Robyn Citizen • Director of Programming & Platform lead, Toronto International Film Festival

Interview: Robyn Citizen • Director of Programming & Platform lead, Toronto International Film Festival

“TIFF remains a bridge between press, industry and audiences”

TIFF’s director of Programming and lead programmer of Platform speaks about how the Canadian festival looks to the wider world while balancing boldness, discovery and diversity  

08/09 | Toronto 2025

Leonardo Di Costanzo • Director of Elisa

Interview: Leonardo Di Costanzo • Director of Elisa

"It’s the mystery of evil that resides in the ordinary that struck me in that story”

VENICE 2025: The Italian director tells us what pushed him to tell the story of a normal woman who has committed a horrible crime and looks for a road to redemption  

08/09 | Venice 2025 | Competition

Ildikó Enyedi • Director of Silent Friend

Interview: Ildikó Enyedi • Director of Silent Friend

“I wanted to show how quickly our gaze changes”

VENICE 2025: The Hungarian director gives us the low-down on her new feature, which centres on a ginkgo tree in three different timelines  

08/09 | Venice 2025 | Competition

Virgilio Villoresi • Director of Orfeo

Interview: Virgilio Villoresi • Director of Orfeo

“I chose to adapt Poem Strip because it offered the opportunity to bring together all of the techniques I have refined over the years”

VENICE 2025: The debuting Italian director talks to us about his love of cinema, and about the personal memories that influenced his film  

08/09 | Venice 2025 | Out of Competition

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Industry Reports

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Producers and distributors push for earlier collaboration and smart audience strategies - 03/09/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 03/09/2025
Producers and distributors push for earlier collaboration and smart audience strategies
VENICE 2025: Participants in the event organised by Europa Distribution described the session as “a rare opportunity for frank, in-person exchange”

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A busy summer festival season awaits the European film industry. Cineuropa will continue to keep its readers up to date with the latest news and market insights, covering the buzziest events, including Locarno, Venice, Sarajevo, Haugesund, Toronto, San Sebastián, Zurich and many others

Produce – Co-Produce... - Fondazione Prada launches €1.5 million film fund at Venice - 04/09/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 04/09/2025
Fondazione Prada launches €1.5 million film fund at Venice
VENICE 2025: The fund is aimed at supporting 10-12 features each year, including documentaries and animated works

Produce – Co-Produce... - Italy unveils a €1 million annual fund to boost co-productions with Latin America - 01/09/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 01/09/2025
Italy unveils a €1 million annual fund to boost co-productions with Latin America
VENICE 2025: The initiative, freshly unveiled on the Lido, will also extend to Spain and Portugal

Produce – Co-Produce... - Venice hosts a panel exploring Baltic-Italian co-production opportunities - 01/09/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 01/09/2025
Venice hosts a panel exploring Baltic-Italian co-production opportunities
VENICE 2025: The event was aimed at familiarising Italian producers with the financial and creative advantages of partnering with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Eurimages sheds light on its awards, sponsorships and inclusion strategies at the Venice Production Bridge - 30/08/2025

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 30/08/2025
Eurimages sheds light on its awards, sponsorships and inclusion strategies at the Venice Production Bridge
VENICE 2025: The fund’s reps underscored that its value lies not only in the money it awards, but also in the visibility and credibility it grants to projects and institutions

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Netflix unveils guidelines for the use of generative AI in content production - 28/08/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 28/08/2025
Netflix unveils guidelines for the use of generative AI in content production
The streaming platform’s stipulations are structured around four key areas: data use, creative output, talent and performance, and ethics and representation

Animation - Sarajevo offers a glimpse into the technicalities of Flow - 26/08/2025

Animation – 26/08/2025
Sarajevo offers a glimpse into the technicalities of Flow
Animators Konstantīns Višņevskis and Mārtiņš Upītis shared their experience of working on the highly successful, Oscar-winning feature by Gints Zilbalodis

Review: Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t

Review: Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t

VENICE 2025: Gianni Di Gregorio returns with a new work confirming his ability to tell intricate and delicate stories composed of small gestures and great emotions  

08/09 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Andrea Di Stefano • Director of My Tennis Maestro

