Projects Paradise Bleeding and Le plus vivant win awards at Les Arcs

Projects Paradise Bleeding and Le plus vivant win awards at Les Arcs

Germany’s Sabine Ehrl bags a prize at the Talent Village while Delphine Girard’s first feature film project triumphs at the Co-Production Village

22/01 | Les Arcs 2020 | Industry Village/Awards

Les Arcs’ Work in Progress event crowns Clara Sola, Magdala and Reflection its champions

Les Arcs’ Work in Progress event crowns Clara Sola, Magdala and Reflection its champions

Nathalie Álvarez Mesén’s first feature scoops the TitraFilm Award, Damien Manivel takes home the Eurimages Lab Project Prize and Valentyn Vasyanovych walks away with the Alphapanda Award

22/01 | Les Arcs 2020 | Industry Village/Awards

Pau Freixas putting the finishing touches to his new series, Todos mienten

Pau Freixas putting the finishing touches to his new series, Todos mienten

The helmer has wrapped the shoot for this tense Movistar+ series, the cast of which includes Natalia Verbeke, Ernesto Alterio, Leonardo Sbaraglia and Juan Diego Botto

22/01 | Production | Funding | Spain

Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson’s Wolka in post-production

Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson’s Wolka in post-production

The Icelandic-Polish co-production will star Olga Błądź, Jan Cięciara, Eryk Lubos and Anna Moskal in the lead roles

22/01 | Production | Funding | Iceland/Poland

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Atlas - by Niccolò Castelli - Niccolò Castelli’s new feature film speaks of the difficulties involved in piecing a deeply traumatised character back together

Atlas
by Niccolò Castelli
Niccolò Castelli’s new feature film speaks of the difficulties involved in piecing a deeply traumatised character back together

Ladies of the Wood - by Claus Drexel - Claus Drexel signs his name to a sociological, humanist and intimate documentary which lends a voice to the transsexual sex workers of Paris’s Bois de Boulogne

Ladies of the Wood
by Claus Drexel
Claus Drexel signs his name to a sociological, humanist and intimate documentary which lends a voice to the transsexual sex workers of Paris’s Bois de Boulogne

Of Fish and Men - by Stefanie Klemm - Stefanie Klemm’s first feature film is a sensitive and poetic portrayal of the torments suffered by two characters struggling to come to terms with a crushing tragedy

Of Fish and Men
by Stefanie Klemm
Stefanie Klemm’s first feature film is a sensitive and poetic portrayal of the torments suffered by two characters struggling to come to terms with a crushing tragedy

The Truffle Hunters - by Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw - In their glorious documentary, Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw advise us to leave the gun, take the fungus

The Truffle Hunters
by Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw
In their glorious documentary, Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw advise us to leave the gun, take the fungus

Downstream to Kinshasa - by Dieudo Hamadi - Dieudo Hamadi follows skilfully and respectfully in the footsteps of a group of survivors devastated by war and demanding reparations, in a documentary awarded the Cannes 2020 Official Selection Label

Downstream to Kinshasa
by Dieudo Hamadi
Dieudo Hamadi follows skilfully and respectfully in the footsteps of a group of survivors devastated by war and demanding reparations, in a documentary awarded the Cannes 2020 Official Selection Label

Radiograph of a Family - by Firouzeh Khosrovani - Firouzeh Khosrovani wins the IDFA Award for the Best Feature-length Documentary with a superb personal essay about our divided world

Radiograph of a Family
by Firouzeh Khosrovani
Firouzeh Khosrovani wins the IDFA Award for the Best Feature-length Documentary with a superb personal essay about our divided world

The Jump - by Giedre Zickyte - Giedrė Žickytė’s documentary centres on the moving story of the Kudirka incident, known for several years as the US Coast Guard’s “Day of Shame”

The Jump
by Giedre Zickyte
Giedrė Žickytė’s documentary centres on the moving story of the Kudirka incident, known for several years as the US Coast Guard’s “Day of Shame”

The State of Texas v. Melissa - by Sabrina Van Tassel - With care and great skill, French-American documentary-maker Sabrina Van Tassel lifts the veil on the miscarriage of justice which led Melissa Lucio to be placed on Texas’ death row

