Review: We Believe You

Review: We Believe You

BERLINALE 2025: Charlotte Devillers and Arnaud Dufeys follow in the footsteps of a mother who struggles with the slow march of justice while trying to protect her son who’s a victim of incest  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Perspectives

New films by Andrea Štaka and Maksym Nakonechnyi win the Eurimages Award at the Berlinale Co-Production Market

New films by Andrea Štaka and Maksym Nakonechnyi win the Eurimages Award at the Berlinale Co-Production Market

BERLINALE 2025 : Ibicaba – Visions of Paradise and The Earth Is Flat – I Flew Around and Saw It have received €20,000 each, while the inaugural Gen Z Audience Award went to Anastasiia Solonevych  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | EFM/Awards

Review: Confidante

Review: Confidante

BERLINALE 2025: Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti deliver a punchy and audacious huis clos about the condition of women in Turkey  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Alissa Jung • Director of Paternal Leave

Interview: Alissa Jung • Director of Paternal Leave

“There can be so much love between parents and children, so much support and so much hurt”

BERLINALE 2025: We talked to the German filmmaker about her determined child protagonist, her perspective on family and her casting process  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Generation

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Industry Reports

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - The audiovisual gender gap explored at the EFM - 15/02/2025

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 15/02/2025
The audiovisual gender gap explored at the EFM
BERLINALE 2025: Experts examined new data and shared perspectives on the strides made, as well as the work that still lies ahead, in order to achieve gender equality in European film production

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A busy 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 Trieste, IFFR, Göteborg, Berlin, Clermont-Ferrand, Luxembourg, Thessaloniki, Sofia and CPH:DOX

New Media - At the EFM, Publikum discusses the usage of anthropology-based AI to enhance audience strategies - 16/02/2025

New Media – 16/02/2025
At the EFM, Publikum discusses the usage of anthropology-based AI to enhance audience strategies
BERLINALE 2025: The Danish consultancy firm's Rikke Flodin and Lars Tversted presented their new tools, showing how they can help creatives develop successful projects

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - The European Audiovisual Observatory finds that 20% of films perform better on SVoD than in cinemas - 15/02/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 15/02/2025
The European Audiovisual Observatory finds that 20% of films perform better on SVoD than in cinemas
According to “The Impact of Cinema Admissions on SVoD Usage” report, strong ticket sales don’t always translate into impressive performance on streaming platforms

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Miki and Černák dominate Slovak movie theatres - 14/02/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 14/02/2025
Miki and Černák dominate Slovak movie theatres
The two parts of Jakub Króner’s crime biopic on mafia boss Mikuláš Černák topped the list of local films at the domestic box office in 2024 and opened strongly in 2025, respectively

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Jiří Mádl's Waves dominates the Czech annual box office - 14/02/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 14/02/2025
Jiří Mádl's Waves dominates the Czech annual box office
Despite a 2.2% dip in cinema attendance in 2024, domestic theatres maintained stable box-office revenues

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Europe’s cinema attendance declined by 2% in 2024, the European Audiovisual Observatory finds - 14/02/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 14/02/2025
Europe’s cinema attendance declined by 2% in 2024, the European Audiovisual Observatory finds
BERLINALE 2025: The report also highlights that total EU admissions were estimated at 640 million, reflecting a slight 3% decrease from 2023

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Christine von Fragstein • Co-initiator, Fair Play Film + Culture - 11/02/2025

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 11/02/2025
Christine von Fragstein • Co-initiator, Fair Play Film + Culture
We talked to one of the founders of the new network of coaches aiming to make the German film industry a fairer workplace

Review: Tales from the Magic Garden

Review: Tales from the Magic Garden

BERLINALE 2025: This stop-motion anthology by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar and Jean-Claude Rozec addresses the topic of death, but makes it unexpectedly lively, engaging and educational  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Generation

Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski • Director of The Memory of Butterflies

Interview: Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski • Director of The Memory of Butterflies