Interview: Andrea Di Stefano • Director of My Tennis Maestro

“I’ve always wondered why films about sports only ever talk about the winners”

VENICE 2025: We talked to the Italian director about his new film, starring Pierfrancesco Favino as a failed tennis player  

08/09 | Venice 2025 | Out of Competition

Review: Do You Love Me

Review: Do You Love Me

VENICE 2025: Using only archival material, Lebanese director Lana Daher composes a vivid and multiform portrait of her beloved village martyred by too many wars  

08/09 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

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Episode 79: Living Large (Czech Republic/Slovakia/France) - 30/08/2025

30/08/2025
Episode 79: Living Large (Czech Republic/Slovakia/France)
The producers of the film by Kristina Dufková are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 78: Ghost Trail (France/Germany/Belgium) - 12/08/2025

12/08/2025
Episode 78: Ghost Trail (France/Germany/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Jonathan Millet are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 77: The Flats (France/Ireland/UK/Belgium) - 22/07/2025

22/07/2025
Episode 77: The Flats (France/Ireland/UK/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Alessandra Celesia are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 76: The Girl with the Needle (Denmark/Poland/Sweden) - 08/05/2025

08/05/2025
Episode 76: The Girl with the Needle (Denmark/Poland/Sweden)
The producers of the film by Magnus von Horn are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 75: Vermiglio (Italy/France/Belgium) - 25/03/2025

25/03/2025
Episode 75: Vermiglio (Italy/France/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Maura Delpero are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 74: Crossing (Sweden/ Denmark/France/Turkey/Georgia) - 20/03/2025

20/03/2025
Episode 74: Crossing (Sweden/ Denmark/France/Turkey/Georgia)
The producers of the film by Levan Akin are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 73: Flow (Latvia/France/Belgium) - 10/12/2024

10/12/2024
Episode 73: Flow (Latvia/France/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Gints Zilbalodis are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 72: Wishing on a Star (Italy/Slovakia/Czech Republic/Austria/Croatia) - 28/11/2024

28/11/2024
Episode 72: Wishing on a Star (Italy/Slovakia/Czech Republic/Austria/Croatia)
The producers of the film by Peter Kerekes are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Jim Jarmusch wins Venice's Golden Lion for Father Mother Sister Brother

Jim Jarmusch wins Venice's Golden Lion for Father Mother Sister Brother

VENICE 2025: The Voice of Hind Rajab has scooped the Grand Jury Prize, Below the Clouds the Special Jury Prize and Toni Servillo the Volpi Cup  

06/09 | Venice 2025 | Awards

Pietro Marcello • Director of Duse

Interview: Pietro Marcello • Director of Duse

“It may play out 100 years ago, but it says a lot about our current times”

VENICE 2025: The Italian director discusses how he intended to pay tribute to one of his country’s most legendary and highly celebrated actresses from the turn of the last century  

06/09 | Venice 2025 | Competition

Kaouther Ben Hania • Director of The Voice of Hind Rajab

Interview: Kaouther Ben Hania • Director of The Voice of Hind Rajab

“Just as people know the name Anne Frank, they should know the name Hind Rajab”

VENICE 2025: After her lengthy standing ovation, the Tunisian director talks to us about her one-room-shot reconstruction of the events surrounding the titular girl’s death  

06/09 | Venice 2025 | Competition

Venice announces the winners of its parallel awards

Venice announces the winners of its parallel awards

VENICE 2025: Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice of Hind Rajab and Ildikó Enyedi’s Silent Friend are two of the most-awarded titles among the collateral prizewinners  

06/09 | Venice 2025 | Awards

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Venice 2025 – Photogalleries - 27/08/2025

27/08/2025
Venice 2025 – Photogalleries
The global film community is back on the Lido for the 82nd Venice Film Festival, unspooling from 27 August-6 September. Discover the festival highlights and the international stars walking the red carpet in our exclusive photo galleries

Cannes 2025 – Photogalleries - 13/05/2025

13/05/2025
Cannes 2025 – Photogalleries
The international film industry is gathering again on the Croisette for a packed edition of the Cannes Film Festival and its Marché du Film, unspooling from 13-24 May. Discover the festival highlights in our exclusive photo galleries

