Lone Scherfig’s new feature The Movie Teller to commence filming on 21 March

Lone Scherfig’s new feature The Movie Teller to commence filming on 21 March

German-Spanish star Daniel Brühl is set to lead the cast, playing the role of a European outsider who earns the respect of the families he encounters at a Chilean mine  

18/01 | Production | Funding | Spain/France/Chile/UK

The Berlinale announces its Forum titles, praising the inventiveness of the filmmakers

The Berlinale announces its Forum titles, praising the inventiveness of the filmmakers

Twenty-seven films have been chosen for the main programme of the section, including Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal’s We Haven’t Lost Our Way, and Rewind and Play by Alain Gomis  

18/01 | Berlinale 2022 | Forum

Review: The Crusade

Review: The Crusade

Louis Garrel offers up an entertaining and emotional fable about our attitudes to the problem of climate change and what it means to mature  

18/01 | Films | Reviews | France

HBO enjoys major growth in the Nordics and adds over 635,000 subscribing households following Max launch

HBO enjoys major growth in the Nordics and adds over 635,000 subscribing households following Max launch

The new figures disclosed by Mediavision show that the streaming giant is now back in the region’s top three, with an average household penetration of just below 20%  

17/01 | Distribution | Releases | Exhibitors | Sweden/Denmark/Finland/Norway/USA

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Industry Reports

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Women still represent less than 25% of European film directors, as revealed by a European Audiovisual Observatory report - 12/01/2022

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 12/01/2022
Women still represent less than 25% of European film directors, as revealed by a European Audiovisual Observatory report
The study shows that the gender gap is less pronounced among producers, lead actors and screenwriters, whilst female DoPs and composers struggle to reach 10% of the continent’s audiovisual workforce

Film Festival Trends
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As the world faces uncertainty during this new phase of the pandemic and industry events struggle to take place in a physical format, Cineuropa continues to keep a close eye on the most recent developments in the European audiovisual sector and provide extensive coverage of the most highly anticipated festivals, including Sundance, Rotterdam, Göteborg and, of course, the Berlinale. Read our latest stories here.

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - HBO enjoys major growth in the Nordics and adds over 635,000 subscribing households following Max launch - 17/01/2022

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 17/01/2022
HBO enjoys major growth in the Nordics and adds over 635,000 subscribing households following Max launch
The new figures disclosed by Mediavision show that the streaming giant is now back in the region’s top three, with an average household penetration of just below 20%

Film Festival Trends - Roderik Smits • Film academic - 13/01/2022

Film Festival Trends – 13/01/2022
Roderik Smits • Film academic
The academic shared some key findings from his recent study titled European Film Festivals in Transition? Covid and Beyond

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - French film earns €91.4m abroad in 2021 - 11/01/2022

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 11/01/2022
French film earns €91.4m abroad in 2021
Despite the tricky situation for global cinemas squeezed by the pandemic, French film in all its diversity continued to circulate worldwide last year

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - French cinemas report 96.17 million admissions in 2021 - 07/01/2022

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 07/01/2022
French cinemas report 96.17 million admissions in 2021
Despite strong headwinds, French cinemas achieved the best attendance figures among the various European markets

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Juliette Le Baron and Alicia López Ríos • Project manager for International Development and project developer for the UK and Ireland, filmfriend - 28/12/2021

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 28/12/2021
Juliette Le Baron and Alicia López Ríos • Project manager for International Development and project developer for the UK and Ireland, filmfriend
During our conversation, we discovered how the filmfriend platform helps public and university libraries to build a vast film catalogue

Produce – Co-Produce... - Episode 01: Jasmila Žbanić - 22/12/2021

Produce – Co-Produce... – 22/12/2021
Episode 01: Jasmila Žbanić
The Bosnian filmmaker talks about her acclaimed feature Quo vadis Aida? and the ecosystem of production and co-production in Europe

The Trieste Film Festival returns in hybrid form

The Trieste Film Festival returns in hybrid form

Eastern European and Italian cinema will be placed centre stage from 21 to 30 January, with Kornél Mundruczó’s new feature film Evolution opening up the event  

17/01 | Trieste 2021

MUBI acquires The Match Factory

MUBI acquires The Match Factory

Aiming to “bring beautiful cinema to film lovers”, the new collaboration will open up new opportunities to nourish the future of the cinema that both companies adore  

17/01 | Industry | Market | UK/Germany

Virginie Efira now filming Rodéo

Virginie Efira now filming Rodéo

Starring alongside Arieh Worthalter, the actress will lead the cast of Delphine Deloget’s first fiction feature, produced by Curiosa Films  

