At Tallinn, Beta Film and ZDF Studios share their production and distribution challenges, and new joint-venture shows

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  

02/12 | Black Nights 2022 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

At Industry@Tallinn, Belarusian independent filmmakers talk about the struggles of producing films and fighting for freedom

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  

02/12 | Black Nights 2022 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

FIFDH Impact Days announces its 2023 selection

FIFDH Impact Days announces its 2023 selection

A total of 16 projects hailing from all over the world have been selected and are set to be presented in March 2023 during the special event held in Geneva  

02/12 | FIFDH 2023 | FIFDH Industry

Yvan Attal wraps filming on Un coup de dés n'abolira jamais le hasard

Yvan Attal wraps filming on Un coup de dés n'abolira jamais le hasard

Guillaume Canet, Marie-Josée Croze, Maïwenn and Victor Belmondo star in the actor-director’s new movie, produced by Curiosa Films  

02/12 | Production | Funding | France

Co-funded by the European Union - Creative Europe MEDIA
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Industry Reports

Produce – Co-Produce... - “Creativity is buzzing, but we need more time and money,” stress Israeli directors at Tallinn - 29/11/2022

Produce – Co-Produce... – 29/11/2022
“Creativity is buzzing, but we need more time and money,” stress Israeli directors at Tallinn
The panel saw seven filmmakers sharing the challenges involved in producing and distributing their works in their country

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming
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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.

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

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Europa Distribution tackles new and old challenges for the release of documentaries at IDFA - 01/12/2022

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 01/12/2022
Europa Distribution tackles new and old challenges for the release of documentaries at IDFA
The decline in cinema attendance for arthouse films after the pandemic and the challenges of releasing independent documentaries were among the many topics discussed by distributors at the festival

Animation - Jean-François Le Corre • Producer, Vivement Lundi ! - 01/12/2022

Animation – 01/12/2022
Jean-François Le Corre • Producer, Vivement Lundi !
The head of the French company analyses the powerful comeback of stop-motion animation, to which Unifrance is dedicating a focus for the very first time within the Yokohama French Film Festival

Produce – Co-Produce... - Alicja Grawon-Jaksik • Producer, MTL Max Film - 30/11/2022

Produce – Co-Produce... – 30/11/2022
Alicja Grawon-Jaksik • Producer, MTL Max Film
We had a chinwag with the producer, recently appointed vice-president of the established Polish production house, which for the past 30 years has mainly produced romantic comedies

Green Industry Initiatives and Sustainability - Luca Ferrario • Director, Trentino Film Commission - 29/11/2022

Green Industry Initiatives and Sustainability – 29/11/2022
Luca Ferrario • Director, Trentino Film Commission
At Tallinn, we met up with the Italian professional to talk through the initial results achieved by Green Film, and how the tool plans to expand its reach and impact

Episode 38: Scarlet (France/Italy/Germany)

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  

01/12 | The Co-production Podcast

Women in European cinema: are we making progress?

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  

01/12 | Promotion | Europe

Review: Orlando

Review: Orlando

Shot in Brussels, Daniele Vicari’s movie depicts an affectionate coming together and clashing of two generations and, potentially, two forms of cinema  

01/12 | Turin 2022

Discover Moonday

Co-Production Podcast

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

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

Carlota Pereda shooting her second feature, La ermita

Carlota Pereda shooting her second feature, La ermita

The Piggy director has now enlisted the talents of Belén Rueda, who stars in this sinister fable about loss and motherhood, which unfolds in two, distant time periods  

01/12 | Production | Funding | Spain

Mona J Hoel • Director of Night

Interview: Mona J Hoel • Director of Night

"I developed this story out of my own experience of domestic violence"

The Norwegian director discusses her newest feature, which portrays the struggles of a married woman who is forced to travel to the faraway place where her husband lives to face him  

01/12 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Ivan Gergolet • Director of The Man Without Guilt

Interview: Ivan Gergolet • Director of The Man Without Guilt

"The way out of revenge, of being hurt and feeling devastated, is forgiveness"

The Italian filmmaker talks about his first feature, which follows the journey through loss and suffering of a widow of a worker who died from an asbestos-related disease  

01/12 | Black Nights 2022 | First Feature Competition

Europa Distribution tackles new and old challenges for the release of documentaries at IDFA

Europa Distribution tackles new and old challenges for the release of documentaries at IDFA

The decline in cinema attendance for arthouse films after the pandemic and the challenges of releasing independent documentaries were among the many topics discussed by distributors at the festival  

01/12 | IDFA 2022 | IDFA for Professionals

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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

Carol Morley • Director of Typist Artist Pirate King

Interview: Carol Morley • Director of Typist Artist Pirate King

“It was impossible to make an ordinary film about such an extraordinary woman”

