Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne • Directors of Young Mothers

Interview: Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne • Directors of Young Mothers

"Babies added a documentary element to the shots, a permanent unknown"

CANNES 2025: The Belgian filmmakers talk about their new film, in which they change the narrative paradigm by daring to tell a choral story  

24/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Saeed Roustaee • Director of Woman and Child

Interview: Saeed Roustaee • Director of Woman and Child

"People haven't yet learned to be honest"

CANNES 2025: The Iranian filmmaker deciphers his multi-faceted film centred on a broken woman who opens her eyes, picks herself up and becomes a driving force for change  

24/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo triumphs in Cannes' Un Certain Regard

The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo triumphs in Cannes' Un Certain Regard

CANNES 2025: The film by Chile's Diego Céspedes leads the awards list, which features Simón Mesa Soto, Arab & Tarzan Nasser, Cleo Diáran, Frank Dillane and Harry Lighton  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard/Awards

Review: Young Mothers

Review: Young Mothers

CANNES 2025: Belgian filmmakers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne combine their cinema in the plural, always in touch with reality, its determinisms and its flashes of light  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

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Industry Reports

Produce – Co-Produce... - Experts rethink public film funding at the Marché du Film - 19/05/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 19/05/2025
Experts rethink public film funding at the Marché du Film
CANNES 2025: As audience behaviours evolve, a panel presented by Film i Väst confronted the urgent need for public film agencies to adapt or risk irrelevance

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A busy spring festival season awaits the European film industry. Cineuropa will continue to keep its readers up to date with the latest news and market insights, covering the buzziest events, including Cannes, Kraków, Karlovy Vary, Tribeca, Hot Docs, Annecy, Brussels, Munich and many others

Green Industry Initiatives and Sustainability - The Eco Hub presents over forty green initiatives at the Marché du Film - 23/05/2025

Green Industry Initiatives and Sustainability – 23/05/2025
The Eco Hub presents over forty green initiatives at the Marché du Film
CANNES 2025: The industry event has spotlighted green tips, tools, trends and training initiatives

New Media - The National Film School of Denmark probes the future of filmmaking at Cannes - 22/05/2025

New Media – 22/05/2025
The National Film School of Denmark probes the future of filmmaking at Cannes
CANNES 2025: The panel explored collaboration, education, storytelling gaps and the industry’s resistance to change when it comes to new technologies

Europe and the Rest of the World - Audiovisual cooperation between Europe and Latin America explored at the Marché du Film - 20/05/2025

Europe and the Rest of the World – 20/05/2025
Audiovisual cooperation between Europe and Latin America explored at the Marché du Film
CANNES 2025: The EULAC panel has spotlighted co-productions as a key element in building bridges between the two continents

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - The European Audiovisual Observatory presents Key Trends in the Film Sector - 20/05/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 20/05/2025
The European Audiovisual Observatory presents Key Trends in the Film Sector
CANNES 2025: At a panel, the Council of Europe’s research body discussed global cinema attendance trends, highlighting a 9% worldwide decline in 2024, but with Europe showing resilience

Market Trends - The Nostradamus Report serves as a wake-up call for the screen industries - 19/05/2025

Market Trends – 19/05/2025
The Nostradamus Report serves as a wake-up call for the screen industries
CANNES 2025: The Göteborg Film Festival’s latest industry foresight report argues that the future of cinema depends on structural adaptability and meaningful audience connection

New Media - AI takes centre stage once again at Cannes Next - 19/05/2025

New Media – 19/05/2025
AI takes centre stage once again at Cannes Next
CANNES 2025: The experts participating in the “Reimagining Production” panel explored how AI is revolutionising creativity, business models, workflows and legal frameworks

Alex Lutz • Director of Connemara

Interview: Alex Lutz • Director of Connemara

"Beyond their opposing social backgrounds, what stands in Hélène's and Christophe's way is perhaps above all a question of timing"

CANNES 2025: The French director and actor gives details about his fourth feature film, a social melodrama about the opposing spirits of two lovers  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Cannes Première

