Janis Rafa • Director of Kala azar

Interview: Janis Rafa • Director of Kala azar

“Humans infect everything around them”

Cineuropa caught up with Greek video artist-turned-director Janis Rafa, who is back at IFFR with her feature debut, Kala azar, following her short Requiem to a Shipwreck

21/01 | IFFR 2020

The Father named Best Feature Film in Trieste

The Father named Best Feature Film in Trieste

The audience crowned Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov’s film their winner, while Réka Szabó’s The Euphoria of Being scoops the Best Documentary accolade

21/01 | Trieste 2020 | Awards

Review: Marek Edelman… And There Was Love in the Ghetto

Review: Marek Edelman… And There Was Love in the Ghetto

This subtle and moving documentary about romance in the Warsaw Ghetto, as told by a witness and recorded by Jolanta Dylewska, has been screened at Trieste

21/01 | Trieste 2020

First Cut+ hands out its awards

First Cut+ hands out its awards

The first edition of the new programme has awarded the upcoming film projects by Ana Rocha de Sousa, Teemu Nikki and Juris Poškus

21/01 | Trieste 2020 | WEMW

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Film Reviews

Light from the Chocolate Factory - by Dag Johan Haugerud - Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud channels Éric Rohmer and the French New Wave in this excellent comedy of morals and music

Light from the Chocolate Factory
by Dag Johan Haugerud
Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud channels Éric Rohmer and the French New Wave in this excellent comedy of morals and music

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 Weeping Woman - by Jayro Bustamante - VENICE 2019: In his third feature, presented in Giornate degli Autori, Jayro Bustamante tells the story of the Guatemalan genocide using the codes of the ghost movie

The Weeping Woman
by Jayro Bustamante
VENICE 2019: In his third feature, presented in Giornate degli Autori, Jayro Bustamante tells the story of the Guatemalan genocide using the codes of the ghost movie

The Audition - by Ina Weisse - Featuring a captivating performance from Nina Hoss, Ina Weisse’s sophomore feature follows a woman trapped in the pursuit of success and abandoning her family

The Audition
by Ina Weisse
Featuring a captivating performance from Nina Hoss, Ina Weisse’s sophomore feature follows a woman trapped in the pursuit of success and abandoning her family

1917 - by Sam Mendes - Director Sam Mendes and cinematographer Roger Deakins have created a stunning continuous-shot dash into enemy territory during World War I

1917
by Sam Mendes
Director Sam Mendes and cinematographer Roger Deakins have created a stunning continuous-shot dash into enemy territory during World War I

Les Misérables - by Ladj LY - CANNES 2019: With his first fiction feature, Ladj Ly paints an intense and impactful portrait of the relations between police and young people in the Paris suburbs

Les Misérables
by Ladj LY
CANNES 2019: With his first fiction feature, Ladj Ly paints an intense and impactful portrait of the relations between police and young people in the Paris suburbs

The Personal History of David Copperfield - by Armando Iannucci - Armando Iannucci surprises with this remarkably madcap adaptation of the much-loved Charles Dickens novel

The Personal History of David Copperfield
by Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci surprises with this remarkably madcap adaptation of the much-loved Charles Dickens novel

The Wild Goose Lake - by Diao Yinan - CANNES 2019: Co-produced by France, the new film noir by Chinese director Diao Yinan, who triumphed at the Berlinale 2014 with Black Coal, Thin Ice, is a work of stunning virtuosity

The Wild Goose Lake
by Diao Yinan
CANNES 2019: Co-produced by France, the new film noir by Chinese director Diao Yinan, who triumphed at the Berlinale 2014 with Black Coal, Thin Ice, is a work of stunning virtuosity

Marco D’Amore now filming Peter Chelsom’s Security

Marco D’Amore now filming Peter Chelsom’s Security

Based upon Stephen Amidon’s homonymous novel, the British director’s latest film, by Vision Distribution and Indiana Production, will be shot in Forte dei Marmi

21/01 | Production | Funding | Italy

Les Misérables crowned French critics’ winner

Les Misérables crowned French critics’ winner

Ladj Ly’s work takes home the title of Best French Film for 2019, while Matthieu Bareyre’s documentary Young and Alive is named Best First Film

21/01 | Festivals | Awards | France

Review: Light From the Chocolate Factory

Review: Light From the Chocolate Factory

Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud channels Éric Rohmer and the French New Wave in this excellent comedy of morals and music

