Sarajevo’s Docu Rough Cut Boutique reveals this year’s winners

Sarajevo’s Docu Rough Cut Boutique reveals this year’s winners

Four out of the five projects presented at the ninth Docu Rough Cut Boutique have received prizes  

21/08 | Sarajevo 2019 | Docu Rough Cut Boutique/Awards

The CNC grants an advance on receipts to Andreas Fontana’s Azor

The CNC grants an advance on receipts to Andreas Fontana’s Azor

Fabrizio Rongione and Stéphanie Cleau will head up the film’s cast; the CNC will also support the feature debuts by Philippe Petit and Camille Ponsin  

21/08 | Funding | France

Czech-Slovak period drama Kryštof, about faith, hope and sacrifice, enters post-production

Czech-Slovak period drama Kryštof, about faith, hope and sacrifice, enters post-production

In the movie, Czech director Zdeněk Jirásky depicts the illegal removal of monastic orders in early-1950s Czechoslovakia  

21/08 | Production | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Radu Dragomir • Director of Mo

Interview: Radu Dragomir • Director of Mo

“All I wanted was to tell a credible story”

Romanian director Radu Dragomir invites us behind the closed doors of Mo, his first feature currently screening in competition at Sarajevo  

21/08 | Sarajevo 2019 | Competition

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Film Reviews

Heidi - by Cãtãlin Mitulescu - Cătălin Mitulescu strikes gold with his understated story of an ageing policeman
Heidi
by Cãtãlin Mitulescu
Cătălin Mitulescu strikes gold with his understated story of an ageing policeman
Mo - by Radu Dragomir - Radu Dragomir’s thriller focuses on the volatile dynamic between a mature professor and his attractive student
Mo
by Radu Dragomir
Radu Dragomir’s thriller focuses on the volatile dynamic between a mature professor and his attractive student
Open Door - by Florenc Papas - Albanian filmmaker Florenc Papas' first feature is a small-scale road movie about two sisters in a deeply patriarchal society
Open Door
by Florenc Papas
Albanian filmmaker Florenc Papas' first feature is a small-scale road movie about two sisters in a deeply patriarchal society
The Son - by Ines Tanovic - The second feature by Bosnian filmmaker Ines Tanović has officially opened the 25th Sarajevo Film Festival and represents a truly generational Sarajevo film
The Son
by Ines Tanovic
The second feature by Bosnian filmmaker Ines Tanović has officially opened the 25th Sarajevo Film Festival and represents a truly generational Sarajevo film
Ivana the Terrible - by Ivana Mladenović - Ivana Mladenović plays with vulnerability and narcissism in her sophomore feature
Ivana the Terrible
by Ivana Mladenović
Ivana Mladenović plays with vulnerability and narcissism in her sophomore feature
Palace for the People - by Boris Missirkov, Georgi Bogdanov - The documentary by Bulgarian filmmaking duo Boris Missirkov and Georgi Bogdanov looks at five monumental buildings of the communist era
Palace for the People
by Boris Missirkov, Georgi Bogdanov
The documentary by Bulgarian filmmaking duo Boris Missirkov and Georgi Bogdanov looks at five monumental buildings of the communist era
Vitalina Varela - by Pedro Costa - Pedro Costa returns to Locarno with his latest film, a sombre and uncompromising ode to a world that seems to fascinate him to the point of obsession
Vitalina Varela
by Pedro Costa
Pedro Costa returns to Locarno with his latest film, a sombre and uncompromising ode to a world that seems to fascinate him to the point of obsession
Oh Mercy! - by Arnaud Desplechin - CANNES 2019: Arnaud Desplechin tackles the genre of the crime thriller against the backdrop of poverty, but struggles to be convincing despite a great performance from Roschdy Zem
Oh Mercy!
by Arnaud Desplechin
CANNES 2019: Arnaud Desplechin tackles the genre of the crime thriller against the backdrop of poverty, but struggles to be convincing despite a great performance from Roschdy Zem
Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova • Directors of Cat in the Wall

Interview: Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova • Directors of Cat in the Wall

“We wanted to create a bridge between the East and the West to check if the grass was greener on the other side”

We chatted to Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova, who are showing their first fiction feature, Cat in the Wall, at Sarajevo after a world premiere at Locarno  

21/08 | Sarajevo 2019 | Competition

Christina Lindberg • Actress

Interview: Christina Lindberg • Actress

“I wanted to be more than just my body”

Cineuropa met up with Christina Lindberg, the Swedish superstar of “artsploitation”, in Poland as she presented her cult 1973 erotic drama Anita: Swedish Nymphet  

