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342 articles available in total starting from 17/10/2023. Last article published on 16/02/2026.

Review: The Watchmaker

Review: The Watchmaker

Jonas Lawes makes his directorial debut with a quaint, well-acted chamber play cast in the mould of a thriller about the theft of a valuable pocket watch  

22/01 | Tromsø 2026

John Nein • Senior programmer and director of strategic initiatives, Sundance Film Festival

Interview: John Nein • Senior programmer and director of strategic initiatives, Sundance Film Festival

“When you accumulate these stories over 15 years or so, you start to build a sense of opportunity and what's possible for these filmmakers”

Cineuropa chatted with the longtime Sundance programmer to learn more about this edition’s world cinema selections and the opportunities the festival offers to filmmakers  

13/01 | Sundance 2026

Tromsø gets ready to kick off 2026 with an exciting line-up

Tromsø gets ready to kick off 2026 with an exciting line-up

Hosted in the eponymous Norwegian Arctic city, the 36th edition of the festival will celebrate the cream of the crop from 2025 and introduce potential new favourites  

15/12/2025 | Tromsø 2026

Review: Sophia

Review: Sophia

Dhafer L’Abidine’s third feature, in which he also stars, is a thriller centring on the disappearance of a six-year-old girl in Tunis  

12/12/2025 | Marrakech 2025

Sundance packs its line-up with a slew of European co-productions

Sundance packs its line-up with a slew of European co-productions

Over 25 films with European involvement prepare to shine at the lauded indie festival in Park City for the last time before its move to Colorado in 2027  

11/12/2025 | Sundance 2026

Review: Porte Bagage

Review: Porte Bagage

Abdelkarim El-Fassi takes a Moroccan-Dutch family on a redemptive road trip full of emotional baggage in his feature-length fiction debut  

11/12/2025 | Marrakech 2025

Review: Behind the Palm Trees

Review: Behind the Palm Trees

Meryem Benm’Barek’s film lies at the intersection of class and gendered societal expectations, as a Moroccan man becomes corrupted by desire for a wealthy white woman  

04/12/2025 | Marrakech 2025

Charles Courcier • Distributor, Soupir

Interview: Charles Courcier • Distributor, Soupir

“We ‘talk’ to the audience directly, while traditional distributors talk to adults while trying to understand what could be cool for kids”

The Paris-based digital distributor shares how his experiences in the animation world led him to build a model that brings premium content more directly to young audiences  

28/11/2025 | Distributor of the Month

Alberto Gastesi • Director of Singular

Interview: Alberto Gastesi • Director of Singular

“I always talk about vindicating the human in the face of the promise of technical perfection”

The director of the Sitges-premiered thriller speaks about finding and retaining humanity in an age where artificiality and technocentricism threaten to consume us  

28/11/2025 | /Spain/Finland

Review: Singular

Review: Singular

Basque director Alberto Gastesi tackles AI beyond the uncanny valley in his second feature, starring Patricia López Arnaiz  

27/11/2025 | Films | Reviews | Spain/Finland

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