Valentina Maurel • Director of Tengo sueños eléctricos

Interview: Valentina Maurel • Director of Tengo sueños eléctricos

"I wanted to make a film which allows itself to be ambiguous"

The young Costa Rican director based in Belgium is presenting her first feature film, painting the portrait of a teenage girl who realises that adulthood isn’t the golden age she dreamed of  

10/08 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Review: Where is This Street? or With No Before and After

Review: Where is This Street? or With No Before and After

João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata join forces to take on one of the cornerstones of Portuguese cinema: Paulo Rocha’s The Green Years  

09/08 | Locarno 2022 | Out of Competition

Review: LOLA

Review: LOLA

Andrew Legge catapults us into a mysterious world where the past, the present and the future collide before imposing their own rules  

09/08 | Locarno 2022 | Out of Competition

Helena Wittmann • Director of Human Flowers of Flesh

Interview: Helena Wittmann • Director of Human Flowers of Flesh

"When I am writing a scene, it’s really about the moment"

The German filmmaker and visual artist reflects on her artistic approach and the investigative drive behind her second slow-paced hypnotic feature  

09/08 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

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

Industry Reports

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - European distributors discussed innovative tools at Karlovy Vary - 21/07/2022

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 21/07/2022
European distributors discussed innovative tools at Karlovy Vary
Europa Distribution organised the first edition of the Film Distribution Innovation Hub in partnership with the Eastern Promises Industry Days

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

Produce – Co-Produce... - The Valais Film Commission becomes fully operational - 08/08/2022

Produce – Co-Produce... – 08/08/2022
The Valais Film Commission becomes fully operational
Launched at Locarno, the new Swiss body will introduce a cash rebate along with the full implementation of its services

Series - Cinzia Masòtina • Lecturer, Scientific Committee of Milan's Alta Scuola di Serialità Cinetelevisiva - 04/08/2022

Series – 04/08/2022
Cinzia Masòtina • Lecturer, Scientific Committee of Milan's Alta Scuola di Serialità Cinetelevisiva
We spoke with the Italian screenwriter-story editor about the Milanese school’s training initiative aimed at professionals looking to specialise in the various areas involved in the making of series

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Michael Gubbins • Expert, author of Streaming Giants and Public Film Funding - 03/08/2022

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 03/08/2022
Michael Gubbins • Expert, author of Streaming Giants and Public Film Funding
The British analyst disclosed the possible scenarios European public funders could face in a landscape increasingly dominated by the streaming giants

Produce – Co-Produce... - Francesca Palleschi and Ayumi Filippone • Project Manager at Alliance4Development and Matchmaker at Match Me!, Locarno Pro - 03/08/2022

Produce – Co-Produce... – 03/08/2022
Francesca Palleschi and Ayumi Filippone • Project Manager at Alliance4Development and Matchmaker at Match Me!, Locarno Pro
The two heads expanded on the goals and working methods involved in the industry initiatives planned for this year’s Locarno Film Festival

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - EDMentorShe wraps its second year - 02/08/2022

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 02/08/2022
EDMentorShe wraps its second year
The second edition of the mentorship programme for distribution professionals, devised by Europa Distribution, has now wrapped in Brussels

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Yuan Rothbauer and Andreas Rothbauer • Sales agents, Picture Tree International - 26/07/2022

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 26/07/2022
Yuan Rothbauer and Andreas Rothbauer • Sales agents, Picture Tree International
We take a closer look at the work carried out by the Berlin-based sales agency and its editorial strategy

Julie Lerat-Gersant • Director of Little Ones

Interview: Julie Lerat-Gersant • Director of Little Ones

“The actresses were distracted from their own acting and this made everything feel much more authentic and natural”

The French director discusses her film, in which a teenager needs to find the way to break free from her mother in order to decide about the fate of the child she is pregnant with  

