Yintah and Bedrock win at the 22nd Millennium Docs Against Gravity

Yintah and Bedrock win at the 22nd Millennium Docs Against Gravity

The film by Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell and Michael Toledano has emerged triumphant in the Main Competition, while Kinga Michalska’s title won the Polish Film Competition  

21/05 | Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2025 | Awards

Stéphane Demoustier • Director of The Great Arch

Interview: Stéphane Demoustier • Director of The Great Arch

“He’s a mystery, very well-suited for a piece of cinema, I immediately thought”

CANNES 2025: The French director talks about creating a monument to the unknown Danish creator of Paris’ Great Arch of la Défense  

21/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Asphalt, Everybody to Kenmure Street and Something Familiar win big at Cannes’ Docs-in-Progress Awards

Asphalt, Everybody to Kenmure Street and Something Familiar win big at Cannes’ Docs-in-Progress Awards

CANNES 2025: Selected from a diverse pool of showcases, the winning films underscore the power of documentary to confront war, celebrate activism and explore intimate personal stories  

21/05 | Cannes 2025 | Marché du Film/Awards

ECAM Forum presents the projects for its second edition

ECAM Forum presents the projects for its second edition

From 10 to 13 June, filmmakers such as Mihai Mincan, Ion de Sosa, Francisca Alegría, Leire Apellaniz and Rai María will meet in Madrid to look for partners for their new works  

21/05 | Industry | Market | Spain

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Produce – Co-Produce... - UK-French VFX synergies explored at the Marché du Film - 18/05/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 18/05/2025
UK-French VFX synergies explored at the Marché du Film
CANNES 2025: Representatives of both countries discussed enhanced VFX tax incentives, burgeoning co-productions and cross-border collaboration

Market Trends
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A busy spring festival season awaits the European film industry. Cineuropa will continue to keep its readers up to date with the latest news and market insights, covering the buzziest events, including Cannes, Kraków, Karlovy Vary, Tribeca, Hot Docs, Annecy, Brussels, Munich and many others

Europe and the Rest of the World - Audiovisual cooperation between Europe and Latin America explored at the Marché du Film - 20/05/2025

Europe and the Rest of the World – 20/05/2025
Audiovisual cooperation between Europe and Latin America explored at the Marché du Film
CANNES 2025: The EULAC panel has spotlighted co-productions as a key element in building bridges between the two continents

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - The European Audiovisual Observatory presents Key Trends in the Film Sector - 20/05/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 20/05/2025
The European Audiovisual Observatory presents Key Trends in the Film Sector
CANNES 2025: At a panel, the Council of Europe’s research body discussed global cinema attendance trends, highlighting a 9% worldwide decline in 2024, but with Europe showing resilience

Market Trends - The Nostradamus Report serves as a wake-up call for the screen industries - 19/05/2025

Market Trends – 19/05/2025
The Nostradamus Report serves as a wake-up call for the screen industries
CANNES 2025: The Göteborg Film Festival’s latest industry foresight report argues that the future of cinema depends on structural adaptability and meaningful audience connection

Produce – Co-Produce... - Experts rethink public film funding at the Marché du Film - 19/05/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 19/05/2025
Experts rethink public film funding at the Marché du Film
CANNES 2025: As audience behaviours evolve, a panel presented by Film i Väst confronted the urgent need for public film agencies to adapt or risk irrelevance

New Media - AI takes centre stage once again at Cannes Next - 19/05/2025

New Media – 19/05/2025
AI takes centre stage once again at Cannes Next
CANNES 2025: The experts participating in the “Reimagining Production” panel explored how AI is revolutionising creativity, business models, workflows and legal frameworks

Produce – Co-Produce... - EAVE’s inclusive co-production roadmap debuts at the Marché du Film - 17/05/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 17/05/2025
EAVE’s inclusive co-production roadmap debuts at the Marché du Film
CANNES 2025: The new report turns co-production into a conscious practice, offering producers real tools for building equitable, respectful and enduring creative partnerships

Hideo Kojima and Fatih Akin explore technology’s role in narrative art at Cannes Next

Hideo Kojima and Fatih Akin explore technology’s role in narrative art at Cannes Next

CANNES 2025: The Japanese video game visionary and the German filmmaker analysed how AI and technology are reshaping authorship, freedom and the structure of storytelling  

21/05 | Cannes 2025 | Marché du Film

Review: The Disappearance of Josef Mengele

Review: The Disappearance of Josef Mengele

CANNES 2025: Kirill Serebrennikov’s latest feature is a rich, dense, complex, absorbing and eventually unbiased portrait of a fascist in exile  

