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2551 articles available in total starting from 12/09/2017. Last article published on 22/09/2026.

Review: Bucking Fastard

Review: Bucking Fastard

VENICE 2026: Werner Herzog's latest sees Ireland as the setting for an absurd fable on identity, inspired by the extraordinary real-life Chaplin twins, from York  

03/09 | Venice 2026 | Competition

Review: Giaffa the Great

Review: Giaffa the Great

VENICE 2026: Marco Santi’s feature debut turns one man’s crisis of invisibility into a darkly grotesque, Pirandellian game of masks, performance and borrowed identity  

03/09 | Venice 2026 | International Film Critics’ Week

MIA unveils its first guests

MIA unveils its first guests

The Italian market is expanding across Via Veneto and Piazza Barberini, with new film, drama, documentary and animation hubs alongside a European platform focused on investment and financing  

02/09 | MIA 2026

Ciarán Foy’s Samara Weaving- and Nicholas Braun-starring Hivemind enters production

Ciarán Foy’s Samara Weaving- and Nicholas Braun-starring Hivemind enters production

The Irish director is now filming the environmental thriller, with Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Pictures among the producers and a Prime Video release on the cards  

01/09 | Production | Funding | Ireland/USA

The 14th Baltic Pitching Forum unveils its line-up

The 14th Baltic Pitching Forum unveils its line-up

The Lithuanian short-focused industry event, running in Vilnius from 6-9 October, will showcase 12 projects from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and guest country Italy  

31/08 | Baltic Pitching Forum 2026

Kate Winslet and Maxine Peake team up for Netflix limited series The Unheard

Kate Winslet and Maxine Peake team up for Netflix limited series The Unheard

The five-part drama, written by Adolescence co-creator Jack Thorne and directed by Lebanese filmmaker Mounia Akl, will enter production in 2027  

27/08 | Production | Funding | UK/USA

Anita Lee • Chief programming officer, Toronto International Film Festival

Interview: Anita Lee • Chief programming officer, Toronto International Film Festival

“Our audience is growing younger, and we are seeing increased interest in international arthouse cinema and animation”

Toronto's chief programming officer discusses the new chapter that is opening for the festival, its approach to European cinema and the growing appetite among Gen Z for international arthouse fare  

26/08 | Toronto 2026

Three Baltic projects secure Italian backing as co-production ties bear fruit

Three Baltic projects secure Italian backing as co-production ties bear fruit

A year after a Venice panel spotlighted Baltic-Italian collaboration, Barracuda, Beatrice and Dolce far Niente have secured support from Italy’s Ministry of Culture  

24/08 | Sponsored

Latvian expertise powers Venice competition title Woman Unknown by May el-Toukhy

Latvian expertise powers Venice competition title Woman Unknown by May el-Toukhy

Twenty-five of the period drama’s 28 shooting days took place in Riga, where Nafta Films, local crews and purpose-built sets anchored the production  

21/08 | Sponsored

Latvia selects Viesturs Kairišs’ Ulya for the international Oscar race

Latvia selects Viesturs Kairišs’ Ulya for the international Oscar race

The Cannes-premiered biographical sports drama will represent the Baltic country after building further momentum at international festivals  

20/08 | Oscars 2027/Sponsored

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