21/01 | Tromsø 2020

Terence Davies to make Benediction with Jack Lowden

Terence Davies to make Benediction with Jack Lowden

UK production outfit EMU Films is producing Davies’ biopic of Siegfried Sassoon, one of the leading British poets of World War I

21/01 | Production | Funding | UK

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Spaniard Juan Rodrigáñez is finally releasing his second feature, Rights-of-Man, in his home country after presenting it at festivals such as Gijón, Málaga, Cinespaña in Toulouse and FIDMarseille

Spaniard Juan Rodrigáñez is finally releasing his second feature, Rights-of-Man, in his home country after presenting it at festivals such as Gijón, Málaga, Cinespaña in Toulouse and FIDMarseille

We spoke to German director Harald Bergmann on the occasion of the world premiere of his documentary Vorzeit – In Praise of Greece at the Hellas Filmbox Berlin festival

We spoke to German director Harald Bergmann on the occasion of the world premiere of his documentary Vorzeit – In Praise of Greece at the Hellas Filmbox Berlin festival

Cineuropa caught up with Greek video artist-turned-director Janis Rafa, who is back at IFFR with her feature debut, Kala azar, following her short Requiem to a Shipwreck

Cineuropa caught up with Greek video artist-turned-director Janis Rafa, who is back at IFFR with her feature debut, Kala azar, following her short Requiem to a Shipwreck

UniFrance’s new managing director, Daniela Elstner, examines the new challenges involved in promoting French cinema abroad in a rapidly changing distribution context

UniFrance’s new managing director, Daniela Elstner, examines the new challenges involved in promoting French cinema abroad in a rapidly changing distribution context

We chatted with the director of the Solothurn Film Festival, Anita Hugi, about the strengths of a gathering which is so crucial to Swiss film

We chatted with the director of the Solothurn Film Festival, Anita Hugi, about the strengths of a gathering which is so crucial to Swiss film

We talked to Dr Huw Jones, lecturer in Film at the University of Southampton, about how he developed Moving Docs’ survey on documentary audiences in Europe

We talked to Dr Huw Jones, lecturer in Film at the University of Southampton, about how he developed Moving Docs’ survey on documentary audiences in Europe

We chatted to the artistic director of the Göteborg Film Festival, Jonas Holmberg, to discuss plans for the gathering, both big and small

We chatted to the artistic director of the Göteborg Film Festival, Jonas Holmberg, to discuss plans for the gathering, both big and small

We spoke to Serbian filmmaker Marija Stojnić about her documentary Speak So I Can See You, centred on Radio Belgrade

We spoke to Serbian filmmaker Marija Stojnić about her documentary Speak So I Can See You, centred on Radio Belgrade

The Berlinale announces Forum and Forum Expanded line-ups

The Berlinale announces Forum and Forum Expanded line-ups

For the 50th anniversary of the gathering's most daring section, new head Cristina Nord and her team have selected 35 films and another 39 installations and films for the Expanded segment

21/01 | Berlinale 2020

And Then We Danced wins big at Sweden’s Guldbagge Awards

And Then We Danced wins big at Sweden’s Guldbagge Awards

The sci-fi epic Aniara has scooped four gongs, with a low yield for main contenders Roy Andersson and Mikael Håfström

21/01 | Festivals | Awards | Sweden

Filming under way on Margus Paju’s spy thriller O2

Filming under way on Margus Paju’s spy thriller O2

The Estonian director’s sophomore feature revolves around an Estonian intelligence officer who has to track down a mysterious Soviet double agent

20/01 | Production | Funding | Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania/Finland

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Mosquito - by João Nuno Pinto - Rotterdam 2020 - Voices Big Screen Competition

Mosquito
by João Nuno Pinto
Rotterdam 2020 - Voices Big Screen Competition

Time of Moulting - by Sabrina Mertens - Rotterdam 2020 - Bright Future Competition

Time of Moulting
by Sabrina Mertens
Rotterdam 2020 - Bright Future Competition

This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection - by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese - - Sundance 2020 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition - Rotterdam 2020 - Bright Future

This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese

Sundance 2020 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Rotterdam 2020 - Bright Future

For the Time Being - by Salka Tiziana - Rotterdam 2020 - Bright Future Competition