The State of Texas v. Melissa
by Sabrina Van Tassel
With care and great skill, French-American documentary-maker Sabrina Van Tassel lifts the veil on the miscarriage of justice which led Melissa Lucio to be placed on Texas’ death row

Grzegorz Molda’s feature debut, The Hatcher, in the editing bay

Grzegorz Molda’s feature debut, The Hatcher, in the editing bay

The movie comes on the heels of the Polish director’s short Time to Go, which competed for the Cannes Short Film Palme d’Or in 2017

22/01 | Production | Funding | Poland

Ángeles Hernández and David Matamoros • Directors of Isaac

Interview: Ángeles Hernández and David Matamoros • Directors of Isaac

“Everything that happens in the film we have experienced ourselves”

We chatted to producers Ángeles Hernández and David Matamoros, who made their feature-length directorial debut with Isaac, a character drama that’s now touring the festival circuit

22/01 | /Spain

Up-and-coming young directors selected for Angers’ Premiers Plans Film Festival move to an online showcase

Up-and-coming young directors selected for Angers’ Premiers Plans Film Festival move to an online showcase

The 33rd edition of the Anjou festival will unspool online from 25 to 31 January, notably offering up a competition of nine feature films, which will be assessed by a jury helmed by Pierre Salvadori

22/01 | Festivals | Awards | France

Review: Of Fish and Men

Review: Of Fish and Men

Stefanie Klemm’s first feature film is a sensitive and poetic portrayal of the torments suffered by two characters struggling to come to terms with a crushing tragedy

22/01 | Solothurn 2021

When East Meets West launches its Digital World

When East Meets West launches its Digital World

Part industry event and part variety show, this year’s digital edition of the co-production market promises a playful and immersive experience

22/01 | Trieste 2021 | WEMW

Victor Bojinov in post-production with his second feature, Chamla

Victor Bojinov in post-production with his second feature, Chamla

The contemporary drama follows a young drug addict facing a tough decision

22/01 | Production | Funding | Bulgaria

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Interviews

We talked to Jonas Holmberg, the artistic director of the Göteborg Film Festival, about the upcoming digital edition – and remote islands

We talked to Jonas Holmberg, the artistic director of the Göteborg Film Festival, about the upcoming digital edition – and remote islands

We caught up with Sweden’s Lennart Ström, head of the Malmö-based M:brane co-production forum, for a chat about the forthcoming March edition

We caught up with Sweden’s Lennart Ström, head of the Malmö-based M:brane co-production forum, for a chat about the forthcoming March edition

We talked to Hannaleena Hauru, the filmmaker behind the Venice Biennale College title Fucking with Nobody, now showing in its native Finland

We talked to Hannaleena Hauru, the filmmaker behind the Venice Biennale College title Fucking with Nobody, now showing in its native Finland

We met with Fabrizio Maltese who is currently finishing post-production on his two projects I fiori persi and Visage(s) d’Afrique, which were shot in Luxembourg, Mauritania and Italy

We met with Fabrizio Maltese who is currently finishing post-production on his two projects I fiori persi and Visage(s) d’Afrique, which were shot in Luxembourg, Mauritania and Italy

Anita Hugi, heading up the Solothurn Film Festival for the second year, talks about the 2021 edition of the gathering, which will unspool online from 20-27 January

Anita Hugi, heading up the Solothurn Film Festival for the second year, talks about the 2021 edition of the gathering, which will unspool online from 20-27 January

The selector for the Les Arcs Film Festival Frédéric Boyer talks us through the Work in Progress sessions unfolding online between 20 - 22 January as part of the Industry Village event

The selector for the Les Arcs Film Festival Frédéric Boyer talks us through the Work in Progress sessions unfolding online between 20 - 22 January as part of the Industry Village event

We chatted to producers Ángeles Hernández and David Matamoros, who made their feature-length directorial debut with Isaac, a character drama that’s now touring the festival circuit

We chatted to producers Ángeles Hernández and David Matamoros, who made their feature-length directorial debut with Isaac, a character drama that’s now touring the festival circuit

