Sébastien Hussenot • Producer of The Woman Sitting in the Corridor

Interview: Sébastien Hussenot • Producer of The Woman Sitting in the Corridor

“The plot centres on a woman who discovers, through transitional justice, the truth about her family history during the Ben Ali years”

Cineuropa met the producer from French company La Luna Productions, who discussed the project of Tunisian director Lotfi Achour  

23/10 | Cinemed 2024 | Cinemed Meetings

Review: Becoming Ana

Review: Becoming Ana

Actress Marta Nieto makes her directorial debut with a heartfelt and sensitive feature in which she plays the lead role and tackles the personal grey areas for the mother of a trans child  

23/10 | Seminci 2024

Manuela Buono • Producer of Intra montes

Interview: Manuela Buono • Producer of Intra montes

“What’s important is to propose a language that illuminates our contemporary world, even if it is a historical film”

Cineuropa met the producer from Italian company Slingshot Film who discussed Alberto Diana’s project  

23/10 | Cinemed 2024 | Cinemed Meetings

Review: Alice On&Off

Review: Alice On&Off

Isabela Tent’s documentary checks whether transgenerational trauma can leave any room for hope  

23/10 | Astra 2024

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Industry Reports

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - At EWIP, panellists explore diverse and successful distribution strategies for Smoke Sauna Sisterhood and Anatomy of a Fall - 17/10/2024

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 17/10/2024
At EWIP, panellists explore diverse and successful distribution strategies for Smoke Sauna Sisterhood and Anatomy of a Fall
Distributors at the event delved into national and culturally specific campaigns for two very different but immensely successful arthouse films from 2023

Market Trends
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A busy autumn/winter 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 London, Rome, Seminci, DOK Leipzig, Ji.hlava, Riga, Stockholm, IDFA, Tallinn, Turin and Les Arcs

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Innovators share new platforms, solutions and paradigms for distribution at IFDS - 23/10/2024

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 23/10/2024
Innovators share new platforms, solutions and paradigms for distribution at IFDS
Speakers discussed how the future of distribution waterfalls lies in data transparency and comprehensive reporting, while achieving success among audiences entails new types of communication

Europe and the Rest of the World - Ahmed Shawky • Head, CineGouna Funding - 23/10/2024

Europe and the Rest of the World – 23/10/2024
Ahmed Shawky • Head, CineGouna Funding
The Egyptian film critic and FIPRESCI president, who is heading CineGouna Funding for the second year, tells us about the changes he has introduced

Produce – Co-Produce... - At Rome's MIA, Apulia confirms its role as an international cinema hub - 22/10/2024

Produce – Co-Produce... – 22/10/2024
At Rome's MIA, Apulia confirms its role as an international cinema hub
The speakers highlighted the great potential of the Italian region, able to attract a growing number of sets thanks to support offered by the film commission and local authorities

Series - Experts, creators and producers explore the latest scripted television trends and content at European Series Day - 18/10/2024

Series – 18/10/2024
Experts, creators and producers explore the latest scripted television trends and content at European Series Day
The 2024 edition shed light on the types of shows that viewers are watching across Europe and took a deep dive into four scripted series

Market Trends - The Italian audiovisual industry is growing, according to the 6th APA Report on national production - 17/10/2024

Market Trends – 17/10/2024
The Italian audiovisual industry is growing, according to the 6th APA Report on national production
2023 revenue rose 20% on 2022 and now totals €12 billion, while series are revealed to be the dominant format, with a boom in productions for young audiences

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Ampere Analysis’s Guy Bisson dissects the slowdown in scripted-content spending - 16/10/2024

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 16/10/2024
Ampere Analysis’s Guy Bisson dissects the slowdown in scripted-content spending
The figures outlined at MIA suggest that safer renewals and lower-budget productions are on the rise, while revealing opportunities for licensing and co-productions in Europe and Asia

Innovators share new platforms, solutions and paradigms for distribution at IFDS

Innovators share new platforms, solutions and paradigms for distribution at IFDS

Speakers discussed how the future of distribution waterfalls lies in data transparency and comprehensive reporting, while achieving success among audiences entails new types of communication  

23/10 | European Work in Progress Cologne 2024

Alexandre Gavras • Producer of Bab El Sahra

Interview: Alexandre Gavras • Producer of Bab El Sahra

“The films we’ve produced are about topics we’re not used to seeing, that are a bit out of the ordinary”

Cineuropa met with the producer from KG Productions, who discussed Salim Brahimi’s project and the company’s other current endeavours  

