Víctor Moreno • Director of The Hidden City

Interview: Víctor Moreno • Director of The Hidden City

"Going back to the roots of cinema by constructing with images and sound"

Tenerife-born Víctor Moreno is in competition at Seville with The Hidden City, which takes us on a sensory and symphonic voyage down to the dark, labyrinthine and fascinating bowels of a city  

14/11 | Seville 2018 | Competition

Documentaries take centre stage at Filmmaker Festival

Documentaries take centre stage at Filmmaker Festival

Due to run until 24 November in Milan with 82 titles, a meeting with Luca Guadagnino and a new edition of the Milan Industry Days event  

15/11 | Festivals | Italy

Review: The Hidden City

Review: The Hidden City

Spanish director Víctor Moreno competes for the Giraldillo de Oro with a fascinating sensory journey, which focuses on an urban symphony of sounds and images  

15/11 | Seville 2018 | Competition

Frédéric Brillion • President, Union of Film Producers

Interview: Frédéric Brillion • President, Union of Film Producers

"There's no good or bad side"

Producer Frédéric Brillion, president of France's Union of Film Producers, gives his point of view on the new agreement linking Canal+ to the French film industry  

15/11

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The Hidden City - by Víctor Moreno - Spanish director Víctor Moreno competes for the Giraldillo de Oro with a fascinating sensory journey, which focuses on an urban symphony of sounds and images
The Hidden City
by Víctor Moreno
Spanish director Víctor Moreno competes for the Giraldillo de Oro with a fascinating sensory journey, which focuses on an urban symphony of sounds and images
Happy Sad - by Ibon Cormenzana - After a decade away, producer Ibon Cormenzana has returned to the director’s chair with a drama about the need to express one’s feelings, starring Roberto Álamo
Happy Sad
by Ibon Cormenzana
After a decade away, producer Ibon Cormenzana has returned to the director’s chair with a drama about the need to express one’s feelings, starring Roberto Álamo
Irina - by Nadejda Koseva - Bulgarian director Nadejda Koseva's first feature is an impressive story about a woman from the provinces who becomes a surrogate for a couple from Sofia
Irina
by Nadejda Koseva
Bulgarian director Nadejda Koseva's first feature is an impressive story about a woman from the provinces who becomes a surrogate for a couple from Sofia
Take It or Leave It - by Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo - With her first feature, selected as the Estonian Oscar submission, Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo reveals some very promising talent in her exploration of fatherhood
Take It or Leave It
by Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo
With her first feature, selected as the Estonian Oscar submission, Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo reveals some very promising talent in her exploration of fatherhood
El Rey - by Alberto San Juan, Valentín Álvarez - Alberto San Juan and Valentín Alvarez transform the controversial, combative and successful play by El Teatro de Barrio into a brave new film
El Rey
by Alberto San Juan, Valentín Álvarez
Alberto San Juan and Valentín Alvarez transform the controversial, combative and successful play by El Teatro de Barrio into a brave new film
Carga - by Bruno Gascon - Portuguese director Bruno Gaston tackles human trafficking in a violent feature debut that brings together an international cast
Carga
by Bruno Gascon
Portuguese director Bruno Gaston tackles human trafficking in a violent feature debut that brings together an international cast
Ruben Brandt, Collector - by Milorad Krstic - Milorad Krstić’s new movie is one of the best animated films to come out of Europe since 2003’s Belleville Rendez-vous
Ruben Brandt, Collector
by Milorad Krstic
Milorad Krstić’s new movie is one of the best animated films to come out of Europe since 2003’s Belleville Rendez-vous
The Tower - by Mats Grorud - The debut film by Norwegian director Mats Grorud tenderly and intelligently recounts the story of a family living at a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon
The Tower
by Mats Grorud
The debut film by Norwegian director Mats Grorud tenderly and intelligently recounts the story of a family living at a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon
Review: Kabul, City in the Wind

Review: Kabul, City in the Wind

The feature-length documentary debut by Afghan-Dutch filmmaker Aboozar Amini has opened the 31st edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam  

15/11 | IDFA 2018

The Open Reel returns to Torino with Figures

The Open Reel returns to Torino with Figures

The Italian company is gearing up for the Torino Film Festival, where Eugenio Canevari’s film will be shown, while Thirty Souls travels the world and both movies have inked sales deals in South Korea  

15/11 | Torino 2018 | Market

REPORT: cocoPITCH 2018

REPORT: cocoPITCH 2018

Cineuropa takes an in-depth look at the array of projects pitched at Connecting Cottbus this year  

