Principal photography under way for Manon Coubia’s Forêt Ivre

Principal photography under way for Manon Coubia’s Forêt Ivre

The young, Belgian-based French filmmaker is currently shooting her feature debut, which stars Anne Coesens, Salomé Richard and Aurélia Petit  

11/12 | Production | Funding | Belgium/France

End of filming in sight for Laurent dans le vent

End of filming in sight for Laurent dans le vent

The debut feature film by Léo Couture, Mattéo Eustachon and Anton Balekdjian is being produced by Mabel Films  

11/12 | Production | Funding | France

EFP presents the 2025 European Shooting Stars

EFP presents the 2025 European Shooting Stars

Ten of the most promising up-and-coming actors and actresses from Europe have been selected to participate in special events at the upcoming Berlinale in February  

11/12 | European Shooting Stars 2025

The sixth Dot.on.the.map Industry Days opens its call

The sixth Dot.on.the.map Industry Days opens its call

The dynamic platform for co-production, training and networking invites filmmakers to connect with international industry leaders; the call is open until 17 January  

11/12 | Cyprus Film Days 2025 | Dot.on.the.map Industry Days

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Industry Reports

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - The European Audiovisual Observatory highlights a decline in admissions, growing availability of European films - 04/12/2024

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 04/12/2024
The European Audiovisual Observatory highlights a decline in admissions, growing availability of European films
The report offers a detailed analysis of the performance and accessibility of European films from 2014-2023, both within their home countries and on the international stage

Market Trends
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A busy autumn/winter 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 London, Rome, Seminci, DOK Leipzig, Ji.hlava, Riga, Stockholm, IDFA, Tallinn, Turin and Les Arcs

Produce – Co-Produce... - Valentina Iusuphodjaev • Head, Moldovan National Film Center - 11/12/2024

Produce – Co-Produce... – 11/12/2024
Valentina Iusuphodjaev • Head, Moldovan National Film Center
After the second edition of the CinemaHora Forum, the head of the National Film Center of Moldova discussed the synergies between film, society and the economy

Produce – Co-Produce... - Hédi Zardi • Head, Atlas Workshops - 10/12/2024

Produce – Co-Produce... – 10/12/2024
Hédi Zardi • Head, Atlas Workshops
The current head of Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops speaks about the highlights of this year’s industry programme and how it trains up-and-coming talent from the region

Europe and the Rest of the World - Shivani Pandaya Malhotra • Managing director, Red Sea Film Foundation - 10/12/2024

Europe and the Rest of the World – 10/12/2024
Shivani Pandaya Malhotra • Managing director, Red Sea Film Foundation
During our chat, we zoomed in on the collaboration between Europe and the Arab region, and how the Red Sea Film Foundation supports female filmmakers

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Finnish films record their most successful year since 2017 - 06/12/2024

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 06/12/2024
Finnish films record their most successful year since 2017
A Finnish Film Foundation report has found that the number of cinema admissions for domestic films in 2024 had reached 2 million by 20 November

Produce – Co-Produce... - Ryan Ashore • Head, Red Sea Labs - 04/12/2024

Produce – Co-Produce... – 04/12/2024
Ryan Ashore • Head, Red Sea Labs
We sat down with the head honcho of the Red Sea Labs in order to gain an insight into what has changed this year and get an overview of some of its success stories

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Paris’ Forum des Images to celebrate ten French women directors - 04/12/2024

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 04/12/2024
Paris’ Forum des Images to celebrate ten French women directors
Rebecca Zlotowski, Alice Diop, Sophie Letourneur, Jeanne Herry, Blandine Lenoir, Mia Hansen-Løve, Valérie Donzelli, Alice Winocour, and Delphine & Muriel Coulin will take centre stage from 4 December

Valentina Iusuphodjaev • Head, Moldovan National Film Center

Interview: Valentina Iusuphodjaev • Head, Moldovan National Film Center

“Highlighting the economic benefits of film can strengthen our position in negotiations with decision makers”

After the second edition of the CinemaHora Forum, the head of the National Film Center of Moldova discussed the synergies between film, society and the economy  