We interviewed Italian director Chiara Viale to discuss her debut feature The New Music, which is released in Ireland and the UK on 18 January via Amazon Prime Video, iTunes and Sky Store

We interviewed Italian director Chiara Viale to discuss her debut feature The New Music, which is released in Ireland and the UK on 18 January via Amazon Prime Video, iTunes and Sky Store

Kristijonas Vildžiūnas finalising post on his fifth feature, Songs for a Fox

Kristijonas Vildžiūnas finalising post on his fifth feature, Songs for a Fox

The Lithuanian helmer’s new film centres on Dainius, a young rock singer who, after his lover’s death, locks himself away in solitude in a secluded country house

22/01 | Production | Funding | Lithuania/Latvia/Estonia

The 14th hunt for the Golden Egg kicks off in Kustendorf

The 14th hunt for the Golden Egg kicks off in Kustendorf

The festival founded by Emir Kusturica, aimed at connecting young and seasoned filmmakers, will be held online this year

22/01 | Kustendorf 2021

The European film industry strives to find its way through the new waves of the coronavirus

The European film industry strives to find its way through the new waves of the coronavirus

We present an overview of the film events affected by the new measures announced by national governments to contain the fresh surge in the COVID-19 pandemic

21/01 | Europe

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Adú - by Salvador Calvo - Spanish release January 22

Adú
by Salvador Calvo
Spanish release January 22

Fucking with Nobody - by Hannaleena Hauru - Venice 2020 - Biennale College Cinema - Finnish release January 22

Fucking with Nobody
by Hannaleena Hauru
Venice 2020 - Biennale College Cinema
Finnish release January 22

Persian Lessons - by Vadim Perelman - Berlinale 2020 – Berlinale Special - Spanish release January 22

Persian Lessons
by Vadim Perelman
Berlinale 2020 – Berlinale Special
Spanish release January 22

Hope - by Maria Sødahl - Toronto 2019 – Discovery - Spanish release January 22

Hope
by Maria Sødahl
Toronto 2019 – Discovery
Spanish release January 22

Mia Misses Her Revenge - by Bogdan Theodor Olteanu - Premiers Plans Angers 2021 - Competition

Mia Misses Her Revenge
by Bogdan Theodor Olteanu
Premiers Plans Angers 2021 - Competition

Review: Atlas

Review: Atlas

Niccolò Castelli’s new feature film speaks of the difficulties involved in piecing a deeply traumatised character back together

21/01 | Solothurn 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Rotterdam title Bebia, à mon seul désir

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Rotterdam title Bebia, à mon seul désir

Juja Dobrachkous’s debut feature will world-premiere in the Tiger Competition at this year’s IFFR

21/01 | IFFR 2021 | Tiger Competition

Pablo Puyol and Miguel Ángel Muñoz star in Dos vacas y una burra

Pablo Puyol and Miguel Ángel Muñoz star in Dos vacas y una burra

The Spanish actors are reuniting in this countryside-set comedy directed by Jesús del Cerro, which is currently in post-production

21/01 | Production | Funding | Spain

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Film Reviews

Love Affair(s) - by Emmanuel Mouret - CANNES 2020: Emmanuel Mouret trials and skilfully succeeds at a new recipe for decrypting the complexity of the love choices we make, a very subtle exploration awarded the Official Selection Label

Love Affair(s)
by Emmanuel Mouret
CANNES 2020: Emmanuel Mouret trials and skilfully succeeds at a new recipe for decrypting the complexity of the love choices we make, a very subtle exploration awarded the Official Selection Label

Broken Law - by Paddy Slattery - Paddy Slattery's debut feature is an excellent, entertaining flick that organically combines action, comedy, drama and romance

Broken Law
by Paddy Slattery
Paddy Slattery's debut feature is an excellent, entertaining flick that organically combines action, comedy, drama and romance

Alive - by Michael Siebert - This theatre-style drama by German director Michael Siebert follows the final days of two terminally ill lovers

Alive
by Michael Siebert
This theatre-style drama by German director Michael Siebert follows the final days of two terminally ill lovers

