Review: Exterior Night

Review: Exterior Night

CANNES 2022: Making his debut in the world of series, Marco Bellocchio looks back at the Moro Case with a more humane eye and without the ferocity of the past  

18/05 | Cannes 2022 | Cannes Première

First announcements in Cannes for French sales agents

First announcements in Cannes for French sales agents

CANNES 2022: The Marché du Film gets off to a flying start for Wild Bunch, mk2 Films and Kinology  

18/05 | Cannes 2022 | Marché du Film

REinvent International Sales is ready to scare Cannes senseless with Dark Windows

REinvent International Sales is ready to scare Cannes senseless with Dark Windows

The Copenhagen-based company is bringing a varied selection of projects to France, from horror movies to Erik Poppe’s The Emigrants  

18/05 | Cannes 2022 | Marché du Film

HanWay Films sets sail for Cannes with Jerzy Skolimowski’s competition entry Eo

HanWay Films sets sail for Cannes with Jerzy Skolimowski’s competition entry Eo

The UK sales agent has also boarded Stefano Mordini’s rally drama 2 Win and Uberto Pasolini’s The Odyssey-inspired The Return  

18/05 | Cannes 2022 | Marché du Film

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Industry Reports

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Movio finds blockbusters are attracting UK cinemagoers to cinemas, but providing a diversified offering remains essential - 12/05/2022

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 12/05/2022
Movio finds blockbusters are attracting UK cinemagoers to cinemas, but providing a diversified offering remains essential
The study highlights the huge appetite for diverse content and how certain key demographics remain underserved by the British market

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming
FOCUS
After two years of the pandemic, the industry is gradually transitioning back to normality, with Cannes and its Marché du Film now in sight. 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 and its most recent developments.

Market Trends - “Fight for your rights, and your crazy ideas,” say young creators at the latest SAA event - 17/05/2022

Market Trends – 17/05/2022
“Fight for your rights, and your crazy ideas,” say young creators at the latest SAA event
Young audiovisual authors are demanding fair compensation from streamers, and are finding CMOs helpful when pursuing their work and maintaining their artistic freedom

Green Industry Initiatives and Sustainability - Wallimage: An ECOsystem at the service of the audiovisual industry - 17/05/2022

Green Industry Initiatives and Sustainability – 17/05/2022
Wallimage: An ECOsystem at the service of the audiovisual industry
The Belgian fund has implemented action aimed at reducing the environmental impact of audiovisual production

European Film Schools - Educational initiative “Exploring, Cinéma, cent ans de jeunesse!” set to become an Erasmus+ project - 17/05/2022

European Film Schools – 17/05/2022
Educational initiative “Exploring, Cinéma, cent ans de jeunesse!” set to become an Erasmus+ project
For over 25 years, the project has been committed to uniting children and youngsters from many different countries through their love for cinema

Produce – Co-Produce... - 12 European film funds join forces for Ukrainian Films Now - 16/05/2022

Produce – Co-Produce... – 16/05/2022
12 European film funds join forces for Ukrainian Films Now
The fundraising and networking event will unspool at Cannes and aims to back Ukrainian films currently in post-production

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Gaetano Maiorino • Sales agent, True Colours - 13/05/2022

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 13/05/2022
Gaetano Maiorino • Sales agent, True Colours
We take a closer look at the work carried out by the Roman sales agency, which has established itself as a crucial reference point in the Italian and European landscape since 2016

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - 2021 saw limited recovery of EU and UK theatrical markets, with attendance up 31.5% on 2020 - 13/05/2022

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 13/05/2022
2021 saw limited recovery of EU and UK theatrical markets, with attendance up 31.5% on 2020
The European Audiovisual Observatory has published its latest figures on cinemagoing, which reveal a 58% drop compared to pre-pandemic levels

Review: Scarlet

Review: Scarlet

CANNES 2022: Italian filmmaker Pietro Marcello kneads and chisels a multiform material entangling realism and storytelling, the thickness of destinies and the world's imaginative fulgurance  

18/05 | Films | Reviews | Cannes 2022 - Directors’ Fortnight

Review: Final Cut

Review: Final Cut

CANNES 2022: Michel Hazanavicius offers up a hilarious and high cinephile-value diversion in the form of a multidimensional comedy unfolding on the set of a zombie film  

17/05 | Cannes 2022 | Out of Competition

Mario Alejandro Arias, Gabriela Alonso and Nicolás Martín • Directors of To Have Time

Interview: Mario Alejandro Arias, Gabriela Alonso and Nicolás Martín • Directors of To Have Time

"We had no intention of creating a generational portrait"