21/08 | New Horizons 2019

Review: Open Door

Review: Open Door

Albanian filmmaker Florenc Papas' first feature is a small-scale road movie about two sisters in a deeply patriarchal society  

21/08 | Sarajevo 2019 | Competition

46 feature films selected for the European Film Awards

46 feature films selected for the European Film Awards

The list includes recommendations from 31 European countries; the final nominees will be announced on 9 November at the Seville European Film Festival  

21/08 | European Film Awards 2019

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Interviews

Swiss and Portuguese director Basil Da Cunha tells us about his latest film O fim do mundo, screened in competition at Locarno
Swiss and Portuguese director Basil Da Cunha tells us about his latest film O fim do mundo, screened in competition at Locarno
Cineuropa met up with Fabrice du Welz, on the occasion of the world premiere of his new film, Adoration, on the Piazza Grande in Locarno
Cineuropa met up with Fabrice du Welz, on the occasion of the world premiere of his new film, Adoration, on the Piazza Grande in Locarno
Cineuropa met with Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter, the directors behind the most controversial title in the Locarno Film Festival, Space Dogs, to talk about looking down at the dogs and up to the stars
Cineuropa met with Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter, the directors behind the most controversial title in the Locarno Film Festival, Space Dogs, to talk about looking down at the dogs and up to the stars
Romanian director Radu Dragomir invites us behind the closed doors of Mo, his first feature currently screening in competition at Sarajevo
Romanian director Radu Dragomir invites us behind the closed doors of Mo, his first feature currently screening in competition at Sarajevo
We chatted to Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova, who are showing their first fiction feature, Cat in the Wall, at Sarajevo after a world premiere at Locarno
We chatted to Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova, who are showing their first fiction feature, Cat in the Wall, at Sarajevo after a world premiere at Locarno
Cineuropa met up with Christina Lindberg, the Swedish superstar of “artsploitation”, in Poland as she presented her cult 1973 erotic drama Anita: Swedish Nymphet
Cineuropa met up with Christina Lindberg, the Swedish superstar of “artsploitation”, in Poland as she presented her cult 1973 erotic drama Anita: Swedish Nymphet
Cineuropa met up with British director Simon Bird on the afternoon of the Piazza Grande world premiere of his debut film, Days of the Bagnold Summer
Cineuropa met up with British director Simon Bird on the afternoon of the Piazza Grande world premiere of his debut film, Days of the Bagnold Summer
Albanian-born filmmaker Florenc Papas took a moment to dissect his feature debut, Open Door, which is world-premiering at the Sarajevo Film Festival
Albanian-born filmmaker Florenc Papas took a moment to dissect his feature debut, Open Door, which is world-premiering at the Sarajevo Film Festival
Simon Bird • Director of Days of the Bagnold Summer

Interview: Simon Bird • Director of Days of the Bagnold Summer

“This is a film about two ordinary people who would never usually have a movie made about their lives”

Cineuropa met up with British director Simon Bird on the afternoon of the Piazza Grande world premiere of his debut film, Days of the Bagnold Summer  

21/08 | Locarno 2019 | Piazza Grande

Florenc Papas • Director of Open Door

Interview: Florenc Papas • Director of Open Door

"Albania is a male-dominated society; women suffer a lot of inequality, especially in rural areas, and I care about these characters"

Albanian-born filmmaker Florenc Papas took a moment to dissect his feature debut, Open Door, which is world-premiering at the Sarajevo Film Festival  

20/08 | Sarajevo 2019 | Competition

Stephan Komandarev • Director of Rounds

Interview: Stephan Komandarev • Director of Rounds

"This film aims to diagnose the sickness in our society, to show the problems and to prompt the audience to search for the answer"

Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev unpicked his latest feature, Rounds, centring on three pairs of police officers on patrol in Sofia over the course of one night  

19/08 | Sarajevo 2019 | Competition

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Thalasso - by Guillaume Nicloux - San Sebastian 2019 - Competition - French release August 21
Thalasso
by Guillaume Nicloux
San Sebastian 2019 - Competition
French release August 21
Roubaix, une lumière - by Arnaud Desplechin - Cannes 2019 - Competition - French release August 21
Roubaix, une lumière
by Arnaud Desplechin
Cannes 2019 - Competition
French release August 21
Il Signor Diavolo - by Pupi Avati - Italian release August 22
Il Signor Diavolo
by Pupi Avati
Italian release August 22
The Components of Love - by Miriam Bliese - Berlinale 2019 - Perspektive Deutsches Kino - German release august 22
The Components of Love
by Miriam Bliese
Berlinale 2019 - Perspektive Deutsches Kino
German release august 22
Pain & Glory - by Pedro Almodóvar - Cannes 2019 - Best Actor Award - UK release August 23 and Polish release August 30
Pain & Glory
by Pedro Almodóvar
Cannes 2019 - Best Actor Award
UK release August 23 and Polish release August 30
Ines Tanović • Director of The Son