09/08 | Locarno 2022 | Cineasti del presente

Andrew Legge • Director of LOLA

Interview: Andrew Legge • Director of LOLA

“The classic problem you face when you’re doing a found footage film is to motivate the camera in the scene”

We sat down with the director, who crafted a compelling sci-fi feature which skilfully combines elements of mockumentary and alternate history  

09/08 | Locarno 2022 | Out of competition

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Locarno competition title Matter Out of Place

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Locarno competition title Matter Out of Place

Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s new feature is about human-made refuse, which surrounds us everywhere, all the time  

09/08 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Discover Moonday

Co-Production Podcast

Episode 32: The Book of Everything (Netherlands/Latvia) - 22/07/2022

22/07/2022
Episode 32: The Book of Everything (Netherlands/Latvia)
The producers of the film by Ineke Houtman are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 31: Beanie (Slovenia/Croatia/ Luxembourg/Slovakia) - 28/06/2022

28/06/2022
Episode 31: Beanie (Slovenia/Croatia/ Luxembourg/Slovakia)
The producers of the film by Slobodan Maksimović are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Walter Veltroni has wrapped filming on Quando

Walter Veltroni has wrapped filming on Quando

In the Italian director’s new comedy, produced by Lumière & Co., a man wakes up from a coma which he fell into during the funeral of Italian Communist Party leader Enrico Berlinguer  

09/08 | Production | Funding | Italy

Christina Tynkevych • Director of How is Katia?

Interview: Christina Tynkevych • Director of How is Katia?

“When you talk about the death of a child, about feelings of grief, guilt, revenge and so on — you need much more screen time to be with the hero”

The Young Ukrainian director talks about the idea for her feature debut and its connection with the Romanian New Wave  

09/08 | Locarno 2022 | Cineasti del presente

Review: Tengo sueños eléctricos

Review: Tengo sueños eléctricos

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

09/08 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Review: Last Dance

Review: Last Dance

Delphine Lehericey presents a comedy on the third age which flirts with drama and is toplined by François Berléand  

09/08 | Locarno 2022 | Piazza Grande

Photogalleries

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

Rome 2021 – Photogalleries - 17/10/2021

17/10/2021
Rome 2021 – Photogalleries
The 16th edition of Rome Film Fest, running from 14-24 October, presented 23 new titles in its main competition. Discover our exclusive photogalleries from some of this year's red carpets

Review: The Adventures of Gigi the Law

Review: The Adventures of Gigi the Law

This sensitive and at times surreal depiction of a rural policeman (the director’s own uncle) marks the mighty comeback of Alessandro Comodin  

08/08 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Review: Piano Piano

Review: Piano Piano

Nicola Prosatore’s debut is a Paolo Virzì-style coming-of-age tale which lacks bite and tells a story which we’ve already heard time and time again  

08/08 | Locarno 2022 | Piazza Grande

Francesco Barilli wraps filming on Il Paese del melodramma

Francesco Barilli wraps filming on Il Paese del melodramma

The director and screenwriter takes noir film to the Teatro Regio in Parma, featuring the music of Giuseppe Verdi  

08/08 | Production | Funding | Italy

Reviews

Tengo sueños eléctricos - by Valentina Maurel

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

The Adventures of Gigi the Law - by Alessandro Comodin

The Adventures of Gigi the Law
by Alessandro Comodin
This sensitive and at times surreal depiction of a rural policeman (the director’s own uncle) marks the mighty comeback of Alessandro Comodin

Tommy Guns - by Carlos Conceição

Tommy Guns
by Carlos Conceição
The past turns into the present and the present into the past in Carlos Conceição's interesting take on one country’s troubled legacy

Where Is This Street? or With No Before or After - by João Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Guerra da Mata

Where Is This Street? or With No Before or After
by João Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Guerra da Mata
João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata join forces to take on one of the cornerstones of Portuguese cinema: Paulo Rocha’s The Green Years

LOLA - by Andrew Legge

LOLA
by Andrew Legge
Andrew Legge catapults us into a mysterious world where the past, the present and the future collide before imposing their own rules

