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Davide Abbatescianni


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

The EWA Network announces the eight women producers selected for the Series Accelerator programme

The EWA Network announces the eight women producers selected for the Series Accelerator programme

The initiative, set up in collaboration with Netflix, will bring together emerging or mid-career professionals who wish to deepen their understanding of the series production landscape  

23/01/2024 | Industry | Market | Europe

The Nordic box office kept on growing in 2023, despite mixed fortunes

The Nordic box office kept on growing in 2023, despite mixed fortunes

Iceland had its best year since 2018, Denmark witnessed a slight decline in admissions, whilst Norway, Sweden and Finland’s theatres are filling up but are still emptier than in 2019  

23/01/2024 | Box Office | Iceland/Sweden/Finland/Denmark/Norway

Production on Money Heist writers Fernando Sancristóbal and Pablo Roa’s new series, Scar, is under way

Production on Money Heist writers Fernando Sancristóbal and Pablo Roa’s new series, Scar, is under way

Based on Juan Gómez-Jurado’s novel of the same name, the show is directed by Miguel Ángel Vivas, Manuel Carballo and Alejandro Bazzano  

22/01/2024 | Production | Funding | Spain/Mexico/France/Serbia/Poland

Svitlana Lishchynska unveils details of her Berlinale Panorama-bound documentary A Bit of a Stranger

Svitlana Lishchynska unveils details of her Berlinale Panorama-bound documentary A Bit of a Stranger

Produced by The Earth Is Blue as an Orange’s Anna Kapustina, the film examines how Moscow’s policies have stripped four generations of women of their identity  

22/01/2024 | Production | Funding | Ukraine/Germany/Sweden

The Berlinale unveils its Competition and Encounters titles

The Berlinale unveils its Competition and Encounters titles

New efforts by Mati Diop, Viktor Kossakovsky, Bruno Dumont, Olivier Assayas and Andreas Dresen are just some of this year’s Golden Bear contenders  

22/01/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition/Encounters

Intimacy coordinators: useful or essential?

Intimacy coordinators: useful or essential?

During the first ANICA Talk of 2024, professionals were given the opportunity to reflect upon the potential of this new figure in the workplace  

19/01/2024 | Industry | Market | Italy

The European Audiovisual Observatory publishes a new report on fiction film financing

The European Audiovisual Observatory publishes a new report on fiction film financing

The study, covering the period 2016-2020, has found that production incentives are rising amid shrinking direct public funding and broadcaster investments  

19/01/2024 | Industry | Market | Europe

EXCLUSIVE: First-look pictures of Latvian series Soviet Jeans, to be presented at the EFM’s Series Market

EXCLUSIVE: First-look pictures of Latvian series Soviet Jeans, to be presented at the EFM’s Series Market

The 8x45-minute show, helmed by Stanislavs Tokalovs and Juris Kursietis, is set in the 1970s and follows a businessman exploiting the weaknesses of the Soviet system  

19/01/2024 | Production | Funding | Latvia

Dag Johan Haugerud’s Sex to premiere at the Berlinale

Dag Johan Haugerud’s Sex to premiere at the Berlinale

The first film in a new trilogy follows two men whose experiences challenge their perceptions of sexuality, gender and identity  

19/01/2024 | Production | Funding | Norway

Helena Stefánsdóttir’s Natatorium to world-premiere at Rotterdam

Helena Stefánsdóttir’s Natatorium to world-premiere at Rotterdam

The suspenseful and unnerving drama, sold internationally by LevelK, stars newcomer Ilmur María Arnarsdóttir in the leading role  

18/01/2024 | Production | Funding | Iceland/Finland

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