11/12 | /Moldova

Marko Škop explores mother-daughter toxicity in his latest drama film, Anna

Marko Škop explores mother-daughter toxicity in his latest drama film, Anna

The Slovak filmmaker has wrapped shooting on his upcoming movie told from the perspective of an adult daughter who is being manipulated by her domineering mother  

11/12 | Production | Funding | Slovakia/Czech Republic

The 2025 Oxbelly Retreat opens its call for screenwriters and fiction writers

The 2025 Oxbelly Retreat opens its call for screenwriters and fiction writers

Mentors Radu Jude and Chigozie Obioma will lead next year’s workshops for writers, which will take place in Greece in June and July  

10/12 | Industry | Market | Greece

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Co-Production Podcast

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

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

EXCLUSIVE: Sylvère Petit shooting La Baleine

EXCLUSIVE: Sylvère Petit shooting La Baleine

Sergi López and Solène Rigot are toplining the filmmaker’s first fiction feature, produced by Les Films d’Ici Méditerranée and sold by The Party Film Sales  

10/12 | Production | Funding | France/Belgium/Spain

Ish and Monir Ait Hamou • Directors of BXL

Interview: Ish and Monir Ait Hamou • Directors of BXL

“We look at what it costs to dream big”

We met with the filmmaking brothers as they looked back on the genesis of their first feature, which is a story blending the tumultuous fates of two Brussels-based brothers of Moroccan origin  

10/12 | Cinemamed 2024

Hédi Zardi • Head, Atlas Workshops

Interview: Hédi Zardi • Head, Atlas Workshops

“We have powerful stories – what I felt this year was that the filmmakers had the ability to absorb their reality”

The current head of Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops speaks about the highlights of this year’s industry programme and how it trains up-and-coming talent from the region  

10/12 | Marrakech 2024 | Atlas Workshops

Review: The Vanishing

Review: The Vanishing

Karim Moussaoui’s film follows a privileged young man in Algiers who starts to break at the seams, but its bland narrative and lack of stakes drag the story down  

10/12 | Marrakech 2024

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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 - 27/05/2024

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

Shivani Pandaya Malhotra • Managing director, Red Sea Film Foundation

Interview: Shivani Pandaya Malhotra • Managing director, Red Sea Film Foundation

“My proudest achievement this year is that out of the 16 films in the competition, we've got six made by women”

During our chat, we zoomed in on the collaboration between Europe and the Arab region, and how the Red Sea Film Foundation supports female filmmakers  

10/12 | Red Sea 2024 | Red Sea Souk

Episode 73: Flow (Latvia/France/Belgium)

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  

10/12 | The Co-production Podcast

Emilia Pérez leads the Golden Globe nominations

Emilia Pérez leads the Golden Globe nominations

Jacques Audiard’s film is vying for ten statuettes; The Brutalist, Conclave and The Substance follow on its heels  

09/12 | Golden Globes 2025

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Reviews

Holy Cow - by Louise Courvoisier

Holy Cow
by Louise Courvoisier
CANNES 2024: Louise Courvoisier blows in a fresh wind with her first feature, following a young man with his back against the wall who sets out on an unprecedented adventure

Fotogenico - by Marcia Romano, Benoît Sabatier

Fotogenico
by Marcia Romano, Benoît Sabatier
CANNES 2024: Marcia Romano and Benoît Sabatier write and direct an eccentric comedy following a father retracing his late daughter’s life, only to discover it was all a lie

The Protected Men - by Irene von Alberti

The Protected Men
by Irene von Alberti
Irene von Alberti’s latest effort is funny and surreal, but its lack of technical polish leads us to believe the story’s potential hasn’t been fully exploited

May I Speak With the Enemy? - by Alexis Morante

May I Speak With the Enemy?
by Alexis Morante
Alexis Morante recreates the time that the great comedian Miguel Gila spent immersed in the Spanish Civil War, a traumatic experience that the comedian was able to laugh about later in his monologues

Emilia Pérez - by Jacques Audiard

Emilia Pérez
by Jacques Audiard
CANNES 2024: Jacques Audiard masterfully pulls off his incredible gamble on a musical comedy set in the Latino drug world, with a film that warmly embraces the freedom to change