15/11 | Cottbus 2018 | Industry

Dogman shines bright among the first European Film Awards winners

Dogman shines bright among the first European Film Awards winners

Matteo Garrone's film wins two of the prizes already unveiled by the EFA: Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Costume Design, Hair & Make-Up, Music, Sound and Visual Effects  

15/11 | European Film Awards 2018

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Tenerife-born Víctor Moreno is in competition at Seville with The Hidden City, which takes us on a sensory and symphonic voyage down to the dark, labyrinthine and fascinating bowels of a city
Tenerife-born Víctor Moreno is in competition at Seville with The Hidden City, which takes us on a sensory and symphonic voyage down to the dark, labyrinthine and fascinating bowels of a city
We chatted to the IDFA’s new artistic director, Orwa Nyrabia, about how he curates the world’s largest documentary film festival
We chatted to the IDFA’s new artistic director, Orwa Nyrabia, about how he curates the world’s largest documentary film festival
We spoke to co-director Almudena Carracedo and producer Esther García, two of the most important people behind The Silence of Others, which has been nominated for Best Documentary at the EFAs
We spoke to co-director Almudena Carracedo and producer Esther García, two of the most important people behind The Silence of Others, which has been nominated for Best Documentary at the EFAs
Producer Frédéric Brillion, president of France's Union of Film Producers, gives his point of view on the new agreement linking Canal+ to the French film industry
Producer Frédéric Brillion, president of France's Union of Film Producers, gives his point of view on the new agreement linking Canal+ to the French film industry
Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo talks about her first feature film, Take It or Leave It, awarded at Arras and nominated to represent Estonia at the Oscars
Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo talks about her first feature film, Take It or Leave It, awarded at Arras and nominated to represent Estonia at the Oscars
Marjorie Bendeck, the new director of coco, looks back on the 20th edition of the event, which has just taken place, and describes how she approached it
Marjorie Bendeck, the new director of coco, looks back on the 20th edition of the event, which has just taken place, and describes how she approached it
German director Sven Taddicken talks about his dramatic thriller The Most Beautiful Couple, unveiled at Toronto and screened at Arras
German director Sven Taddicken talks about his dramatic thriller The Most Beautiful Couple, unveiled at Toronto and screened at Arras
We met up with Carmel Winters as she opened the Cork Film Festival with Float Like a Butterfly, which won the FIPRESCI Discovery Prize at Toronto
We met up with Carmel Winters as she opened the Cork Film Festival with Float Like a Butterfly, which won the FIPRESCI Discovery Prize at Toronto
Review: The Chairs Game

Review: The Chairs Game

Italian-German auteur Lucia Chiarla’s first feature about the distressing life of an author and journalist in her late thirties in Berlin is out now in German cinemas  

15/11 | Films | Germany

Review: X&Y

Review: X&Y

Swedish filmmaker Anna Odell’s second directorial outing is a stimulating ride teetering between the sublime and the ridiculous  

15/11 | Stockholm 2018

IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund turns 30 and announces its autumn 2018 funding recipients

IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund turns 30 and announces its autumn 2018 funding recipients

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Lisandro Alonso, Benjamín Naishtat and Oleg Sentsov are among those receiving backing for the development of their upcoming projects  

15/11 | Funding | Netherlands

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Ruben Brandt, Collector - by Milorad Krstic - Locarno 2018 - Piazza Grande - Hungarian release November 15
Ruben Brandt, Collector
by Milorad Krstic
Locarno 2018 - Piazza Grande
Hungarian release November 15
What Doesn't Kill Us - by Sandra Nettelbeck - Locarno 2018 - Piazza Grande - German release November 15
What Doesn't Kill Us
by Sandra Nettelbeck
Locarno 2018 - Piazza Grande
German release November 15
The Tower - by Mats Grorud - Annecy 2018 - Out of Competition - Swedish release November 16
The Tower
by Mats Grorud
Annecy 2018 - Out of Competition
Swedish release November 16
Styx - by Wolfgang Fischer - Berlin 2018 - Panorama - Italian release November 15
Styx
by Wolfgang Fischer
Berlin 2018 - Panorama
Italian release November 15
Suspiria - by Luca Guadagnino - Venice 2018 - Competition - French release November 14, German and Danish releases November 15
Suspiria
by Luca Guadagnino
Venice 2018 - Competition
French release November 14, German and Danish releases November 15
Are You Series? delves to the heart of European TV series

Are You Series? delves to the heart of European TV series

The festival’s 6th edition (10-16 December) will welcome the king of Scandinavian TV series himself, Adam Price, as well as series events such as The Miracle, My Brilliant Friend and Hippocrates  

