GoCritic! Shorts Review: Suzan Pitt Retrospective at Animafest Zagreb

GoCritic! Shorts Review: Suzan Pitt Retrospective at Animafest Zagreb

We look at the work of Suzan Pitt, the recipient of Animafest Zagreb's Lifetime Achievement Award who very recently died at the age of 76  

17/06 | GoCritic! | Animafest Zagreb 2019

European competitor Chili discusses (T)VOD at the Munich Film Festival

European competitor Chili discusses (T)VOD at the Munich Film Festival

The Italian-European platform which has dropped anchor in the UK, Germany, Poland and Austria is organising a panel discussion featuring German professionals, to be held in Munich at the end of June  

17/06 | Munich 2019

CineEurope drops anchor in Barcelona once again

CineEurope drops anchor in Barcelona once again

Today marks the start of the 28th edition of this event that brings together film distribution and exhibition professionals hailing from both Europe and the USA; the gathering runs until 20 June  

17/06 | Industry | Spain/Europe

Myriam Achard • Chief, New Media Partnerships and PR, Centre Phi

Interview: Myriam Achard • Chief, New Media Partnerships and PR, Centre Phi

"We actively look to put our experience to good use by projecting it outwards"

We met with the woman who plays a key role in exporting the expertise acquired by Montreal’s Phi Centre in the field of virtual reality: Myriam Achard  

17/06

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Deerskin - by Quentin Dupieux - CANNES 2019: Quentin Dupieux delivers a brilliantly refined film, between an absurdist comedy and a realistic drama about madness, with Jean Dujardin and Adèle Haenel excellent in the lead roles
Deerskin
by Quentin Dupieux
CANNES 2019: Quentin Dupieux delivers a brilliantly refined film, between an absurdist comedy and a realistic drama about madness, with Jean Dujardin and Adèle Haenel excellent in the lead roles
Dirty God - by Sacha Polak - With a mesmerising soundtrack and stunning visuals, Sacha Polak brings us a story about finding inner strength in her English-language debut
Dirty God
by Sacha Polak
With a mesmerising soundtrack and stunning visuals, Sacha Polak brings us a story about finding inner strength in her English-language debut
One Day - by Zsófia Szilágyi - CANNES 2018: Zsófia Szilágyi’s first full-length film heaves with tension and a keen sense of realism, following the daily grind of a woman and mother on the verge of breaking down
One Day
by Zsófia Szilágyi
CANNES 2018: Zsófia Szilágyi’s first full-length film heaves with tension and a keen sense of realism, following the daily grind of a woman and mother on the verge of breaking down
I Lost My Body - by Jérémy Clapin - CANNES 2019: Animation sends sparks flying on the Croisette with the feature debut from French director Jérémy Clapin, a moving, inventive, and prodigious gem of storytelling
I Lost My Body
by Jérémy Clapin
CANNES 2019: Animation sends sparks flying on the Croisette with the feature debut from French director Jérémy Clapin, a moving, inventive, and prodigious gem of storytelling
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles - by Salvador Simó - Salvador Simó adapts Fermín Solís’ comic book of the same name into a film, adding colour as well as images from Land Without Bread, the documentary directed by Luis Buñuel in 1933
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
by Salvador Simó
Salvador Simó adapts Fermín Solís’ comic book of the same name into a film, adding colour as well as images from Land Without Bread, the documentary directed by Luis Buñuel in 1933
O Beautiful Night - by Xaver Böhm - BERLIN 2019: Young Berlin-based German filmmaker Xaver Böhm has created a deeply romantic journey through the night, which resembles a flamboyant baroque painting
O Beautiful Night
by Xaver Böhm
BERLIN 2019: Young Berlin-based German filmmaker Xaver Böhm has created a deeply romantic journey through the night, which resembles a flamboyant baroque painting
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love - by Nick Broomfield - Nick Broomfield tackles the relationship between Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen in this heartfelt, touching and romantic documentary
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
by Nick Broomfield
Nick Broomfield tackles the relationship between Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen in this heartfelt, touching and romantic documentary
Diego Maradona - by Asif Kapadia - CANNES 2019: In this documentary of two halves, Asif Kapadia pits the loveable, vulnerable Diego against the less endearing public figure of Maradona
Diego Maradona
by Asif Kapadia
CANNES 2019: In this documentary of two halves, Asif Kapadia pits the loveable, vulnerable Diego against the less endearing public figure of Maradona
Independent cinema on show on the Champs-Élysées

Independent cinema on show on the Champs-Élysées

Stéphane Brizé will preside over the jury at this 8th edition of the festival where masterclasses from Jeff Goldblum, Debra Granik and Kyle MacLachlan are all on the cards  

17/06 | Champs-Élysées 2019

Orwa Nyrabia • Artistic director, IDFA

Interview: Orwa Nyrabia • Artistic director, IDFA

"This is not us being nice, smart and progressive; this is us surviving"