The CNC stresses the success of its Aide aux cinémas du monde initiative at Cannes

The CNC stresses the success of its Aide aux cinémas du monde initiative at Cannes

CANNES 2025: A presentation of a selection of case studies showcased the efficacy and wide reach of the French grant  

23/05 | Cannes 2025

Hlynur Pálmason • Director of The Love That Remains

Interview: Hlynur Pálmason • Director of The Love That Remains

“There’s a lot of beauty, and you really need to take care of it – it’s so easy to take things for granted”

CANNES 2025: The Icelandic director talks about his, in a way, very strange creative process  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Cannes Première

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Co-Production Podcast

Episode 76: The Girl with the Needle (Denmark/Poland/Sweden) - 08/05/2025

08/05/2025
Episode 76: The Girl with the Needle (Denmark/Poland/Sweden)
The producers of the film by Magnus von Horn are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 75: Vermiglio (Italy/France/Belgium) - 25/03/2025

25/03/2025
Episode 75: Vermiglio (Italy/France/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Maura Delpero are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 74: Crossing (Sweden/ Denmark/France/Turkey/Georgia) - 20/03/2025

20/03/2025
Episode 74: Crossing (Sweden/ Denmark/France/Turkey/Georgia)
The producers of the film by Levan Akin are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 73: Flow (Latvia/France/Belgium) - 10/12/2024

10/12/2024
Episode 73: Flow (Latvia/France/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Gints Zilbalodis are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 72: Wishing on a Star (Italy/Slovakia/Czech Republic/Austria/Croatia) - 28/11/2024

28/11/2024
Episode 72: Wishing on a Star (Italy/Slovakia/Czech Republic/Austria/Croatia)
The producers of the film by Peter Kerekes are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 71: Superluna (Italy/Belgium) - 14/11/2024

14/11/2024
Episode 71: Superluna (Italy/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Federico Bondi are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 70: Robot Dreams (Spain/France) - 27/06/2024

27/06/2024
Episode 70: Robot Dreams (Spain/France)
The producers of the film by Pablo Berger are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 69: Black Tea (France/ Mauritania/ Luxembourg/ Taiwan/ Côte d'Ivoire) - 30/04/2024

30/04/2024
Episode 69: Black Tea (France/ Mauritania/ Luxembourg/ Taiwan/ Côte d'Ivoire)
The producers of the film by Abderrahmane Sissako are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Antony Cordier • Director of The Party's Over!

Interview: Antony Cordier • Director of The Party's Over!

“I recognised myself in the main character, in his situation, his reactions, his complexes and his problems”

CANNES 2025: The French director uses humour to talk about prejudices and privileges based on social classes in his latest satire  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Director's Fortnight

Review: Dandelion's Odyssey

Review: Dandelion's Odyssey

CANNES 2025: Momoko Seto’s film is a visually stunning but slow-paced animation about four dandelion seeds, which favours atmosphere over narrative  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Critics’ Week

Review: The Girls We Want

Review: The Girls We Want

CANNES 2025: Prïncia Car’s debut feature is an ambitious but muddled coming-of-age tale  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight

Kirill Serebrennikov • Director of The Disappearance of Josef Mengele

Interview: Kirill Serebrennikov • Director of The Disappearance of Josef Mengele

"I wanted to get a grasp of the collective system called Mengele – the people who helped him, protected him, funded him, hid him"

CANNES 2025: The Russian director in exile elaborates on his motivation to dissect a Nazi mind on screen and reveals behind-the-scenes production details  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Cannes Première

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Photogalleries

Cannes 2025 – Photogalleries - 13/05/2025

13/05/2025
Cannes 2025 – Photogalleries
The international film industry is gathering again on the Croisette for a packed edition of the Cannes Film Festival and its Marché du Film, unspooling from 13-24 May. Discover the festival highlights in our exclusive photo galleries

Berlinale 2025 – Photogalleries - 13/02/2025

13/02/2025
Berlinale 2025 – Photogalleries
The Berlin International Film Festival returns for its 75th edition, the first under the direction of Tricia Tuttle, from 13-23 February. Check out the festival highlights in our exclusive photogalleries

