Clément Cogitore’s La Goutte d’Or triumphs at France's Prix du scénario

Clément Cogitore’s La Goutte d’Or triumphs at France's Prix du scénario

The filmmaker’s second fiction feature, which will begin filming in June, has won the Grand Prix. Les clés de Jade by Jeanne Aslan and Paul Saintillan won a Special Mention  

15/04 | Festivals | Awards | France

Pre-Cannes Screenings pushed to late June

Pre-Cannes Screenings pushed to late June

The online screenings reserved to industry professionals will now take place from 21-25 June, two weeks before the 74th Cannes Film Festival and the Marché du Film's physical edition  

15/04 | Cannes 2021 | Marché du Film

Review: Life As a B-Movie: Piero Vivarelli

Review: Life As a B-Movie: Piero Vivarelli

Directed by Fabrizio Laurenti and Niccolò Vivarelli, this documentary delves into the turbulent life of a versatile artist and eclectic showman  

15/04 | Films | Reviews | Italy

Rafa Russo and Fernando Colomo screen their latest work at the fifth edition of BCN Film Fest

Rafa Russo and Fernando Colomo screen their latest work at the fifth edition of BCN Film Fest

The Year of Fury and Poliamor para principiantes are set to participate in the festival, being held on-site between 15 and 23 April in Barcelona  

15/04 | Festivals | Awards | Spain

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Martin Kotík • President, Association of Czech Animation Film - Animation - 13/04/2021
Animation – 13/04/2021
Martin Kotík • President, Association of Czech Animation Film
The current president of the Association of Czech Animation Film breaks down the state of the Czech animation industry today
Igor Stankovic • Distributor, MCF Megacom - Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - 15/04/2021
Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 15/04/2021
Igor Stankovic • Distributor, MCF Megacom
The CEO of the Serbian distribution company offers us some insight into their diversified business model and the importance of film festivals
Alessandro Raja • CEO and co-founder, Festival Scope - Film Festival Trends - 14/04/2021
Film Festival Trends – 14/04/2021
Alessandro Raja • CEO and co-founder, Festival Scope
A privileged observer of the film festival landscape, the CEO and co-founder of Festival Scope offers his insights on the future of online and hybrid film festivals
Screen Ireland’s Talent Development Academy for Animation to be led by Animation Ireland - Animation - 13/04/2021
Animation – 13/04/2021
Screen Ireland’s Talent Development Academy for Animation to be led by Animation Ireland
The national audiovisual agency’s new initiative will commit to nurturing diverse and regional talent, and creating opportunities on the national level
Pierre-François Piet • Distributor, Ad Vitam - Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - 13/04/2021
Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 13/04/2021
Pierre-François Piet • Distributor, Ad Vitam
The CFO of the French company discusses the challenges of the market, building a brand and supporting films beyond its theatrical release
The 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival launches a podcast competition - Film Festival Trends - 13/04/2021
Film Festival Trends – 13/04/2021
The 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival launches a podcast competition
The Greek festival is introducing a new podcast competition section and invites podcasters from Greece and abroad to submit their works to be featured at the upcoming edition
David Azoulay • President of ESRA – École supérieure de réalisation audiovisuelle - European Film Schools - 12/04/2021
European Film Schools – 12/04/2021
David Azoulay • President of ESRA – École supérieure de réalisation audiovisuelle
Our conversation revolved around the school's primary teaching goals, its degree programmes and the different opportunities it offers to prospective students
Alessandra Alessandri • Coordinator, Master in Series Development, Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti - Series - 12/04/2021
Series – 12/04/2021
Alessandra Alessandri • Coordinator, Master in Series Development, Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti
Training a key, competitive and strategic professional figure for the global market, a “Development Executive”, is the objective of the Italian Master course organised in Milan with Netflix’s backing
Review: Hotel Poseidon

Review: Hotel Poseidon

Presented in a world premiere at the BIFFF, the first feature film by Belgium’s Stef Lernous takes the viewer on a creepy and off-the-wall hallucinogenic trip  

15/04 | BIFFF 2021

Animated series Klincus enters into production

Animated series Klincus enters into production

Co-directed by Ernesto Paganoni and Federico Milella, and co-produced by Italy, Luxembourg and Ireland, the series will consist of 26 episodes, each lasting 26 minutes  