17/01 | Production | Funding | France

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Co-Production Podcast

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

Episode 20: Titina (Norway/Belgium) - 16/12/2021

16/12/2021
Episode 20: Titina (Norway/Belgium)
The producers of Kajsa Næss' film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 19: Inside (Greece/Germany/Belgium) - 09/12/2021

09/12/2021
Episode 19: Inside (Greece/Germany/Belgium)
The producers of Vasilis Katsoupis's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 18: The Delegation (Poland/Israel/Germany) - 08/12/2021

08/12/2021
Episode 18: The Delegation (Poland/Israel/Germany)
The producers of Asaf Saban's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 17: Disco Boy (France/Italy/Poland/Belgium) - 03/12/2021

03/12/2021
Episode 17: Disco Boy (France/Italy/Poland/Belgium)
The producers of Giacomo Abbruzzese's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 16: About Joan (France/Germany/Ireland) - 02/12/2021

02/12/2021
Episode 16: About Joan (France/Germany/Ireland)
The producers of Laurent Larivière's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Anaïs Tellenne’s Du grand feu ne restent que les braises is granted a CNC advance on receipts

Anaïs Tellenne’s Du grand feu ne restent que les braises is granted a CNC advance on receipts

Emmanuelle Devos and Raphaël Thiéry will star in the movie now supported by the French film centre, which is also backing first feature films by Akihiro Hata, Jean-Gabriel Leynaud and Hélène Harder  

17/01 | Production | Funding | France

The Berlinale announces a raft of new titles for its Generation and Series strands

The Berlinale announces a raft of new titles for its Generation and Series strands

Generation’s line-up will explore how youngsters “perceive the world, how they appropriate it or how they oppose it”, whilst Berlinale Series will see a return to crime scenes and courtrooms  

17/01 | Berlinale 2022 | Generation

The Berlinale Co-Production Market announces its selection for 2022

The Berlinale Co-Production Market announces its selection for 2022

A total of 34 projects, including those by Radu Jude, Agnieszka Holland, Teona Mitevska, Ognjen Glavonić and Bence Fliegauf, will be presented at the online co-production platform  

14/01 | Berlinale 2022 | EFM

Three comedies win support from the CNC’s genre film fund

Three comedies win support from the CNC’s genre film fund

The lucky titles are Les reines du drame by Alexis Langlois, L’Ame Idéale by Alice Vial and Le Syndrome des amours passées by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni  

14/01 | Production | Funding | France

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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"

Venice 2021 – Photogalleries - 16/09/2021

16/09/2021
Venice 2021 – Photogalleries
Discover our photo coverage from this year's Venice Film Festival: some exclusive memories from Giornate degli Autori and Mostra's star-studded red carpets

FIPADOC to return to Biarritz this month

FIPADOC to return to Biarritz this month

The Basque coast festival is returning in-person from 17 to 23 January, with over 200 documentaries in the showcase, a Benelux focus and its traditional Professional Days event  

14/01 | Festivals | Awards | France

Six projects selected for the eighth Ikusmira Berriak programme

Six projects selected for the eighth Ikusmira Berriak programme

Three Latin American films and three Spanish ones will be developed during the residencies run by the San Sebastián Festival, the Tabakalera Cultural Centre and the Elías Querejeta Film School  

14/01 | San Sebastián 2022 | San Sebastián Industry

The Netherlands Film Fund invests €7.9 million in 19 new productions

The Netherlands Film Fund invests €7.9 million in 19 new productions

These contributions are set to generate more than €30.2 million in production spend in the Netherlands  

14/01 | Production | Funding | Netherlands

Reviews

Playground - by Laura Wandel

Playground
by Laura Wandel
CANNES 2021: Filmed from a child’s perspective, Laura Wandel’s first feature is a moving, subtle yet incisive tale which impresses for its intense depiction of bullying at school

No One's with the Calves - by Sabrina Sarabi

No One's with the Calves
by Sabrina Sarabi
This second feature film by German-Iranian director Sabrina Sarabi explodes the romantic (and decidedly urban) myth of life in the countryside

Boiling Point - by Philip Barantini

Boiling Point
by Philip Barantini
Philip Barantini cooks up a storm at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival with a movie boasting many fine ingredients

Cow - by Andrea Arnold

Cow
by Andrea Arnold
CANNES 2021: Andrea Arnold delivers a master class in how to look an animal in the eyes