23/10 | Cinemed 2024 | Cinemed Meetings

Thessaloniki celebrates icons, new talents and Greek cinema

Thessaloniki celebrates icons, new talents and Greek cinema

The 65th edition of the festival returns with a star-studded line-up, honouring Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes and Panos H Koutras, while showcasing regional and international cinematic voices  

23/10 | Thessaloniki 2024

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Co-Production Podcast

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

Episode 68: Paradise Is Burning (Sweden/Italy/Denmark/Finland) - 18/04/2024

18/04/2024
Episode 68: Paradise Is Burning (Sweden/Italy/Denmark/Finland)
The producers of the film by Mika Gustafson are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 67: The Empire (France/ Germany/Italy/Belgium/Portugal) - 09/04/2024

09/04/2024
Episode 67: The Empire (France/ Germany/Italy/Belgium/Portugal)
The producers of the film by Bruno Dumont are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 66: Green Border (Poland/Czech Republic/ France/Belgium) - 13/02/2024

13/02/2024
Episode 66: Green Border (Poland/Czech Republic/ France/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Agnieszka Holland are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 65: Savages! (Switzerland/France/Belgium) - 13/12/2023

13/12/2023
Episode 65: Savages! (Switzerland/France/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Claude Barras are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 64: Pure Unknown (Italy/Switzerland/Sweden) - 12/12/2023

12/12/2023
Episode 64: Pure Unknown (Italy/Switzerland/Sweden)
The producers of the film by Mattia Colombo and Valentina Cicogna are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 63: Misty – The Erroll Garner Story (Switzerland/Germany/France) - 11/12/2023

11/12/2023
Episode 63: Misty – The Erroll Garner Story (Switzerland/Germany/France)
The producers of the film by Georges Gachot are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Review: Chaos and Silence

Review: Chaos and Silence

Anatol Schuster’s enigmatic drama follows a couple as they face life transitions, while their landlady’s strange mental breakdown disrupts people’s lives  

23/10 | Warsaw 2024

Madrid doubles as London in the new season of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

Madrid doubles as London in the new season of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

The Spanish capital continues to prove its versatility as a prime filming destination for international productions  

23/10 | Sponsored

Ahmed Shawky • Head, CineGouna Funding

Interview: Ahmed Shawky • Head, CineGouna Funding

“We are a place where you can get access to important platforms, and meet European distributors, festivals and labs”

The Egyptian film critic and FIPRESCI president, who is heading CineGouna Funding for the second year, tells us about the changes he has introduced  

23/10 | /Egypt

Professionals from 21 countries gather at the fourth Shooting Locations Marketplace

Professionals from 21 countries gather at the fourth Shooting Locations Marketplace

A clutch of film commissioners and location professionals offer their perspectives on this year’s event in Valladolid  

23/10 | Shooting Locations Marketplace 2024

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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 - 27/05/2024

27/05/2024
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

Close wins the 2023 LUX Audience Award - 27/06/2023

27/06/2023
Close wins the 2023 LUX Audience Award
Lukas Dhont’s heartbreaking coming-of-age drama has emerged as the winner of the European audience award, determined by ratings from the public and Members of the European Parliament

Cannes 2023 – Photogalleries - 17/05/2023

17/05/2023
Cannes 2023 – 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 16-27 May. Discover the festival highlights in our exclusive photo galleries

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser for IDFA Luminous title Personale

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser for IDFA Luminous title Personale

Carmen Trocker’s documentary zooms in on a hotel in the Italian Dolomites, focusing on the workers behind the scenes of the tourist narrative  

23/10 | IDFA 2024

Liliana Torres • Director of Mamífera

Interview: Liliana Torres • Director of Mamífera

“The lack of positive role models for women who don’t want to be mothers contributes to stigmatisation”

The Spanish director talks about her latest film, an exploration of bodily, reproductive and social autonomy around women who don't want to be mothers  

23/10 | Warsaw 2024

Review: Monsieur Aznavour

Review: Monsieur Aznavour

Mehdi Idir and Grand Corps Malade sign a vast biopic full of contrasts about an ambivalent, tenacious and ambitious artist from a penniless immigrant background  

22/10 | Films | Reviews | France/Belgium

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Reviews

Three Kilometres to the End of the World - by Emanuel Pârvu

Three Kilometres to the End of the World
by Emanuel Pârvu
CANNES 2024: In the best Romanian tradition, Emanuel Pârvu spins a highly sophisticated yarn in a small village in the Danube Delta where a brutal event sees diverging interests intertwined