21/05 | Cannes 2025 | Cannes Première

Review: A Poet

Review: A Poet

CANNES 2025: Simón Mesa Soto paints a humorous and thoughtful portrait of a good-for-nothing poetry bum worth rooting for  

21/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

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Episode 76: The Girl with the Needle (Denmark/Poland/Sweden) - 08/05/2025

08/05/2025
Episode 76: The Girl with the Needle (Denmark/Poland/Sweden)
The producers of the film by Magnus von Horn are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 75: Vermiglio (Italy/France/Belgium) - 25/03/2025

25/03/2025
Episode 75: Vermiglio (Italy/France/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Maura Delpero are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 74: Crossing (Sweden/ Denmark/France/Turkey/Georgia) - 20/03/2025

20/03/2025
Episode 74: Crossing (Sweden/ Denmark/France/Turkey/Georgia)
The producers of the film by Levan Akin are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 73: Flow (Latvia/France/Belgium) - 10/12/2024

10/12/2024
Episode 73: Flow (Latvia/France/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Gints Zilbalodis are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 72: Wishing on a Star (Italy/Slovakia/Czech Republic/Austria/Croatia) - 28/11/2024

28/11/2024
Episode 72: Wishing on a Star (Italy/Slovakia/Czech Republic/Austria/Croatia)
The producers of the film by Peter Kerekes are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 71: Superluna (Italy/Belgium) - 14/11/2024

14/11/2024
Episode 71: Superluna (Italy/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Federico Bondi are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

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

Collective healing and intercultural dialogue take centre stage at the Film O’Clock International Festival

Collective healing and intercultural dialogue take centre stage at the Film O’Clock International Festival

The Romanian-based gathering, founded by filmmaker and researcher Mirona Radu, celebrated diversity while emphasising our shared humanity  

21/05 | Sponsored

Review: Militantropos

Review: Militantropos

CANNES 2025: The Ukrainian documentary by Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova and Simon Mozgovyi observes and investigates the psychological stakes of living in wartime  

21/05 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: Sleepless City

Review: Sleepless City

CANNES 2025: Guillermo Galoe’s vibrant social-realist drama sees a young Roma teenager from Madrid’s exurban slums struggling to leave that world behind  

21/05 | Cannes 2025 | Critics’ Week

Review: It Was Just an Accident

Review: It Was Just an Accident

CANNES 2025: A gripping tale of revenge and reckoning, Jafar Panahi’s latest drama lays bare the vicious cycle of violence under repression  

21/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

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Cannes 2025 – Photogalleries - 13/05/2025

13/05/2025
Cannes 2025 – 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 13-24 May. Discover the festival highlights in our exclusive photo galleries

Berlinale 2025 – Photogalleries - 13/02/2025

13/02/2025
Berlinale 2025 – Photogalleries
The Berlin International Film Festival returns for its 75th edition, the first under the direction of Tricia Tuttle, from 13-23 February. Check out the festival highlights in our exclusive photogalleries

San Sebastian 2024 – Photogalleries - 23/09/2024

23/09/2024
San Sebastian 2024 – Photogalleries
The San Sebastián International Film Festival cements its position on the global festival circuit with its 72st edition, which is unspooling from 20-28 September. Check out our exclusive photo galleries

Venice 2024 – Photogalleries - 27/08/2024

27/08/2024
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

Virtuous Woman wins the Goes to Cannes Award

Virtuous Woman wins the Goes to Cannes Award

CANNES 2025: Brazilian filmmaker Cíntia Domit Bittar has taken home the prestigious prize, accompanied by a €10,000 MG courtesy of Sideral Cinema  

21/05 | Cannes 2025 | Marché du Film

Guillermo Galoe • Director of Sleepless City

Interview: Guillermo Galoe • Director of Sleepless City

“In La Cañada, I felt a profound wound in people”

CANNES 2025: The Spanish director gives us the low-down on his film, shot in a slum on the outskirts of Madrid, in which a teenager stares out at a broken world  

21/05 | Cannes 2025 | Critics’ Week

Review: Fuori

Review: Fuori

CANNES 2025: Mario Martone’s film about writer Goliarda Sapienza breaks free from the classic biopic and makes use of the vibrant performances of Valeria Golino and Matilda De Angelis  

21/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

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Reviews

A Useful Ghost - by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke

A Useful Ghost
by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
CANNES 2025: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke reveals his exceptional talent with a highly original, funny, subtle, inventive and intelligent first feature

Nino - by Pauline Loquès

Nino
by Pauline Loquès
CANNES 2025: Following the footsteps of a young man wandering around Paris in the throes of a revelation, Pauline Loquès paints a moving portrait of the modern urban world