"This showed once again to me, that documentary is never objective, it's always about the perspective"

BERLINALE 2025: We talked to the Peruvian filmmaker about her documentary, how she got interested in its subject and how she approached archive images  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Forum

The announcements made at the Berlinale's EFM

The announcements made at the Berlinale's EFM

BERLINALE 2025: An overview of select acquisitions, sales, new films and more unveiled at the European Film Market, taking place from 13-19 February  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | EFM

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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

Review: All I Had Was Nothingness

Review: All I Had Was Nothingness

BERLINALE 2025: Between investigative film and exceptional transmission of memory, Guillaume Ribot signs a captivating making-of documentary about Claude Lanzmann’s major work  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Berlinale Special

Review: Maya, Give Me a Title

Review: Maya, Give Me a Title

BERLINALE 2025: Michel Gondry plays with his daughter Maya, and the whole world is invited  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Generation

Review: Islands

Review: Islands

BERLINALE 2025: Jan-Ole Gerster’s new film is a well-crafted story about a man who lives borrowed lives  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Berlinale Special

Review: The Memory of Butterflies

Review: The Memory of Butterflies

BERLINALE 2025: Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski’s debut feature is an essay film that makes intelligent use of archive images, offering an alternate vision of the Peruvian colonial period  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Forum

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Berlinale 2025 – Photogalleries - 13/02/2025

13/02/2025
Berlinale 2025 – Photogalleries
The Berlin International Film Festival returns for its 75th edition, the first under the direction of Tricia Tuttle, from 13-23 February. Check out the festival highlights in our exclusive 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

Review: The Kiss of the Grasshopper

Review: The Kiss of the Grasshopper

BERLINALE 2025: Elmar Imanov's surrealist second feature is an introspective journey through the melancholy, solitude and backsliding that inevitably accompany the loss of a loved one  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Forum

Berlinale Shorts celebrates a medium and laments the modern world

Berlinale Shorts celebrates a medium and laments the modern world

BERLINALE 2025: In celebrating 75 years of the German festival, Berlinale Shorts showcases films that find contemporary society sadly wanting  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025

Conclave, The Brutalist and Anora garner top honours at the BAFTAs

Conclave, The Brutalist and Anora garner top honours at the BAFTAs

There were no clean sweeps this year, as numerous films shared the bounty at a ceremony presided over by David Tennant  

17/02 | BAFTA 2025

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Reviews

Reflection in a Dead Diamond - by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani

Reflection in a Dead Diamond
by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani
BERLINALE 2025: Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani present a baroque spy film with some crazy twists and turns, which is both fun and exhausting

The Ice Tower - by Lucile Hadzihalilovic

The Ice Tower
by Lucile Hadzihalilovic
BERLINALE 2025: Lucile Hadžihalilović offers up a sensual yet peculiar rendition of The Snow Queen, a blend of modern fairy tale and coming-of-age story

The Blue Trail - by Gabriel Mascaro

The Blue Trail
by Gabriel Mascaro
BERLINALE 2025: Gabriel Mascaro’s film is an explosive combination of a powerful leading character, stunning scenery, sharp humour and mystical rituals

Ari - by Léonor Serraille

Ari
by Léonor Serraille
BERLINALE 2025: Blending instinct, simplicity and suggestion and showing remarkable sensitivity, Léonor Serraille depicts the poignant meanderings of a gentle man living in our rough epoch

Hot Milk - by Rebecca Lenkiewicz

Hot Milk
by Rebecca Lenkiewicz
BERLINALE 2025: Rebecca Lenkiewicz's first directorial effort, based on Deborah Levy's novel, is a multi-layered, women-centric, transgenerational family drama

We Believe You - by Charlotte Devillers, Arnaud Dufeys

We Believe You
by Charlotte Devillers, Arnaud Dufeys
BERLINALE 2025: Charlotte Devillers and Arnaud Dufeys follow in the footsteps of a mother who struggles with the slow march of justice while trying to protect her son who’s a victim of incest