For the Time Being
by Salka Tiziana
Rotterdam 2020 - Bright Future Competition

Eden - di Ágnes Kocsis - Rotterdam 2020 - Big Screen Competition

Eden
di Ágnes Kocsis
Rotterdam 2020 - Big Screen Competition

Göteborg’s Nordic Film Market gears up for its 21st edition

Göteborg’s Nordic Film Market gears up for its 21st edition

The leading Scandinavian market is all set to welcome the new projects by Thomas Vinterberg, Magnus von Horn, Eskil Vogt, Teemu Nikki and Charlotte Blom, among others

20/01 | Göteborg 2020 | Nordic Film Market

European cinema triumphs at the 13th Kustendorf Film & Music Festival

European cinema triumphs at the 13th Kustendorf Film & Music Festival

The Romanian short The Christmas Gift by Bogdan Muresanu has snagged the Golden Egg, while second prize went to Belarus’ The Lake of Happiness by Aliaksei Paluyan

20/01 | Kustendorf 2020 | Awards

Biarritz's FIPADOC kicks off tomorrow

Biarritz's FIPADOC kicks off tomorrow

The festival opens its new, exclusively documentarian identity in this rich edition boasting 172 titles, which is set to unspool 21 - 26 January in the French city, with a focus on Sweden

20/01 | Festivals | Awards | France

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Film Reviews

Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer - by Andrey A. Tarkovskiy - VENICE 2019: Forget Garbo – this time around, in the film by his son Andrey A, it’s Tarkovsky who finally talks

Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer
by Andrey A. Tarkovskiy
VENICE 2019: Forget Garbo – this time around, in the film by his son Andrey A, it’s Tarkovsky who finally talks

System K - by Renaud Barret - BERLIN 2019: After Benda Bilili!, Renaud Barret signs a fascinating new documentary set in the heart of Kinsasha that follows the lives of outstanding artists and street performers

System K
by Renaud Barret
BERLIN 2019: After Benda Bilili!, Renaud Barret signs a fascinating new documentary set in the heart of Kinsasha that follows the lives of outstanding artists and street performers

Alice and the Mayor - by Nicolas Pariser - CANNES 2019: Nicolas Pariser delivers a very clever and quirky political comedy, with brilliant performances from Fabrice Luchini and Anaïs Demoustier

Alice and the Mayor
by Nicolas Pariser
CANNES 2019: Nicolas Pariser delivers a very clever and quirky political comedy, with brilliant performances from Fabrice Luchini and Anaïs Demoustier

Twelve Thousand - by Nadège Trebal - With determination and a surprising dose of good humour and poetry, Nadège Trebal’s film examines the vicissitudes of two soul mates in pursuit of their own kind of happiness

Twelve Thousand
by Nadège Trebal
With determination and a surprising dose of good humour and poetry, Nadège Trebal’s film examines the vicissitudes of two soul mates in pursuit of their own kind of happiness

Proxima - by Alice Winocour - France’s Alice Winocour puts her name to an original and very well-executed film on space exploration, painting a portrait of a female astronaut and her daughter

Proxima
by Alice Winocour
France’s Alice Winocour puts her name to an original and very well-executed film on space exploration, painting a portrait of a female astronaut and her daughter

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

Corpus Christi - by Jan Komasa - VENICE 2019: In his superb new movie, Jan Komasa investigates the social dynamics of a small community that gets a new priest who hides his true identity

Corpus Christi
by Jan Komasa
VENICE 2019: In his superb new movie, Jan Komasa investigates the social dynamics of a small community that gets a new priest who hides his true identity

Honeyland - by Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov - Macedonian filmmakers Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov's documentary is a visually spectacular piece of cinéma vérité

Honeyland
by Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov
Macedonian filmmakers Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov's documentary is a visually spectacular piece of cinéma vérité

World Productions to produce six-part TV series Vigil for BBC One

World Productions to produce six-part TV series Vigil for BBC One

Production of the Suranne Jones-starring series is to take place in Scotland with support from the National Lottery, through Creative Scotland

20/01 | Television | UK

The Tromsø International Film Festival announces its award winners

The Tromsø International Film Festival announces its award winners

Valentyn Vasyanovych’s drama Atlantis has won the Aurora Prize, while Parasite took home the Audience Award

20/01 | Tromsø 2020 | Awards

Cristi Puiu's Malmkrog to open Berlinale's Encounters competition

Cristi Puiu's Malmkrog to open Berlinale's Encounters competition

15 films will compete for three awards in the newly established section, while the festival has also announced the full Perspektive Deutsches Kino line-up

20/01 | Berlinale 2020

Interviews

Cineuropa talked to Marcin Krzyształowicz, director of Mister T., already a subject of some controversy in its home country, Poland, where it is set to be released on Christmas day