15/04 | Production | Funding | Italy/Luxembourg/Ireland

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  

15/04 | Europe

Alessandro Raja • CEO and co-founder, Festival Scope

Interview: Alessandro Raja • CEO and co-founder, Festival Scope

“I think that the majority of festivals will develop their own online strategy and be somehow hybrid”

A privileged observer of the film festival landscape, the CEO and co-founder of Festival Scope offers his insights on the future of online and hybrid film festivals  

14/04 | /Europe

David Herdies and Georg Götmark • Directors of Bellum – The Daemon of War

Interview: David Herdies and Georg Götmark • Directors of Bellum – The Daemon of War

“People blame the drones but it's not the drones – it's us”

The Swedish directors know their technology, but focus on the human aspect of war  

14/04 | Visions du Réel 2021

Jieun Yi • Cinematographer

Interview: Jieun Yi • Cinematographer

“I like the role I have as a cinematographer and I want to make films with others, not alone”

The cinematographer, who studied at the Babelsberg‘s Konrad Wolf Film University, talks about working with German independent filmmakers  

14/04 | /Germany

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Governance - by Michael Zampino
Governance
by Michael Zampino
An Italian-French co-production available exclusively on Amazon Prime Italy, Michael Zampino signs his name to a solid film noir on the price of power, starring an unscrupulous Massimo Popolizio
Hotel Poseidon - by Stef Lernous
Hotel Poseidon
by Stef Lernous
Presented in a world premiere at the BIFFF, the first feature film by Belgium’s Stef Lernous takes the viewer on a creepy and off-the-wall hallucinogenic trip
Prime Time - by Jakub Piątek
Prime Time
by Jakub Piątek
Jakub Piątek’s drama, shown in Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition, is all about waiting – but this time for some chairman, instead of Godot
The Salt in Our Waters - by Rezwan Shahriar Sumit
The Salt in Our Waters
by Rezwan Shahriar Sumit
Bangladeshi filmmaker Rezwan Shahriar Sumit's first feature is a straightforward and warm film dealing with the themes of authority, personal freedom, religion and climate change
The First 54 Years – An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation - by Avi Mograbi
The First 54 Years – An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation
by Avi Mograbi
BERLINALE 2021: Celebrated Israeli documentarian Avi Mogbrai returns to Berlin with a bleak, talking heads-driven study of Israeli military policy
Courage - by Aliaksei Paluyan
Courage
by Aliaksei Paluyan
BERLINALE 2021: Aliaksei Paluyan’s powerful documentary shot in Minsk during the anti-government protests captures the sheer horror of living a life under tyranny
The Father - by Florian Zeller
The Father
by Florian Zeller
Anthony Hopkins gives a tour-de-force performance in Florian Zeller's adaptation of his own play
Another Round - by Thomas Vinterberg
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
Filming begins on Francesco Lettieri’s Lovely Boy

Filming begins on Francesco Lettieri’s Lovely Boy

Andrea Carpenzano plays a trap music star sucked into a spiral of self-destruction in the second film from the Italian director  

14/04 | Production | Funding | Italy

Filming on Mathias Gokalp’s L’Établi will soon draw to a close

Filming on Mathias Gokalp’s L’Établi will soon draw to a close

Swann Arlaud, Mélanie Thierry, Olivier Gourmet and Denis Podalydès shine in the cast of the director’s second feature, produced by Karé Productions and sold by Indie Sales  

14/04 | Production | Funding | France/Belgium

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for CPH:DOX title So Foul a Sky

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for CPH:DOX title So Foul a Sky

This upcoming road movie, directed by Álvaro F Pulpeiro and filmed in Venezuela, is a coproduction between Colombia, the UK and Spain  