Berlinale 2025 – Photogalleries - 13/02/2025

13/02/2025
Berlinale 2025 – Photogalleries
The Berlin International Film Festival returns for its 75th edition, the first under the direction of Tricia Tuttle, from 13-23 February. Check out the festival highlights in our exclusive photogalleries

San Sebastian 2024 – Photogalleries - 23/09/2024

23/09/2024
San Sebastian 2024 – Photogalleries
The San Sebastián International Film Festival cements its position on the global festival circuit with its 72st edition, which is unspooling from 20-28 September. Check out our exclusive photo galleries

Venice 2024 – Photogalleries - 27/08/2024

27/08/2024
Venice 2024 – Photogalleries
After the media storm triggered by last year's SAG-AFTRA strike, the global film community is back on the Lido for the 81st Venice Film Festival, unspooling from 28 August-7 September. Discover the festival highlights and the international stars walking the red carpet in our exclusive photo galleries

Cannes 2024 – Photogalleries - 14/05/2024

14/05/2024
Cannes 2024 – Photogalleries
The international film industry is gathering again on the Croisette for a packed edition of the Cannes Film Festival and its Marché du Film, unspooling from 14-25 May. Discover the festival highlights in our exclusive photo galleries

Berlinale 2024 – Photogalleries - 15/02/2024

15/02/2024
Berlinale 2024 – Photogalleries
The Berlin International Film Festival returns for its 74th edition, the last under the direction of Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek, from 15-25 February. Check out the festival highlights in our exclusive photogalleries

San Sebastián 2023 – Photogalleries - 25/09/2023

25/09/2023
San Sebastián 2023 – Photogalleries
The San Sebastián International Film Festival cements its position on the global festival circuit with its 71st edition, which is unspooling from 22-30 September. Check out our exclusive photo galleries

Review: 100 Nights of Hero

Review: 100 Nights of Hero

VENICE 2025: Julia Jackman magics a lush, feminist fairy tale, starring Emma Corrin as a handmaid assisting Maika Monroe to fend off a suitor’s advances  

06/09 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics’ Week

Review: Funeral Casino Blues

Review: Funeral Casino Blues

VENICE 2025: Roderick Warich’s nocturnal love story travels between genres – and all over Bangkok  

06/09 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Review: Divine Comedy

Review: Divine Comedy

VENICE 2025: Ali Asgari’s metafictional sibling to Terrestrial Verses takes a deep dive into the absurdity buried within the world of Iranian film censorship  

06/09 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Reviews

Father Mother Sister Brother - by Jim Jarmusch

Father Mother Sister Brother
by Jim Jarmusch
VENICE 2025: Jim Jarmusch’s latest effort brings familial awkwardness to the fore with quiet humour and elegance

The Voice of Hind Rajab - by Kaouther Ben Hania

The Voice of Hind Rajab
by Kaouther Ben Hania
VENICE 2025: Kaouther Ben Hania’s powerful docudrama integrates the real emergency call from the six-year-old girl killed by the IDF with dramatised scenes

La grazia - by Paolo Sorrentino

La grazia
by Paolo Sorrentino
VENICE 2025: Politics and existentialism are lent exquisite, low-key Italian beauty in Paolo Sorrentino’s new film, starring his regular Toni Servillo

At Work - by Valérie Donzelli

At Work
by Valérie Donzelli
VENICE 2025: Bastien Bouillon excels in Valérie Donzelli’s surprisingly deep dive into the vocation of writing

Below the Clouds - by Gianfranco Rosi

Below the Clouds
by Gianfranco Rosi
VENICE 2025: With his new documentary dedicated to the Neapolitan territory, Gianfranco Rosi returns to the slopes of Vesuvius, in search of the welding between ancient life and today

Silent Friend - by Ildiko Enyedi

Silent Friend
by Ildiko Enyedi
VENICE 2025: Ildikó Enyedi’s eccentric, charming film inspects a tree in a German university garden in three distinct time periods over the last century

