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Davide Abbatescianni


2112 articles available in total starting from 12/09/2017. Last article published on 30/06/2025.

The Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival announces its award winners

The Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival announces its award winners

This year’s edition saw the triumph of Christos Nikou’s Apples, crowned Best Film, and Tadhg O’Sullivan’s To the Moon, which scooped Best Irish Feature  

15/03/2021 | Dublin 2021 | Awards

Martin Skovbjerg's sophomore feature, Copenhagen Does Not Exist, in production

Martin Skovbjerg's sophomore feature, Copenhagen Does Not Exist, in production

The new Danish psychological drama flick, which follows on the heels of Skovbjerg's Sticks and Stones, will star Angela Bundalovic and Jonas Holst Schmidt  

12/03/2021 | Production | Funding | Denmark

The National Film Centre of Latvia splits over €1.1 million among six new features

The National Film Centre of Latvia splits over €1.1 million among six new features

The film agency’s co-financing programme will back six new projects co-produced with Germany, Russia, Denmark and the Netherlands  

12/03/2021 | Production | Funding | Latvia

Christian Bengtson's debut feature, Krysantemum, enters production

Christian Bengtson's debut feature, Krysantemum, enters production

The family drama flick will star Morten Hee Andersen in the role of a young man who sells fireworks illegally  

11/03/2021 | Production | Funding | Denmark

Annemarie Jacir  • Director of The Oblivion Theory

Interview: Annemarie Jacir • Director of The Oblivion Theory

“The Berlinale Co-Production Market has been an important part of my career ever since I started making features”

BERLINALE 2021: After winning the prestigious Eurimages Co-production Development Award in Berlin, the Palestinian filmmaker talked us through her project  

10/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | EFM

Gilles Fontaine  • Head of Department for Market Information, European Audiovisual Observatory

Interview: Gilles Fontaine • Head of Department for Market Information, European Audiovisual Observatory

“Except for cinema admissions, COVID-19 can be seen as an accelerator of pre-existing trends rather than a disruption element”

Our discussion revolved around two of the body's most recent studies exploring the impact of the pandemic on Europe's audiovisual industry  

09/03/2021 | /Europe

Norwegian-Israeli thriller series Abducted set to premiere on TV2 in April

Norwegian-Israeli thriller series Abducted set to premiere on TV2 in April

The ten-episode series is co-directed by Stian Kristiansen and Uri Barbash, and stars Andrea Berntzen, Anneke von der Lippe, Anders T Andersen and Shadi Mar’i  

09/03/2021 | Production | Funding | Norway/Israel

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for BUFF title Sihja, the Rebel Fairy

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for BUFF title Sihja, the Rebel Fairy

Marja Pyykkö’s fourth feature follows an unconventional fairy and an eccentric boy who overcome their own fears in order to save Mother Nature  

09/03/2021 | Promotion | Finland/Netherlands/Norway

Cathal Nally • Director of Be Good or Be Gone

Interview: Cathal Nally • Director of Be Good or Be Gone

“Once I saw that the lead actors had a great chemistry, I was on board”

We spoke to the director of this Irish indie comedy revolving around the misfortunes of two petty-criminal cousins, which is taking part in this year’s Dublin International Film Festival  

09/03/2021 | Dublin 2021

At the EFM, a discussion organised by CICAE explored the future of arthouse exhibition

At the EFM, a discussion organised by CICAE explored the future of arthouse exhibition

BERLINALE 2021: The panel, entitled “The Evolution of the Arthouse Exhibition”, took place on 3 March during the European Film Market  

08/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | EFM

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