CICAE calls for support after Creative Europe - MEDIA cuts funding for the only international training for arthouse cinemas

CICAE calls for support after Creative Europe - MEDIA cuts funding for the only international training for arthouse cinemas

The association claims their course for young cinema professionals will not be able to be continued without the main funder  

09/12 | Industry | Market | Europe

Antonio Romagnoli • Director of Polvere

Interview: Antonio Romagnoli • Director of Polvere

“The question is: with prosperity, do we eliminate psychological violence or do we just give it another form?”

At the Balkan Film Festival in Rome, we talked to the director about his film which details the gradual evolution of a love affair into a sick relationship from which it is difficult to escape  

09/12 | /Italy

Kristen Stewart to head the jury of the 73rd Berlinale

Kristen Stewart to head the jury of the 73rd Berlinale

The US actress will serve as the president of the International Jury for the festival’s next edition, unspooling from 16-26 February 2023  

09/12/2021 | Berlinale 2023

Vicente Villanueva in post-production with La Ternura

Vicente Villanueva in post-production with La Ternura

The director is adapting Alfredo Sanzol’s stage play into a big-screen version, which will star Emma Suárez, Gonzalo de Castro and Alexandra Jiménez, among others  

09/12 | Production | Funding | Spain/Dominican Republic

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

Industry Reports

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

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.

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Gender equality in European audiovisual productions - 08/12/2022

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 08/12/2022
Gender equality in European audiovisual productions
Watch the full video of the online event organised to keep track of the latest developments related to the presence of women in European cinema

Europe and the Rest of the World - Bridging the Dragon explores Euro-Asian collaboration during its yearly lab on Majorca - 07/12/2022

Europe and the Rest of the World – 07/12/2022
Bridging the Dragon explores Euro-Asian collaboration during its yearly lab on Majorca
According to the experts present, it is everybody's hope that, in the long run, Chinese policies could ease up and the market will re-open up to foreign content

Produce – Co-Produce... - Professionals ask for Italian-Balkan and European synergies to be strengthened at Rome's Balkan Film Festival - 06/12/2022

Produce – Co-Produce... – 06/12/2022
Professionals ask for Italian-Balkan and European synergies to be strengthened at Rome's Balkan Film Festival
The creation of a common fund is the strategic objective to emerge from the workshop, held in Rome during the fifth edition of the festival dedicated to Balkan film

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

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Women in European cinema: are we making progress? - 01/12/2022

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 01/12/2022
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

GoCritic! Review: L’idee

GoCritic! Review: L’idee

An in-depth look at Czech artist Berthold Bartosch’s pioneering 1932 short which screened at the opening of Animateka Ljubljana  

09/12 | GoCritic! | Animateka 2022

Fatmir Koci • Director of The Rise & Fall Of Comrade Zylo

Interview: Fatmir Koci • Director of The Rise & Fall Of Comrade Zylo

"This impossible love story set during the Albanian dictatorship chimes with today"

The Albanian filmmaker discusses his comedy reflecting the dark side of the common history in Eastern Europe  

09/12 | Black Nights 2022 | Critics' Picks

Frédéric Boyer • Artistic Director, Les Arcs Film Festival

Interview: Frédéric Boyer • Artistic Director, Les Arcs Film Festival

"You have to stand out from the crowd, take risks"

The selector of the Alpine festival sheds light on the Work in Progress event which is unspooling on 11 December within the Industry Village programme  

09/12 | Les Arcs 2022

Discover Moonday

Co-Production Podcast

Episode 40: The Happiest Man in the World (North Macedonia/ Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Belgium/ Croatia/ Denmark/ Slovenia) - 08/12/2022

08/12/2022
Episode 40: The Happiest Man in the World (North Macedonia/ Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Belgium/ Croatia/ Denmark/ Slovenia)
The producers of the film by Teona Strugar Mitevska are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 39: Roll (Italy/Belgium) - 06/12/2022

06/12/2022
Episode 39: Roll (Italy/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Loris Lai are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

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

GoCritic! Review: Lighthouse

GoCritic! Review: Lighthouse

A look at Czech director Filip Kraus's animated short Lighthouse, a semi-finalist at last year's Student Academy Awards, which screened in Animateka's Student Panorama Section  

09/12 | GoCritic! | Animateka 2022

Episode 40: The Happiest Man in the World (North Macedonia/ Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Belgium/ Croatia/ Denmark/ Slovenia)

Episode 40: The Happiest Man in the World (North Macedonia/ Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Belgium/ Croatia/ Denmark/ Slovenia)

The producers of the film by Teona Strugar Mitevska are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support  

08/12 | The Co-production Podcast

Gender equality in European audiovisual productions

Gender equality in European audiovisual productions

Watch the full video of the online event organised to keep track of the latest developments related to the presence of women in European cinema  

08/12 | Europe

Review: La Passagère

Review: La Passagère

Héloïse Pelloquet displays great filmmaking prowess with a lucid first feature film carried by Cécile de France playing a woman at a sentimental turning point in her life  

08/12 | Films | Reviews | France

GoCritic!