Fario - by Lucie Prost

Fario
by Lucie Prost
In her debut feature, Lucie Prost follows the adventures of a young man confronted with trauma that he can’t overcome, with repressed emotions that burn inside like poison

Into the Wonderwoods - by Vincent Paronnaud, Alexis Ducord

Into the Wonderwoods
by Vincent Paronnaud, Alexis Ducord
Vincent Paronnaud and Alexis Ducord deliver a mega-dynamic and incredibly funny film for all audiences about a very young adventurer who never gives up

The Deposition - by Claudia Marschal

The Deposition
by Claudia Marschal
Claudia Marschal delivers an incredibly powerful and subtly directed film on the poignant subject of a sexual assault carried out by a priest on a young teenage boy

The Wailing - by Pedro Martín-Calero

The Wailing
by Pedro Martín-Calero
Pedro Martín-Calero and Isabel Peña present a powerful and disturbing film that talks about the effects of violence against women via a contemporary feminist horror story

The Great Ambition - by Andrea Segre

The Great Ambition
by Andrea Segre
Screening Andrea Segre’s movie about the historic national secretary of the Communist Party, the 19th Rome Film Fest is opening to the tune of political engagement and nostalgia for lost ideologies

Memories of a Burning Body - by Antonella Sudasassi Furniss

Memories of a Burning Body
by Antonella Sudasassi Furniss
BERLINALE 2024: Antonella Sudasassi Furniss’ second feature film is an emancipatory cry uniting different generations of women who have been held back by limits set by the patriarchy

Rita - by Paz Vega

Rita
by Paz Vega
For her filmmaking debut, Spanish actress Paz Vega chooses to tell a story of domestic abuse from the perspective of a child

Review: The Weeping Walk

Review: The Weeping Walk

Already adapted three times for the big screen, Dimitri Verhulst makes his debut as auteur and director with an absurd comedy carried by the always remarkable Peter Van den Begin  

22/10 | Films | Reviews | Belgium/Netherlands

At Rome's MIA, Apulia confirms its role as an international cinema hub

At Rome's MIA, Apulia confirms its role as an international cinema hub

The speakers highlighted the great potential of the Italian region, able to attract a growing number of sets thanks to support offered by the film commission and local authorities  

22/10 | MIA 2024

South International Series Festival celebrates its second edition

South International Series Festival celebrates its second edition

Cadiz will host not only a dozen world premieres, but also industry activities around platforms, televisions and their creations  

22/10 | South Series 2024

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Interviews

Christophe Leparc • Director, Cinemed

Christophe Leparc • Director, Cinemed
The impact of current conflicts, geographical trends and the birth of projects: the director of the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival walks us through the 46th edition

Sébastien Hussenot • Producer of The Woman Sitting in the Corridor

Sébastien Hussenot • Producer of The Woman Sitting in the Corridor
Cineuropa met the producer from French company La Luna Productions, who discussed the project of Tunisian director Lotfi Achour

Manuela Buono • Producer of Intra montes

Manuela Buono • Producer of Intra montes
Cineuropa met the producer from Italian company Slingshot Film who discussed Alberto Diana’s project

Alexandre Gavras • Producer of Bab El Sahra

Alexandre Gavras • Producer of Bab El Sahra
Cineuropa met with the producer from KG Productions, who discussed Salim Brahimi’s project and the company’s other current endeavours

Ahmed Shawky • Head, CineGouna Funding

Ahmed Shawky • Head, CineGouna Funding
The Egyptian film critic and FIPRESCI president, who is heading CineGouna Funding for the second year, tells us about the changes he has introduced

Liliana Torres • Director of Mamífera

Liliana Torres • Director of Mamífera
The Spanish director talks about her latest film, an exploration of bodily, reproductive and social autonomy around women who don't want to be mothers

Milko Lazarov • Director of Tarika

Milko Lazarov • Director of Tarika
The Bulgarian director breaks down his third feature, which wraps up a triptych exploring forces and meanings stemming from the invisible layers of human existence

Robert Budina • Director of Waterdrop

Robert Budina • Director of Waterdrop
The Albanian director shares the sociopolitical inspirations behind his latest film and its complex main character

Review: An Almost Perfect Family

Review: An Almost Perfect Family

Wildly slaloming between being overly personal and not exactly convincing, Tudor Platon’s documentary still succeeds in conveying the feeling of permanent loss  

22/10 | Astra 2024

Review: Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

Review: Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

Twins Stephen and Timothy Quay return to cinema with a hallucinated feature that makes fun of time, inspired by the stories of writer Bruno Schulz  

22/10 | London 2024

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for IDFA Luminous title The Jacket