Saturn Bowling - by Patricia Mazuy

Saturn Bowling
by Patricia Mazuy
Patricia Mazuy presents a strident and hyper-realist thriller exploring the perversions of a patriarchal society which sees itself as invincible

Fairytale - by Aleksandr Sokurov

Fairytale
by Aleksandr Sokurov
Alexandr Sokurov returns with another set of historical musings dressed as an accomplished experimental film

Il Pataffio - by Francesco Lagi

Il Pataffio
by Francesco Lagi
Francesco Lagi’s movie is a ramshackle affair: occasionally strange and enjoyable, it’s mostly characterised by an irregular pace, and suffers from an overbearing film legacy

Review: Il pataffio

Review: Il pataffio

Francesco Lagi’s movie is a ramshackle affair: occasionally strange and enjoyable, it’s mostly characterised by an irregular pace, and suffers from an overbearing film legacy  

08/08 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Locarno Pro announces First Look, Alliance 4 Development winning projects

Locarno Pro announces First Look, Alliance 4 Development winning projects

This year’s winning projects are helmed by Lukas Nathrath, Sara Summa, Mo Harawe and Milena Aboyan  

08/08 | Locarno 2022 | Locarno Pro

Kristoffer Rus • Director of Too Old for Fairy Tales

Interview: Kristoffer Rus • Director of Too Old for Fairy Tales

"'Honesty' was actually our key word when it came to directing, cinematography and overall choices during production"

The director of the Polish Netflix hit told us about his cinephilic background, making films for young audiences and working with actors  

08/08 | /Poland

Interviews

Francesca Palleschi and Ayumi Filippone • Project Manager at Alliance4Development and Matchmaker at Match Me!, Locarno Pro

Francesca Palleschi and Ayumi Filippone • Project Manager at Alliance4Development and Matchmaker at Match Me!, Locarno Pro
The two heads expanded on the goals and working methods involved in the industry initiatives planned for this year’s Locarno Film Festival

Olivier Assayas • Director of Irma Vep

Olivier Assayas • Director of Irma Vep
The ever-hip French filmmaker regales us about his just-concluded new HBO series, and its many past echoes and reference points

Markus Duffner • Head, Locarno Pro

Markus Duffner • Head, Locarno Pro
Three weeks before the beginning of the event, the head of Locarno Pro told us about the new industry initiatives being planned by the prestigious Swiss festival this year

Valentina Maurel • Director of Tengo sueños eléctricos

Valentina Maurel • Director of Tengo sueños eléctricos
The young Costa Rican director based in Belgium is presenting her first feature film, painting the portrait of a teenage girl who realises that adulthood isn’t the golden age she dreamed of

Helena Wittmann • Director of Human Flowers of Flesh

Helena Wittmann • Director of Human Flowers of Flesh
The German filmmaker and visual artist reflects on her artistic approach and the investigative drive behind her second slow-paced hypnotic feature

Julie Lerat-Gersant • Director of Little Ones

Julie Lerat-Gersant • Director of Little Ones
The French director discusses her film, in which a teenager needs to find the way to break free from her mother in order to decide about the fate of the child she is pregnant with

Andrew Legge • Director of LOLA

Andrew Legge • Director of LOLA
We sat down with the director, who crafted a compelling sci-fi feature which skilfully combines elements of mockumentary and alternate history

Christina Tynkevych • Director of How is Katia?

Christina Tynkevych • Director of How is Katia?
The Young Ukrainian director talks about the idea for her feature debut and its connection with the Romanian New Wave

The Valais Film Commission becomes fully operational

The Valais Film Commission becomes fully operational

Launched at Locarno, the new Swiss body will introduce a cash rebate along with the full implementation of its services  

08/08 | Industry | Market | Switzerland

Review: Tommy Guns

Review: Tommy Guns

The past turns into the present and the present into the past in Carlos Conceição's interesting take on one country’s troubled legacy  

08/08 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Review: How is Katia?

