Stefan Jäger • Director of Monte Verità

Interview: Stefan Jäger • Director of Monte Verità

“It’s funny that we in Switzerland created the first hippie commune”

The Swiss director invites everyone to revisit “The Mountain of Truth”, a utopian colony that welcomed all of the unconventional thinkers  

05/08 | Locarno 2021 | Piazza Grande

Ferdinando Cito Filomarino • Director of Beckett

Interview: Ferdinando Cito Filomarino • Director of Beckett

"I wanted to explore this genre, the manhunt-thriller"

The director tells Cineuropa about the European background of his second feature and why he chose Greece as a location  

05/08 | Locarno 2021 | Piazza Grande

Nathalie Coste Cerdan • General director, La Fémis

Interview: Nathalie Coste Cerdan • General director, La Fémis

“Students attending our school can benefit from strong links with the French and international film industry”

Our conversation revolved around the main opportunities offered to prospective students by the prestigious French film school  

05/08 | /France

Maciej Hamela • Co-director of Bless You!

Interview: Maciej Hamela • Co-director of Bless You!

"My co-director, Tatiana Chistova, and I depict the situation endured by Russian pensioners during the pandemic"

CANNES 2021: We talked to the winner of the brand-new Doc Alliance Award for Best Short Film at this year's Marché du Film in Cannes  

04/08 | Cannes 2021 | Marché du Film

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Film Festival Trends - At Cannes, festival directors discuss how the pandemic is set to change future editions of their events - 21/07/2021

Film Festival Trends – 21/07/2021
At Cannes, festival directors discuss how the pandemic is set to change future editions of their events
CANNES 2021: The conference, held on the Israeli pavilion during this year’s Marché du Film, saw the participation of several international festival directors

Market Trends
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As the global audiovisual sector attempts to recover and the busy festival season moves ahead, Cineuropa keeps on covering the European film industry's most recent developments and market trends with fresh reports and interviews. Read our latest articles here.

European Film Schools - Nathalie Coste Cerdan • General director, La Fémis - 05/08/2021

European Film Schools – 05/08/2021
Nathalie Coste Cerdan • General director, La Fémis
Our conversation revolved around the main opportunities offered to prospective students by the prestigious French film school

European Film Schools - Susanne Stürmer • President, KONRAD WOLF Film University of Babelsberg - 03/08/2021

European Film Schools – 03/08/2021
Susanne Stürmer • President, KONRAD WOLF Film University of Babelsberg
Our conversation focused on the main learning opportunities offered to prospective students by Germany’s oldest and largest film school

Series - At Série Series, Steve Matthews details the methods and successes of HBO Europe - 03/08/2021

Series – 03/08/2021
At Série Series, Steve Matthews details the methods and successes of HBO Europe
The VP executive producer in Drama Development emphasised the importance of local talent in creating original European series

Europe and the Rest of the World - Yin Ruoxin • Director of Sister - 30/07/2021

Europe and the Rest of the World – 30/07/2021
Yin Ruoxin • Director of Sister
Bridging the Dragon met up with the female director of the recent, surprising Chinese hit Sister, which grossed €110 millon at the Chinese box office

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - SF Studios seals a new distribution deal with Paramount Pictures - 28/07/2021

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 28/07/2021
SF Studios seals a new distribution deal with Paramount Pictures
The Swedish production and distribution outfit will manage the American studio’s Blu-ray and DVD home entertainment products in the Nordic market

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Lisa K Crosato • Founder, City of Angels Women’s Film Festival - 28/07/2021

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 28/07/2021
Lisa K Crosato • Founder, City of Angels Women’s Film Festival
The founder of the Hollywood-based City of Angels Women’s Film Festival breaks down the upcoming edition of the event, set to take place in September

Rocco Di Mento • Director of The Blunder of Love

Interview: Rocco Di Mento • Director of The Blunder of Love

"Using all of my grandfather's private archive material, I tried to deconstruct the idea of love"

CANNES 2021: We chatted to the winner of the Doc Alliance Award for Best Feature Film at this year's Marché du Film in Cannes  

04/08 | Cannes 2021 | Marché du Film

Dito Tsintsadze putting the finishing touches to his thriller Roxy

Dito Tsintsadze putting the finishing touches to his thriller Roxy

The film, starring Devid Striesow, will centre on a taxi driver who gets involved with a mob of gangsters  

05/08 | Production | Funding | Germany/Belgium/Russia

Carlos Pardo Ros • Producer, DVEIN Films

Interview: Carlos Pardo Ros • Producer, DVEIN Films

“It’s healthy to surround yourself with points of view and energies you can share in and add to”

We round off our series of chats with the three Spanish production professionals who are taking part in this year’s Match Me! programme, run by Locarno Pro  

04/08 | Locarno 2021 | Locarno Pro

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The Co-production Podcast – Episode 06 - 07/07/2021