British artist Audrey Amiss was recognised only after her death, thanks to filmmaker Carol Morley, who made a movie about her and disclosed some interesting details to Cineuropa  

01/12 | Black Nights 2022 | Critics’ Picks

Les Arcs' highly prized Work in Progress selects 14 titles

Les Arcs' highly prized Work in Progress selects 14 titles

Features in post-production looking for international sales agents will be showcased on 11 December in the Industry Village of the Savoyard resort  

01/12 | Les Arcs 2022 | Industry Village

Saint Omer and Pacifiction receive the Louis-Delluc prize ex-aequo

Saint Omer and Pacifiction receive the Louis-Delluc prize ex-aequo

The title of best French film of 2022 went to Alice Diop and Albert Serra’s works, while Falcon Lake by Charlotte Le Bon is awarded in the first feature category  

01/12 | Festivals | Awards | France

Reviews

Orlando - by Daniele Vicari

Orlando
by Daniele Vicari
Shot in Brussels, Daniele Vicari’s movie depicts an affectionate coming together and clashing of two generations and, potentially, two forms of cinema

Suro - by Mikel Gurrea

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

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

Smoking Causes Coughing - by Quentin Dupieux

Smoking Causes Coughing
by Quentin Dupieux
CANNES 2022: With his latest effort, prolific filmmaker Quentin Dupieux will make you love anti-smoking propaganda

Monica - by Andrea Pallaoro

Monica
by Andrea Pallaoro
VENICE 2022: Andrea Pallaoro’s third film fails to hold the audience’s attention, relying too heavily on things left unsaid and a soporific pace

Sonne - by Kurdwin Ayub

Sonne
by Kurdwin Ayub
BERLINALE 2022: Kurdwin Ayub’s feature debut looks at the intersection of Generation Z social-media use and modern Muslim identity

Driving Mum - by Hilmar Oddsson

Driving Mum
by Hilmar Oddsson
Hilmar Oddsson’s comeback film feels rusty, just like his protagonist’s clapped-out car. But every once in a while, it actually runs smoothly

The Land Within - by Fisnik Maxville

The Land Within
by Fisnik Maxville
In his feature-length fiction debut, Fisnik Maxville deals with family secrets that come to light in the aftermath of the 1990s conflict in Kosovo

Review: Sashenka

Review: Sashenka

Olexandr Zhovna’s sophomore feature shows enough to unsettle, but things get too convoluted and confusing along the way  

01/12 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Nikolaj Nikitin • Head programmer, Critics’ Picks, Tallinn Black Nights

Interview: Nikolaj Nikitin • Head programmer, Critics’ Picks, Tallinn Black Nights

“I believe in focused and high-quality curating with diverse representation”

We caught up with the head programmer of PÖFF’s brand-new strand dedicated to powerful and artistically outstanding works that might otherwise be overlooked  

01/12 | Black Nights 2022 | Critics’ Picks

Jean-François Le Corre • Producer, Vivement Lundi !

Interview: Jean-François Le Corre • Producer, Vivement Lundi !

"The stop-motion revival is a global phenomenon"

The head of the French company analyses the powerful comeback of stop-motion animation, to which Unifrance is dedicating a focus for the very first time within the Yokohama French Film Festival  

01/12 | /France

Interviews

Fisnik Maxville • Director of The Land Within

Fisnik Maxville • Director of The Land Within
We sat down with the Kosovar helmer, whose debut feature follows a young man returning to his native village to take part in the exhumation of a mass grave

Mona J Hoel • Director of Night

Mona J Hoel • Director of Night
The Norwegian director discusses her newest feature, which portrays the struggles of a married woman who is forced to travel to the faraway place where her husband lives to face him

Ivan Gergolet • Director of The Man Without Guilt

Ivan Gergolet • Director of The Man Without Guilt
The Italian filmmaker talks about his first feature, which follows the journey through loss and suffering of a widow of a worker who died from an asbestos-related disease

Carol Morley • Director of Typist Artist Pirate King

Carol Morley • Director of Typist Artist Pirate King
British artist Audrey Amiss was recognised only after her death, thanks to filmmaker Carol Morley, who made a movie about her and disclosed some interesting details to Cineuropa

Nikolaj Nikitin • Head programmer, Critics’ Picks, Tallinn Black Nights

Nikolaj Nikitin • Head programmer, Critics’ Picks, Tallinn Black Nights
We caught up with the head programmer of PÖFF’s brand-new strand dedicated to powerful and artistically outstanding works that might otherwise be overlooked

Jean-François Le Corre • Producer, Vivement Lundi !

Jean-François Le Corre • Producer, Vivement Lundi !
The head of the French company analyses the powerful comeback of stop-motion animation, to which Unifrance is dedicating a focus for the very first time within the Yokohama French Film Festival

Annamaria Scaramella • Director, Márgenes Festival

Annamaria Scaramella • Director, Márgenes Festival
The festival director told us about the challenges of launching a new edition of Márgenes/Work and what the gathering’s objectives are for next year

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.