With their first feature film, of hybrid genre and the final project of their studies at ECAM, they have been selected at the Malaga Film Festival and Auteur Film Festival in Barcelona  

17/05 | D’A 2022

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Co-Production Podcast

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

Episode 25: Strandzha (Germany/Bulgaria) - 22/02/2022

22/02/2022
Episode 25: Strandzha (Germany/Bulgaria)
The producers of Hristova Pepa's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 24: The Editorial Office (Ukraine/Germany) - 17/02/2022

17/02/2022
Episode 24: The Editorial Office (Ukraine/Germany)
The producers of Roman Bondarchuk's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 23: Captain Volkonogov Escaped (Russia/Estonia/France) - 20/12/2021

20/12/2021
Episode 23: Captain Volkonogov Escaped (Russia/Estonia/France)
The producers of Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 22: Queens (France/Belgium/ Morocco/Netherlands) - 17/12/2021

17/12/2021
Episode 22: Queens (France/Belgium/ Morocco/Netherlands)
The producers of Yasmine Benkiran's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 21: My Fairy Troublemaker (Luxembourg/Germany) - 16/12/2021

16/12/2021
Episode 21: My Fairy Troublemaker (Luxembourg/Germany)
The producers of Caroline Origer's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Alberto Gastesi shooting his feature debut, La quietud de la tormenta

Alberto Gastesi shooting his feature debut, La quietud de la tormenta

Actress Loreto Mauleón toplines this black-and-white romantic drama, which unfolds in San Sebastián  

17/05 | Production | Funding | Spain

“Fight for your rights, and your crazy ideas,” say young creators at the latest SAA event

“Fight for your rights, and your crazy ideas,” say young creators at the latest SAA event

Young audiovisual authors are demanding fair compensation from streamers, and are finding CMOs helpful when pursuing their work and maintaining their artistic freedom  

17/05 | Industry | Market | Europe

Wallimage: An ECOsystem at the service of the audiovisual industry

Wallimage: An ECOsystem at the service of the audiovisual industry

The Belgian fund has implemented action aimed at reducing the environmental impact of audiovisual production  

17/05 | Sponsored

French sales agents are hitting Cannes in force

French sales agents are hitting Cannes in force

A full battalion of French sales agents including Coproduction Office (who are wielding Ruben Östlund in competition), Kinology, Gaumont, Pathé and Orange Studio, are taking over the festival  

17/05 | Cannes 2022 | Marché du Film

Photogalleries

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

MIA 2021 – Photogalleries - 17/09/2021

17/09/2021
MIA 2021 – Photogalleries
The 2021 edition of MIA, Italy's premier market converging all the segments of the audiovisual industry, unspooled from 13-17 October. Discover our exclusive photogalleries from the conversation with US director Joe Russo and the panel "The Future State of the Film Industry"

Educational initiative “Exploring, Cinéma, cent ans de jeunesse!” set to become an Erasmus+ project

Educational initiative “Exploring, Cinéma, cent ans de jeunesse!” set to become an Erasmus+ project

For over 25 years, the project has been committed to uniting children and youngsters from many different countries through their love for cinema  

17/05 | Film Literacy | Germany/France/Bulgaria/Portugal

Antonio Lukich in post-production with his second feature, Luxembourg Luxembourg

Antonio Lukich in post-production with his second feature, Luxembourg Luxembourg

Paris-based sales agent Celluloid Dreams has boarded the Ukrainian director’s upcoming movie, which comes on the heels of My Thoughts Are Silent  

17/05 | Production | Funding | Ukraine

Ken Loach commences shooting The Old Oak

Ken Loach commences shooting The Old Oak

StudioCanal UK, Sixteen Films and Why Not Productions have announced the start of principal photography on the new opus by the two-time Palme d’Or winner, penned by Paul Laverty  

17/05 | Production | Funding | UK/France/Belgium

Reviews

Final Cut - by Michel Hazanavicius

Final Cut
by Michel Hazanavicius
CANNES 2022: Michel Hazanavicius offers up a hilarious and high cinephile-value diversion in the form of a multidimensional comedy unfolding on the set of a zombie film

Scarlet - by Pietro Marcello

Scarlet
by Pietro Marcello
CANNES 2022: Italian filmmaker Pietro Marcello kneads and chisels a multiform material entangling realism and storytelling, the thickness of destinies and the world's imaginative fulgurance

How to Save a Dead Friend - by Marusya Syroechkovskaya

How to Save a Dead Friend
by Marusya Syroechkovskaya
Raw and moving, Marusya Syroechkovskaya's documentary describes growing up in 21st-century Russia, but is so intimate and honest that it would probably work just as well in a vacuum