Confidante - by Guillaume Giovanetti, Cağla Zencirci

Confidante
by Guillaume Giovanetti, Cağla Zencirci
BERLINALE 2025: Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti deliver a punchy and audacious huis clos about the condition of women in Turkey

All I Had Was Nothingness - by Guillaume Ribot

All I Had Was Nothingness
by Guillaume Ribot
BERLINALE 2025: Between investigative film and exceptional transmission of memory, Guillaume Ribot signs a captivating making-of documentary about Claude Lanzmann’s major work

Serial Eyes opens applications for 2025-2026 television writing programme

Serial Eyes opens applications for 2025-2026 television writing programme

The deadline to apply for the Berlin-based postgraduate course running from September 2025-May 2026 is 3 March  

17/02 | Industry | Market | Europe

Review: Reflection in a Dead Diamond

Review: Reflection in a Dead Diamond

BERLINALE 2025: Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani present a baroque spy film with some crazy twists and turns, which is both fun and exhausting  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Competition

Review: The Ice Tower

Review: The Ice Tower

BERLINALE 2025: Lucile Hadžihalilović offers up a sensual yet peculiar rendition of The Snow Queen, a blend of modern fairy tale and coming-of-age story  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Competition

Interviews

Valentine Cadic • Director of That Summer in Paris

Valentine Cadic • Director of That Summer in Paris
BERLINALE 2025: The French director delves into the intricacies of how she made her debut feature during the Paris Olympics

Rebecca Lenkiewicz • Director of Hot Milk

Rebecca Lenkiewicz • Director of Hot Milk
BERLINALE 2025: The British filmmaker discusses the importance of ambivalence, love and metaphors in her directorial debut

Brendan Canty • Director of Christy

Brendan Canty • Director of Christy
BERLINALE 2025: The Irish director unpicks his tender drama film about a teenage boy who has to exchange a suburban foster home for a much less comfortable residence

Frelle Petersen • Director of Home Sweet Home

Frelle Petersen • Director of Home Sweet Home
BERLINALE 2025: We talked to the Danish filmmaker about the intense research that went into the making of his latest feature, which centres on a home care worker balancing work and family life

Tricia Tuttle • Director, Berlin Film Festival

Tricia Tuttle • Director, Berlin Film Festival
BERLINALE 2025: The newly appointed artistic director talks about her approach to the German festival as well as its programme, its politics and its future

Alissa Jung • Director of Paternal Leave

Alissa Jung • Director of Paternal Leave
BERLINALE 2025: We talked to the German filmmaker about her determined child protagonist, her perspective on family and her casting process

Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski • Director of The Memory of Butterflies

Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski • Director of The Memory of Butterflies
BERLINALE 2025: We talked to the Peruvian filmmaker about her documentary, how she got interested in its subject and how she approached archive images

Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay • Director of Hysteria

Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay • Director of Hysteria
BERLINALE 2025: The German-Turkish director breaks down his new drama feature and the need for humans to be able to communicate

Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay • Director of Hysteria

Interview: Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay • Director of Hysteria

“I wanted to describe my world as I know it, and this film is a continuation of that”

BERLINALE 2025: The German-Turkish director breaks down his new drama feature and the need for humans to be able to communicate  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Review: How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World

Review: How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World

BERLINALE 2025: In his feature debut, Florian Pochlatko dives into the head of a neurodiverse young woman who struggles to fit into a predetermined societal role  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Perspectives

Tim Mielants’ Small Things Like These crowned Best Film at the Irish Film & Television Awards

Tim Mielants’ Small Things Like These crowned Best Film at the Irish Film & Television Awards

The Irish-Belgian drama flick has also scooped the gongs for Best Screenplay and Best Leading Actor, the latter bestowed upon Cillian Murphy  

