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Davide Abbatescianni


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

A Piece of My Heart set to hit Swedish cinemas on Christmas Day

A Piece of My Heart set to hit Swedish cinemas on Christmas Day

Distributed by Nordisk Film, Edward af Sillén's musical has already been pre-purchased for Israel, Taiwan and Poland  

11/11/2019 | Production | Funding | Sweden/Finland

Roger Michell prepping The Duke

Roger Michell prepping The Duke

The Pretoria-born helmer's new drama centres on the uplifting real-life story of Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver played by Jim Broadbent  

08/11/2019 | Production | Funding | UK

Adriek Van Nieuwenhuijzen  • IDFA industry head

Interview: Adriek Van Nieuwenhuijzen • IDFA industry head

"If you want to develop a healthy documentary film ‘climate’, the key is thinking about ways to nurture talent"

We had the chance to chat with industry head Adriek Van Nieuwenhuijzen, who talked us through the main industry initiatives at this year’s IDFA  

05/11/2019 | IDFA 2019 | IDFA for Professionals

Iceland’s A White, White Day wins the Nordic Film Days in Lübeck

Iceland’s A White, White Day wins the Nordic Film Days in Lübeck

Hlynur Pálmason’s second feature has claimed the competition’s main prize, while Rúnar Rúnarsson was the recipient of the prestigious Interfilm Church Prize for Echo  

05/11/2019 | Festivals | Awards | Germany

Bille August to direct psychological drama The Pact

Bille August to direct psychological drama The Pact

The new feature by the Danish filmmaker centres on the secret relationship between Karen Blixen and young poet Thorkild Bjønvig  

31/10/2019 | Production | Funding | Denmark

The Netherlands Film Fund invests €5.2 million in 17 new productions

The Netherlands Film Fund invests €5.2 million in 17 new productions

The Dutch film body will provide incentives to 11 features, three animated series and three documentary series, including 12 international co-productions  

31/10/2019 | Production | Funding | Netherlands

The Riga International Film Festival announces its winners

The Riga International Film Festival announces its winners

The sixth edition of the Latvian festival saw the triumph of Karolis Kaupinis’ Nova Lituania  

28/10/2019 | Festivals | Awards | Latvia

IDFA announces its full programme

IDFA announces its full programme

The festival unveiled its complete selection and this year’s jury members during a press conference earlier this week  

25/10/2019 | IDFA 2019

Andreas Wildfang  • Member of the board of directors, EUROVOD

Interview: Andreas Wildfang • Member of the board of directors, EUROVOD

“We're in a market in which consumers' expectations are based on the experiences that mainstream VoD platforms deliver”

At Magnetic Latvia, we talked to Andreas Wildfang, member of the board of directors of EUROVOD, an association of VoD platforms specialising in arthouse, independent and European cinema  

23/10/2019 | Magnetic Latvia 2019

Dita Rietuma  • Head, National Film Centre of Latvia

Interview: Dita Rietuma • Head, National Film Centre of Latvia

“In 2018, we broke all of our admissions records and we produced the highest number of films ever”

We had a chat with Dita Rietuma, the head of the National Film Centre of Latvia, whose speech opened the Magnetic Latvia Film Conference last week  

22/10/2019 | Magnetic Latvia 2019

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