Unfinished Affairs - by Juan Miguel del Castillo

Unfinished Affairs
by Juan Miguel del Castillo
Tragedy pervades Juan Miguel del Castillo's second feature film, in which he condemns violence by portraying the psychological damage it leaves on its victims and those close to them

Songs About Love - by Tomasz Habowski

Songs About Love
by Tomasz Habowski
The debut feature by Polish helmer Tomasz Habowski is tender and poetic – just like every love song should be

They Carry Death - by Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado

They Carry Death
by Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado
VENICE 2021: Helena Girón and Samuel M Delgado craft a valiant and scathing political critique of the official version of history, in the guise of an organic film about ancestral adventures

The Killing of a Journalist - by Matt Sarnecki

The Killing of a Journalist
by Matt Sarnecki
Matt Sarnecki's investigative documentary about the 2018 murder of journalist Ján Kuciak explores the effects of corruption in Slovakia, holding a mirror up to many self-proclaimed democracies

Boylesque - by Bogna Kowalczyk

Boylesque
by Bogna Kowalczyk
Bogna Kowalczyk's film, winner of the Emerging International Filmmaker Award at Hot Docs, takes a brief look at the past and swiftly moves on to the future

The NFI World Sales bets on The Game in Cannes

The NFI World Sales bets on The Game in Cannes

In the Marché du Film, the Hungarian sales agent will negotiate for Péter Fazakas’s feature film, a sequel to the successful spy film The Exam  

17/05 | Cannes 2022 | Marché du Film

Milko Lazarov • Head, Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers

Interview: Milko Lazarov • Head, Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers

“We give prominence to those film professionals who usually remain in the shadows”

Three years into the job, the head honcho of the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers gives us his take on the importance of the union’s annual awards and their significance to the local industry  

16/05 | /Bulgaria

The second Shooting Locations Marketplace will take place on 20 and 21 October

The second Shooting Locations Marketplace will take place on 20 and 21 October

The city of Valladolid will once again host this event for production services and audiovisual filming location professionals in the autumn  

16/05 | Shooting Locations Marketplace 2022

Interviews

Milko Lazarov • Head, Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers

Milko Lazarov • Head, Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers
Three years into the job, the head honcho of the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers gives us his take on the importance of the union’s annual awards and their significance to the local industry

Rufat Hasanov • Head of the Audiovisual and Interactive Media Department, Ministry for Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Rufat Hasanov • Head of the Audiovisual and Interactive Media Department, Ministry for Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan
We chatted to the acclaimed, award-winning filmmaker, who also works at the country’s Ministry for Culture, about the founding of the Cinema Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan in late April

Mario Alejandro Arias, Gabriela Alonso and Nicolás Martín • Directors of To Have Time

Mario Alejandro Arias, Gabriela Alonso and Nicolás Martín • Directors of To Have Time
With their first feature film, of hybrid genre and the final project of their studies at ECAM, they have been selected at the Malaga Film Festival and Auteur Film Festival in Barcelona

Vladimír Lhoták • Producer, Hausboot Production

Vladimír Lhoták • Producer, Hausboot Production
Already named Producer of the Year at Cartoon for making the biggest and most expensive stop-motion project in Czech history, the producer talks to us about his work across documentary and animation

Ioanna Bolomyti • Producer, Atalante Productions

Ioanna Bolomyti • Producer, Atalante Productions
The Greek producer told us about her upcoming projects and her view on her national film industry

Marija Dimitrova • Producer, List Production

Marija Dimitrova • Producer, List Production
Macedonian Producer on the Move tells us about making her first feature film, the Karlovy Vary prize-winning Sisterhood, and juggling several projects at the same time

Gaetano Maiorino • Sales agent, True Colours

Gaetano Maiorino • Sales agent, True Colours
We take a closer look at the work carried out by the Roman sales agency, which has established itself as a crucial reference point in the Italian and European landscape since 2016

Felipe Lage Coro • Producer, Zeitun Films

Felipe Lage Coro • Producer, Zeitun Films
We chatted to the professional behind the works of Óliver Laxe, his brother, which took part in previous editions of the Cannes Film Festival

Vladimír Lhoták • Producer, Hausboot Production

Interview: Vladimír Lhoták • Producer, Hausboot Production

"This film has propelled us into a position where we believe it will be easier for us to continue working on animated projects"

Already named Producer of the Year at Cartoon for making the biggest and most expensive stop-motion project in Czech history, the producer talks to us about his work across documentary and animation  

16/05 | Producers on the Move 2022/Czech Republic

Vision Distribution’s The Eight Mountains is competing in Cannes

Vision Distribution’s The Eight Mountains is competing in Cannes

This year will see the Italian sales agent debuting in the French festival’s Official Selection by way of the movie by Belgian directors Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch  