Madeleine Collins - by Antoine Barraud

Madeleine Collins
by Antoine Barraud
VENICE 2021: Virginie Efira rules in a Hitchcockian film by Antoine Barraud with a very sophisticated and particularly devious script, rich in discomfort, suspicions and surprises

I Am Zlatan - by Jens Sjögren

I Am Zlatan
by Jens Sjögren
Swedish director Jens Sjogren opts for a coming-of-age key to depict football champion Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s trajectory towards success

America Latina - by Damiano D'Innocenzo, Fabio D'Innocenzo

America Latina
by Damiano D'Innocenzo, Fabio D'Innocenzo
VENICE 2021: The D’Innocenzo brothers reunite with Elio Germano to offer up a feast-for-the-eyes thriller exploring men’s sense of inadequacy in the third millennium

Between Two Worlds - by Emmanuel Carrère

Between Two Worlds
by Emmanuel Carrère
CANNES 2021: Juliette Binoche infiltrates the daily life of contemporary precarity in this feature with a humanist vision by Emmanuel Carrère, freely adapted from a book by Florence Aubenas

MyFrenchFilmFestival gets ready to go

MyFrenchFilmFestival gets ready to go

UniFrance's 12th online festival will unspool from 14 January to 14 February, broadcast worldwide across 70 streaming platforms and hosting an especially enticing competition of ten feature films  

13/01 | Festivals | Awards | France

The 23rd Black Movie Festival celebrates films made in Hong Kong

The 23rd Black Movie Festival celebrates films made in Hong Kong

Despite much uncertainty, the festival has decided to organise a hybrid edition, mostly unfolding in person with an online element  

13/01 | Festivals | Awards | Switzerland

De perdidos a Río enters the editing bay

De perdidos a Río enters the editing bay

The comedy directed by Joaquín Mazón, and starring Carlos Santos, Fran Perea and Pablo Chiapella, wrapped principal photography a few weeks ago, and is now in the middle of editing and post-production  

13/01 | Production | Funding | Spain/Portugal

Interviews

Massimo Donati • Director of Diario di Spezie

Massimo Donati • Director of Diario di Spezie
The Italian writer-director speaks of the book-to-screen adaptation of this story exploring figurative art and the art of cooking

Roderik Smits • Film academic

Roderik Smits • Film academic
The academic shared some key findings from his recent study titled European Film Festivals in Transition? Covid and Beyond

Ove Rishøj Jensen • Owner of Paradiddle Pictures and co-founder of DocCelerator

Ove Rishøj Jensen • Owner of Paradiddle Pictures and co-founder of DocCelerator
We get the low-down on the new editions of the DocCelerator workshops, which will take place online in February, April and May

Juliette Le Baron and Alicia López Ríos • Project manager for International Development and project developer for the UK and Ireland, filmfriend

Juliette Le Baron and Alicia López Ríos • Project manager for International Development and project developer for the UK and Ireland, filmfriend
During our conversation, we discovered how the filmfriend platform helps public and university libraries to build a vast film catalogue

Kacper Lisowski • Director of Judges Under Pressure

Kacper Lisowski • Director of Judges Under Pressure
In his documentary, the Polish director shows people who, despite their government’s recent actions, refuse to be “muzzled”

Vincent Lowy and Raïssa Lahcine • Director and director of International Relations, École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière

Vincent Lowy and Raïssa Lahcine • Director and director of International Relations, École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière
Our conversation focused on the main opportunities offered to prospective students by the prestigious French film school

Michel Hazanavicius • Director

Michel Hazanavicius • Director
Theatres, media chronology, platforms, Final Cut at the Sundance Film Festival: we met with the Oscar-winning filmmaker, jury president at the 13th Les Arcs Film Festival

Adeline Margueron • Distributor, Le Parc Distribution

Adeline Margueron • Distributor, Le Parc Distribution
The Liège-based outfit’s head of distribution talked through her work in distributing animated and family-orientated flicks in the French-speaking part of Belgium

Onoda wins the Louis-Delluc Award

Onoda wins the Louis-Delluc Award

Arthur Harari’s movie is named Best French Film of 2021 while Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux’s Towards the Battle is crowned Best First Film  

13/01 | Festivals | Awards | France

Abuse of power and sexual predation at the centre of Czech true-crime miniseries Guru

Abuse of power and sexual predation at the centre of Czech true-crime miniseries Guru

The series is an original production for local VoD service VOYO, which plans to pump in more original content in a bid for new subscribers amidst the streaming wars  

