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Davide Abbatescianni


2168 articles available in total starting from 12/09/2017. Last article published on 29/08/2025.

Producing non-English drama series at the centre of debate in Riga

Producing non-English drama series at the centre of debate in Riga

The inaugural edition of Magnetic Series, held during this year’s Riga IFF, provided an opportunity to discuss the opportunities and the future of non-English drama series  

21/10/2020 | Riga 2020 | Magnetic Series

Review: Sisters Apart

Review: Sisters Apart

Daphne Charizani’s new feature tells of a young soldier’s desperate search for her sister, a Kurdish fighter battling ISIS  

20/10/2020 | IndieCork 2020

IFTA awards the best productions and talents of the 2019/2020 season

IFTA awards the best productions and talents of the 2019/2020 season

After a one-year break and the subsequent reorganisation of the body, this year’s edition saw the triumph of Lance Daly's Black '47 and Lisa Barros D'Sa's Ordinary Day  

19/10/2020 | Festivals | Awards | Ireland

The 65th Cork International Film Festival goes fully virtual

The 65th Cork International Film Festival goes fully virtual

Owing to the current restrictions, the Irish gathering will offer a full digital programme comprising 50 fiction features and documentaries, 14 programmes of shorts and several special events  

19/10/2020 | Festivals | Awards | Ireland

The IndieCork Film Festival announces its award winners

The IndieCork Film Festival announces its award winners

This year’s edition (4-18 October), which saw Damian Mc Carthy’s Caveat emerge triumphant, was brought to a close by the awards ceremony, held online on 17 October  

19/10/2020 | IndieCork 2020 | Awards

Auli Mantila’s crime-drama series Transport now filming

Auli Mantila’s crime-drama series Transport now filming

After two weeks of filming in Belgium in September, principal photography for the new eight-episode series is continuing in and around Helsinki  

15/10/2020 | Production | Funding | Finland/Belgium

Screen Ireland’s full budget to be increased to €30.09 million in 2021

Screen Ireland’s full budget to be increased to €30.09 million in 2021

The Emerald Isle’s audiovisual agency has welcomed an unprecedented funding increase of €9 million, bringing its capital budget to €26.2 million  

15/10/2020 | Production | Funding | Ireland

Alise Ģelze • Curator, Magnetic Series

Interview: Alise Ģelze • Curator, Magnetic Series

“Over the last five years, the production of foreign films in Latvia has grown rapidly”

We had the chance to speak to Alise Ģelze, curator of Magnetic Series, a brand-new international pitching and networking event taking place during this year’s Riga IFF  

14/10/2020 | Riga 2020 | Magnetic Series

The Baltic Pitching Forum announces its award winners

The Baltic Pitching Forum announces its award winners

The eighth edition of the event took place from 8-10 October and saw the participation of 12 projects from the three Baltic republics and Poland  

14/10/2020 | Shorts | Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania/Poland

Damian Mc Carthy  • Director of Caveat

Interview: Damian Mc Carthy • Director of Caveat

“I wanted Caveat to look like an old ghost story”

We talked to Damian Mc Carthy, the director of the UK production Caveat, which opened the IndieCork Film Festival  

13/10/2020 | IndieCork 2020

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