Interview: Ines Tanović • Director of The Son

"I wanted the viewer to understand the system of the life we are living because I think people in Western Europe don't really understand Bosnia"

We sat down with Bosnian filmmaker Ines Tanović to discuss her second feature, The Son, a truly generational film  

19/08 | Sarajevo 2019 | Competition

Review: Mo

Review: Mo

Radu Dragomir’s thriller focuses on the volatile dynamic between a mature professor and his attractive student  

20/08 | Sarajevo 2019 | Competition

Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine shooting Effacer l’historique

Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine shooting Effacer l’historique

Blanche Gardin, Denis Podalydès and Corinne Masiero topline this production being staged by Les Films du Worso and sold by Wild Bunch  

20/08 | Production | France/Belgium

CEE Animation Workshop
Slovak Venice

Film Reviews

Pain & Glory - by Pedro Almodóvar - This 21st film by Pedro Almodóvar exudes the intense emotions that have shaped his life, and features Antonio Banderas as the mirror-image of the director behind Talk To Her and All About My Mother
Pain & Glory
by Pedro Almodóvar
This 21st film by Pedro Almodóvar exudes the intense emotions that have shaped his life, and features Antonio Banderas as the mirror-image of the director behind Talk To Her and All About My Mother
An Easy Girl - by Rebecca Zlotowski - CANNES 2019: Rebecca Zlotowski stages an amoral, light and sunny tale dismantling the clichés about sexual, cultural, and monetary power relations
An Easy Girl
by Rebecca Zlotowski
CANNES 2019: Rebecca Zlotowski stages an amoral, light and sunny tale dismantling the clichés about sexual, cultural, and monetary power relations
Patrick - by Tim Mielants - Flemish director Tim Mielants delivers an absurd and unexpected psychological thriller, led by a hero who’s tragically lacking in ambition
Patrick
by Tim Mielants
Flemish director Tim Mielants delivers an absurd and unexpected psychological thriller, led by a hero who’s tragically lacking in ambition
The August Virgin - by Jonás Trueba - By way of seemingly light-hearted details and conversations, Jonás Trueba introduces the viewer to the mood, the energy and the mindset of those who remain stranded in Madrid over the summer
The August Virgin
by Jonás Trueba
By way of seemingly light-hearted details and conversations, Jonás Trueba introduces the viewer to the mood, the energy and the mindset of those who remain stranded in Madrid over the summer
The Nest - by Roberto De Feo - The new film from Roberto De Feo is an homage to Italian horror cinema and offers interesting ideas, but the weakness of the script jeopardizes its potential
The Nest
by Roberto De Feo
The new film from Roberto De Feo is an homage to Italian horror cinema and offers interesting ideas, but the weakness of the script jeopardizes its potential
The Tree House - by Trương Minh Quý - Vietnamese auteur Trương Minh Quý presents an elegiac musing on the value of images
The Tree House
by Trương Minh Quý
Vietnamese auteur Trương Minh Quý presents an elegiac musing on the value of images
South Terminal - by Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche - Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche keeps things cryptic in this Kafkaesque tale of a country in meltdown, screening in competition at Locarno
South Terminal
by Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche keeps things cryptic in this Kafkaesque tale of a country in meltdown, screening in competition at Locarno
Adoration - by Fabrice du Welz - Fabrice du Welz concludes his Ardennes-based trilogy with the tale of two innocent and pure-hearted youngsters, Paul and Gloria, as they make a break for freedom
Adoration
by Fabrice du Welz
Fabrice du Welz concludes his Ardennes-based trilogy with the tale of two innocent and pure-hearted youngsters, Paul and Gloria, as they make a break for freedom
The Locarno Pro team sums up this year’s edition

The Locarno Pro team sums up this year’s edition

Project managers of each section of Locarno Pro, the industry side of the Locarno Film Festival, gave us their verdict on the 2019 edition  

20/08 | Locarno 2019 | Locarno Pro

Sarajevo’s Avant Premiere Lab attempts to find models to make cinema sustainable

Sarajevo’s Avant Premiere Lab attempts to find models to make cinema sustainable

Offering sneak previews of European films and regional drama series, the Avant Premiere section of CineLink also addressed pressing issues in film exhibition and distribution  