Lost Land - by Akio Fujimoto

Lost Land
by Akio Fujimoto
VENICE 2025: Japanese director Akio Fujimoto’s powerful second feature follows two displaced Rohingya children as they attempt to flee Bangladesh for Malaysia

Short Summer - by Nastia Korkia

Short Summer
by Nastia Korkia
VENICE 2025: Nastia Korkia’s first fiction feature paints a poetic portrait of a childhood spent in the shadows of a war which stubbornly insinuates its way into everyday life

Oscar Hudson • Director of Straight Circle

Interview: Oscar Hudson • Director of Straight Circle

“This film is about nowhere and also about everywhere”

VENICE 2025: The British director breaks down his feature and talks about how he is unable to take serious things seriously  

06/09 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics’ Week

Oscar Hudson’s Straight Circle scoops the Grand Prize in Venice’s International Film Critics’ Week

Oscar Hudson’s Straight Circle scoops the Grand Prize in Venice’s International Film Critics’ Week

VENICE 2025: Giulio Bertelli’s AGON has snagged the Luciano Sovena Award for Best Independent Production, and Imran Perretta’s Ish won over the audience  

06/09 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics' Week/Awards

Review: Bravo Bene!

Review: Bravo Bene!

VENICE 2025: Franco Maresco imagines a never-completed film dedicated to Carmelo Bene and confirms his extreme, radical and provocative vision of cinema  

06/09 | Venice 2025 | Competition

Interviews

Jim Jarmusch • Director of Father Mother Sister Brother

Jim Jarmusch • Director of Father Mother Sister Brother
VENICE 2025: The US director shares some thoughts on his stories, his work and his love for cinema, veering off at times into some minute detail

François Ozon • Director of The Stranger

François Ozon • Director of The Stranger
VENICE 2025: The French filmmaker discusses his adaptation of Albert Camus's famous novel, how he approached the opacity of the main character and contextualised the colonial era

Teona Strugar Mitevska • Director of Mother

Teona Strugar Mitevska • Director of Mother
VENICE 2025: We met up with the Macedonian-born, Belgian-based filmmaker to talk about her new film, an anti-biopic of Mother Teresa

Valérie Donzelli • Director of At Work

Valérie Donzelli • Director of At Work
VENICE 2025: Freedom doesn’t come cheap in the French director’s new feature, but it’s still worth all the trouble

Pascal Diot • Head, Venice Production Bridge

Pascal Diot • Head, Venice Production Bridge
The seasoned industry figure unpacks this year’s Lido-based offering for producers and creative professionals, unspooling from 28 August-3 September

Robyn Citizen • Director of Programming & Platform lead, Toronto International Film Festival

Robyn Citizen • Director of Programming & Platform lead, Toronto International Film Festival
TIFF’s director of Programming and lead programmer of Platform speaks about how the Canadian festival looks to the wider world while balancing boldness, discovery and diversity

Leonardo Di Costanzo • Director of Elisa

Leonardo Di Costanzo • Director of Elisa
VENICE 2025: The Italian director tells us what pushed him to tell the story of a normal woman who has committed a horrible crime and looks for a road to redemption

Ildikó Enyedi • Director of Silent Friend

Ildikó Enyedi • Director of Silent Friend
VENICE 2025: The Hungarian director gives us the low-down on her new feature, which centres on a ginkgo tree in three different timelines

Review: Silent Friend

Review: Silent Friend

VENICE 2025: Ildikó Enyedi’s eccentric, charming film inspects a tree in a German university garden in three distinct time periods over the last century  

06/09 | Venice 2025 | Competition

Giornate degli Autori's GdA Director's Award goes to Inside Amir by Iran's Amir Azizi

Giornate degli Autori's GdA Director's Award goes to Inside Amir by Iran's Amir Azizi

VENICE 2025: Bearcave has scooped the Europa Cinemas Label while Memory and A Sad and Beautiful World won the People’s Choice Award jointly  

05/09 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori/Awards

Palestine takes centre stage at the Venice Film Festival

Palestine takes centre stage at the Venice Film Festival

VENICE 2025: Through screenings, conferences and symbolic gestures, the festival has demonstrated how cinema can become a powerful sounding board for spreading testimony and inspiring resistance  