The Balconettes - by Noémie Merlant

The Balconettes
by Noémie Merlant
CANNES 2024: Noémie Merlant presents a confident second feature mixing comedy, drama and horror with some supernatural elements, to a delightful result

Flow - by Gints Zilbalodis

Flow
by Gints Zilbalodis
CANNES 2024: Gints Zilbalodis’ endearing animated tale, about a black cat in the aftermath of a catastrophic flood, is the hidden gem of this year’s Cannes Film Festival

The Substance - by Coralie Fargeat

The Substance
by Coralie Fargeat
CANNES 2024: Coralie Fargeat delivers a brutal, post-modernist and feminist version of the Faustian pact, bellowing upon the spirit of Cronenberg, Lynch, Kubrick and various others

Madrid gets animated this week with Animario

Madrid gets animated this week with Animario

The seventh edition of the International Festival of Contemporary Animation of Madrid takes place between 12 and 15 December, with Poland as guest country and several Spanish premieres  

09/12 | Festivals | Awards | Spain

Alice Vial’s L’âme idéale now in post-production

Alice Vial’s L’âme idéale now in post-production

Jonathan Cohen and Magalie Lépine-Blondeau lead the cast of the screenwriter’s first directorial effort, produced by Les Films Entre 2 & 4 and sold by Gaumont  

09/12 | Production | Funding | France

Egypt doubly rewarded in Cinemamed’s awards ceremony

Egypt doubly rewarded in Cinemamed’s awards ceremony

Seeking Haven for Mr Rambo scoops the Grand Prize in the Official Competition, The Brink of Dreams the Revolution Prize and Vermiglio the Cineuropa Award  

09/12 | Cinemamed 2024 | Awards

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Interviews

Jawad Rhalib • Director of Since I Was Born

Jawad Rhalib • Director of Since I Was Born
We met with the Belgian-Moroccan filmmaker to talk about his documentary, which focuses on the often thwarted destinies of children in the High Atlas, between tradition and rurality

Ignas Miškinis • Director of The Southern Chronicles

Ignas Miškinis • Director of The Southern Chronicles
We talked to Black Nights’ Baltic Film Competition winner about his film following one young man’s dreams of sporting glory and his first loves in the 1990s

Matthijs Wouter Knol • CEO and director, European Film Academy

Matthijs Wouter Knol • CEO and director, European Film Academy
The CEO and director of the European Film Academy discusses the context of the 37th edition of the European Film Awards, to be held on 7 December

Kamal Aljafari • Director of A Fidai Film

Kamal Aljafari • Director of A Fidai Film
The Palestinian director talks about his feature built from archival images looted by the Israeli army that the filmmaker reworked to express the reality of oppression his people are experiencing

Juris Kursietis • Director of The Exalted

Juris Kursietis • Director of The Exalted
The filmmaker discusses his follow-up to his Cannes Directors' Fortnight entry Oleg, about a German organist who discovers her Latvian husband's involvement in a corruption scandal

Jaak Kilmi • Director of The Shadow

Jaak Kilmi • Director of The Shadow
The Estonian director delves into his latest film, a portray of Juhan Liiv, a struggling poet and unlikely detective who lived in his country during the Tsar's crumbling empire

Boris Guts • Director of Deaf Lovers

Boris Guts • Director of Deaf Lovers
The Russian-born filmmaker discusses his a tale of a Ukrainian woman and a Russian man, both deaf, who meet in Istanbul while there’s a war going on back home

Dechen Roder • Director of I, the Song

Dechen Roder • Director of I, the Song
One of the first female directors from Bhutan discusses her second feature, a tale of Buddhist karma, doppelgangers and melancholic Dzongkha songs

Baya Kasmi, Félix Moati • Director of and actor in Mikado

Interview: Baya Kasmi, Félix Moati • Director of and actor in Mikado

“Everybody wanted me to continue doing comedies, but this felt like a discovery for me, a new dawn”

The director and star of the French film share their views on making a movie with those who feel like family and relating to marginalised social perspectives in their own ways  