16/05 | Cannes 2022 | Marché du Film

Pavel G Vesnakov in post-production with his second feature, Windless

Pavel G Vesnakov in post-production with his second feature, Windless

The drama explores the passage of time and the consequences of memory through the eyes of a young man  

16/05 | Production | Funding | Bulgaria/Italy

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

The Eight Mountains - by Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch

The Eight Mountains
by Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch
Cannes 2022 - Competition

Exterior Night - by Marco Bellocchio

Exterior Night
by Marco Bellocchio
Cannes 2022 - Cannes Premiere

Alma Viva - by Cristèle Alves Meira

Alma Viva
by Cristèle Alves Meira
Cannes 2022 - Critics' Week

The Woodcutter Story - by Mikko Myllylahti

The Woodcutter Story
by Mikko Myllylahti
Cannes 2022 - Critics' Week

Brother and Sister - by Arnaud Desplechin

Brother and Sister
by Arnaud Desplechin
Cannes 2022 - Competition

Rodéo - by Lola Quivoron

Rodéo
by Lola Quivoron
Cannes 2022 - Un Certain Regard

R.M.N. - by Cristian Mungiu

R.M.N.
by Cristian Mungiu
Cannes 2022 - Competition

Holy Spider - by Ali Abbasi

Holy Spider
by Ali Abbasi
Cannes 2022 - Competition

We Are Pretty Loud wins the top prize at Beldocs in Progress

We Are Pretty Loud wins the top prize at Beldocs in Progress

The project by Joey David Jovanović has received the Al Jazeera Award, with the rest of the prizes going to projects from Ukraine, Georgia, North Macedonia and Serbia  

16/05 | Beldocs 2022 | Beldocs Industry/Awards

Wild Bunch to continue its reign in Cannes

Wild Bunch to continue its reign in Cannes

15 of the sales agent’s titles will feature in the different Cannes sections, including five in competition courtesy of Claire Denis, Cristian Mungiu, Arnaud Desplechin, Ali Abbasi and the Dardennes  

16/05 | Cannes 2022 | Marché du Film

Trenches wins the DOK.international Main Competition at DOK.fest Munich

Trenches wins the DOK.international Main Competition at DOK.fest Munich

French director Loup Bureau has scooped the VIKTOR in the international section at this year's edition, while the VIKTOR Dok.deutsch was bestowed upon Living Together by Thomas Fürhapter  

16/05 | DOK.fest Munich 2022 | Awards

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Reviews

I am Chance - by Marc-Henri Wajnberg

I am Chance
by Marc-Henri Wajnberg
Marc-Henri Wajnberg returns to the heart of the Kinshasa labyrinth, alongside a group of street girls who are as surprising as they are moving

Bloodsuckers - by Julian Radlmaier

Bloodsuckers
by Julian Radlmaier
BERLINALE 2021: Julian Radlmaier's uncertain feature follows a crazy factory worker fleeing the Soviet Union in a desperate bid to become a Hollywood star

The Quiet Girl - by Colm Bairéad

The Quiet Girl
by Colm Bairéad
BERLINALE 2022: Screened in the Generation Kplus strand, Irish writer-director Colm Bairéad’s film is a small gem rich in candour, and a melancholic coming-of-age tale

Atomic Summer - by Gaël Lépingle

Atomic Summer
by Gaël Lépingle
Gaël Lépingle retraces through fiction the first 24 hours, in survival mode, of five childhood friends stuck inside a closed perimeter established after a nuclear incident

The Volunteer - by Nely Reguera

The Volunteer
by Nely Reguera
Structured as a drama about human beings against the system, Nely Reguera's second feature film strikes at the heart of the Western consumerist mentality

Industry Reports

Market Trends – 17/05/2022

“Fight for your rights, and your crazy ideas,” say young creators at the latest SAA event

Young audiovisual authors are demanding fair compensation from streamers, and are finding CMOs helpful when pursuing their work and maintaining their artistic freedom

Green Industry Initiatives and Sustainability – 17/05/2022

Wallimage: An ECOsystem at the service of the audiovisual industry

The Belgian fund has implemented action aimed at reducing the environmental impact of audiovisual production

European Film Schools – 17/05/2022

Educational initiative “Exploring, Cinéma, cent ans de jeunesse!” set to become an Erasmus+ project

For over 25 years, the project has been committed to uniting children and youngsters from many different countries through their love for cinema

Produce – Co-Produce... – 16/05/2022

12 European film funds join forces for Ukrainian Films Now

The fundraising and networking event will unspool at Cannes and aims to back Ukrainian films currently in post-production

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