17/02 | Festivals | Awards | Ireland

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

The Blue Trail - by Gabriel Mascaro

The Blue Trail
by Gabriel Mascaro
Berlinale 2025 - Competition

The Incredible Snow Woman - by Sébastien Betbeder

The Incredible Snow Woman
by Sébastien Betbeder
Berlinale 2025 - Panorama

How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World - by Florian Pochlatko

How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World
by Florian Pochlatko
Berlinale 2025 - Perspectives

That Summer in Paris - by Valentine Cadic

That Summer in Paris
by Valentine Cadic
Berlinale 2025 - Perspectives

Deaf - by Eva Libertad

Deaf
by Eva Libertad
Berlinale 2025 - Panorama

Delicious - by Nele Mueller-Stöfen

Delicious
by Nele Mueller-Stöfen
Berlinale 2025 - Panorama

The Ice Tower - by Lucile Hadzihalilovic

The Ice Tower
by Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Berlinale 2025 - Competition

Reflection in a Dead Diamond - by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani

Reflection in a Dead Diamond
by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani
Berlinale 2025 - Competition

Review: The Blue Trail

Review: The Blue Trail

BERLINALE 2025: Gabriel Mascaro’s film is an explosive combination of a powerful leading character, stunning scenery, sharp humour and mystical rituals  

16/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Competition

Review: Köln 75

Review: Köln 75

BERLINALE 2025: An 18-year-old concert promoter stages one of the most legendary jazz gigs in history, by Keith Jarrett, in Ido Fluk’s biopic  

16/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Berlinale Special

Čejen Černić Čanak • Director of Sandbag Dam

Interview: Čejen Černić Čanak • Director of Sandbag Dam

“We think that tolerance and acceptance are a given; that’s not true”

BERLINALE 2025: A small village is threatened by a looming flood – and by love – in the Croatian director’s film  

16/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Generation

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Reviews

How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World - by Florian Pochlatko

How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World
by Florian Pochlatko
BERLINALE 2025: In his feature debut, Florian Pochlatko dives into the head of a neurodiverse young woman who struggles to fit into a predetermined societal role

That Summer in Paris - by Valentine Cadic

That Summer in Paris
by Valentine Cadic
BERLINALE 2025: Valentine Cadic dives into the Olympic Games in Paris for an angelic debut feature, full of delicate and original charm

Hysteria - by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay

Hysteria
by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
BERLINALE 2025: Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay's anticipated second feature deals with the important issues of the position and representation of migrants in Europe, but leaves the viewer confused

Deaf - by Eva Libertad

Deaf
by Eva Libertad
BERLINALE 2025: Eva Libertad crafts an emotionally complex portrait of how a deaf woman’s perception of the world changes when she gives birth to a hearing daughter

Where the Night Stands Still - by Liryc Dela Cruz

Where the Night Stands Still
by Liryc Dela Cruz
BERLINALE 2025: Liryc Dela Cruz plays with the shadows of exile and memory for a personal and controlled debut feature about Filipino siblings reuniting in Italy

Industry Reports

New Media – 16/02/2025

At the EFM, Publikum discusses the usage of anthropology-based AI to enhance audience strategies

BERLINALE 2025: The Danish consultancy firm's Rikke Flodin and Lars Tversted presented their new tools, showing how they can help creatives develop successful projects

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 15/02/2025

The European Audiovisual Observatory finds that 20% of films perform better on SVoD than in cinemas

According to “The Impact of Cinema Admissions on SVoD Usage” report, strong ticket sales don’t always translate into impressive performance on streaming platforms

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 15/02/2025

The audiovisual gender gap explored at the EFM

BERLINALE 2025: Experts examined new data and shared perspectives on the strides made, as well as the work that still lies ahead, in order to achieve gender equality in European film production

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 14/02/2025

Miki and Černák dominate Slovak movie theatres

The two parts of Jakub Króner’s crime biopic on mafia boss Mikuláš Černák topped the list of local films at the domestic box office in 2024 and opened strongly in 2025, respectively

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