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

An in-person Sundance returns with a raft of rising European voices

An in-person Sundance returns with a raft of rising European voices

The festival’s non-US line-up for 2023 is dominated by British and French productions, such as Ira Sachs’ latest work, Passages, and Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper  

08/12 | Sundance 2023

Sander Joon • Director of Sierra

Interview: Sander Joon • Director of Sierra

“The attention Sierra has received is really shocking”

Sara Šabec chatted with Estonian animator Sander Joon whose film Sierra has continued its impressive prize-winning streak with the Grand Prix and Audience Award at Animateka Ljubljana  

08/12 | GoCritic! | Animateka 2022

Ángeles Huerta • Director of The Open Body

Interview: Ángeles Huerta • Director of The Open Body

“My film can have a queer interpretation in the way it reflects on gender as something performative”

We chatted to the Spanish filmmaker about her first foray into fiction, a rural tale shrouded in a Gothic atmosphere, starring Spaniard Tamar Novas and Portugal’s Victória Guerra  

08/12 | /Spain/Portugal

Reviews

Manticore - by Carlos Vermut

Manticore
by Carlos Vermut
Carlos Vermut once again leads the viewer into such turbulent territories that, days after watching his fourth feature film, his stimuli continue to strike our neurons

Woman on the Roof - by Anna Jadowska

Woman on the Roof
by Anna Jadowska
Anna Jadowska’s latest film is a stark and compelling examination of twilight-year malaise and a societal attitude towards women that is fundamentally broken

Chiara - by Susanna Nicchiarelli

Chiara
by Susanna Nicchiarelli
VENICE 2022: Susanna Nicchiarelli paints a credible portrait of a revolutionary saint, as a girl and a woman, which is free from rhetorical trappings

Wolf and Dog - by Cláudia Varejão

Wolf and Dog
by Cláudia Varejão
VENICE 2022: Portuguese filmmaker Cláudia Varejão presents a powerful and oneiric feature film, an uncompromising portrait of a generation struggling to exist

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

Saint Omer - by Alice Diop

Saint Omer
by Alice Diop
VENICE 2022: Documentary-maker Alice Diop ventures into fiction with a sharp, singular and cryptic film exploring the surface and plunging the deepest depths of an infanticide trial

Matadero - by Santiago Fillol

Matadero
by Santiago Fillol
Argentinian director Santiago Fillol transforms Esteban Echeverría's chilling tale into images

Our Brothers - by Rachid Bouchareb

Our Brothers
by Rachid Bouchareb
CANNES 2022: Combining documentary and fiction, Rachid Bouchareb revisits the death of Malik Oussekine in 1986, and Abdel Benyaha's comparatively anonymous one, against a backdrop of police violence

Review: Winners

Review: Winners

Hassan Nazer’s affable second feature follows a young Afghan refugee in a remote area of Iran, who miraculously comes into possession of Asghar Farhadi’s 2017 Oscar statuette  

08/12 | Films | Reviews | UK

Pamfir scoops the Grand Prix at the 51st Molodist Film Festival

Pamfir scoops the Grand Prix at the 51st Molodist Film Festival

From 1-7 December, viewers in Kyiv were able to watch 78 films from 37 countries, spread across 12 competitive and non-competitive programmes  

08/12 | Festivals | Awards | Ukraine

Barbara Cupisti • Director of Hotel Sarajevo

Interview: Barbara Cupisti • Director of Hotel Sarajevo

“The archive images we’d just seen were the same as the ones which were starting to come out of the Ukraine and circulating on social media”

We met with the Italian director at the Balkan Film Festival in Rome to talk about her documentary about the thirtieth anniversary of the siege of Sarajevo and her upcoming work about the Ukraine  

08/12 | /Italy

Interviews

Mariana Čengel Solčanská and Hana Lasicová • Director and screenwriter of The Chambermaid

Mariana Čengel Solčanská and Hana Lasicová • Director and screenwriter of The Chambermaid
We met the filmmakers after the premiere of their first joint work to learn about their inspiration for the story

Alejandro Rojas and Juan Sebastián Vásquez • Directors of Upon Entry

Alejandro Rojas and Juan Sebastián Vásquez • Directors of Upon Entry
The intimate drama by the two Venezuelan directors based in Spain channels the fears of many migrants

Marysia Nikitiuk • Director of Lucky Girl

Marysia Nikitiuk • Director of Lucky Girl
We chatted to the Ukrainian director about the background to her film, revolving around a popular, selfish, career-orientated TV presenter who gets seriously ill but soldiers on

Marko Šantić • Director of Wake Me

Marko Šantić • Director of Wake Me
The Slovenian director talks about his fourth feature, a film about redemption and the relations between Slovenians and immigrants from other parts of former Yugoslavia.