It Was Just an Accident - by Jafar Panahi

It Was Just an Accident
by Jafar Panahi
CANNES 2025: A gripping tale of revenge and reckoning, Jafar Panahi’s latest drama lays bare the vicious cycle of violence under repression

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele - by Kirill Serebrennikov

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele
by Kirill Serebrennikov
CANNES 2025: Kirill Serebrennikov’s latest feature is a rich, dense, complex, absorbing and eventually unbiased portrait of a fascist in exile

Fuori - by Mario Martone

Fuori
by Mario Martone
CANNES 2025: Mario Martone’s film about writer Goliarda Sapienza breaks free from the classic biopic and makes use of the vibrant performances of Valeria Golino and Matilda De Angelis

A Poet - by Simón Mesa Soto

A Poet
by Simón Mesa Soto
CANNES 2025: Simón Mesa Soto paints a humorous and thoughtful portrait of a good-for-nothing poetry bum worth rooting for

Militantropos - by Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova, Simon Mozgovyi

Militantropos
by Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova, Simon Mozgovyi
CANNES 2025: The Ukrainian documentary by Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova and Simon Mozgovyi observes and investigates the psychological stakes of living in wartime

Eagles of the Republic - by Tarik Saleh

Eagles of the Republic
by Tarik Saleh
CANNES 2025: Tarik Saleh rounds off his Cairo trilogy with a delectable film noir about lies and truths, thrusting a big-screen star faced with some difficult decisions into a minefield

Review: Love Me Tender

Review: Love Me Tender

CANNES 2025: Vicky Krieps showcases her talent in a poignant and edifying film by Anna Cazenave Cambet about a mother’s struggle against a miscarriage of justice which has deprived her of her son  

20/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

The Last Tears of the Deceased wins the Next Step Prize in Cannes

The Last Tears of the Deceased wins the Next Step Prize in Cannes

CANNES 2025: Ethiopian director Beza Hailu Lemma’s project has walked away with the trophy awarded by Critics’ Week  

20/05 | Cannes 2025 | Critics’ Week/Awards

Sten-Kristian Saluveer • Head, Cannes Next

Interview: Sten-Kristian Saluveer • Head, Cannes Next

"The point for us in Cannes is not to talk about innovation, but to make it something you can feel and touch"

CANNES 2025: The expert discusses the platform, which has become a seismograph for the cultural shifts triggered by artificial intelligence, immersive media, and digital tools  

20/05 | Cannes 2025 | Marché du Film

Interviews

Chie Hayakawa • Director of Renoir

Chie Hayakawa • Director of Renoir
CANNES 2025: The Japanese director shares her thoughts about art, life and death, and describes how her movie parallels her own life journey

Óliver Laxe • Director of Sirât

Óliver Laxe • Director of Sirât
CANNES 2025: The Spanish filmmaker explains why his film was born to build a rite of passage for himself, and also invite the viewers to look inside themselves

Valéry Carnoy • Director of Wild Foxes

Valéry Carnoy • Director of Wild Foxes
CANNES 2025: The Belgian filmmaker explores subjects such as the injunction to be virile and the relationship with violence in his first feature film

Alexe Poukine • Director of Kika

Alexe Poukine • Director of Kika
CANNES 2025: The filmmaker chatted with us about her first fiction feature film, a comic drama inspiring laughs and tears about a woman in love and grieving

Erige Sehiri • Director of Promised Sky

Erige Sehiri • Director of Promised Sky
CANNES 2025: The French-Tunisian filmmaker explains the intentions which fed into her second fiction feature film which revolves around three migrant women brought together by circumstance in Tunis

Laura Wandel • Director of Adam’s Sake

Laura Wandel • Director of Adam’s Sake
CANNES 2025: The Belgian filmmaker talks to us about her breathless, immersive portrait of a paediatric nurse who reaches the limits of her practice

Robin Campillo • Director of Enzo

Robin Campillo • Director of Enzo
CANNES 2025: The French filmmaker talks about the genesis of Laurent Cantet's last project, a film about the enigma of adolescence

Stéphane Demoustier • Director of The Great Arch

Stéphane Demoustier • Director of The Great Arch
CANNES 2025: The French director talks about creating a monument to the unknown Danish creator of Paris’ Great Arch of la Défense

Penélope Cruz among the stars of La bola negra by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi

Penélope Cruz among the stars of La bola negra by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi

The second film by the directors of the series La Mesías will also star musician Guitarricadelafuente and actors Miguel Bernardeau, Carlos González and Lola Dueñas  

20/05 | Production | Funding | Spain/France

Hubert Charuel and Claude Le Pape • Director and co-screenwriters of Meteors

Interview: Hubert Charuel and Claude Le Pape • Director and co-screenwriters of Meteors

