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Davide Abbatescianni


2127 articles available in total starting from 12/09/2017. Last article published on 25/07/2025.

Cinekid announces the projects selected for its 2024 Junior Co-Production Market

Cinekid announces the projects selected for its 2024 Junior Co-Production Market

The Amsterdam-based gathering, running from 29 October-1 November, will showcase 19 projects hailing from 21 different countries  

23/08/2024 | Cinekid 2024 | Cinekid for Professionals

Lynley reboot, toplined by Leo Suter and Sofia Barclay, filming in Ireland

Lynley reboot, toplined by Leo Suter and Sofia Barclay, filming in Ireland

The 4x90-minute series, helmed by Ed Bazalgette, sees Elizabeth George’s iconic inspector revived  

23/08/2024 | Production | Funding | UK/Ireland

Ása Baldursdóttir, Hrönn Sveinsdóttir • Distributors, Bíó Paradís

Interview: Ása Baldursdóttir, Hrönn Sveinsdóttir • Distributors, Bíó Paradís

“Our relationship with the audience is like a great love affair”

The two distributors talk us through bringing international and Scandi hits to their audience and their own theatre, Iceland’s only arthouse venue  

22/08/2024 | Distributor of the Month

Daphne Idiz • Researcher, University of Amsterdam

Interview: Daphne Idiz • Researcher, University of Amsterdam

“It’s not just Netflix establishing standards and production styles; local producers and creatives also have a part to play”

The scholar unpacks her latest journal article, which examines how Netflix’s increased production of local content is affecting Europe’s wider TV production practices  

21/08/2024 | /Netherlands/Europe

EXCLUSIVE: Clip and poster for Venice Giornate degli Autori title Possibility of Paradise

EXCLUSIVE: Clip and poster for Venice Giornate degli Autori title Possibility of Paradise

In Mladen Kovacevic’s documentary, the protagonists grapple with the question of whether they’re living the existence they should be living  

21/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

EXCLUSIVE: Mantas Verbiejus’ drama Sand in Your Hair now in production

EXCLUSIVE: Mantas Verbiejus’ drama Sand in Your Hair now in production

The movie centres on a former ballerina in her mid-eighties once celebrated for her gracefulness on stage and now stuck in a monotonous routine  

21/08/2024 | Production | Funding | Lithuania

Nina Vindum Rasmussen • Researcher, London School of Economics and Political Science

Interview: Nina Vindum Rasmussen • Researcher, London School of Economics and Political Science

"Increased transparency would strengthen the sustainability of the sector in the long run"

The scholar breaks down on one of her recent journal articles, which examines how screen workers interact with streaming data despite widespread secrecy  

14/08/2024 | /Europe

Antti J Jokinen's Kalevala: The Story of Kullervo set to enter production in September

Antti J Jokinen's Kalevala: The Story of Kullervo set to enter production in September

Based on Finland's national epic of the same name, the film produced by Reel Media and Storm Inc. will star Elias Salonen and Eero Aho in the leading roles  

14/08/2024 | Production | Funding | Finland/Sweden

Review: Eight Postcards from Utopia

Review: Eight Postcards from Utopia

Radu Jude and Christian Ferencz-Flatz’s exploration of consumerism in Romania after the 1989 revolution is an intellectual divertissement entirely made up of old ads and other TV footage  

14/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Out of Competition

Locarno’s Open Doors announces new focus on Africa, crowns Salvación and El único tiempo as its big winners

Locarno’s Open Doors announces new focus on Africa, crowns Salvación and El único tiempo as its big winners

Among the other victors were Rosa María Rodríguez’s Her Lightness, Fernando Luis Mendoza Salazar’s Huaco retrato and Rob Mendoza’s UFOs in the Tropic  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Locarno Pro/Awards

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