My Donkey, My Lover & I - by Caroline Vignal - Laure Calamy and Patrick the donkey steal the show in Caroline Vignal's funny and original comedy, a work awarded the Cannes Official Selection Label and which is soon to hit cinemas in France

My Donkey, My Lover & I
by Caroline Vignal
Laure Calamy and Patrick the donkey steal the show in Caroline Vignal's funny and original comedy, a work awarded the Cannes Official Selection Label and which is soon to hit cinemas in France

Quo Vadis, Aïda? - by Jasmila Zbanic - VENICE 2020: There is no time to catch one’s breath in Jasmila Žbanić’s powerful film, closing in on a teacher-turned-translator for the UN in Srebrenica trying to find her way

Quo Vadis, Aïda?
by Jasmila Zbanic
VENICE 2020: There is no time to catch one’s breath in Jasmila Žbanić’s powerful film, closing in on a teacher-turned-translator for the UN in Srebrenica trying to find her way

Two of Us - by Filippo Meneghetti - Filippo Meneghetti comes onto the scene with a very clever and finely tuned first feature film, excellently acted by Barbara Sukowa and Martine Chevallier

Two of Us
by Filippo Meneghetti
Filippo Meneghetti comes onto the scene with a very clever and finely tuned first feature film, excellently acted by Barbara Sukowa and Martine Chevallier

Another Round - by Thomas Vinterberg - Thomas Vinterberg finds his funny bone again with an excellent concept movie in which getting drunk is a cure-all

Another Round
by Thomas Vinterberg
Thomas Vinterberg finds his funny bone again with an excellent concept movie in which getting drunk is a cure-all

Notturno - by Gianfranco Rosi - VENICE 2020: The most meticulous of cinematic artists, Gianfranco Rosi, takes an intricate, compassionate and poetic look at daily life along the Middle Eastern front line

Notturno
by Gianfranco Rosi
VENICE 2020: The most meticulous of cinematic artists, Gianfranco Rosi, takes an intricate, compassionate and poetic look at daily life along the Middle Eastern front line

Jonas Holmberg • Artistic director, Göteborg Film Festival

Interview: Jonas Holmberg • Artistic director, Göteborg Film Festival

“It's time to celebrate, dance and fall in love”

We talked to Jonas Holmberg, the artistic director of the Göteborg Film Festival, about the upcoming digital edition – and remote islands

21/01 | Göteborg 2021

Review: Ladies of the Wood

Review: Ladies of the Wood

Claus Drexel signs his name to a sociological, humanist and intimate documentary which lends a voice to the transsexual sex workers of Paris’s Bois de Boulogne

21/01 | FIPADOC 2021

The Kids Kino Industry Talks return with a focus on streaming platforms

The Kids Kino Industry Talks return with a focus on streaming platforms

The monthly webinar explores how producers of children’s content can build their strategies for approaching and collaborating with leading and independent VoD platforms

21/01 | Kids Kino Industry 2021

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The chair of Italy's APA-Association of Audiovisual Producers Giancarlo Leone explains his opinion on the future of film production in relation to the crisis which is changing consumer habits

The chair of Italy's APA-Association of Audiovisual Producers Giancarlo Leone explains his opinion on the future of film production in relation to the crisis which is changing consumer habits

We chatted to Paddy Slattery, the writer-director of Broken Law, set for release on Netflix in the UK and Ireland tomorrow, 13 January

We chatted to Paddy Slattery, the writer-director of Broken Law, set for release on Netflix in the UK and Ireland tomorrow, 13 January

We talked to Miguel Morales about the landscape of film distribution in Spain and the Wanda Visión company's strategy

We talked to Miguel Morales about the landscape of film distribution in Spain and the Wanda Visión company's strategy

The new programme manager for Cannes’ Critics’ Week Thomas Rosso looks back on the 7th edition of Next Step which unfurled in December, and also touches upon Critics’ Week 2021

The new programme manager for Cannes’ Critics’ Week Thomas Rosso looks back on the 7th edition of Next Step which unfurled in December, and also touches upon Critics’ Week 2021