13/01 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

The “new generation” When East Meets West rounds off its selection

The “new generation” When East Meets West rounds off its selection

The Italian co-production forum has unveiled its picks for its sections targeting films at the post-production stage, the Slate Market and the Inspirational Labs  

13/01 | Trieste 2022 | WEMW

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Gentle - by Anna Eszter Nemes, László Csuja

Gentle
by Anna Eszter Nemes, László Csuja
Sundance 2022 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Hatching - by Hanna Bergholm

Hatching
by Hanna Bergholm
Sundance 2022 - Midnight

Girl Picture - by Alli Haapasalo

Girl Picture
by Alli Haapasalo
Sundance 2022 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Playground - by Laura Wandel

Playground
by Laura Wandel
Cannes 2021 - Un Certain Regard
French release January 26

Boiling Point - by Philip Barantini

Boiling Point
by Philip Barantini
Karlovy Vary 2021 - Special mention
French release January 19

Municipale - by Thomas Paulot

Municipale
by Thomas Paulot
Cannes 2021 - ACID
French release January 26

Peaceful - by Emmanuelle Bercot

Peaceful
by Emmanuelle Bercot
Cannes 2021 - Out of Competition
German release January 20

No One's with the Calves - by Sabrina Sarabi

No One's with the Calves
by Sabrina Sarabi
Locarno 2021 - Pardo for Best Actress Cineasti del presente
German release January 20

Easy-going Göteborg unveils the programme for its ten-day, hybrid edition

Easy-going Göteborg unveils the programme for its ten-day, hybrid edition

Running from 28 January-6 February, the Swedish gathering is ready to get physical, digital and, at times, even hypnotic  

13/01 | Göteborg 2022

EFP presents the 2022 European Shooting Stars

EFP presents the 2022 European Shooting Stars

Seven actresses and three actors will be presented in an exclusive hybrid programme during this year’s Berlinale, now adapted to the current Covid protocol  

13/01 | Shooting Stars 2022

Roderik Smits • Film academic

Interview: Roderik Smits • Film academic

“The question is to what extent film festivals with international appeal will continue to function as premiere events and provide a springboard for the distribution of high-profile films”

The academic shared some key findings from his recent study titled European Film Festivals in Transition? Covid and Beyond  

13/01 | /Europe

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Reviews

Jane by Charlotte - by Charlotte Gainsbourg

Jane by Charlotte
by Charlotte Gainsbourg
CANNES 2021: Charlotte Gainsbourg makes a poignant personal essay about her mother, Jane Birkin

Little Palestine (Diary of a Siege) - by Abdallah Al-Khatib

Little Palestine (Diary of a Siege)
by Abdallah Al-Khatib
Abdallah Al-Khatib tells the story of the siege of Yarmouk, a district of Damascus that used to host the biggest Palestinian refugee camp in the world

Mali Twist - by Robert Guédiguian

Mali Twist
by Robert Guédiguian
Robert Guédiguian rejuvenates in Africa with a beautiful romantic love story into the eternal motifs of the struggle between revolutionary idealism and conservative traditions

La Traviata, My Brothers and I - by Yohan Manca

La Traviata, My Brothers and I
by Yohan Manca
CANNES 2021: Yohan Manca successfully overcomes clichés by creating credible relationships and a joyful tone in a coming-of-age tale involving three disadvantaged brothers

What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? - by Alexandre Koberidze

What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?
by Alexandre Koberidze
BERLINALE 2021: Georgian director Alexandre Koberidze's second feature is an idiosyncratic mix of styles, genres and forms that incredibly wraps into a coherent 150 minutes of cinematic joy

Industry Reports

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 17/01/2022

HBO enjoys major growth in the Nordics and adds over 635,000 subscribing households following Max launch

The new figures disclosed by Mediavision show that the streaming giant is now back in the region’s top three, with an average household penetration of just below 20%

Film Festival Trends – 13/01/2022

Roderik Smits • Film academic

The academic shared some key findings from his recent study titled European Film Festivals in Transition? Covid and Beyond

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 12/01/2022

Women still represent less than 25% of European film directors, as revealed by a European Audiovisual Observatory report

The study shows that the gender gap is less pronounced among producers, lead actors and screenwriters, whilst female DoPs and composers struggle to reach 10% of the continent’s audiovisual workforce

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 11/01/2022

French film earns €91.4m abroad in 2021

Despite the tricky situation for global cinemas squeezed by the pandemic, French film in all its diversity continued to circulate worldwide last year

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