14/11 | Festivals | Belgium

The Nordisk Film & TV Fond announces its September and October funding slates

The Nordisk Film & TV Fond announces its September and October funding slates

The upcoming projects by Mikael Håfström, Amanda Kernell, Ole Christian Madsen and Maria Sødahl are among the ten recipients of financial support  

14/11 | Funding | Nordic countries

Yvan Attal wraps the shoot for Mon chien stupide

Yvan Attal wraps the shoot for Mon chien stupide

The actor-director and Charlotte Gainsbourg topline this adaptation of the John Fante novel, which is being sold by StudioCanal  

14/11 | Production | France

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Film Reviews

Suspiria - by Luca Guadagnino - VENICE 2018: Italian director Luca Guadagnino reimagines Dario Argento’s 1977 classic and gives it The Baader Meinhof Complex
Suspiria
by Luca Guadagnino
VENICE 2018: Italian director Luca Guadagnino reimagines Dario Argento’s 1977 classic and gives it The Baader Meinhof Complex
They Shall Not Grow Old - by Peter Jackson - In his new film, Peter Jackson breathes extraordinary life into archive footage of World War I soldiers on the Western Front
They Shall Not Grow Old
by Peter Jackson
In his new film, Peter Jackson breathes extraordinary life into archive footage of World War I soldiers on the Western Front
The Eternal Road - by Antti-Jussi Annila - Antti Jussi Annila’s dramatic fictional film, nominated to represent Finland at the Oscars and starring Tommi Korpela, tells the story of an overlooked period of history
The Eternal Road
by Antti-Jussi Annila
Antti Jussi Annila’s dramatic fictional film, nominated to represent Finland at the Oscars and starring Tommi Korpela, tells the story of an overlooked period of history
Dear Son - by Mohamed Ben Attia - CANNES 2018: Mohamed Ben Attia continues to fine-tune the style he used in his debut film in the story of a Tunisian father whose distant and uncommunicative son suddenly vanishes
Dear Son
by Mohamed Ben Attia
CANNES 2018: Mohamed Ben Attia continues to fine-tune the style he used in his debut film in the story of a Tunisian father whose distant and uncommunicative son suddenly vanishes
Boys Cry - by Damiano D'Innocenzo , Fabio D'Innocenzo - Damiano and Fabio D’Innocenzo make their cinema debut with a movie that’s as dark and tortured as a film noir, exploring the criminal education and the friendship of two young men
Boys Cry
by Damiano D'Innocenzo , Fabio D'Innocenzo
Damiano and Fabio D’Innocenzo make their cinema debut with a movie that’s as dark and tortured as a film noir, exploring the criminal education and the friendship of two young men
The Witness - by Mitko Panov - Macedonian-Swiss director Mitko Panov presents his latest feature film, a manhunt in the heart of the Balkans
The Witness
by Mitko Panov
Macedonian-Swiss director Mitko Panov presents his latest feature film, a manhunt in the heart of the Balkans
Widows - by Steve McQueen - TORONTO 2018: Steve McQueen offers a classy Friday-night popcorn movie with a few blemishes, screening as a Gala Presentation
Widows
by Steve McQueen
TORONTO 2018: Steve McQueen offers a classy Friday-night popcorn movie with a few blemishes, screening as a Gala Presentation
Little Tickles - by Andréa Bescond, Eric Métayer - CANNES 2018: An original angle on the issue of adult trauma following sexual assault during childhood in a somewhat problematic film directed by Andréa Bescond and Eric Metayer
Little Tickles
by Andréa Bescond, Eric Métayer
CANNES 2018: An original angle on the issue of adult trauma following sexual assault during childhood in a somewhat problematic film directed by Andréa Bescond and Eric Metayer
Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

The second episode in the spin-off saga that kicked off with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a grand but somewhat disappointing spectacle  

14/11 | Film | United Kingdom/United States

Noir, comedies and varied themes at Torino Film Festival

Noir, comedies and varied themes at Torino Film Festival

Among the films in the programme of the 36th TFF (23 November-1 December) are Nanni Moretti's documentary about the coup in Chile and Valerio Mastandrea's directorial debut  

14/11 | Torino 2018

TV series review: Hackerville

TV series review: Hackerville

The first HBO Europe co-production is an intriguing mix of Romanian and German perspectives  