We sat down with IDFA artistic director Orwa Nyrabia to get the low-down on the raft of changes that have just been announced for the upcoming edition  

17/06 | IDFA 2019

Michael Winterbottom shooting The Trip to Greece

Michael Winterbottom shooting The Trip to Greece

The fourth instalment in the successful series stays in the Mediterranean, and the shoot is already under way with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon in the lead roles  

17/06 | Television | UK

I Lost My Body triumphs at Annecy

I Lost My Body triumphs at Annecy

Jérémy Clapin’s film has won the Crystal for Best Feature and the Audience Award, while a Special Mention from the Jury went to Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles  

17/06 | Annecy 2019 | Awards

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We sat down with British film producer Ben Gibson to chat about his experience so far as head of the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB)
We sat down with British film producer Ben Gibson to chat about his experience so far as head of the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB)
We sat down with IDFA artistic director Orwa Nyrabia to get the low-down on the raft of changes that have just been announced for the upcoming edition
We sat down with IDFA artistic director Orwa Nyrabia to get the low-down on the raft of changes that have just been announced for the upcoming edition
We met with the woman who plays a key role in exporting the expertise acquired by Montreal’s Phi Centre in the field of virtual reality: Myriam Achard
We met with the woman who plays a key role in exporting the expertise acquired by Montreal’s Phi Centre in the field of virtual reality: Myriam Achard
Carlos Marques-Marcet presented his third film The Days to Come at the 47th Huesca International Film Festival, two weeks ahead of its release in Spanish cinemas
Carlos Marques-Marcet presented his third film The Days to Come at the 47th Huesca International Film Festival, two weeks ahead of its release in Spanish cinemas
At its 18th edition, the Transilvania IFF became even more audience-friendly thanks to the VoD service TIFF Unlimited; project manager Dorina Oargă told us about the platform’s plans for the future
At its 18th edition, the Transilvania IFF became even more audience-friendly thanks to the VoD service TIFF Unlimited; project manager Dorina Oargă told us about the platform’s plans for the future
We spoke with the Danish journalist and filmmaker Mads Brügger about his Sundance-award-winning documentary Cold Case Hammarskjöld, now in competition at Bologna’s Biografilm Festival
We spoke with the Danish journalist and filmmaker Mads Brügger about his Sundance-award-winning documentary Cold Case Hammarskjöld, now in competition at Bologna’s Biografilm Festival
We caught up with Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis to chat about his fairy tale-like animated adventure Away, which is screening at the Annecy Film Festival
We caught up with Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis to chat about his fairy tale-like animated adventure Away, which is screening at the Annecy Film Festival
We met with Advocate's co-director Rachel Leah Jones and protagonist Lea Tsemel at Bologna's Biografilm Festival to discuss the documentary, harshly criticised by the Israeli Minister of Culture
We met with Advocate's co-director Rachel Leah Jones and protagonist Lea Tsemel at Bologna's Biografilm Festival to discuss the documentary, harshly criticised by the Israeli Minister of Culture
FEST announces its complete industry programme and schedules

FEST announces its complete industry programme and schedules

The film-industry programme will unspool between 25 and 30 June, with more than 50 speakers and 30 master classes on the agenda  

17/06 | FEST Espinho 2019 | FEST Espinho Industry

Review: Away

Review: Away

The production history of this feature by Latvian animator Gints Zilbalodis is fascinating, but it’s what finally made it to the big screen that truly impresses  

17/06 | Annecy 2019

REPORT: The state of animation in Central and Eastern Europe

REPORT: The state of animation in Central and Eastern Europe

With the 43rd edition of the Annecy Film Festival just finished, Cineuropa takes a detailed look at the state of animation in Central and Eastern Europe  

17/06 | Annecy 2019

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

I Lost My Body - by Jérémy Clapin - Cannes 2019 - Critics’ Week Grand Prize - Annecy 2019 - Crystal Prize for Best Feature Filmand Audience Award
I Lost My Body
by Jérémy Clapin
Cannes 2019 - Critics’ Week Grand Prize
Annecy 2019 - Crystal Prize for Best Feature Filmand Audience Award
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles - by Salvador Simó - Annecy 2019 - Jury Distinction - French release June 19
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
by Salvador Simó
Annecy 2019 - Jury Distinction
French release June 19
Deerskin - by Quentin Dupieux - Cannes 2019 - Directors' Fortnight - French and Belgium releases June 19
Deerskin
by Quentin Dupieux
Cannes 2019 - Directors' Fortnight
French and Belgium releases June 19
The Mustang - by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre - Sundance 2019- Premieres - French release June 19
The Mustang
by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
Sundance 2019- Premieres
French release June 19
Dirty God - by Sacha Polak - Rotterdam 2019 - Opening Film - Sundance 2019 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition - French release June 19
Dirty God
by Sacha Polak
Rotterdam 2019 - Opening Film
Sundance 2019 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition
French release June 19
Review: Kemp. My Best Dance Is Yet To Come

