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Davide Abbatescianni


2120 articles available in total starting from 12/09/2017. Last article published on 16/07/2025.

Giacomo Abbruzzese • Director of Disco Boy

Interview: Giacomo Abbruzzese • Director of Disco Boy

“I wanted to make a war film where both perspectives, both sides were fully explored”

BERLINALE 2023: We met with the Italian director to discuss his debut fiction feature film toplined by Franz Rogowski  

21/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Review: Manodrome

Review: Manodrome

BERLINALE 2023: John Trengove’s sophomore feature is a rather confused but entertaining tale revolving around a sect of incels for whom things go badly awry  

21/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Review: Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything

Review: Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything

BERLINALE 2023: Emily Atef crafts a sappy coming-of-age melodrama based on Daniela Krien’s novel of the same name  

20/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Review: Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert

Review: Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert

BERLINALE 2023: Margarethe von Trotta’s latest effort struggles to elevate itself from being anything more than a rather outdated upper-class drama  

19/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Review: The Teachers’ Lounge

Review: The Teachers’ Lounge

BERLINALE 2023: Set within the walls of a public school, İlker Çatak’s new feature is a compelling drama where apparently insignificant micro-events trigger a snowball effect  

18/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Panorama

EU and UK cinema attendance up 63% in 2022 but still short of pre-pandemic levels, the European Audiovisual Observatory finds

EU and UK cinema attendance up 63% in 2022 but still short of pre-pandemic levels, the European Audiovisual Observatory finds

In the two territories, ticket sales for 2022 were 34.5% below the 2017-2019 average, accounting for an estimated loss of 338.9 million admissions  

17/02/2023 | Box Office | Europe/UK/Turkey

Alice Lesort • Sales agent, Les Films du Losange

Interview: Alice Lesort • Sales agent, Les Films du Losange

“The market is more and more polarised”

The French sales agent spoke about how the market is changing, forcing sales agents and distributors to be more selective with the content they handle  

16/02/2023 | /France

Francesca Breccia • Sales agent, Coccinelle Film Sales

Interview: Francesca Breccia • Sales agent, Coccinelle Film Sales

“Festivals are now the main theatrical distribution option for independent films”

A chat about the sales agency’s unique business model and about how the market has changed, both during and since the pandemic  

15/02/2023 | /Italy

The European Film Market and Bridging the Dragon to foster European-Asian co-operation

The European Film Market and Bridging the Dragon to foster European-Asian co-operation

For the first time, the German event will expand its traditional Sino-European Forum to stimulate collaboration opportunities between Europe, China and other regions of Far-East Asia  

15/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | EFM

Julien Razafindranaly • Sales agent, Films Boutique

Interview: Julien Razafindranaly • Sales agent, Films Boutique

“Our work has changed, but it does so all the time because the way movies are being shown keeps on changing”

The French sales agent talked us through the company’s editorial policy and its efforts to reconcile high-quality arthouse ambitions with today’s market demands  

14/02/2023 | /Germany/France

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