20/08 | Sarajevo 2019 | CineLink Industry Days

A packed New Nordic Films market brings the latest in quality Northern European cinema

A packed New Nordic Films market brings the latest in quality Northern European cinema

Four full-on days of intriguing projects and activities await attendees as Haugesund’s New Nordic Films market kicks off  

20/08 | Haugesund 2019 | New Nordic Films

Gijón entries

Interviews

Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev unpicked his latest feature, Rounds, centring on three pairs of police officers on patrol in Sofia over the course of one night
Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev unpicked his latest feature, Rounds, centring on three pairs of police officers on patrol in Sofia over the course of one night
We sat down with Bosnian filmmaker Ines Tanović to discuss her second feature, The Son, a truly generational film
We sat down with Bosnian filmmaker Ines Tanović to discuss her second feature, The Son, a truly generational film
We sat down with Italian filmmaker Maura Delpero to discuss her first fiction film, Maternal, which was screened in competition at the Locarno Film Festival
We sat down with Italian filmmaker Maura Delpero to discuss her first fiction film, Maternal, which was screened in competition at the Locarno Film Festival
Cineuropa met with Roberto De Feo, the director of horror flick The Nest, which is competing in Locarno’s Piazza Grande
Cineuropa met with Roberto De Feo, the director of horror flick The Nest, which is competing in Locarno’s Piazza Grande
Galician director Eloy Enciso, competing at the Locarno International Film Festival with his second feature, Endless Night, gives us the inside story on his evocative new film
Galician director Eloy Enciso, competing at the Locarno International Film Festival with his second feature, Endless Night, gives us the inside story on his evocative new film
French director Damien Manivel tells us about his latest film Isadora’s Children, screening in International Competition in Locarno
French director Damien Manivel tells us about his latest film Isadora’s Children, screening in International Competition in Locarno
Portuguese director João Nicolau talks to us about his latest film Technoboss screened in competition in Locarno
Portuguese director João Nicolau talks to us about his latest film Technoboss screened in competition in Locarno
Cineuropa caught up with Icelandic filmmaker Rúnar Rúnarsson, who is showing his latest film, Echo, at Locarno
Cineuropa caught up with Icelandic filmmaker Rúnar Rúnarsson, who is showing his latest film, Echo, at Locarno
Review: Heidi

Review: Heidi

Cătălin Mitulescu strikes gold with his understated story of an ageing policeman  

20/08 | Sarajevo 2019 | Competition

Review: Ivana the Terrible

Review: Ivana the Terrible

Ivana Mladenović plays with vulnerability and narcissism in her sophomore feature  

20/08 | Locarno 2019 | Filmmakers of the Present

Review: The Tree House

Review: The Tree House

Vietnamese auteur Trương Minh Quý presents an elegiac musing on the value of images  

20/08 | Locarno 2019 | Filmmakers of the Present

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Piranhas - by Claudio Giovannesi - Berlinale 2019 - Silver Bear for Best Screenplay - German release August 22 and Polish release August 23
Piranhas
by Claudio Giovannesi
Berlinale 2019 - Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
German release August 22 and Polish release August 23
- An Easy Girl - by Rebecca Zlotowski - Cannes 2019 - SACD Award Directors' Fortnight - French release August 28

An Easy Girl
by Rebecca Zlotowski
Cannes 2019 - SACD Award Directors' Fortnight
French release August 28
Patrick - by Tim Mielants - Karlovy Vary 2019 - Best Director Award - Belgium release August 28
Patrick
by Tim Mielants
Karlovy Vary 2019 - Best Director Award
Belgium release August 28
Burning Ghost - by Stéphane Batut - Cannes 2019 - ACID - French release August 28
Burning Ghost
by Stéphane Batut
Cannes 2019 - ACID
French release August 28
Eye for an Eye - by Paco Plaza - Spanish release August 30
Eye for an Eye
by Paco Plaza
Spanish release August 30

Industry Reports

10/07/2019

Europa Distribution towards the future of digital marketing

The distributors network held a workshop dedicated to online marketing during the KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days at Karlovy Vary

27/06/2019

A focus on Switzerland by Europa Distribution

The European distributors network sheds some light on the situation of independent film distribution in the country

17/01/2019

Paul Brett • Producer, Flying Tiger

The Chinese Bridging the Dragon market met up with Paul Brett, head of Flying Tiger, one of China's leading media-market research companies for the entertainment industry

Film Reviews

Creative Europe MEDIA