Review: Kemp. My Best Dance Is Yet To Come

Italian actor-director Edoardo Gabbriellini delivers a great documentary, competing in Bologna’s Biografilm Festival, in which contemporary dance icon Lindsay Kemp tells his own story  

14/06 | Biografilm 2019

Carlos Marques-Marcet • Director of The Days to Come

Interview: Carlos Marques-Marcet • Director of The Days to Come

"The biggest challenge is to show what the characters are thinking"

Carlos Marques-Marcet presented his third film The Days to Come at the 47th Huesca International Film Festival, two weeks ahead of its release in Spanish cinemas  

13/06

"Dífferent 12! L'autre cinéma espagnol" descends on Paris

"Dífferent 12! L'autre cinéma espagnol" descends on Paris

Three preview screenings and five features as yet unseen in France will unspool in Paris from 17-26 June, in the presence of their directors; a professional sidebar is also on the agenda  

14/06 | Festivals | France

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Film Reviews

Zombi Child - by Bertrand Bonello - CANNES 2019: Bertrand Bonello puts his name to a film steeped in the occult and brilliant despite its simple façade, blurring the boundaries between times and worlds
Zombi Child
by Bertrand Bonello
CANNES 2019: Bertrand Bonello puts his name to a film steeped in the occult and brilliant despite its simple façade, blurring the boundaries between times and worlds
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin - by Werner Herzog - Werner Herzog fashions a warm documentary tribute to his great friend and fellow maverick, British travel writer Bruce Chatwin
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
by Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog fashions a warm documentary tribute to his great friend and fellow maverick, British travel writer Bruce Chatwin
MOTHER - by Kristof Bilsen - Kristof Bilsen’s beautiful doc focuses on a caregiver in Chiang Mai, Thailand, who works in a home for European Alzheimer’s sufferers
MOTHER
by Kristof Bilsen
Kristof Bilsen’s beautiful doc focuses on a caregiver in Chiang Mai, Thailand, who works in a home for European Alzheimer’s sufferers
My Father the Spy - by Gints Grube, Jaak Kilmi - This compelling documentary by Gints Grube and Jaak Kilmi takes a look at the secret life of a Cold War double agent as his daughter sets out on a journey into the past
My Father the Spy
by Gints Grube, Jaak Kilmi
This compelling documentary by Gints Grube and Jaak Kilmi takes a look at the secret life of a Cold War double agent as his daughter sets out on a journey into the past
The White Crow - by Ralph Fiennes - Ralph Fiennes’ third directorial outing recounts the defection of Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev as a Cold War ballet
The White Crow
by Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes’ third directorial outing recounts the defection of Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev as a Cold War ballet
Dolce Fine Giornata - by Jacek Borcuch - Sundance regular Jacek Borcuch comes back to Park City with an alluring film, yet one that is loaded with profound questions about European identity
Dolce Fine Giornata
by Jacek Borcuch
Sundance regular Jacek Borcuch comes back to Park City with an alluring film, yet one that is loaded with profound questions about European identity
Away - by Gints Zilbalodis - The production history of this feature by Latvian animator Gints Zilbalodis is fascinating, but it’s what finally made it to the big screen that truly impresses
Away
by Gints Zilbalodis
The production history of this feature by Latvian animator Gints Zilbalodis is fascinating, but it’s what finally made it to the big screen that truly impresses
Kemp. My Best Dance Is Yet to Come - by Edoardo Gabbriellini - Italian actor-director Edoardo Gabbriellini delivers a great documentary, competing in Bologna’s Biografilm Festival, in which contemporary dance icon Lindsay Kemp tells his own story
Kemp. My Best Dance Is Yet to Come
by Edoardo Gabbriellini
Italian actor-director Edoardo Gabbriellini delivers a great documentary, competing in Bologna’s Biografilm Festival, in which contemporary dance icon Lindsay Kemp tells his own story
Pedro Almodóvar to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Pedro Almodóvar to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

The acknowledgement to the great Spanish director will be presented during the 76th Venice International Film Festival (28 August-7 September)  

14/06 | Venice 2019

Ben Gibson • Director, DFFB

Interview: Ben Gibson • Director, DFFB

“DFFB is consistently capturing real audiences for real filmmaking”

We sat down with British film producer Ben Gibson to chat about his experience so far as head of the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB)  

14/06

Klaus, Netflix’ first animated film, presented at Annecy

Klaus, Netflix’ first animated film, presented at Annecy

The first images from the Spanish production to be released by Netflix in December have been presented at Annecy, while the platform has also signed agreements with Paris school Gobelins  