07/07/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 06
The producers of Juho Kuosmanen's Compartment No. 6 are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

The Co-production Podcast – Episode 05 - 05/07/2021

05/07/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 05
The producers of Nora Martirosyan's Should the Wind Drop are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

The Co-production Podcast – Episode 04 - 25/05/2021

25/05/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 04
The producers of Marko Šantić's Wake Me are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

The Co-production Podcast – Episode 03 - 03/05/2021

03/05/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 03
The producers of Philippe Lacôte's The Night of the Kings are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

The Co-production Podcast – Episode 02 - 06/04/2021

06/04/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 02
The producers of Oleg Sentsov's Rhino are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

The Co-production Podcast – Episode 00 - 01/04/2021

01/04/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 00
Cineuropa's editor-in-chief Domenico La Porta speaks with Roberto Olla, executive director of Eurimages, about their new collaboration and the European audiovisual landscape

The Co-production Podcast – Episode 01 - 18/03/2021

18/03/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 01
The producers of Giordano Gederlini's Between Life and Death are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Danis Tanović's Not So Friendly Neighbourhood Affair and the omnibus Letters from the Ends of the World to open Sarajevo

Danis Tanović's Not So Friendly Neighbourhood Affair and the omnibus Letters from the Ends of the World to open Sarajevo

The Oscar winner's new film and the work of an international group of directors from Béla Tarr's Sarajevo film.factory will kick off the festival, which has also announced its Open Air programme  

05/08 | Sarajevo 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Locarno Semaine de la Critique title A Thousand Fires

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Locarno Semaine de la Critique title A Thousand Fires

Saeed Taji Farouky’s new feature-length documentary is a portrait of a family in flux, and a story of intergenerational conflict and compromise  

04/08 | Locarno 2021 | Semaine de la Critique

New talents and old hands at Pardi di domani 2021

New talents and old hands at Pardi di domani 2021

With Locarno about to kick off, Cineuropa samples a small batch of the European shorts on offer in the 2021 Pardi di domani selection  

04/08 | Locarno 2021

Czechoslovak and Bollywood film noir to mingle at a medieval castle during the Noir Film Festival

Czechoslovak and Bollywood film noir to mingle at a medieval castle during the Noir Film Festival

Psychological trauma and xenophobia are the main topics of the film festival that homes in on this one, single genre  

04/08 | Festivals | Awards | Czech Republic

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Reviews

The Father Who Moves Mountains - by Daniel Sandu

The Father Who Moves Mountains
by Daniel Sandu
Daniel Sandu offers a very rare Romanian action-thriller, toplined by prolific actor Adrian Titieni

#dogpoopgirl - by Andrei Hutuleac

#dogpoopgirl
by Andrei Hutuleac
Inspired by real events, Andrei Huţuleac’s debut feature explores the perils of public shaming

The Queen v Patrick O’Donnell - by Tomás Seoighe

The Queen v Patrick O’Donnell
by Tomás Seoighe
Tomás Seoighe’s docu-drama is a gripping film blowing the lid off the story of Patrick O’Donnell, the Irish republican executed for the murder of James Carey in 1883

A Brighter Tomorrow - by Yassine Qnia

A Brighter Tomorrow
by Yassine Qnia
CANNES 2021: In his feature debut, Yassine Qnia paints the shadowy portrait of a young robber in an existential and sentimental deadend

The Deep House - by Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury

The Deep House
by Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury
Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo have created an excellent underwater horror film that is also a marvellous technical achievement

Parquet - by Aleksandr Mindadze

Parquet
by Aleksandr Mindadze
Veteran Russian screenwriter and director Aleksandr Mindadze gathers actors from the Eastern European scene’s crème de la crème in a highly metaphorical love triangle

A Blue Flower - by Zrinko Ogresta

A Blue Flower
by Zrinko Ogresta
Zrinko Ogresta examines the emotions and relations between different generations of women in the same family in this gentle and emotional film

Love of Fate - by Pierre-Alain Meier

Love of Fate
by Pierre-Alain Meier
Pierre-Alain Meier returns with an incredibly moving film about two families wrestling with destiny and its uncontrollable nature

IndieLisboa announces the programme for its 18th edition

IndieLisboa announces the programme for its 18th edition

The Portuguese festival will showcase a strong selection of national films at its second summer edition  

04/08 | IndieLisboa 2021

Thea Sharrock prepping football flick The Beautiful Game

Thea Sharrock prepping football flick The Beautiful Game

The new production, starring Micheal Ward and Bill Nighy in the lead roles, follows a group of English homeless footballers who compete in the Homeless World Cup  