14/11 | Television | Romania/Germany

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We met Belarusian director Darya Zhuk at the Film Festival Cottbus, where her debut feature, Crystal Swan, was selected for the international competition
We met Belarusian director Darya Zhuk at the Film Festival Cottbus, where her debut feature, Crystal Swan, was selected for the international competition
Gustavo Sánchez’s documentary I Hate New York, a portrait of four brave transexuals from the titular US city, has now reached Spanish movie theatres
Gustavo Sánchez’s documentary I Hate New York, a portrait of four brave transexuals from the titular US city, has now reached Spanish movie theatres
We chatted to Czech writer-director Andrea Sedláčková as the Film Festival Cottbus screened her new feature, Backstage
We chatted to Czech writer-director Andrea Sedláčková as the Film Festival Cottbus screened her new feature, Backstage
We spoke to Macedonian director Vladimir Blazevski as his movie Year of the Monkey was presented at the Film Festival Cottbus
We spoke to Macedonian director Vladimir Blazevski as his movie Year of the Monkey was presented at the Film Festival Cottbus
We spoke to Fiona Clark, producer and chief executive officer of Cork Film Festival, which is poised to celebrate its 63rd edition
We spoke to Fiona Clark, producer and chief executive officer of Cork Film Festival, which is poised to celebrate its 63rd edition
Claudia Tosi, winner of three awards at DOK Leipzig, including the Golden Dove, talks about I Had a Dream, a film about the political journeys of two Italian women over the last ten years
Claudia Tosi, winner of three awards at DOK Leipzig, including the Golden Dove, talks about I Had a Dream, a film about the political journeys of two Italian women over the last ten years
We chatted to Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund about Lords of Chaos, which homes in on notorious Norwegian black-metal band Mayhem
We chatted to Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund about Lords of Chaos, which homes in on notorious Norwegian black-metal band Mayhem
Emerging Slovak director Tereza Nvotová discusses her new project The Nightsiren, the latest Eurimages Development Award winner at Rome's MIA
Emerging Slovak director Tereza Nvotová discusses her new project The Nightsiren, the latest Eurimages Development Award winner at Rome's MIA
The VAF rebrands as CEE Animation and opens call for Třeboň

The VAF rebrands as CEE Animation and opens call for Třeboň

The Visegrad Animation Forum is now officially called CEE Animation and is inviting filmmakers to apply for its flagship pitching event in Třeboň in May 2019  

14/11 | Industry | Europe

Tallinn announces all seven of its juries

Tallinn announces all seven of its juries

Andrea Pallaoro will preside over the Official Selection jury, and the line-ups also include Blerta Zeqiri, Mike van Diem, João Pedro Rodrigues, Timo Salminen and Pelin Esmer  

14/11 | Black Nights 2018

Almudena Carracedo, Esther García • Director and producer of The Silence of Others

Interview: Almudena Carracedo, Esther García • Director and producer of The Silence of Others

"I hope this film will stir people’s consciences and help to stimulate dialogue"

We spoke to co-director Almudena Carracedo and producer Esther García, two of the most important people behind The Silence of Others, which has been nominated for Best Documentary at the EFAs  

14/11 | Seville 2018 | Special Screenings

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Dear Son - by Mohamed Ben Attia - Cannes 2018 - Directors’ Fortnight - French release November 14
Dear Son
by Mohamed Ben Attia
Cannes 2018 - Directors’ Fortnight
French release November 14
Widows - by Steve McQueen - Toronto 2018 - Gala Presentations - UK release November 6, Italian release November 14, Swedish, Norwegian and Polish releases November 16
Widows
by Steve McQueen
Toronto 2018 - Gala Presentations
UK release November 6, Italian release November 14, Swedish, Norwegian and Polish releases November 16
At War - by Stéphane Brizé - Cannes 2018 - Competition - Italian release November 15
At War
by Stéphane Brizé
Cannes 2018 - Competition
Italian release November 15
3 Days in Quiberon - by Emily Atef - Berlin 2018 - Concorso - UK release November 16
3 Days in Quiberon
by Emily Atef
Berlin 2018 - Concorso
UK release November 16
Little Tickles - by Andréa Bescond and Eric Métayer - French release November 14
Little Tickles
by Andréa Bescond and Eric Métayer
French release November 14

Industry Reports

05/11/2018

Blockchain and film distribution: the Europa Distribution panel at MIA

The European distributor network organised a panel on how new blockchain technology can be applied to film distribution at Rome's recent MIA - International Audiovisual Market

11/10/2018

Europa Distribution wonders how to give old films a new life

The organisation hosted a panel at the San Sebastián International Film Festival dedicated to the exploitation of film catalogues

20/09/2018

Nawara Shoukry • Cinema and distribution manager, Zawya Cinema and Distribution

At the Venice Film Festival, where she attended a training seminar organised by CICAE, we talked to Nawara Shoukry about film distribution in Egypt

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