Annamaria Scaramella • Director, Márgenes Festival

Interview: Annamaria Scaramella • Director, Márgenes Festival

“Many of the sessions, both film and music, sold out; the festival is gaining new audiences, among them many young people”

The festival director told us about the challenges of launching a new edition of Márgenes/Work and what the gathering’s objectives are for next year  

30/11 | Márgenes 2022

Marko Šantić • Director of Wake Me

Interview: Marko Šantić • Director of Wake Me

"My lead character’s fate is a sort of metaphor for the revisionism of history in the Balkans, but also in Europe"

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.  

30/11 | Black Nights 2022 | Critics' Picks

Gentian Koçi • Director of A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On

Interview: Gentian Koçi • Director of A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On

"This story and these characters, who are forced to invent a completely new language, challenged me in my use of film language"

The Albanian director discusses his film, which follows two identical deaf-mute twin brothers who discover they will also progressively and irreversibly become blind  

30/11 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Monica - by Andrea Pallaoro

Monica
by Andrea Pallaoro
Venice 2022 - Competition
Italian release December 1

Suro - by Mikel Gurrea

Suro
by Mikel Gurrea
San Sebastián 2022 - Competition
Spanish release December 2

Sonne - by Kurdwin Ayub

Sonne
by Kurdwin Ayub
Berlinale 2022 - Encounters
Best First Feature Award
German release December 1

Corsage - by Marie Kreutzer

Corsage
by Marie Kreutzer
Cannes 2022 - Best Performance Award Un Certain Regard
Spanish and Romanian releases December 2

And Then There Was Love… - by Šimon Holý

And Then There Was Love…
by Šimon Holý
Karlovy Vary 2022 - Proxima
Czech release December 1

Winter Boy - by Christophe Honoré

Winter Boy
by Christophe Honoré
San Sebastián 2022 - Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance
French and Belgian releases November 30

Smoking Causes Coughing - by Quentin Dupieux

Smoking Causes Coughing
by Quentin Dupieux
Cannes 2022 - Midnight Screenings
French and Belgian releases November 30

Godland - by Hlynur Pálmason

Godland
by Hlynur Pálmason
Cannes 2022 - Un Certain Regard
Danish, Czech and Hungarian releases December 1

Dana Nechushtan • Director of Piece of My Heart

Interview: Dana Nechushtan • Director of Piece of My Heart

"This story is ultimately about friendship between two women"

The Israeli-born Dutch director talks about her film, a psychologically mercilessly tense tale about two dancers who understand each other without words  

30/11 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

EXCLUSIVE: Ariane Labed and Kacey Mottet Klein starring in Le Vourdalak

EXCLUSIVE: Ariane Labed and Kacey Mottet Klein starring in Le Vourdalak

Grégoire Colin and Vassili Schneider also star in Adrien Beau’s first feature film, produced by Les Films du Bal and sold by WTFilms  

30/11 | Production | Funding | France

Sequel to Romanian smash hit Two Lottery Tickets now in post-production

Sequel to Romanian smash hit Two Lottery Tickets now in post-production

Penned by director Paul Negoescu, the sequel follows the three protagonists as they navigate the tricky world of cryptocurrency  

30/11 | Production | Funding | Romania

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Reviews

Cold as Marble - by Asif Rustamov

Cold as Marble
by Asif Rustamov
Two lovers and a convict father make the leap from comedy to tragedy in Asif Rustamov’s sophomore directorial effort

Amusia - by Marescotti Ruspoli

Amusia
by Marescotti Ruspoli
Marescotti Ruspoli’s debut feature is a visually refined, well-acted film with impressive work on sound, whose meandering plot reflects the disorientation of its protagonists

And Then There Was Love… - by Šimon Holý

And Then There Was Love…
by Šimon Holý
Šimon Holý’s sophomore feature is a quirky, melancholic comedy about two generations struggling to understand each other

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

Pelican - by Filip Heraković

Pelican
by Filip Heraković
Filip Heraković’s debut feature sees him placing an injured footballer in a spa resort as he sets out on a soul-searching quest

Industry Reports

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... – 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

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 01/12/2022

Europa Distribution tackles new and old challenges for the release of documentaries at IDFA

The decline in cinema attendance for arthouse films after the pandemic and the challenges of releasing independent documentaries were among the many topics discussed by distributors at the festival

Animation – 01/12/2022

Jean-François Le Corre • Producer, Vivement Lundi !

The head of the French company analyses the powerful comeback of stop-motion animation, to which Unifrance is dedicating a focus for the very first time within the Yokohama French Film Festival

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