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Davide Abbatescianni


2188 articles available in total starting from 12/09/2017. Last article published on 11/09/2025.

Review: Veni Vidi Vici

Review: Veni Vidi Vici

Daniel Hoesl and Julia Niemann’s feature tells us that the super-rich sometimes have a whale of a time killing commoners like ants burnt under a magnifying glass  

30/01/2024 | Sundance 2024 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Sujo scoops the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance

Sujo scoops the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance

Besides the drama by Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez, Silje Evensmo Jacobsen’s Norwegian doc A New Kind of Wilderness has snagged the World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize  

29/01/2024 | Sundance 2024 | Awards

EXCLUSIVE: Irish director Brian Durnin putting the finishing touches to his debut feature, Spilt Milk

EXCLUSIVE: Irish director Brian Durnin putting the finishing touches to his debut feature, Spilt Milk

The film, set to be presented at the European Film Market, follows a young boy who dreams of becoming a great detective like his TV hero, Kojak  

26/01/2024 | Production | Funding | Ireland/UK

Review: Handling the Undead

Review: Handling the Undead

Thea Hvistendahl’s debut feature boasts a peculiar, eerie atmosphere and demonstrates her solid directing skills, but its last third destroys all the promise shown in the first two  

26/01/2024 | Sundance 2024 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Christian Zübert’s Exterritorial in post-production

Christian Zübert’s Exterritorial in post-production

The new action-thriller “about a conspiracy, diplomatic entanglement and a missing child” stars Jeanne Goursaud, Dougray Scott and Lera Abova in the leading roles  

26/01/2024 | Production | Funding | Germany

Gustav Möller’s psychological thriller Sons to world-premiere in the Berlinale Competition

Gustav Möller’s psychological thriller Sons to world-premiere in the Berlinale Competition

The Guilty director follows a prison officer facing the biggest dilemma of her life when a young man from her past is transferred to her workplace  

25/01/2024 | Production | Funding | Denmark/Sweden

The European Commission entrusts a consortium with the development of a common carbon emissions calculator

The European Commission entrusts a consortium with the development of a common carbon emissions calculator

The project, budgeted at €650,000, will run until December 2027, and aims to promote data exchange and informed decision making among policymakers  

24/01/2024 | Industry | Market | Europe

John Andreas Andersen to helm World War II-set film No. 24

John Andreas Andersen to helm World War II-set film No. 24

Now filming in Norway, the picture tells the story of Gunnar Sønsteby, the greatest leader of the Norwegian resistance movement  

24/01/2024 | Production | Funding | Norway

Registration is now open for the 6th edition of the Forward workshop for emerging producers

Registration is now open for the 6th edition of the Forward workshop for emerging producers

Promoted by the Trentino Film Commission, this year’s course is set to unspool 29 April to 3 May  

23/01/2024 | Industry | Market | Italy

The Match Factory rocks up to the Berlinale with four aces up its sleeve

The Match Factory rocks up to the Berlinale with four aces up its sleeve

The German sales agent brings a quartet of titles to Berlin – one playing in Competition, one in Panorama and two documentaries for the European Film Market  

23/01/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | EFM

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