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Davide Abbatescianni


2121 articles available in total starting from 12/09/2017. Last article published on 18/07/2025.

Ivana Kostovoska  • Researcher, imec-SMIT-VUB

Interview: Ivana Kostovoska • Researcher, imec-SMIT-VUB

“As growth in content investment is expected to slow in the coming years, market conditions are likely to become more challenging”

The researcher talked us through the findings of a recent study on the so-called “Netflix taxes”  

30/06/2023 | /Belgium

First-look pictures unveiled for BBC One drama series Boiling Point

First-look pictures unveiled for BBC One drama series Boiling Point

The new British show follows on from Philip Barantini’s award-winning feature of the same name, and stars Stephen Graham and Vinette Robinson  

29/06/2023 | Production | Funding | UK

Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel’s debut feature, Armand, in production

Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel’s debut feature, Armand, in production

The drama is toplined by Renate Reinsve and is being staged by Norway’s Eye Eye Pictures, the outfit launched by the producers of The Worst Person in the World  

29/06/2023 | Production | Funding | Norway/Netherlands/Sweden/Germany

Nicolas Winding Refn’s NWR and the UK’s Moonage Pictures filming a series adaptation of The Famous Five

Nicolas Winding Refn’s NWR and the UK’s Moonage Pictures filming a series adaptation of The Famous Five

Directed by Tim Kirkby, the three-part show follows an “unforgettable odyssey that evokes the power of camaraderie” between five daring young explorers  

29/06/2023 | Production | Funding | Denmark/UK/Germany

Viv Li’s A Hazy Romance snags the Kirch Foundation Award at this year’s Munich Film Up!

Viv Li’s A Hazy Romance snags the Kirch Foundation Award at this year’s Munich Film Up!

A Special Mention worth €3,000 has been bestowed upon Iranian filmmaker Sadeq Es-haqi’s courageous project Double Blind  

28/06/2023 | Industry | Market | Germany

Scanorama opens the call for its 2023 European feature-film competition

Scanorama opens the call for its 2023 European feature-film competition

The Lithuanian gathering has announced that at least 50% of the final programme will be made up of films helmed by women  

26/06/2023 | Festivals | Awards | Lithuania

Netflix announces new psychological-thriller series Dear Child

Netflix announces new psychological-thriller series Dear Child

Based on Romy Hausmann’s novel, Isabel Kleefeld and Julian Pörksen’s six-part show sees three characters living in a highly secure house, completely cut off from the rest of the world  

22/06/2023 | Production | Funding | Germany/USA

Review: Wham!

Review: Wham!

Chris Smith’s doc is an aesthetically unremarkable account of one of the 1980s’ most popular musical duos, but also an entertaining piece exploring the effects of overly rapid success  

21/06/2023 | Sheffield Doc Fest 2023

Maciek Hamela’s In the Rearview triumphs at Sheffield DocFest

Maciek Hamela’s In the Rearview triumphs at Sheffield DocFest

The jury was struck by the Polish-French-Ukrainian co-production’s ability to show “beautiful visions that hold both craft and story close, opening windows into the heart of our shared humanity”  

20/06/2023 | Sheffield Doc Fest 2023 | Awards

A brand-new doc-focused body, the Documentary Film Council, to launch at Sheffield DocFest

A brand-new doc-focused body, the Documentary Film Council, to launch at Sheffield DocFest

The organisation is a UK-wide participatory initiative that has been co-designed by filmmakers and executives in partnership with researchers at UWE Bristol  

15/06/2023 | Sheffield Doc Fest 2023

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