14/04 | CPH:DOX 2021

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Interviews

Tomáš Krupa • Director of We Have to Survive
Tomáš Krupa • Director of We Have to Survive
The Slovak documentarian is preparing an ambitious project addressing the necessary adaptation and transformation of life in the wake of climate change
Just Philippot • Director of The Swarm
Just Philippot • Director of The Swarm
Recipient of a 2020 Cannes Critics’ Week Label and winner at Sitges and Gérardmer, the film finally arrives in cinemas, first in Spain then in France, before its release on Netflix
Alessandro Raja • CEO and co-founder, Festival Scope
Alessandro Raja • CEO and co-founder, Festival Scope
A privileged observer of the film festival landscape, the CEO and co-founder of Festival Scope offers his insights on the future of online and hybrid film festivals
David Herdies and Georg Götmark • Directors of Bellum – The Daemon of War
David Herdies and Georg Götmark • Directors of Bellum – The Daemon of War
The Swedish directors know their technology, but focus on the human aspect of war
Jieun Yi • Cinematographer
Jieun Yi • Cinematographer
The cinematographer, who studied at the Babelsberg‘s Konrad Wolf Film University, talks about working with German independent filmmakers
Five new projects have been selected for the fourth iteration of La Incubadora

Five new projects have been selected for the fourth iteration of La Incubadora

Films in development by Enrique Buleo and Jaione Camborda are among those singled out by ECAM’s The Screen  

13/04 | Industry | Market | Spain

Cinzia TH Torrini • Director of Fino all’ultimo battito

Interview: Cinzia TH Torrini • Director of Fino all’ultimo battito

“Strict protocols allowed us to continue filming”

The Italian director talks about the lengthy filming process involved in the TV medical thriller series, caused by the introduction of Covid-safe compliance  

13/04 | /Italy

Screen Ireland’s Talent Development Academy for Animation to be led by Animation Ireland

Screen Ireland’s Talent Development Academy for Animation to be led by Animation Ireland

The national audiovisual agency’s new initiative will commit to nurturing diverse and regional talent, and creating opportunities on the national level  

13/04 | Industry | Market | Ireland

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Holgut - by Liesbeth De Ceulaer
Holgut
by Liesbeth De Ceulaer
Visions du Réel 2021 - Competition
CPH:DOX 2021 - NEXT:WAVE
The Bubble - by Valerie Blankenbyl
The Bubble
by Valerie Blankenbyl
Visions du Réel 2021 - Competition
Dida - by Nikola Ilić, Corina Schwingruber Ilić
Dida
by Nikola Ilić, Corina Schwingruber Ilić
Visions du Réel 2021 - Burning Lights
Prime Time - by Jakub Piątek
Prime Time
by Jakub Piątek
Sundance 2021 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Netflix release April 14
Governance - by Michael Zampino
Governance
by Michael Zampino
Amazon Prime release April 12
Ostrov – Lost Island - by Svetlana Rodina, Laurent Stoop
Ostrov – Lost Island
by Svetlana Rodina, Laurent Stoop
Visions du Réel 2021 - Competition
Zinder - by Aïcha Macky
Zinder
by Aïcha Macky
Visions du Réel 2021 - Competition
Courage - by Aliaksei Paluyan
Courage
by Aliaksei Paluyan
Berlinale 2021 - Berlinale Special
Visions du Réel 2021 - Competition
Pierre-François Piet • Distributor, Ad Vitam

Interview: Pierre-François Piet • Distributor, Ad Vitam

“We need some structural help, and also to regulate the reopening of cinemas”

The CFO of the French company discusses the challenges of the market, building a brand and supporting films beyond its theatrical release  

13/04 | /France

Alessio Cremonini is shooting Profeti

Alessio Cremonini is shooting Profeti

The Italian director is in Apulia shooting his third fiction film, following the abduction of a journalist in the Middle East played by Jasmine Trinca  

13/04 | Production | Funding | Italy

Cinema For Change crowns In a Perfect World as its champion

Cinema For Change crowns In a Perfect World as its champion

Émilie Frèche’s feature-debut project has won an award at the first edition of the co-production market dedicated to films that aspire to make a positive impact on the world  

