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Davide Abbatescianni


2132 articles available in total starting from 12/09/2017. Last article published on 29/07/2025.

EXCLUSIVE: New sales outfit Open Kitchen Films launches, boards Eliza Petkova’s IDFA-bound doc Silent Observers

EXCLUSIVE: New sales outfit Open Kitchen Films launches, boards Eliza Petkova’s IDFA-bound doc Silent Observers

The new industry player was founded by director Petra Seliškar, Cinéphage Production’s Victor Ede, Icedocs’ Ingibjörg Halldórsdóttir and former Autlook exec Martina Droandi  

15/11/2024 | Industry | Market | France/Iceland/Slovenia

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Tallinn, Cork and Cottbus title Tasty

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Tallinn, Cork and Cottbus title Tasty

Egle Vertelyte’s sophomore feature is a culinary comedy that tells the story of two best friends who stumble into a cooking-show contest  

15/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024

Chris Baugh’s new crime-thriller series In Flight now filming in Northern Ireland

Chris Baugh’s new crime-thriller series In Flight now filming in Northern Ireland

The 6x60-minute show is toplined by Katherine Kelly, who plays a flight attendant whose life is turned upside down when she is blackmailed into drug smuggling  

14/11/2024 | Production | Funding | UK

Review: The Best Reward

Review: The Best Reward

Italian director Federico Ferrone directs his first solo work, telling a solid story set in northern Italy about radicalisation  

13/11/2024 | Films | Reviews | Italy

The European Audiovisual Observatory analyses the activities of national and sub-national film funds

The European Audiovisual Observatory analyses the activities of national and sub-national film funds

One of the key findings of the report, which covers the period 2018-2022, is that incentive support from European film funds is rising at a far greater rate than direct public funding  

12/11/2024 | Industry | Market | Europe

Cartoon Business unveils the full programme for its 2024 edition

Cartoon Business unveils the full programme for its 2024 edition

The industry event for animation professionals will run from 18-20 November, offering a rich schedule of keynotes, panels and one-on-one meetings alongside a job fair and a new Business Clinic  

12/11/2024 | Cartoon 2024 | Cartoon Business

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for IDFA International Competition title The Propagandist

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for IDFA International Competition title The Propagandist

Luuk Bouwman’s documentary follows filmmaker Jan Teunissen, head of the Dutch Nazi Party’s Film Department during World War II  

07/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

Ugla Hauksdóttir’s thriller The Fires being sold by Bankside at the American Film Market

Ugla Hauksdóttir’s thriller The Fires being sold by Bankside at the American Film Market

Penned by Hauksdóttir herself together with Markus Englmair, the picture is an adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name by Sigríður Hagalín  

07/11/2024 | Production | Funding | Iceland/Poland

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for IDFA International Competition title Writing Hawa

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for IDFA International Competition title Writing Hawa

Shot over the course of five years, Najiba Moori’s documentary follows three generations of Hazara women in Afghanistan  

06/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

Volia Chajkouskaya • Founder and programme director, Northern Lights Nordic-Baltic Film Festival

Interview: Volia Chajkouskaya • Founder and programme director, Northern Lights Nordic-Baltic Film Festival

“Belarusian independent cinema, as well as the Belarusian cause overall, needs more exposure and attention”

During our chat, we explored the programme of the hybrid gathering, organised by filmmakers in exile and showcasing the best of Nordic-Baltic cinema to Belarusian audiences  

06/11/2024 | /Belarus/Estonia

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