04/08 | Production | Funding | UK

Aelrun Goette readying In a Land That No Longer Exists

Aelrun Goette readying In a Land That No Longer Exists

The film will take a look at the fashion scene of the German Democratic Republic  

04/08 | Production | Funding | Germany

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Interviews

Julien Faraut • Director of The Witches of the Orient

Julien Faraut • Director of The Witches of the Orient
The French documentary-maker discusses his new film revolving around an invincible women’s volleyball team in Japan

Damián París and Rosa García Merino • Producers of That Was Life

Damián París and Rosa García Merino • Producers of That Was Life
We chatted to two professionals who helped get David Martín de los Santos’ feature debut off the ground; the film is now being presented at Transilvania, months before its Spanish theatrical release

Milutin Petrovic • Director of Impure Blood – Sin of Ancestors

Milutin Petrovic • Director of Impure Blood – Sin of Ancestors
The Serbian director talks about his latest film, an adaptation of a classic of Serbian literature and a stylistic departure for the filmmaker

Jana Keeble • Vice-dean for foreign affairs, VSMU

Jana Keeble • Vice-dean for foreign affairs, VSMU
Our conversation focused on the main learning opportunities offered to prospective students by VSMU’s Film and Television Faculty

Stefan Jäger • Director of Monte Verità

Stefan Jäger • Director of Monte Verità
The Swiss director invites everyone to revisit “The Mountain of Truth”, a utopian colony that welcomed all of the unconventional thinkers

Ferdinando Cito Filomarino • Director of Beckett

Ferdinando Cito Filomarino • Director of Beckett
The director tells Cineuropa about the European background of his second feature and why he chose Greece as a location

Nathalie Coste Cerdan • General director, La Fémis

Nathalie Coste Cerdan • General director, La Fémis
Our conversation revolved around the main opportunities offered to prospective students by the prestigious French film school

Carlos Pardo Ros • Producer, DVEIN Films

Carlos Pardo Ros • Producer, DVEIN Films
We round off our series of chats with the three Spanish production professionals who are taking part in this year’s Match Me! programme, run by Locarno Pro

Cristina Hergueta • Producer, Garde Films

Interview: Cristina Hergueta • Producer, Garde Films

“Despite the situation at the moment, impressive films are still coming along every year”

We continue our conversations with the Spanish production professionals who are taking part in this year’s Match Me! programme, in order to find out more about their expectations  

03/08 | Locarno 2021 | Locarno Pro

Susanne Stürmer • President, KONRAD WOLF Film University of Babelsberg

Interview: Susanne Stürmer • President, KONRAD WOLF Film University of Babelsberg

“We are the largest and oldest film school in Germany”

Our conversation focused on the main learning opportunities offered to prospective students by Germany’s oldest and largest film school  

03/08 | /Germany

El fantasma de la sauna wraps its crazy, crazy shoot

El fantasma de la sauna wraps its crazy, crazy shoot

This ghostly musical oozing a carefree, gay spirit is being directed by first-timer Luis Navarrete, and standing out among its cast is Antonia San Juan  

03/08 | Production | Funding | Spain

Sarajevo Film Festival

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Heavens Above - by Srdjan Dragojevic

Heavens Above
by Srdjan Dragojevic
Locarno 2021 - Competition

Hinterland - by Stefan Ruzowitzky

Hinterland
by Stefan Ruzowitzky
Locarno 2021 - Piazza Grande

The Odd-Job Men - by Neus Ballús

The Odd-Job Men
by Neus Ballús
Locarno 2021 - Competition
Toronto 2021 - Contemporary World Cinema

Monte Verità - by Stefan Jäger

Monte Verità
by Stefan Jäger
Locarno 2021 - Piazza Grande

Beckett - by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino

Beckett
by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino
Locarno 2021 - Piazza Grande

Juju Stories - by C.J. "Fiery" Obasi, Abba T. Makama, Michael Omonua

Juju Stories
by C.J. "Fiery" Obasi, Abba T. Makama, Michael Omonua
Locarno 2021 - Competition

The Giants - by Bonifacio Angius

The Giants
by Bonifacio Angius
Locarno 2021 - Competition

OSS 117: From Africa With Love - by Nicolas Bedos

OSS 117: From Africa With Love
by Nicolas Bedos
Cannes 2021 - Out of Competition
French release August 4

Sarajevo announces its Avantpremiere Series Programme and the line-up for CineLink Works in Progress

Sarajevo announces its Avantpremiere Series Programme and the line-up for CineLink Works in Progress

Five of the most anticipated regional TV achievements will be presented at the festival while seven fiction and three documentary works in progress are participating in CineLink Industry Days  

03/08 | Sarajevo 2021 | CineLink Industry Days

Nathalie Biancheri’s sophomore feature, Wolf, ready for its Toronto premiere

Nathalie Biancheri’s sophomore feature, Wolf, ready for its Toronto premiere

Starring George MacKay and Lily-Rose Depp, the movie was the first Irish independent film to shoot during the COVID-19 pandemic once production had safely resumed  

03/08 | Production | Funding | UK/Ireland/Poland

At Série Series, Steve Matthews details the methods and successes of HBO Europe

At Série Series, Steve Matthews details the methods and successes of HBO Europe

The VP executive producer in Drama Development emphasised the importance of local talent in creating original European series  

03/08 | Série Series 2021

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Interviews

Rocco Di Mento • Director of The Blunder of Love

Rocco Di Mento • Director of The Blunder of Love
CANNES 2021: We chatted to the winner of the Doc Alliance Award for Best Feature Film at this year's Marché du Film in Cannes

Maciej Hamela • Co-director of Bless You!

