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Industry Reports

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - A Karlovy Vary industry event explores intimacy coordination and its growing role, with a focus on CEE - 14/07/2025

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 14/07/2025
A Karlovy Vary industry event explores intimacy coordination and its growing role, with a focus on CEE
The members of the panel discussed the evolving role of intimacy coordinators, their impact on sets, and the need for better regulation in the Czech Republic

Market Trends
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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

European Policy - The European Commission proposes doubling the budget for the AgoraEU programme, merging Creative Europe and CERV - 18/07/2025

European Policy – 18/07/2025
The European Commission proposes doubling the budget for the AgoraEU programme, merging Creative Europe and CERV
Under the new plan, the Media+ strand is set to grow by 126%, from €1.416 billion to €3.194 billion

Series - KVIFF Industry Days focuses on creative control in European and global series development and production - 17/07/2025

Series – 17/07/2025
KVIFF Industry Days focuses on creative control in European and global series development and production
Writers, producers and directors explored the evolving role of showrunners as well as the collaborative models available to facilitate writing

New Media - Mario Clement and Arne Totz break down their experience with the OpenAI short I Thought of You Again - 16/07/2025

New Media – 16/07/2025
Mario Clement and Arne Totz break down their experience with the OpenAI short I Thought of You Again
“AI is not a one-click solution,” according to the brains behind the project, who discussed the benefits and challenges of this rapidly developing technology at the Explorer Impuls event

Series - Karlovy Vary reveals insights into the BBC’s approach to writer development - 15/07/2025

Series – 15/07/2025
Karlovy Vary reveals insights into the BBC’s approach to writer development
Head of new writing Jessica Loveland detailed how the UK’s national broadcaster is supporting emerging and established writers

Produce – Co-Produce... - KVIFF Industry Days explores how to navigate European series co-productions - 15/07/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 15/07/2025
KVIFF Industry Days explores how to navigate European series co-productions
Three experts unpacked the complex balance between creativity, funding and cross-cultural collaboration

Green Industry Initiatives and Sustainability - Screen Ireland and Native Events unveil the "Decarbonisation Report for Ireland’s Screen Stakeholders" - 15/07/2025

Green Industry Initiatives and Sustainability – 15/07/2025
Screen Ireland and Native Events unveil the "Decarbonisation Report for Ireland’s Screen Stakeholders"
The research paints a nuanced picture of an industry that is eager to change but is hampered by structural limitations and data inaccuracy

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Co-Production Podcast

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

Episode 71: Superluna (Italy/Belgium) - 14/11/2024

14/11/2024
Episode 71: Superluna (Italy/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Federico Bondi are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 70: Robot Dreams (Spain/France) - 27/06/2024

27/06/2024
Episode 70: Robot Dreams (Spain/France)
The producers of the film by Pablo Berger are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

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Photogalleries

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

Venice 2023 – Photogalleries - 01/09/2023

01/09/2023
Venice 2023 – Photogalleries
After the media storm triggered by the SAG-AFTRA strike, the global film community is back on the Lido for the 80th Venice Film Festival, unspooling from 30 August-9 September. Discover the festival highlights and the international stars walking the red carpet in our exclusive photo galleries

Reviews

The Things You Kill - by Alireza Khatami

The Things You Kill
by Alireza Khatami
Under the veil of an engrossing family thriller, full of lies and enigmas, Alireza Khatami explores in depth the mechanisms of transmission of male violence

Unicorns - by Sally El Hosaini, James Krishna Floyd

Unicorns
by Sally El Hosaini, James Krishna Floyd
Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd’s Dinard winner is a sweet, if rather predictable, love story about embracing difference and getting over prejudice

Perla - by Alexandra Makarová

Perla
by Alexandra Makarová
Alexandra Makarová’s second feature is a taut melodrama focusing on the struggles of a resilient Slovak artist who escaped to Vienna following the Prague Spring

All Operators are Currently Unavailable - by Dalibor Baric

All Operators are Currently Unavailable
by Dalibor Baric
With his sophomore animated feature, Dalibor Barić takes us into the life and mind of a screenwriter tasked with writing other people’s lives

South Wind - by Ante Marin

South Wind
by Ante Marin
Stories from six apartments on four storeys of a building overlap over the course of one day in Ante Marin's ambitious and sure-handed debut feature

After Dreaming - by Christine Haroutounian

After Dreaming
by Christine Haroutounian
Christine Haroutounian’s debut feature attempts to expose on screen personal inner worlds, troubled by the uncertainty and anxiety that life in wartime causes

Milano - by Christina Vandekerckhove

Milano
by Christina Vandekerckhove
Christina Vandekerckhove offers up a soul-stirring duo composed of a teenager with impaired hearing and his father who sometimes struggles with the situation

True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956 - by Abdenour Zahzah

True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956
by Abdenour Zahzah
BERLINALE 2024: Algeria's Abdenour Zahzah dedicates his fiction feature film to psychiatrist Frantz Fanon and the pioneering role he played in liberating “the sick” from the prison of asylums

Interviews

Miro Remo • Director of Better Go Mad in the Wild

Miro Remo • Director of Better Go Mad in the Wild
We sat down with the Slovak director, who won the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary and who revealed that he went into €50,000 worth of debt when making his last two films

Nikola Ležaić • Director of How Come It's All Green Out Here?

Nikola Ležaić • Director of How Come It's All Green Out Here?
The Serbian director discusses his quiet, autobiographical road trip around a weekend across Dalmatia to re-bury his grandmother

Bence Fliegauf and Barbara Bernáth • Director and producer of Jimmy Jaguar

Bence Fliegauf and Barbara Bernáth • Director and producer of Jimmy Jaguar
The Hungarian director and producer discuss their film, a mixture of procedural realism with folk horror that blurs the boundary between reality and psyche

Zaradasht Ahmed • Director of The Lions by the River Tigris

Zaradasht Ahmed • Director of The Lions by the River Tigris
The Kurdish-Iraqi-Norwegian filmmaker shares behind-the-scenes details about his documentary, featuring citizens who act as guardians of cultural heritage in Mosul

João Rosas • Director of The Luminous Life

João Rosas • Director of The Luminous Life
The director unpicks his movie, which continues to build the fictional universe of Nicolau, a world he has developed since the character's childhood through short films

Varvara Hovhannisyan • Head of International Department, Golden Apricot International Film Festival

Varvara Hovhannisyan • Head of International Department, Golden Apricot International Film Festival
Our discussion with the International Department head focused on the Armenian festival’s objectives, and how it has stimulated film production in the country and the region

GoCritic! Interview: Mato Uljarević  • Director, short film Urosh

GoCritic! Interview: Mato Uljarević • Director, short film Urosh
Mato Uljarević speaks about the challenges and rewards of creating his first short film, presented with the Zlatko Grgić Award at Animafest Zagreb

Pere Vilà Barceló • Director of When a River Becomes the Sea

Pere Vilà Barceló • Director of When a River Becomes the Sea
We caught up with the director to talk about his movie, in which a young archaeology student is struggling to find her true calling all while recovering from an abusive relationship

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