Major European filmmakers set to compete for the Golden Spike at Seminci

Major European filmmakers set to compete for the Golden Spike at Seminci

The Valladolid International Film Festival will host the latest works by Olivier Assayas, Alain Guiraudie, Miguel Gomes, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Maura Delpero and Emanuel Pârvu, among others  

12/09 | Seminci 2024

Review: The Assessment

Review: The Assessment

Featuring a standout Alicia Vikander, Fleur Fortuné’s debut film is a brash, sadomasochistic meal that’s as deliciously messy as it is transfixing  

12/09 | Toronto 2024 | Special Presentations

Review: Gülizar

Review: Gülizar

Belkıs Bayrak's feature debut as a writer-director is a solemn character study that pays powerful tribute to honouring women’s choices after trauma  

12/09 | Toronto 2024 | Discovery

Review: Else

Review: Else

Plumbing the great depths of a staggering and hair-raising science-fiction huis-clos, Thibault Emin’s movie is a film experience not to be missed  

12/09 | Toronto 2024 | Midnight Madness

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Industry Reports

Produce – Co-Produce... - Philippe Reynaert • Senior consultant, Xanadu - 10/09/2024

Produce – Co-Produce... – 10/09/2024
Philippe Reynaert • Senior consultant, Xanadu
VENICE 2024: The expert unpacks key insights from the “A Reflection About the Future Purpose for Film and Audiovisual Policies” panel, held during the Venice Production Bridge

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A busy summer 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 Karlovy Vary, Munich, Locarno, Sarajevo, Venice and San Sebastián

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Europa Distribution analyses the theatrical success of Fallen Leaves - 12/09/2024

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 12/09/2024
Europa Distribution analyses the theatrical success of Fallen Leaves
The network's Haugesund event focused on the international release of Aki Kaurismäki’s latest film, detailing various countries’ tailored strategies

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Global streamers focusing more on non-US content, finds the latest European Audiovisual Observatory report - 12/09/2024

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 12/09/2024
Global streamers focusing more on non-US content, finds the latest European Audiovisual Observatory report
In 2023, global streamers’ spending increased by 34%, hitting €5.7 billion and accounting for 26% of all outlay on European original content

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - The CNC steps up to the plate on investment obligations for streaming platforms - 11/09/2024

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 11/09/2024
The CNC steps up to the plate on investment obligations for streaming platforms
Olivier Henrard calls for protection of the AVMS Directive at a time when US lobbying is intensifying in an attempt to weaken the ruling in Brussels

Animation - Japanese animation meets French and Italian co-production partners at the Venice Production Bridge - 10/09/2024

Animation – 10/09/2024
Japanese animation meets French and Italian co-production partners at the Venice Production Bridge
VENICE 2024: Japan and Europe are set to strengthen their collaborations, and the brand-new co-production treaty between Italy and Japan is perhaps the first achievement of many to come

Produce – Co-Produce... - Lazio: a “region” to believe in cinema - 01/09/2024

Produce – Co-Produce... – 01/09/2024
Lazio: a “region” to believe in cinema
VENICE 2024: A variety of strategies and proposals from the Lazio region have been presented to film professionals on the Lido

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Eurimages introduces its new film marketing and audience development support scheme at Venice Production Bridge - 31/08/2024

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 31/08/2024
Eurimages introduces its new film marketing and audience development support scheme at Venice Production Bridge
VENICE 2024: The programme encourages producers and marketing professionals to develop and implement joint distribution strategies at an early stage of production

Global streamers focusing more on non-US content, finds the latest European Audiovisual Observatory report

Global streamers focusing more on non-US content, finds the latest European Audiovisual Observatory report

In 2023, global streamers’ spending increased by 34%, hitting €5.7 billion and accounting for 26% of all outlay on European original content  

12/09 | Industry | Market | Europe

Isabella Torre • Director of Basileia

Interview: Isabella Torre • Director of Basileia

"It was Aspromonte that inspired me: it is much more than a refuge of Mafia activity, which is what people usually know it for"

VENICE 2024: In the Italian director's feature debut, an archaeologist is searching for treasure in the rugged natural surroundings of the Calabrian mountain massif  