Maciej Hamela • Co-director of Bless You!
CANNES 2021: We talked to the winner of the brand-new Doc Alliance Award for Best Short Film at this year's Marché du Film in Cannes

Susanne Stürmer • President, KONRAD WOLF Film University of Babelsberg

Susanne Stürmer • President, KONRAD WOLF Film University of Babelsberg
Our conversation focused on the main learning opportunities offered to prospective students by Germany’s oldest and largest film school

Cristina Hergueta • Producer, Garde Films

Cristina Hergueta • Producer, Garde Films
We continue our conversations with the Spanish production professionals who are taking part in this year’s Match Me! programme, in order to find out more about their expectations

Markus Duffner • Head, Locarno Pro

Markus Duffner • Head, Locarno Pro
Cineuropa met with the head of Locarno Pro, appointed 1 January 2021, who spoke enthusiastically about the event’s upcoming edition

Cristina Fraile • Producer, Maluta Films

Cristina Fraile • Producer, Maluta Films
We begin a series of chats with the Spanish production professionals who are taking part in this year’s Match Me! programme, run by Locarno Pro, in order to gauge their expectations

Benjamin Illos • Asian correspondent, Directors’ Fortnight

Benjamin Illos • Asian correspondent, Directors’ Fortnight
Bridging the Dragon talked to the East and South-East Asian correspondent for the independent selection of the Cannes Film Festival

Yin Ruoxin • Director of Sister

Yin Ruoxin • Director of Sister
Bridging the Dragon met up with the female director of the recent, surprising Chinese hit Sister, which grossed €110 millon at the Chinese box office

Lars Eidinger and Moritz Bleibtreu to star in upcoming mini-series Faking Hitler

Lars Eidinger and Moritz Bleibtreu to star in upcoming mini-series Faking Hitler

Wolfgang Groos and Tobi Baumann’s mini-series will focus on the media scandal surrounding the forged Hitler diaries  

03/08 | Production | Funding | Germany

Review: The Father Who Moves Mountains

Review: The Father Who Moves Mountains

Daniel Sandu offers a very rare Romanian action-thriller, toplined by prolific actor Adrian Titieni  

03/08 | Transilvania 2021

Markus Duffner • Head, Locarno Pro

Interview: Markus Duffner • Head, Locarno Pro

“This year, we wanted to observe the industry from the inside, to see how we’re doing now, but also how we were doing pre-Covid”

Cineuropa met with the head of Locarno Pro, appointed 1 January 2021, who spoke enthusiastically about the event’s upcoming edition  

03/08 | Locarno 2021 | Locarno Pro

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Tom Medina - by Tony Gatlif

Tom Medina
by Tony Gatlif
Cannes 2021 - Cinéma de la plage
French release August 4

A Brighter Tomorrow - by Yassine Qnia

A Brighter Tomorrow
by Yassine Qnia
Cannes 2021 - Directors’ Fortnight
French release August 4

The Deep House - by Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury

The Deep House
by Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury
Italian release August 5

Cop Secret - by Hannes Þór Halldórsson

Cop Secret
by Hannes Þór Halldórsson
Locarno 2021 - Competition

Our Eternal Summer - by Émilie Aussel

Our Eternal Summer
by Émilie Aussel
Locarno 2021 - Filmmakers of the Present

Industry Reports

European Film Schools – 05/08/2021

Nathalie Coste Cerdan • General director, La Fémis

Our conversation revolved around the main opportunities offered to prospective students by the prestigious French film school

European Film Schools – 03/08/2021

Susanne Stürmer • President, KONRAD WOLF Film University of Babelsberg

Our conversation focused on the main learning opportunities offered to prospective students by Germany’s oldest and largest film school

Series – 03/08/2021

At Série Series, Steve Matthews details the methods and successes of HBO Europe

The VP executive producer in Drama Development emphasised the importance of local talent in creating original European series

Europe and the Rest of the World – 30/07/2021

Yin Ruoxin • Director of Sister

Bridging the Dragon met up with the female director of the recent, surprising Chinese hit Sister, which grossed €110 millon at the Chinese box office

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