09/12 | Marrakech 2024

F.A.M.E. alliance launched

F.A.M.E. alliance launched

The new alliance unites film and audiovisual markets in Europe to stimulate innovations, cooperation and growth  

09/12 | Industry | Market | Europe

CEE Animation Experience webinars offer insiders’ perspectives on the evolving animation landscape

CEE Animation Experience webinars offer insiders’ perspectives on the evolving animation landscape

CEE Animation has launched a series of online master classes that provide insights into the current state of animated filmmaking; the next one is on 11 December  

09/12 | Industry | Market | Europe

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Lost Children - by Michèle Jacob

Lost Children
by Michèle Jacob
Karlovy Vary 2023 - Proxima Competition
Belgian release December 11

When Fall Is Coming - by François Ozon

When Fall Is Coming
by François Ozon
San Sebastián 2024 - Jury Prize for Best Screenplay and Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance
Spanish release December 13

Conclave - by Edward Berger

Conclave
by Edward Berger
Toronto 2024 - Special Presentations
San Sebastián 2024 - Competition
Belgian release December 11 and Italian release December 19

Wild Diamond - by Agathe Riedinger

Wild Diamond
by Agathe Riedinger
Cannes 2024 - Competition
German release December 12 and Polish release December 13

Rich Flu - by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia

Rich Flu
by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
German release December 12

May I Speak With the Enemy? - by Alexis Morante

May I Speak With the Enemy?
by Alexis Morante
Spanish release December 13

Rock Bottom - by María Trénor

Rock Bottom
by María Trénor
Annecy 2024 - Competition
Spanish release December 13

Rabia - by Mareike Engelhardt

Rabia
by Mareike Engelhardt
Spanish release December 13

Review: Sima’s Song

Review: Sima’s Song

The political eclipses the personal in Roya Sadat’s film about two friends living in Afghanistan on the eve of the 1978 Soviet invasion  

09/12 | Red Sea 2024

Review: MA – Cry of Silence

Review: MA – Cry of Silence

The Maw Naing’s film merges class conflicts with protest against the military junta, inspired by women-led factory uprisings that occurred in 2012  

09/12 | Marrakech 2024

Emilia Pérez sweeps the European Film Awards

Emilia Pérez sweeps the European Film Awards

The film by Jacques Audiard has dominated proceedings with five wins; other winners include No Other Land, Flow, Armand and Souleymane's Story  

09/12 | European Film Awards 2024

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Reviews

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

Rabia - by Mareike Engelhardt

Rabia
by Mareike Engelhardt
Tremendously toplined by Megan Northam, Mareike Engelhardt’s first feature is a hard-hitting and far-sighted work about the grey zones of radicalisation

Rock Bottom - by María Trénor

Rock Bottom
by María Trénor
Spanish director María Trénor immerses herself in the music scene of the Seventies, with its psychedelics, hallucinatory love, and boundless creativity

Souleymane’s Story - by Boris Lojkine

Souleymane’s Story
by Boris Lojkine
CANNES 2024: Boris Lojkine has made a thrilling, moving and edifying humanist film about three decisive days in the life of a Guinean exile in Paris

Armand - by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel

Armand
by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
CANNES 2024: Norwegian newcomer Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel serves up a succulent piece of Nordic toxicity, starring Ellen Dorrit Petersen and Renate Reinsve

Industry Reports

Produce – Co-Produce... – 11/12/2024

Valentina Iusuphodjaev • Head, Moldovan National Film Center

After the second edition of the CinemaHora Forum, the head of the National Film Center of Moldova discussed the synergies between film, society and the economy

Produce – Co-Produce... – 10/12/2024

Hédi Zardi • Head, Atlas Workshops

The current head of Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops speaks about the highlights of this year’s industry programme and how it trains up-and-coming talent from the region

Europe and the Rest of the World – 10/12/2024

Shivani Pandaya Malhotra • Managing director, Red Sea Film Foundation

During our chat, we zoomed in on the collaboration between Europe and the Arab region, and how the Red Sea Film Foundation supports female filmmakers

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 06/12/2024

Finnish films record their most successful year since 2017

A Finnish Film Foundation report has found that the number of cinema admissions for domestic films in 2024 had reached 2 million by 20 November

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