13/04 | Industry | Market | France

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Pierre-François Piet • Distributor, Ad Vitam
Pierre-François Piet • Distributor, Ad Vitam
The CFO of the French company discusses the challenges of the market, building a brand and supporting films beyond its theatrical release
Martin Kotík • President, Association of Czech Animation Film
Martin Kotík • President, Association of Czech Animation Film
The current president of the Association of Czech Animation Film breaks down the state of the Czech animation industry today
Cinzia TH Torrini • Director of Fino all’ultimo battito
Cinzia TH Torrini • Director of Fino all’ultimo battito
The Italian director talks about the lengthy filming process involved in the TV medical thriller series, caused by the introduction of Covid-safe compliance
David Azoulay • President of ESRA - École supérieure de réalisation audiovisuelle
David Azoulay • President of ESRA - École supérieure de réalisation audiovisuelle
Our conversation revolved around the school's primary teaching goals, its degree programmes and the different opportunities it offers to prospective students
Alessandra Alessandri • Coordinator, Master in Series Development, Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti
Alessandra Alessandri • Coordinator, Master in Series Development, Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti
Training a key, competitive and strategic professional figure for the global market, a “Development Executive”, is the objective of the Italian Master course organised in Milan with Netflix’s backing
Frédéric Zeimet • Creator of W.
Frédéric Zeimet • Creator of W.
His detective web-series W., taken from the word "Wëssen" (“knowledge” in luxembourgish), has proven so popular, that a second season is now being prepared
Paula Ďurinová • Director of Insides
Paula Ďurinová • Director of Insides
The Slovak documentarian discusses her forthcoming feature debut, revolving around collective anxiety, utopian and safe spaces, and intimacy
Cecilia Dazzi • Actress
Cecilia Dazzi • Actress
The Italian actress will be part of the jury for the Oltre il Limite Aquila Reale d'Oro Official Selection at the brand-new Italian festival, set to unfold from 24 August to 2 September
Review: Governance

Review: Governance

An Italian-French co-production available exclusively on Amazon Prime Italy, Michael Zampino signs his name to a solid film noir on the price of power, starring an unscrupulous Massimo Popolizio  

13/04 | Films | Reviews | Italy/France

Martin Kotík • President, Association of Czech Animation Film

Interview: Martin Kotík • President, Association of Czech Animation Film

“We have a number of new animation productions and studios which arose out of nothing but their own desire for existence and creativity”

The current president of the Association of Czech Animation Film breaks down the state of the Czech animation industry today  

13/04 | /Czech Republic

The second Dot.on.the.map Industry Days announces its selected projects

The second Dot.on.the.map Industry Days announces its selected projects

Cyprus Film Days’ co-production, training and networking platform is inviting seven projects from the Mediterranean Basin to be presented while also featuring a series of parallel events  

13/04 | Cyprus Film Days 2021 | Dot.on.the.map Industry Days

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

The First 54 Years – An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation - by Avi Mograbi
The First 54 Years – An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation
by Avi Mograbi
Berlinale 2021 - Forum
Visions du Réel 2021 - Competition
Bellum - The Daemon of War - by Georg Götmark, David Herdies
Bellum - The Daemon of War
by Georg Götmark, David Herdies
Visions du Réel 2021 - Competition
1970 - by Tomasz Wolski
1970
by Tomasz Wolski
Visions du Réel 2021 - Competition
Les Enfants terribles - by Ahmet Necdet Cupur
Les Enfants terribles
by Ahmet Necdet Cupur
Visions du Réel 2021 - Competition
Le Ventre de la montagne - by Stephen Loye
Le Ventre de la montagne
by Stephen Loye
Visions du Réel 2021 - Burning Lights

Industry Reports

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 15/04/2021

Igor Stankovic • Distributor, MCF Megacom

The CEO of the Serbian distribution company offers us some insight into their diversified business model and the importance of film festivals

Film Festival Trends – 14/04/2021

Alessandro Raja • CEO and co-founder, Festival Scope

A privileged observer of the film festival landscape, the CEO and co-founder of Festival Scope offers his insights on the future of online and hybrid film festivals

Animation – 13/04/2021

Screen Ireland’s Talent Development Academy for Animation to be led by Animation Ireland

The national audiovisual agency’s new initiative will commit to nurturing diverse and regional talent, and creating opportunities on the national level

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 13/04/2021

Pierre-François Piet • Distributor, Ad Vitam

The CFO of the French company discusses the challenges of the market, building a brand and supporting films beyond its theatrical release

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