European cinema to make sparks at Les Arcs Film Festival

European cinema to make sparks at Les Arcs Film Festival

The festival has unveiled the tantalisingly lavish programme for its 17th edition, unspooling 13-20 December in the snowy setting of the Alpine resort  

06/11 | Les Arcs 2025

The ARP Film Meetings place the 7th art under the microscope

The ARP Film Meetings place the 7th art under the microscope

Le Touquet-Paris-Plage is hosting debates on transatlantic dialogue, independence and mid-budget films, artificial intelligence, Canal+’s strategy, platforms and broadcasting  

05/11 | ARP Film Meetings 2025

Review: Anemone

Review: Anemone

Absent for the past eight years, Daniel Day-Lewis leads the cast of his son Ronan’s debut film: a family drama which loses its way between overly contemplative moments and symbolic visions  

05/11 | UK/USA

Review: Feels Like Home

Review: Feels Like Home

Gábor Holtai makes his feature debut with this well-executed thriller that bears elements of a chamber drama  

05/11 | Thessaloniki 2025

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Industry Reports

Produce – Co-Produce... - Mike Downey, Rudolf Biermann and Tonia Sotiropoulou discussed navigating the literary pipeline at Sofia’s Cinelibri - 29/10/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 29/10/2025
Mike Downey, Rudolf Biermann and Tonia Sotiropoulou discussed navigating the literary pipeline at Sofia’s Cinelibri
The experts unpacked Franz and Once Upon a Time in the East, and spoke about portraying literary characters and venturing into producing

Market Trends
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Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Laurent Dutoit • Distributor, Agora Films - 30/10/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 30/10/2025
Laurent Dutoit • Distributor, Agora Films
The Swiss distributor talks about the challenges faced by the profession in his country

New Media - “Mini-dramas attract mega audiences,” according to a report published by Ampere Analysis - 30/10/2025

New Media – 30/10/2025
“Mini-dramas attract mega audiences,” according to a report published by Ampere Analysis
The latest global survey - covering over 100,000 consumers - reveals that more than one in ten internet users have watched drama episodes lasting ten minutes or less on social media platforms

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Europa Distribution explores script analysis and collaboration with sales agents at San Sebastián - 30/10/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 30/10/2025
Europa Distribution explores script analysis and collaboration with sales agents at San Sebastián
The distributors network joined forces with the Europa International sales agents network to organise a working session for 25 distributors and 30 sales agents

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Europa Cinemas: Building audiences and bridges for European film - 22/10/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 22/10/2025
Europa Cinemas: Building audiences and bridges for European film
We explore how the organisation has evolved from a small collective of exhibitors into a global community committed to keeping European film culture vibrant

New Media - Cannes’ Marché du Film joins forces with the American Film Market to co-create Innovation Hub and AI sessions in Los Angeles - 21/10/2025

New Media – 21/10/2025
Cannes’ Marché du Film joins forces with the American Film Market to co-create Innovation Hub and AI sessions in Los Angeles
The joint effort is set to expand the US market’s focus on technology and the future of content creation

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - MIA puts the spotlight on diversity and innovation - 16/10/2025

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 16/10/2025
MIA puts the spotlight on diversity and innovation
Rome’s market presents DiversiFind, a platform for underrepresented talent, with major industry players such as Amazon and Sky on board

The Euro Balkan Film Festival issues a declaration on authors’ rights, platforms and AI

The Euro Balkan Film Festival issues a declaration on authors’ rights, platforms and AI

Film professionals are urging the European Commission to strengthen cultural-exception rules, retain platform investment obligations and set ethical AI frameworks for creators  

05/11 | Euro Balkan Film Festival 2025

Series review: Yakarta

Series review: Yakarta

Diego San José and Elena Trapé cement their fruitful creative partnership with a series about losers and impossible goals, bolstered by the acting heft of Javier Cámara  

05/11 | Seminci 2025

The European Film Awards honour Alice Rohrwacher with the European Achievement in World Cinema Award

The European Film Awards honour Alice Rohrwacher with the European Achievement in World Cinema Award

The acclaimed Italian director will receive the prize at the 38th European Film Awards ceremony  

05/11 | European Film Awards 2026

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Co-Production Podcast

Episode 81: When The Light Breaks (Iceland/Netherlands/ Croatia/France) - 14/10/2025