Cineuropa talked to Marcin Krzyształowicz, director of Mister T., already a subject of some controversy in its home country, Poland, where it is set to be released on Christmas day

Cineuropa braved the snow to talk to director Nathalie Biancheri about Nocturnal at the Les Arcs Film Festival

Cineuropa braved the snow to talk to director Nathalie Biancheri about Nocturnal at the Les Arcs Film Festival

We met with Biljana Tutorov, founder and head of programme of Women Doc Accelerator, after the vibrant sophomore year of the initiative

We met with Biljana Tutorov, founder and head of programme of Women Doc Accelerator, after the vibrant sophomore year of the initiative

We chatted to Dutch first-time director Halina Reijn about her feature Instinct, screened in the main competition at the Les Arcs Film Festival

We chatted to Dutch first-time director Halina Reijn about her feature Instinct, screened in the main competition at the Les Arcs Film Festival

We met with the winner of Les Arcs' Eurimages Lab Project Award, Russian director Ekaterina Selenkina, to discuss her project Figures in the Urban Landscape

We met with the winner of Les Arcs' Eurimages Lab Project Award, Russian director Ekaterina Selenkina, to discuss her project Figures in the Urban Landscape

We talked to Régis Roinsard, director (and magic aficionado) of the opening film of this year’s Les Arcs Film Festival, The Translators

We talked to Régis Roinsard, director (and magic aficionado) of the opening film of this year’s Les Arcs Film Festival, The Translators

Frédéric Boyer, film selector at the Les Arcs Film Festival (whose 11th edition will run from 14-21 December 2019), explains the Work in Progress line-up

Frédéric Boyer, film selector at the Les Arcs Film Festival (whose 11th edition will run from 14-21 December 2019), explains the Work in Progress line-up

We met up with Antony Root, executive vice-president of HBO Europe, as he presented Isabel Coixet's Foodie Love at Brussels’ Are You Series? festival

We met up with Antony Root, executive vice-president of HBO Europe, as he presented Isabel Coixet's Foodie Love at Brussels’ Are You Series? festival

Principal photography wraps on Clio Barnard's Ali & Ava

Principal photography wraps on Clio Barnard's Ali & Ava

The fourth feature by the writer-director is a contemporary love story starring Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook

20/01 | Production | Funding | UK

The Bergamo Film Meeting unveils its Europe Now! Film Industry Meetings

The Bergamo Film Meeting unveils its Europe Now! Film Industry Meetings

The 38th edition of the festival (7-15 March) will introduce a new and wholly European industry section, as well as welcoming special guests João Nicolau, Rúnar Rúnarsson and Danis Tanović

17/01 | Bergamo 2020 | Film Industry Meetings

Mark Jenkin to follow up Bait with horror film Enys Men for Film4

Mark Jenkin to follow up Bait with horror film Enys Men for Film4

The director will shoot the movie in and around his native Cornwall this coming May

17/01 | Production | Funding | UK

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness - by Massoud Bakhshi - Sundance 2020 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness
by Massoud Bakhshi
Sundance 2020 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Kala azar - by Janis Rafa - Rotterdam 2020 - Tiger Competition

Kala azar
by Janis Rafa
Rotterdam 2020 - Tiger Competition

Figli - by Giuseppe Bonito - Italian release January 23

Figli
by Giuseppe Bonito
Italian release January 23

Adoration - by Fabrice du Welz - Locarno 2019 - Piazza Grande - Belgium release January 15 and French release January 22

Adoration
by Fabrice du Welz
Locarno 2019 - Piazza Grande
Belgium release January 15 and French release January 22

The Weeping Woman - by Jayro Bustamante - Venice 2019 - Giornate degli Autori Director’s Award - French release January 22

The Weeping Woman
by Jayro Bustamante
Venice 2019 - Giornate degli Autori Director’s Award
French release January 22

Industry Reports

The 13th IDFA DocLab new-media programme announces its winners

Prizes for Best Digital Storytelling and Best Immersive Non-fiction Experience were awarded to the crème de la crème of this year’s projects at IDFA DocLab

God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya wins the first Arab Critics’ Award for European Films

The joint initiative between European Film Promotion and the Arab Cinema Center, aiming to promote European cinema to the Arab world, handed out its award at the Cairo Film Festival

Europa Distribution explains why together is better at Rome's MIA

The network held its 13th Annual Conference during Rome's market, gathering around sixty of its members to discuss the latest evolutions in the European distribution market

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