San Sebastian 2024 – Photogalleries - 23/09/2024

23/09/2024
San Sebastian 2024 – Photogalleries
The San Sebastián International Film Festival cements its position on the global festival circuit with its 72st edition, which is unspooling from 20-28 September. Check out our exclusive photo galleries

Venice 2024 – Photogalleries - 27/08/2024

27/08/2024
Venice 2024 – Photogalleries
After the media storm triggered by last year's SAG-AFTRA strike, the global film community is back on the Lido for the 81st Venice Film Festival, unspooling from 28 August-7 September. Discover the festival highlights and the international stars walking the red carpet in our exclusive photo galleries

Cannes 2024 – Photogalleries - 14/05/2024

14/05/2024
Cannes 2024 – Photogalleries
The international film industry is gathering again on the Croisette for a packed edition of the Cannes Film Festival and its Marché du Film, unspooling from 14-25 May. Discover the festival highlights in our exclusive photo galleries

Berlinale 2024 – Photogalleries - 15/02/2024

15/02/2024
Berlinale 2024 – Photogalleries
The Berlin International Film Festival returns for its 74th edition, the last under the direction of Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek, from 15-25 February. Check out the festival highlights in our exclusive photogalleries

San Sebastián 2023 – Photogalleries - 25/09/2023

25/09/2023
San Sebastián 2023 – Photogalleries
The San Sebastián International Film Festival cements its position on the global festival circuit with its 71st edition, which is unspooling from 22-30 September. Check out our exclusive photo galleries

Venice 2023 – Photogalleries - 01/09/2023

01/09/2023
Venice 2023 – Photogalleries
After the media storm triggered by the SAG-AFTRA strike, the global film community is back on the Lido for the 80th Venice Film Festival, unspooling from 30 August-9 September. Discover the festival highlights and the international stars walking the red carpet in our exclusive photo galleries

Review: Caravan

Review: Caravan

CANNES 2025: A Czech mother and her son with Down syndrome journey through Italy in Zuzana Kirchnerová’s road movie about fatigue, love and human connections  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Imago receives the Golden Eye in Cannes

Imago receives the Golden Eye in Cannes

CANNES 2025: Déni Oumar Pitsaev’s film takes the crown for Best Documentary screened this year on the Croisette; Special Mention for The Six Billion Dollar Man  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Awards

First Summer triumphs in Cannes' La Cinef Selection

First Summer triumphs in Cannes' La Cinef Selection

CANNES 2025: South Korea's Heo Gayoung wins the first prize and China's Qu Zhizheng wins the second prize ; Japan's Miki Tanaka and Estonia's Natalia Mirzoyan also in the awards list  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Awards

Reviews

The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo - by Diego Céspedes

The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo
by Diego Céspedes
CANNES 2025: The desert puts on its gala clothes in Diego Céspedes' first feature, a queer film in which desire, love and death intertwine in a baroque spectacle tinged with a western atmosphere

A Poet - by Simón Mesa Soto

A Poet
by Simón Mesa Soto
CANNES 2025: Simón Mesa Soto paints a humorous and thoughtful portrait of a good-for-nothing poetry bum worth rooting for

Once Upon a Time in Gaza - by Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser

Once Upon a Time in Gaza
by Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser
CANNES 2025: In their humanistic, precise and relaxed style, brothers Arab and Tarzan Nasser put together the true and the false, reality and fiction, genre cinema and geo-political x-ray

I Only Rest In The Storm - by Pedro Pinho

I Only Rest In The Storm
by Pedro Pinho
CANNES 2025: Portuguese auteur Pedro Pinho crafts an epic chronicle of an expat NGO worker discovering himself in Guinea-Bissau

Urchin - by Harris Dickinson

Urchin
by Harris Dickinson
CANNES 2025: Harris Dickinson debuts as a director with this striking depiction of addiction that blends light comedy and emotional depth