05/09 | Venice 2025

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Father Mother Sister Brother - by Jim Jarmusch

Father Mother Sister Brother
by Jim Jarmusch
Venice 2025 - Competition
Golden Lion for Best Film

La grazia - by Paolo Sorrentino

La grazia
by Paolo Sorrentino
Venice 2025 - Competition
Volpi Cup for Best Actor

At Work - by Valérie Donzelli

At Work
by Valérie Donzelli
Venice 2025 - Competition
Award for Best Screenplay

Below the Clouds - by Gianfranco Rosi

Below the Clouds
by Gianfranco Rosi
Venice 2025 - Competition
Special Jury Prize

Silent Friend - by Ildiko Enyedi

Silent Friend
by Ildiko Enyedi
Venice 2025 - Competition
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Talent

The Kidnapping of Arabella - by Carolina Cavalli

The Kidnapping of Arabella
by Carolina Cavalli
Venice 2025 - Orizzonti
Best Actress

Lost Land - by Akio Fujimoto

Lost Land
by Akio Fujimoto
Venice 2025 - Orizzonti
Special Jury Prize

A Year of School - by Laura Samani

A Year of School
by Laura Samani
Venice 2025 - Orizzonti
Best Actor

Review: Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes

Review: Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes

VENICE 2025: Gabriel Azorín has created a slow-paced, radical film, rich in dialogue, that intertwines past and present while set in a place suspended in time  

05/09 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Federico Cammarata, Filippo Foscarini • Directors of Waking Hours

Interview: Federico Cammarata, Filippo Foscarini • Directors of Waking Hours

“This film reflects our fear”

VENICE 2025: In their creative documentary, the Italian directors head into the heart of the darkness  

05/09 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics’ Week

Review: Grand Ciel

Review: Grand Ciel

VENICE 2025: Akihiro Hata’s debut feature delves into a dystopian construction site, blending social themes with an eerie atmosphere  

05/09 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

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Reviews

The Kidnapping of Arabella - by Carolina Cavalli

The Kidnapping of Arabella
by Carolina Cavalli
VENICE 2025: Carolina Cavalli’s sophomore feature uses off-kilter dramedy to reflect on an emerging generation disappointed with their lives

The Ivy - by Ana Cristina Barragán

The Ivy
by Ana Cristina Barragán
VENICE 2025: Ana Cristina Barragán’s intimate portrait of healing is an emotionally raw story hinging on the relationship between a 30-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy

A Year of School - by Laura Samani

A Year of School
by Laura Samani
VENICE 2025: Laura Samani’s second film is a female coming-of-age story that betrays the revolutionary spirit of the character in the novel on which it is based

Calle Málaga - by Maryam Touzani

Calle Málaga
by Maryam Touzani
VENICE 2025: Maryam Touzani brings us a new Moroccan story brimming with life and love, and urging us to think deeply about generational divides

Bearcave - by Stergios Dinopoulos, Krysianna B. Papadakis

Bearcave
by Stergios Dinopoulos, Krysianna B. Papadakis
VENICE 2025: Stergios Dinopoulos and Krysianna B Papadakis explore society’s expectations of two young female best friends in the Greek countryside

Industry Reports

Produce – Co-Produce... – 04/09/2025

Fondazione Prada launches €1.5 million film fund at Venice

VENICE 2025: The fund is aimed at supporting 10-12 features each year, including documentaries and animated works

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 03/09/2025

Producers and distributors push for earlier collaboration and smart audience strategies

VENICE 2025: Participants in the event organised by Europa Distribution described the session as “a rare opportunity for frank, in-person exchange”

Produce – Co-Produce... – 01/09/2025

Italy unveils a €1 million annual fund to boost co-productions with Latin America

VENICE 2025: The initiative, freshly unveiled on the Lido, will also extend to Spain and Portugal

Produce – Co-Produce... – 01/09/2025

Venice hosts a panel exploring Baltic-Italian co-production opportunities

VENICE 2025: The event was aimed at familiarising Italian producers with the financial and creative advantages of partnering with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

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