12/09 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: The Courageous

Review: The Courageous

A troubled single mother tries to keep her family afloat in Jasmin Gordon’s sure-handed debut feature  

12/09 | Toronto 2024 | Discovery

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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

Quay Brothers • Directors of Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

Interview: Quay Brothers • Directors of Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

"Schulz was a gift for the Polish language, because of his richness and the metaphors he used"

VENICE 2024: The US directorial duo talk about their exploration of the themes dealt with in the mythopeic writings of great Polish author Bruno Schulz  

12/09 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Europa Distribution analyses the theatrical success of Fallen Leaves

Europa Distribution analyses the theatrical success of Fallen Leaves

The network's Haugesund event focused on the international release of Aki Kaurismäki’s latest film, detailing various countries’ tailored strategies  

12/09 | Haugesund 2024 | New Nordic Films

EXCLUSIVE: First look at Florenc Papas’ coming-of-age drama film Luna Park

EXCLUSIVE: First look at Florenc Papas’ coming-of-age drama film Luna Park

Set amidst Albania’s civil unrest in 1997, the new Albanian-Italian-Greek-Croatian-Kosovar co-production follows a single mother and her son as they struggle to survive  

12/09 | Production | Funding | Albania/Italy/Greece/Croatia/Kosovo

Francesca Pirani • Director of Vakhim

Interview: Francesca Pirani • Director of Vakhim

"I don't reveal the events in advance; the viewer is by my side, as if it were all happening at that very moment"

VENEZIA 2024: The Italian director talks about her highly personal documentary, which follows the journey of a four-year-old boy who was adopted in Cambodia and arrived in Italy  

12/09 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

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Photogalleries

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

European Shooting Stars 2023 – Photogallery - 01/03/2023

01/03/2023
European Shooting Stars 2023 – Photogallery
A look at the presentation of the European Shooting Stars, 10 of the most promising young actors from all over the continent selected by the EFP, which took place during the Berlinale

Giulio Base in post with religious drama Judas’ Gospel, toplined by Rupert Everett, Paz Vega, John Savage and Abel Ferrara

Giulio Base in post with religious drama Judas’ Gospel, toplined by Rupert Everett, Paz Vega, John Savage and Abel Ferrara

The Turin-born helmer’s new feature, which takes an innovative approach to retelling the tale of Judas Iscariot, is being sold by Minerva Pictures  

11/09 | Production | Funding | Italy/Poland

European titles submitted for the Oscars race

European titles submitted for the Oscars race

European countries reveal their titles submitted for the Best International Feature Film Award at the 2025 Academy Awards  

11/09 | Oscars 2025

Review: Under the Volcano

Review: Under the Volcano

A Ukrainian family holidaying in Tenerife go from tourists to refugees overnight once the war with Russia breaks out, in Damian Kocur’s original second feature  

11/09 | Toronto 2024 | Centrepiece

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Reviews

On Falling - by Laura Carreira

On Falling
by Laura Carreira
Laura Carreira’s feature debut is a pessimistic look at modern labour, following a migrant worker in her job as a warehouse picker

Else - by Thibault Emin

Else
by Thibault Emin
Plumbing the great depths of a staggering and hair-raising science-fiction huis-clos, Thibault Emin’s movie is a film experience not to be missed

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life - by Laura Piani

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
by Laura Piani
Laura Piani’s first feature film is a sincere and charm-filled romantic comedy about the misadventures of a woman trying to reconcile body and mind

The Assessment - by Fleur Fortuné

The Assessment
by Fleur Fortuné
Featuring a standout Alicia Vikander, Fleur Fortuné’s debut film is a brash, sadomasochistic meal that’s as deliciously messy as it is transfixing

The Courageous - by Jasmin Gordon

The Courageous
by Jasmin Gordon
A troubled single mother tries to keep her family afloat in Jasmin Gordon’s sure-handed debut feature

Conclave - by Edward Berger

Conclave
by Edward Berger
Via a faithful adaptation of Robert Harris's 2016 novel, Edward Berger entangles himself in papal politicking in this fun but narratively very soapy thriller