Pillion - by Harry Lighton

Pillion
by Harry Lighton
CANNES 2025: Harry Lighton has made a name for himself with his astonishing debut feature, a story of love and submission set in the world of bikers, with a wicked sense of humour

Young Mothers - by Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Young Mothers
by Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne
CANNES 2025: Belgian filmmakers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne combine their cinema in the plural, always in touch with reality, its determinisms and its flashes of light

Resurrection - by Bi Gan

Resurrection
by Bi Gan
CANNES 2025: Bi Gan’s spectacular dream-fugue aims to resurrect the history of 20th-century cinema, one era at a time

Ben Vandendaele • Founder, FilmConnector

Interview: Ben Vandendaele • Founder, FilmConnector

"FilmConnector is a platform that will allow you to never use Google Sheets again for your festival submission strategy"

CANNES 2025: The expert has unveiled a bold new initiative born from the everyday frustrations of festival submissions and fragmented workflows  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Marché du Film

Josef Kullengård • Head of Industry, Göteborg Film Festival

Interview: Josef Kullengård • Head of Industry, Göteborg Film Festival

"The industry needs to go from not recognising what is going on around us to resisting the reality that has already started to happen"

CANNES 2025: The expert shares his thoughts on this year’s Marché du Film and on the 12th edition of the Nostradamus Report, a document that takes the temperature of the times  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Marché du Film

Fred Burle, Géraldine Sprimont, Lionel Massol • Producers

Interview: Fred Burle, Géraldine Sprimont, Lionel Massol • Producers

“Dancing between creativity and finances is exactly what makes producers’ work so thrilling and interesting”

CANNES 2025: The producers from Germany, Belgium and France discuss their projects and their attendance at the festival through the EFP initiative Producers on the Move  

23/05 | Producers on the Move 2025

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Interviews

Tarik Saleh • Director of Eagles of the Republic

Tarik Saleh • Director of Eagles of the Republic
CANNES 2025: The Swedish filmmaker of Egyptian origin unpicks his captivating film noir, which is the third chapter of his Cairo-based trilogy

Hafsia Herzi • Director of The Little Sister

Hafsia Herzi • Director of The Little Sister
CANNES 2025: The French filmmaker talks about why and how she adapted the novel by Fatima Daas, and what personal elements she brought to the film

Chie Hayakawa • Director of Renoir

Chie Hayakawa • Director of Renoir
CANNES 2025: The Japanese director shares her thoughts about art, life and death, and describes how her movie parallels her own life journey

Óliver Laxe • Director of Sirât

Óliver Laxe • Director of Sirât
CANNES 2025: The Spanish filmmaker explains why his film was born to build a rite of passage for himself, and also invite the viewers to look inside themselves

Valéry Carnoy • Director of Wild Foxes

Valéry Carnoy • Director of Wild Foxes
CANNES 2025: The Belgian filmmaker explores subjects such as the injunction to be virile and the relationship with violence in his first feature film

Alexe Poukine • Director of Kika

Alexe Poukine • Director of Kika
CANNES 2025: The filmmaker chatted with us about her first fiction feature film, a comic drama inspiring laughs and tears about a woman in love and grieving

Erige Sehiri • Director of Promised Sky

Erige Sehiri • Director of Promised Sky
CANNES 2025: The French-Tunisian filmmaker explains the intentions which fed into her second fiction feature film which revolves around three migrant women brought together by circumstance in Tunis

Laura Wandel • Director of Adam’s Sake

Laura Wandel • Director of Adam’s Sake
CANNES 2025: The Belgian filmmaker talks to us about her breathless, immersive portrait of a paediatric nurse who reaches the limits of her practice

Review: Resurrection

Review: Resurrection

CANNES 2025: Bi Gan’s spectacular dream-fugue aims to resurrect the history of 20th-century cinema, one era at a time  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Review: Aisha Can’t Fly Away

Review: Aisha Can’t Fly Away

CANNES 2025: Morad Mostafa crafts a debut feature that’s cinematically familiar in its festival aesthetic but is let down by a surface-level story despite its weighty themes  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Mario Martone • Director of Fuori