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for IDFA Luminous title The Jacket

Mathijs Poppe’s documentary is a portrait of a Palestinian man who lives in exile with his family in the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut  

22/10 | IDFA 2024

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Parthenope - by Paolo Sorrentino

Parthenope
by Paolo Sorrentino
Cannes 2024 - Competition
Italian release October 24

Three Kilometres to the End of the World - by Emanuel Pârvu

Three Kilometres to the End of the World
by Emanuel Pârvu
Cannes 2024 - Competition
French release October 23

Fario - by Lucie Prost

Fario
by Lucie Prost
Locarno 2024 - Cineasti del Presente
French release October 23

Into the Wonderwoods - by Vincent Paronnaud, Alexis Ducord

Into the Wonderwoods
by Vincent Paronnaud, Alexis Ducord
Cannes 2024 - Special Screenings
Annecy 2024 - Competition
French release October 23

Rita - by Paz Vega

Rita
by Paz Vega
Locarno 2024 - Piazza Grande
Spanish release October 25

Dahomey - by Mati Diop

Dahomey
by Mati Diop
Berlinale 2024 - Golden Bear for Best Film
German release October 24 and Polish release October 25

When Fall Is Coming - by François Ozon

When Fall Is Coming
by François Ozon
San Sebastián 2024 - Jury Prize for Best Screenplay and Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance
Dutch release October

Foreign Tongue - by Claire Burger

Foreign Tongue
by Claire Burger
Berlinale 2024 - Competition
German release October 24

Germany’s Beta Film and Brazil’s Grupo Globo announce joint development of the crime-drama series Discipline

Germany’s Beta Film and Brazil’s Grupo Globo announce joint development of the crime-drama series Discipline

The eight-hour show marks the beginning of a multi-year partnership between the two content powerhouses  

22/10 | Production | Funding | Germany/Brazil

Erik Tikan’s forthcoming documentary Between Borders in post-production

Erik Tikan’s forthcoming documentary Between Borders in post-production

The filmmaker’s sophomore doc, focusing on an Estonian volunteer in Ukraine, delves into the psychological toll the war is taking on volunteers and their families  

22/10 | Production | Funding | Estonia

Tallinn Black Nights announces the films in its Critics’ Picks competition

Tallinn Black Nights announces the films in its Critics’ Picks competition

Ten world premieres from around the globe are on the agenda, including the new efforts by Adilkhan Yerzhanov, and duo Petr Kazda and Tomáš Weinreb  

22/10 | Black Nights 2024 | Critics’ Picks

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Reviews

Holy Week - by Andrei Cohn

Holy Week
by Andrei Cohn
BERLINALE 2024: Andrei Cohn’s period drama dissects the cycle of violence through the story of a Jewish innkeeper in the Romanian countryside

The Room Next Door - by Pedro Almodóvar

The Room Next Door
by Pedro Almodóvar
VENICE 2024: Where’s that Madrid heat? Pedro Almodóvar’s first feature in English might leave you cold

Tarika - by Milko Lazarov

Tarika
by Milko Lazarov
In Milko Lazarov’s third feature, a teenage girl’s spinal anomaly becomes the stuff of fairy tales in rural Bulgaria

Good Children - by Filip Peruzović

Good Children
by Filip Peruzović
Filip Šovagović and Nina Violić shine as middle-aged, bickering siblings in Filip Peruzović’s debut feature

Waterdrop - by Robert Budina

Waterdrop
by Robert Budina
One drop is all it takes to break the dam in the third feature by Albanian filmmaker Robert Budina, a scathing realist indictment of collective complicity in violent patriarchal systems

Industry Reports

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 23/10/2024

Innovators share new platforms, solutions and paradigms for distribution at IFDS

Speakers discussed how the future of distribution waterfalls lies in data transparency and comprehensive reporting, while achieving success among audiences entails new types of communication

Europe and the Rest of the World – 23/10/2024

Ahmed Shawky • Head, CineGouna Funding

The Egyptian film critic and FIPRESCI president, who is heading CineGouna Funding for the second year, tells us about the changes he has introduced

Produce – Co-Produce... – 22/10/2024

At Rome's MIA, Apulia confirms its role as an international cinema hub

The speakers highlighted the great potential of the Italian region, able to attract a growing number of sets thanks to support offered by the film commission and local authorities

Series – 18/10/2024

Experts, creators and producers explore the latest scripted television trends and content at European Series Day

The 2024 edition shed light on the types of shows that viewers are watching across Europe and took a deep dive into four scripted series

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