Mr. K - by Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab

Mr. K
by Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab
Tallulah H Schwab pens and directs an offbeat, surrealist drama about a travelling magician stuck in a hotel, with allegorical meaning to spare

Winter in Sokcho - by Koya Kamura

Winter in Sokcho
by Koya Kamura
French-Japanese director Koya Kamura delivers an sensitive, intimate, and atmospheric first feature film about the road to self-acceptance

Filming is under way for El Talento by Polo Menárguez

Filming is under way for El Talento by Polo Menárguez

Based on Arthur Schnitzler's short novel Fräulein Else, Fernando León de Aranoa produces with The Mediapro Studio the film starring Ester Espóxito and Pedro Casablanc  

11/09 | Production | Funding | Spain

IDFA celebrates Johan Grimonprez and announces new, curated programme Dead Angle

IDFA celebrates Johan Grimonprez and announces new, curated programme Dead Angle

From 14-24 November, Amsterdam will host the Belgian multimedia artist and organise a retrospective of Cuban documentaries  

11/09 | IDFA 2024

Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman • Directors of Vittoria

Interview: Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman • Directors of Vittoria

“We didn’t know anything about adoption, Jasmine took us inside this vast and complex world”

VENICE 2024: The directorial duo told us about the making of their second feature film, which reconnects with a character from their debut movie to explore a family’s dynamics  

11/09 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti Extra

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Guillaume Senez • Director of A Missing Part

Guillaume Senez • Director of A Missing Part
The Belgian director is back with a new film, which sees him continuing to explore his favourite theme – parenthood – while relocating his work to Japan

Jan-Willem van Ewijk • Director of Alpha.

Jan-Willem van Ewijk • Director of Alpha.
VENICE 2024: The Dutch director talks to us about his Europa Cinemas Label winner, in which the unresolved relationship between a father and son is transformed into a dangerous competition

Marianna Brennand • Director of Manas

Marianna Brennand • Director of Manas
VENICE 2024: The Brazilian filmmaker, winner of the GdA Director's Award, talks about her film set in a community in the Amazon where the sexual abuse of minors appears to be the norm

Athina Rachel Tsangari • Director of Harvest

Athina Rachel Tsangari • Director of Harvest
VENICE 2024: The Greek director unpicks her long-awaited new feature, a period film that is deeply grounded in the present

Dea Kulumbegashvili • Director of April

Dea Kulumbegashvili • Director of April
VENICE 2024: After a long winter, spring always comes in the end, but in the Georgian director’s film, this particular April is cold and dark

Delphine and Muriel Coulin • Directors of The Quiet Son

Delphine and Muriel Coulin • Directors of The Quiet Son
VENICE 2024: The French filmmakers explain their new film, a family- and politics-focused drama about paternal and fraternal love, betrayal, and the question of forgiveness

Maura Delpero • Director of Vermiglio, The Mountain Bride

Maura Delpero • Director of Vermiglio, The Mountain Bride
VENICE 2024: The Italian director chatted with us about motherhood, documentaries, fiction and the female outlook, and about Ermanno Olmi

Fabrice Du Welz • Director of Maldoror

Fabrice Du Welz • Director of Maldoror
VENICE 2024: We met with the Belgian filmmaker who’s presenting a family portrait morphing into an angst-ridden detective film, inspired by the criminal case which saw his homeland implode

Review: Crocodile Tears

Review: Crocodile Tears

Indonesian filmmaker Tumpal Tampubolon’s first feature is an inventive and peculiar take on the love of a suffocating mother, which reveals itself as an undiagnosed form of madness  

11/09 | Toronto 2024 | Centrepiece

Review: On Falling

Review: On Falling

Laura Carreira’s feature debut is a pessimistic look at modern labour, following a migrant worker in her job as a warehouse picker  

11/09 | Toronto 2024 | Discovery

The CNC steps up to the plate on investment obligations for streaming platforms

The CNC steps up to the plate on investment obligations for streaming platforms

Olivier Henrard calls for protection of the AVMS Directive at a time when US lobbying is intensifying in an attempt to weaken the ruling in Brussels  