"Here, there’s a realisation of what we see and what we don’t see"

CANNES 2025: The filmmaker and his writing partner explain the ins and outs of a lovely film about friendship set in a French region which is part of the “empty diagonal”  

20/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Audiovisual cooperation between Europe and Latin America explored at the Marché du Film

Audiovisual cooperation between Europe and Latin America explored at the Marché du Film

CANNES 2025: The EULAC panel has spotlighted co-productions as a key element in building bridges between the two continents  

20/05 | Cannes 2025 | Marché du Film

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Romería - by Carla Simón

Romería
by Carla Simón
Cannes 2025 - Competition

A Private Life - by Rebecca Zlotowski

A Private Life
by Rebecca Zlotowski
Cannes 2025 - Out of Competition

The Last One for the Road - by Francesco Sossai

The Last One for the Road
by Francesco Sossai
Cannes 2025 - Un Certain Regard

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain - by Mailys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
by Mailys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han
Cannes 2025 - Special Screenings

It Was Just an Accident - by Jafar Panahi

It Was Just an Accident
by Jafar Panahi
Cannes 2025 - Competition

Fuori - by Mario Martone

Fuori
by Mario Martone
Cannes 2025 - Competition
Italian release May 22

Resurrection - by Bi Gan

Resurrection
by Bi Gan
Cannes 2025 - Competition

Young Mothers - by Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Young Mothers
by Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Cannes 2025 - Competition

The European Audiovisual Observatory presents Key Trends in the Film Sector

The European Audiovisual Observatory presents Key Trends in the Film Sector

CANNES 2025: At a panel, the Council of Europe’s research body discussed global cinema attendance trends, highlighting a 9% worldwide decline in 2024, but with Europe showing resilience  

20/05 | Cannes 2025 | Marché du Film

Óliver Laxe • Director of Sirât

Interview: Óliver Laxe • Director of Sirât

"The solution is always to trust in the power of images — and in how they affect human metabolism"

CANNES 2025: The Spanish filmmaker explains why his film was born to build a rite of passage for himself, and also invite the viewers to look inside themselves  

20/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Dominik Moll • Director of Case 137

Interview: Dominik Moll • Director of Case 137

“Can films change something, or do they only appeal to those who agree with what’s being shown?”

CANNES 2025: The French director takes on the Yellow Vest movement and the police brutality that ensued, and asks some uncomfortable questions  

20/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

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Reviews

Alpha - by Julia Ducournau

Alpha
by Julia Ducournau
CANNES 2025: Titane’s Julia Ducournau returns with an exhausting, weird AIDS parable that’s somehow not weird enough

The Secret Agent - by Kleber Mendonça Filho

The Secret Agent
by Kleber Mendonça Filho
CANNES 2025: Kleber Mendonça Filho creates a playful, choral and sophisticated cinematic partition in dizzying narrative arpeggio, revealing the dark memory of Brazil under dictatorship

Love Me Tender - by Anna Cazenave Cambet

Love Me Tender
by Anna Cazenave Cambet
CANNES 2025: Vicky Krieps showcases her talent in a poignant and edifying film by Anna Cazenave Cambet about a mother’s struggle against a miscarriage of justice which has deprived her of her son

Sleepless City - by Guillermo Galoe

Sleepless City
by Guillermo Galoe
CANNES 2025: Guillermo Galoe’s vibrant social-realist drama sees a young Roma teenager from Madrid’s exurban slums struggling to leave that world behind

Untamable - by Thomas Ngijol

Untamable
by Thomas Ngijol
CANNES 2025: Thomas Ngijol breaks away from pure comedy with a sort of Cameroonian-style Shaft between a police investigation and family tensions

Industry Reports

Europe and the Rest of the World – 20/05/2025

Audiovisual cooperation between Europe and Latin America explored at the Marché du Film

CANNES 2025: The EULAC panel has spotlighted co-productions as a key element in building bridges between the two continents

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 20/05/2025

The European Audiovisual Observatory presents Key Trends in the Film Sector

CANNES 2025: At a panel, the Council of Europe’s research body discussed global cinema attendance trends, highlighting a 9% worldwide decline in 2024, but with Europe showing resilience

Market Trends – 19/05/2025

The Nostradamus Report serves as a wake-up call for the screen industries

CANNES 2025: The Göteborg Film Festival’s latest industry foresight report argues that the future of cinema depends on structural adaptability and meaningful audience connection

Produce – Co-Produce... – 19/05/2025

Experts rethink public film funding at the Marché du Film

CANNES 2025: As audience behaviours evolve, a panel presented by Film i Väst confronted the urgent need for public film agencies to adapt or risk irrelevance

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