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

Antonio Romagnoli • Director of Polvere

Antonio Romagnoli • Director of Polvere
At the Balkan Film Festival in Rome, we talked to the director about his film which details the gradual evolution of a love affair into a sick relationship from which it is difficult to escape

Marija Apcevska • Director of North Pole

Marija Apcevska • Director of North Pole
The Macedonian filmmaker discusses her Cannes-premiered short film, which tackles sexual desire, predation, relationships and social networks

Sierra triumphs at Animateka

Sierra triumphs at Animateka

Estonian director Sander Joon's festival hit has won both the Grand Prix and Audience Award, with other winners including Leo Černic's Pentola and Pablo Polledri's Loop  

08/12 | GoCritic! | Animateka 2022

Petit Films and Tripode Productions win France's IFCIC Prize

Petit Films and Tripode Productions win France's IFCIC Prize

The firms steered by Jean des Forêts and by the duo composed of Delphine Schmit and Guillaume Dreyfus both walked away with the trophy for best fledgling independent production company  

08/12 | Industry | Market | France

Bridging the Dragon explores Euro-Asian collaboration during its yearly lab on Majorca

Bridging the Dragon explores Euro-Asian collaboration during its yearly lab on Majorca

According to the experts present, it is everybody's hope that, in the long run, Chinese policies could ease up and the market will re-open up to foreign content  

07/12 | Bridging the Dragon 2022

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Manticore - by Carlos Vermut

Manticore
by Carlos Vermut
Toronto 2022 - Contemporary World Cinema
Spanish release December 9

Woman on the Roof - by Anna Jadowska

Woman on the Roof
by Anna Jadowska
Tribeca 2022 - Best Performance International Narrative Competition
Polish release December 9

Will-o'-the-Wisp - by João Pedro Rodrigues

Will-o'-the-Wisp
by João Pedro Rodrigues
Cannes 2022 - Directors' Fortnight
German release December 8 and Italian release December 15

Chiara - by Susanna Nicchiarelli

Chiara
by Susanna Nicchiarelli
Venice 2022 - Competition
Italian release December 7

Saint Omer - by Alice Diop

Saint Omer
by Alice Diop
Venice 2022 - Grand Jury Prize and Lion of the Future
Italian release December 9

Wolf and Dog - by Cláudia Varejão

Wolf and Dog
by Cláudia Varejão
Venice 2022 - Giornate degli Autori Director’s Award
Portuguese release December 8

A Piece of Sky - by Michael Koch

A Piece of Sky
by Michael Koch
Berlinale 2022 - Special Mention
Czech release December 8

Corsage - by Marie Kreutzer

Corsage
by Marie Kreutzer
Cannes 2022 - Best Performance Award Un Certain Regard
Italian release December 7, Portuguese release December 8, French release December 14

HLM Pussy by Nora El Hourch is now in post-production

HLM Pussy by Nora El Hourch is now in post-production

Bérénice Bejo and young actors Leah Aubert, Medina Diarra and Salma Takaline all star in the director’s first feature film, produced by Manny Films and sold by Memento International  

07/12 | Production | Funding | France/Morocco

Vít Klusák making the tragicomic documentary A Big Nothing

Vít Klusák making the tragicomic documentary A Big Nothing

The latest, almost-completed film from one half of the team behind Caught in the Net, alongside Marika Pecháčková, chronicles the many oddities of the pandemic era  

07/12 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic

Golden-age Slovak films introduced at LaCinetek, dedicated to the greatest cinema of the 20th century

Golden-age Slovak films introduced at LaCinetek, dedicated to the greatest cinema of the 20th century

The sextuplet of classic Slovakian flicks from the 1960s and 1970s is available to view via VoD in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Austria  

07/12 | Distribution | Releases | Exhibitors | Slovakia/France

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Reviews

The Worst Ones - by Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret

The Worst Ones
by Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret
CANNES 2022: A very successful first feature for Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret who, with great heart, truth and skill, bring inner-city kids through the looking glass

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

A Piece of Sky - by Michael Koch

A Piece of Sky
by Michael Koch
BERLINALE 2022: Michael Koch’s second feature is an Alpine mountain melodrama, studded with strange musical interludes

Falcon Lake - by Charlotte Le Bon

Falcon Lake
by Charlotte Le Bon
CANNES 2022: Charlotte Le Bon’s directorial debut is certainly not the coming-of-age film one might expect to watch

The Man on the Road - by Gianluca Mangiasciutti

The Man on the Road
by Gianluca Mangiasciutti
Gianluca Mangiasciutti’s debut film tells an engaging story about two destroyed lives, which mainly explores the themes of overcoming significant loss and the weight of our own mistakes

Industry Reports

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 08/12/2022

Gender equality in European audiovisual productions

Watch the full video of the online event organised to keep track of the latest developments related to the presence of women in European cinema

Europe and the Rest of the World – 07/12/2022

Bridging the Dragon explores Euro-Asian collaboration during its yearly lab on Majorca

According to the experts present, it is everybody's hope that, in the long run, Chinese policies could ease up and the market will re-open up to foreign content

Produce – Co-Produce... – 06/12/2022

Professionals ask for Italian-Balkan and European synergies to be strengthened at Rome's Balkan Film Festival

The creation of a common fund is the strategic objective to emerge from the workshop, held in Rome during the fifth edition of the festival dedicated to Balkan film

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

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