  

22/09 | San Sebastián 2022 | San Sebastián Industry

Fernando Franco and Koldo Zuazua • Director and producer of The Rite of Spring

Interview: Fernando Franco and Koldo Zuazua • Director and producer of The Rite of Spring

"We dance well together; we complement each other perfectly"

We get to talk with the two experienced professionals, who with this film complete their third collaboration together  

22/09 | San Sebastian 2022 | Competition

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

The Kings of the World - by Laura Mora

The Kings of the World
by Laura Mora
San Sebastián 2022 - Golden Shell For Best Film

Runner - by Marian Mathias

Runner
by Marian Mathias
Toronto 2022 - Discovery
San Sebastián 2022 - Special Jury Prize

Winter Boy - by Christophe Honoré

Winter Boy
by Christophe Honoré
San Sebastián 2022 - Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance

La maternal - by Pilar Palomero

La maternal
by Pilar Palomero
San Sebastián 2022 - Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance

Spare Keys - by Jeanne Aslan, Paul Saintillan

Spare Keys
by Jeanne Aslan, Paul Saintillan
San Sebastián 2022 - New Directors Award

The Substitute - by Diego Lerman

The Substitute
by Diego Lerman
Toronto 2022 - Special Presentations
San Sebastián 2022 - Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance

Pornomelancolía - by Manuel Abramovich

Pornomelancolía
by Manuel Abramovich
San Sebastián 2022 - Jury Prize for Best Cinematography

Cork - by Mikel Gurrea

Cork
by Mikel Gurrea
San Sebastián 2022 - Competition

Review: Tax Me If You Can

Review: Tax Me If You Can

Yannick Kergoat delivers an engaged and clear documentary, at once very educational, funny and terribly edifying on large-scale tax evasion  

22/09 | San Sebastián 2022 | Out of Competition

An important French presence at the 37th Namur Film Festival

An important French presence at the 37th Namur Film Festival

The 37th edition of the Namur International French-Language Film Festival will take place from 30 September to 7 October, with a programme of no fewer than 120 films  

22/09 | Namur 2022

Review: The Kings of the World

Review: The Kings of the World

Laura Mora Ortega’s second feature film confirms her status as one of the greatest talents in the modern-day Latin American filmscape  

22/09 | San Sebastian 2022 | Competition

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Reviews

Tengo sueños eléctricos - by Valentina Maurel

Tengo sueños eléctricos
by Valentina Maurel
Valentina Maurel delivers a troubling adolescent chronicle, carried by a heroine who discovers, in spite of herself, that adulthood is not an end in itself

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

The Beasts - by Rodrigo Sorogoyen

The Beasts
by Rodrigo Sorogoyen
CANNES 2022: In Rodrigo Sorogoyen's new film, men mark out their territory, harass and tear down others, proving that they can be like real wild beasts

The Wonder - by Sebastián Lelio

The Wonder
by Sebastián Lelio
Sebastián Lelio’s latest effort is a departure from his filmography, treating us to yet another wonderful performance from Florence Pugh and revealing the immensely talented Kíla Lord Cassidy

Tax Me If You Can - by Yannick Kergoat

Tax Me If You Can
by Yannick Kergoat
Yannick Kergoat delivers an engaged and clear documentary, at once very educational, funny and terribly edifying on large-scale tax evasion

Industry Reports

Animation – 23/09/2022

The 2022 edition of Cartoon Forum ends on a high note, with record attendance figures and Tribute Awards

Two Spanish outfits, GoldBee and Peekaboo Animation, were respectively crowned Investor and Producer of the Year, whilst Germany’s KiKA snagged Broadcaster of the Year

Animation – 22/09/2022

María Peña Mateos • Chief executive officer, ICEX/Animation from Spain

Our chat focused on ICEX and Animation from Spain’s activities at this year’s Cartoon Forum and the benefits of producing animated projects in the Iberian country

Produce – Co-Produce... – 21/09/2022

The Montreal New Cinema Festival unveils the projects selected for the second edition of its co-production market

The industry initiative, running from 6-9 October, will host the producing and directing teams of the 15 projects in development from Brazil, France, Ukraine, Senegal and the USA, among others

Documentary – 19/09/2022

Focus on Finland Docs all set to take place on the island of Lonna

The first joint export venture for key players in the Finnish audiovisual industry aims to strengthen the promotion of Finnish content on the international level

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