Review: How is Katia?

Christina Tynkevych's debut feature follows an ambulance nurse who loses a child and tries to cope with her grief  

08/08 | Locarno 2022 | Cineasti del presente

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Serviam – I Will Serve - by Ruth Mader

Serviam – I Will Serve
by Ruth Mader
Locarno 2022 - Competition

Sermon to the Fish - by Hilal Baydarov

Sermon to the Fish
by Hilal Baydarov
Locarno 2022 - Competition

Astrakan - by David Depesseville

Astrakan
by David Depesseville
Locarno 2022 - Cineasti del presente

It Is Night in America - by Ana Vaz

It Is Night in America
by Ana Vaz
Locarno 2022 - Cineasti del presente

Rule 34 - by Júlia Murat

Rule 34
by Júlia Murat
Locarno 2022 - Competition

Matter Out of Place - by Nikolaus Geyrhalter

Matter Out of Place
by Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Locarno 2022 - Competition

Matadero - by Santiago Fillol

Matadero
by Santiago Fillol
Locarno 2022 - Cineasti del presente

Piaffe - by Ann Oren

Piaffe
by Ann Oren
Locarno 2022 - Competition

Review: Little Ones

Review: Little Ones

Julie Lerat-Gersant’s debut feature film speaks of the tortuous journey of a teenage girl grappling with an unexpected pregnancy which turns her life upside down  

08/08 | Locarno 2022 | Cineasti del Presente

Review: Paradise Highway

Review: Paradise Highway

Juliette Binoche fully commits, obviously, to her role as a Canadian trucker in Anna Gutto's debut feature, but the whole thing feels a bit off  

08/08 | Locarno 2022 | Piazza Grande

Review: Fairytale

Review: Fairytale

Alexandr Sokurov returns with another set of historical musings dressed as an accomplished experimental film  

08/08 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

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Reviews

Last Dance - by Delphine Lehericey

Last Dance
by Delphine Lehericey
Delphine Lehericey presents a comedy on the third age which flirts with drama and is toplined by François Berléand

Little Ones - by Julie Lerat-Gersant

Little Ones
by Julie Lerat-Gersant
Julie Lerat-Gersant’s debut feature film speaks of the tortuous journey of a teenage girl grappling with an unexpected pregnancy which turns her life upside down

Love Dog - by Bianca Lucas

Love Dog
by Bianca Lucas
Bianca Lucas presents an intriguing first feature film following a soul cut adrift in a crepuscular Mississippi

How Is Katia? - by Christina Tynkevych

How Is Katia?
by Christina Tynkevych
Christina Tynkevych's debut feature follows an ambulance nurse who loses a child and tries to cope with her grief

Paradise Highway - by Anna Gutto

Paradise Highway
by Anna Gutto
Juliette Binoche fully commits, obviously, to her role as a Canadian trucker in Anna Gutto's debut feature, but the whole thing feels a bit off

Industry Reports

Produce – Co-Produce... – 08/08/2022

The Valais Film Commission becomes fully operational

Launched at Locarno, the new Swiss body will introduce a cash rebate along with the full implementation of its services

Series – 04/08/2022

Cinzia Masòtina • Lecturer, Scientific Committee of Milan's Alta Scuola di Serialità Cinetelevisiva

We spoke with the Italian screenwriter-story editor about the Milanese school’s training initiative aimed at professionals looking to specialise in the various areas involved in the making of series

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 03/08/2022

Michael Gubbins • Expert, author of Streaming Giants and Public Film Funding

The British analyst disclosed the possible scenarios European public funders could face in a landscape increasingly dominated by the streaming giants

Produce – Co-Produce... – 03/08/2022

Francesca Palleschi and Ayumi Filippone • Project Manager at Alliance4Development and Matchmaker at Match Me!, Locarno Pro

The two heads expanded on the goals and working methods involved in the industry initiatives planned for this year’s Locarno Film Festival

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