11/09 | Industry | Market | France

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

They Will Be Dust - by Carlos Marques-Marcet

They Will Be Dust
by Carlos Marques-Marcet
Toronto 2024 - Platform

Winter in Sokcho - by Koya Kamura

Winter in Sokcho
by Koya Kamura
Toronto 2024 - Platform
San Sebastián 2024 - New Directors

Mr. K - by Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab

Mr. K
by Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab
Toronto 2024 - Platform

Maria Montessori - by Léa Todorov

Maria Montessori
by Léa Todorov
Norwegian release September 12

Conclave - by Edward Berger

Conclave
by Edward Berger
Toronto 2024 - Special Presentations
San Sebastián 2024 - Competition

On Falling - by Laura Carreira

On Falling
by Laura Carreira
Toronto 2024 - Discovery
San Sebastián 2024 - Competition

Sons - by Gustav Möller

Sons
by Gustav Möller
Berlinale 2024 - Competition
Danish release September 12

Dahomey - by Mati Diop

Dahomey
by Mati Diop
Berlinale 2024 - Competition
Golden Bear for Best Film
French release September 11

Review: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

Review: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

Laura Piani’s first feature film is a sincere and charm-filled romantic comedy about the misadventures of a woman trying to reconcile body and mind  

11/09 | Toronto 2024 | Centrepiece

Shooting underway on Les Baronnes by Nabil Ben Yadir and Mokhtaria Badaoui

Shooting underway on Les Baronnes by Nabil Ben Yadir and Mokhtaria Badaoui

15 years on from the release of his hit first feature, Les Barons, the Belgian filmmaker is offering up a sequel co-directed by his mother  

11/09 | Production | Funding | Belgium

Mladen Kovačević • Director of Possibility of Paradise

Interview: Mladen Kovačević • Director of Possibility of Paradise

"There is a very loose connection to Dante in this film, to the Divine Comedy, which for me is the story of an existential crisis"

VENICE 2024: The Serbian director paints the portrait of a diverse array of people in search of happiness on an idyllic island  

11/09 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

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Reviews

A Missing Part - by Guillaume Senez

A Missing Part
by Guillaume Senez
Guillaume Senez takes Romain Duris to Japan, telling a fine and well-put-together story about parenthood where a father allows himself a final reprieve and in which emotion swells like a wave

Under the Volcano - by Damian Kocur

Under the Volcano
by Damian Kocur
A Ukrainian family holidaying in Tenerife go from tourists to refugees overnight once the war with Russia breaks out, in Damian Kocur’s original second feature

Gülizar - by Belkıs Bayrak

Gülizar
by Belkıs Bayrak
Belkıs Bayrak's feature debut as a writer-director is a solemn character study that pays powerful tribute to honouring women’s choices after trauma

Horizonte - by César Augusto Acevedo

Horizonte
by César Augusto Acevedo
A mother and her son, both ghosts, tread the path of redemption after a civil war marked by crimes and wrongful deaths in César Augusto Acevedo's sophomore feature

Meet the Barbarians - by Julie Delpy

Meet the Barbarians
by Julie Delpy
A Brittany village comes into turmoil at the arrival of a refugee Syrian family in this intelligent, politically engaged, biting and affectionate comedy, signed Julie Delpy

Industry Reports

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 12/09/2024

Europa Distribution analyses the theatrical success of Fallen Leaves

The network's Haugesund event focused on the international release of Aki Kaurismäki’s latest film, detailing various countries’ tailored strategies

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 12/09/2024

Global streamers focusing more on non-US content, finds the latest European Audiovisual Observatory report

In 2023, global streamers’ spending increased by 34%, hitting €5.7 billion and accounting for 26% of all outlay on European original content

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 11/09/2024

The CNC steps up to the plate on investment obligations for streaming platforms

Olivier Henrard calls for protection of the AVMS Directive at a time when US lobbying is intensifying in an attempt to weaken the ruling in Brussels

Produce – Co-Produce... – 10/09/2024

Philippe Reynaert • Senior consultant, Xanadu

VENICE 2024: The expert unpacks key insights from the “A Reflection About the Future Purpose for Film and Audiovisual Policies” panel, held during the Venice Production Bridge

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