We talked to Christian Thomas about the landscape of film distribution in Belgium and the Netherlands, the strategy of the company Imagine Film, and the impact of the pandemic

We talked to Christian Thomas about the landscape of film distribution in Belgium and the Netherlands, the strategy of the company Imagine Film, and the impact of the pandemic

Bridging the Dragon chatted to Li Xinran, partner and producer at Lian Ray Pictures, the leading Chinese industry conglomerate behind a raft of commercial blockbusters

Bridging the Dragon chatted to Li Xinran, partner and producer at Lian Ray Pictures, the leading Chinese industry conglomerate behind a raft of commercial blockbusters

Bridging the Dragon chatted to Oscar-winning producer Hans de Weers, from the Netherlands’ FATT Productions

Bridging the Dragon chatted to Oscar-winning producer Hans de Weers, from the Netherlands’ FATT Productions

We met with the new General Manager of Wallimage Virginie Nouvelle

We met with the new General Manager of Wallimage Virginie Nouvelle

The 2021 edition of the FÍS TV Summit announces its full schedule

The 2021 edition of the FÍS TV Summit announces its full schedule

Moving to become a digital, free event, the conference will take place from 25-28 January and will host a line-up of prestigious speakers

21/01 | Industry | Market | Ireland

Arte France Cinéma backs Bertrand Bonello’s La bête

Arte France Cinéma backs Bertrand Bonello’s La bête

The filmmaker has cast Léa Seydoux and Gaspard Ulliel; the next film by Sophie Letourneur and the feature debut by Emmanuelle Nicot will also be co-produced by the French-German channel

21/01 | Production | Funding | France

Lennart Ström • Managing director, M:brane

Interview: Lennart Ström • Managing director, M:brane

“We are greatly looking forward to our comeback or – why not – our revenge!”

We caught up with Sweden’s Lennart Ström, head of the Malmö-based M:brane co-production forum, for a chat about the forthcoming March edition

21/01 | /Sweden

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Ghosts - by Azra Deniz Okyay - Venice 2020 - Critics’ Week Grand Prize - Premiers Plans Angers 2021 - Competition

Ghosts
by Azra Deniz Okyay
Venice 2020 - Critics’ Week Grand Prize
Premiers Plans Angers 2021 - Competition

Ibrahim - by Samir Guesmi - Cannes 2020 - Official Selection - Premiers Plans Angers 2021 - Competition

Ibrahim
by Samir Guesmi
Cannes 2020 - Official Selection
Premiers Plans Angers 2021 - Competition

Petit Samedi - by Paloma Sermon-Daï - Berlinale 2020 - Forum - Premiers Plans Angers 2021 - Competition

Petit Samedi
by Paloma Sermon-Daï
Berlinale 2020 - Forum
Premiers Plans Angers 2021 - Competition

Digger - by Georgis Grigorakis - Berlinale 2020 - Panorama - Sarajevo 2020 - Best Actor - Premiers Plans Angers 2021 - Competition

Digger
by Georgis Grigorakis
Berlinale 2020 - Panorama
Sarajevo 2020 - Best Actor
Premiers Plans Angers 2021 - Competition

The Earth is Blue as an Orange - by Iryna Tsilyk - Sundance 2020 - Directing Award World Cinema Documentary Competition - Premiers Plans Angers 2021 - Competition

The Earth is Blue as an Orange
by Iryna Tsilyk
Sundance 2020 - Directing Award World Cinema Documentary Competition
Premiers Plans Angers 2021 - Competition

Industry Reports

Jane Mote • Consultant Editor, The Whickers

Jane Mote helps us to grasp the changing landscape for documentary filmmakers, with an eye on the post-Covid / post-Brexit world

Irini Souganidou and Soli Beraha • Distributors, Feelgood Entertainment

We talked to Soli Beraha and Irini Souganidou of Feelgood Entertainment about the Greek film market and the impact of the pandemic

The Post Production Forum prepares Post in Poland – Guide to the Polish Post-production

The special publication serves as a culmination of this year's edition of the Polish event, which included presentations from experts such as Dan Lebental

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