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Davide Abbatescianni


2139 articles available in total starting from 12/09/2017. Last article published on 01/08/2025.

Review: Parthenon

Review: Parthenon

VENICE 2019: Mantas Kvedaravičius’ new film is the result of extensive research conducted in Odessa, Istanbul and Athens  

05/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | International Film Critics’ Week

Francesca Archibugi  • Director of Vivere

Interview: Francesca Archibugi • Director of Vivere

“Where there’s family conflict, there’s a story”

VENICE 2019: We sat with Italian director Francesca Archibugi to ask her a few questions about her film Vivere, screened out of competition in Venice  

04/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Out of Competition

Ascanio Petrini  • Director of Tony Driver

Interview: Ascanio Petrini • Director of Tony Driver

“When I met Pasquale, it was as if I was caught in a stream”

VENICE 2019: Cineuropa chatted with Ascanio Petrini, director of Tony Driver, the only Italian title to be presented in International Critics’ Week  

04/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | International Critics’ Week

Federico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini  • Directors of Once More Unto the Breach

Interview: Federico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini • Directors of Once More Unto the Breach

“We want to continue this journey of reworking and mixing together documentary, archive and fiction”

VENICE 2019: We asked a few questions to Federico Ferrone and Michele Manzolini, the two directors of Once More Unto the Breach, an Italian documentary presented in the Sconfini section  

04/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Sconfini

Review: Once More Unto the Breach

Review: Once More Unto the Breach

VENICE 2019: Federico Ferrone and Michele Manzolini direct an imaginary war story, constructed from archive footage and loosely adapted from diaries from the Ukrainian front  

04/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Sconfini

Henrik Ruben Genz's Erna at War now filming in Estonia

Henrik Ruben Genz's Erna at War now filming in Estonia

The international war drama, starring Trine Dyrholm in the lead role, began filming in and around Tartu on 29 August  

03/09/2019 | Production | Funding | Denmark/Belgium/Estonia

Mantas Kvedaravičius  • Director of Parthenon

Interview: Mantas Kvedaravičius • Director of Parthenon

“The ‘characters’ of the film turned into collaborators, as did their stories”

VENICE 2019: We spoke to Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravičius, whose Parthenon is being screened in the Venice International Film Critics’ Week this year  

30/08/2019 | Venice 2019 | International Film Critics’ Week

Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul filming Memoria in Colombia

Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul filming Memoria in Colombia

Filming of the critically acclaimed, Bangkok-born helmer's new drama kicked off on 19 August  

28/08/2019 | Production | Funding | Thailand/Colombia/UK/France/Germany/ Mexico/China/Switzerland

Carlo Sironi  • Director of Sole

Interview: Carlo Sironi • Director of Sole

“I’ve continued to wonder what my life would have been like if I’d actually become a father”

VENICE 2019: We talked to Carlo Sironi, director of Sole, selected in the Orizzonti section of the festival  

27/08/2019 | Venice 2019 | Orizzonti

Barnaby Thompson’s comedic thriller Pixie filming in and around Belfast

Barnaby Thompson’s comedic thriller Pixie filming in and around Belfast

The London-born producer and director is working on his third feature, penned by his son Preston  

22/08/2019 | Production | Funding | UK

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