Interview: Mario Martone • Director of Fuori

“Every human being can feel trapped and only our imagination can free us”

CANNES 2025: The Italian filmmaker tells us about his dive, through fiction, into the universe of cult writer Goliarda Sapienza and 1980 Rome  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Urchin - by Harris Dickinson

Urchin
by Harris Dickinson
Cannes 2025 - Un Certain Regard
Best Actor Award

Young Mothers - by Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Young Mothers
by Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Cannes 2025 - Competition

Resurrection - by Bi Gan

Resurrection
by Bi Gan
Cannes 2025 - Competition

Sentimental Value - by Joachim Trier

Sentimental Value
by Joachim Trier
Cannes 2025 - Competition

Colours of Time - by Cédric Klapisch

Colours of Time
by Cédric Klapisch
Cannes 2025 - Out of Competition

Romería - by Carla Simón

Romería
by Carla Simón
Cannes 2025 - Competition

A Useful Ghost - by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke

A Useful Ghost
by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
Cannes 2025 - Critics’ Week
Grand Prize

Nino - by Pauline Loquès

Nino
by Pauline Loquès
Cannes 2025 - Critics’ Week
Rising Star Award

Thierry Klifa • Director of The Richest Woman in the World

Interview: Thierry Klifa • Director of The Richest Woman in the World

“This is the story of a girl who discovers that her mother is capable of love, even though she has never loved her”

CANNES 2025: The French filmmaker talks about the origins and the stakes of his new feature, which fictionalises the Liliane Bettencourt case  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Out of competition

The Eco Hub presents over forty green initiatives at the Marché du Film

The Eco Hub presents over forty green initiatives at the Marché du Film

CANNES 2025: The industry event has spotlighted green tips, tools, trends and training initiatives  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Marché du Film

Review: The Guest

Review: The Guest

Zuzanna Solakiewicz and Zvika Gregory Portnoy’s film, co-directed by Michał Bielawski, is a subtle and tender study of human connection  

23/05 | Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2025

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Reviews

Woman and Child - by Saeed Roustaee

Woman and Child
by Saeed Roustaee
CANNES 2025: Saeed Roustaee weaves a highly sophisticated narrative and visual constellation around a grieving woman who decides to stop compromising

Caravan - by Zuzana Kirchnerová

Caravan
by Zuzana Kirchnerová
CANNES 2025: A Czech mother and her son with Down syndrome journey through Italy in Zuzana Kirchnerová’s road movie about fatigue, love and human connections

Yes - by Nadav Lapid

Yes
by Nadav Lapid
CANNES 2025: Nadav Lapid valiantly attempts to take Israel’s temperature after 7 October but can only say so much from his soapbox

Sentimental Value - by Joachim Trier

Sentimental Value
by Joachim Trier
CANNES 2025: Joachim Trier comes close to going full Bergman in this touching family psychodrama but amps up the gentle humour

Romería - by Carla Simón

Romería
by Carla Simón
CANNES 2025: Golden Bear winner Carla Simón brings another beautifully crafted personal story, which captivates with its deceptive simplicity

Industry Reports

Green Industry Initiatives and Sustainability – 23/05/2025

The Eco Hub presents over forty green initiatives at the Marché du Film

CANNES 2025: The industry event has spotlighted green tips, tools, trends and training initiatives

New Media – 22/05/2025

The National Film School of Denmark probes the future of filmmaking at Cannes

CANNES 2025: The panel explored collaboration, education, storytelling gaps and the industry’s resistance to change when it comes to new technologies

Europe and the Rest of the World – 20/05/2025

Audiovisual cooperation between Europe and Latin America explored at the Marché du Film

CANNES 2025: The EULAC panel has spotlighted co-productions as a key element in building bridges between the two continents

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 20/05/2025

The European Audiovisual Observatory presents Key Trends in the Film Sector

CANNES 2025: At a panel, the Council of Europe’s research body discussed global cinema attendance trends, highlighting a 9% worldwide decline in 2024, but with Europe showing resilience

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