14/06 | Annecy 2019

Interviews

We talked to Mihály Schwechtje and Genověva Petrovits, the recipients of the Eurimages Co-production Development Award, after their win at the Transilvania International Film Festival
We talked to Mihály Schwechtje and Genověva Petrovits, the recipients of the Eurimages Co-production Development Award, after their win at the Transilvania International Film Festival
Lluís Miñarro opened the Filmadrid International Film Festival 2019 with Love Me Not, his second fiction film which world-premiered at the recent International Film Festival Rotterdam
Lluís Miñarro opened the Filmadrid International Film Festival 2019 with Love Me Not, his second fiction film which world-premiered at the recent International Film Festival Rotterdam
Polish producer Aneta Zagórska sat down with us at Lima’s Al Este Central and Eastern European Film Festival to share her thoughts on her experience co-producing with international professionals
Polish producer Aneta Zagórska sat down with us at Lima’s Al Este Central and Eastern European Film Festival to share her thoughts on her experience co-producing with international professionals
We talked to Turkish director Burak Çevik about his Transilvania-screened second film, Belonging, inspired by true events
We talked to Turkish director Burak Çevik about his Transilvania-screened second film, Belonging, inspired by true events
Cineuropa met with Norwegian director Benjamin Langeland on the occasion of the international Oslo Pix festival, where he was presenting his title Once Aurora in the Documentary section competition
Cineuropa met with Norwegian director Benjamin Langeland on the occasion of the international Oslo Pix festival, where he was presenting his title Once Aurora in the Documentary section competition
We met up with Transilvania International Film Festival president Tudor Giurgiu, whose new film, Parking, opened this year’s edition of the gathering
We met up with Transilvania International Film Festival president Tudor Giurgiu, whose new film, Parking, opened this year’s edition of the gathering
On the occasion of the third Oslo Pix Festival, the Norwegian director Paul Tunge introduced us to his fourth feature film Du, an independent film selected for the official competition
On the occasion of the third Oslo Pix Festival, the Norwegian director Paul Tunge introduced us to his fourth feature film Du, an independent film selected for the official competition
Following the creative comeback that was Isla bonita, and after the recent box-office smash The Tribe, Fernando Colomo is releasing Antes de la quema, which was shot during the carnival in Cádiz
Following the creative comeback that was Isla bonita, and after the recent box-office smash The Tribe, Fernando Colomo is releasing Antes de la quema, which was shot during the carnival in Cádiz
The Bulgarian National Film Center announces the winners of its first grant session for 2019

The Bulgarian National Film Center announces the winners of its first grant session for 2019

Six minority co-productions also received total production support of approximately €495,000  

14/06 | Funding | Bulgaria

Karlovy Vary reveals the full programme for its 2019 edition

Karlovy Vary reveals the full programme for its 2019 edition

The largest film gathering in the Czech Republic has unveiled the latest formalistically daring and thought-provoking films set to screen at this year’s edition  

14/06 | Karlovy Vary 2019

The 72nd Locarno Film Festival announces its opening and closing titles

The 72nd Locarno Film Festival announces its opening and closing titles

The first edition of the festival under Lili Hinstin’s directorship will open with Ginevra Elkann’s debut, Magari, and will close with Japanese master Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s To the Ends of the Earth  

14/06 | Locarno 2019

Set of Culture
Italy for Movies

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

The White Crow - by Ralph Fiennes - French release June 19
The White Crow
by Ralph Fiennes
French release June 19
One Day - by Zsófia Szilágyi - Cannes 2018 - Critics' Week - French release June 19
One Day
by Zsófia Szilágyi
Cannes 2018 - Critics' Week
French release June 19
O Beautiful Night - by Xaver Böhm - Berlinale 2019 - Panorama - German release June 20
O Beautiful Night
by Xaver Böhm
Berlinale 2019 - Panorama
German release June 20
Inna de Yard - The Soul of Jamaica - by Peter Webber - Tribeca 2019 - Movies Plus - German release June 20 and French release July 10
Inna de Yard - The Soul of Jamaica
by Peter Webber
Tribeca 2019 - Movies Plus
German release June 20 and French release July 10
Transnistra - by Anna Eborn - Rotterdam 2019 - Big Screen Award - Danish release June 20
Transnistra
by Anna Eborn
Rotterdam 2019 - Big Screen Award
Danish release June 20

Industry Reports

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

17/12/2018

Jeffrey Chan • Producer and distributor, Bona Film Group

Bridging the Dragon met up with Jeffrey Chan, executive vice-president of Bona Film Group, one of the leading distribution and production companies in China

14/12/2018

Cai Gongming • Producer and distributor, Road Pictures

Road Pictures’ Cai Gongming chatted to us about the Chinese film market at the latest Bridging the Dragon event, which unspooled from 11-14 November in Beijing

Film Reviews

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