14/10/2025
Episode 81: When The Light Breaks (Iceland/Netherlands/ Croatia/France)
The producers of the upcoming film by Rúnar Rúnarsson are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 80: Le Faux Soir (Belgium/France) - 09/10/2025

09/10/2025
Episode 80: Le Faux Soir (Belgium/France)
The producers of the upcoming film by Michael R Roskam are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

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

StoryTANK explores the origins of storytelling through a new experiment

StoryTANK explores the origins of storytelling through a new experiment

The European initiative returns for its fifth season, merging science and fiction in a study that was filmed at Le Groupe Ouest’s Factory of Worlds  

05/11 | Industry | Market | France

The Gaza International Festival for Women's Cinema takes place in spite of dangers and limitations

The Gaza International Festival for Women's Cinema takes place in spite of dangers and limitations

Founder and president Ezzaldeen Shalh and all of the women who brought the festival to life have received a special award, the "Sumud" Prize, at the Festival dei Popoli in Florence  

05/11 | Festivals | Awards | Palestine

Review: The Thing to be Done

Review: The Thing to be Done

Srđan Kovačević’s documentary takes a long, hard look at the thankless but invaluable advocacy work done by labour rights organisations  

05/11 | DOK Leipzig 2025

Review: Abysses and Wonders

Review: Abysses and Wonders

Jean Boiron-Lajous turns a road movie into an intimate documentary inquiry into memory, trauma and the act of confronting inherited pain  

05/11 | Jihlava 2025

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Photogalleries

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: Silver

Review: Silver

Natalia Koniarz offers an immersive and unadorned portrait of life within Bolivia’s Cerro Rico mining community, where labour, poverty and faith intertwine  

05/11 | Jihlava 2025

Review: Chronicle

Review: Chronicle

Martin Kollár’s sophomore documentary unfolds as a time-lapse visual study of fragments of daily life, forming a meditative portrait of society  

05/11 | Jihlava 2025

MFG Baden-Württemberg hands out close to €3.9 million in funding to 17 projects

MFG Baden-Württemberg hands out close to €3.9 million in funding to 17 projects

The upcoming films by Andreas Herzog, Daniel Holzberg and Werner Herzog will receive production support  

05/11 | Production | Funding | Germany

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Reviews

The Great Arch - by Stéphane Demoustier

The Great Arch
by Stéphane Demoustier
CANNES 2025: An outstanding screenwriter, Stéphane Demoustier signs an intelligently accessible film, bringing to light the unique career of a forgotten creator

Mother - by Teona Strugar Mitevska

Mother
by Teona Strugar Mitevska
VENICE 2025: Teona Strugar Mitevska places us in Mother Teresa’s head for a few days, as she dispels the last remaining doubts stopping her from fulfilling her wildest ambition

Two Prosecutors - by Sergei Loznitsa

Two Prosecutors
by Sergei Loznitsa
CANNES 2025: Sergei Loznitsa returns to fiction with a relentless, masterfully staged tale of communist justice at the height of Stalinist terror

The Secret Agent - by Kleber Mendonça Filho

The Secret Agent
by Kleber Mendonça Filho
CANNES 2025: Kleber Mendonça Filho creates a playful, choral and sophisticated cinematic partition in dizzying narrative arpeggio, revealing the dark memory of Brazil under dictatorship

Stars of Little Importance - by Renátó Olasz

Stars of Little Importance
by Renátó Olasz
Renátó Olasz makes his directorial debut with this film looking at a pair of siblings coming home for Christmas and the memories stirred by this return

Subsuelo - by Fernando Franco

Subsuelo
by Fernando Franco
Fernando Franco once again shocks viewers with a daring and unsettling film that pushes them into uncomfortable territory, where only a few filmmakers dare to tread

Los Tigres - by Alberto Rodríguez

Los Tigres
by Alberto Rodríguez
Alberto Rodríguez orchestrates his own unique Abyss with spectacular mise en scène to tell the story of two brothers who are professional divers

The Stranger - by François Ozon

The Stranger
by François Ozon
VENICE 2025: François Ozon achieves perfection with a sublime adaptation of Albert Camus' legendary novel that is captivating, refined, faithful and yet highly personal

Enrico Saller, Marina Hoeft • Directors of The Sign of the Dragon

Interview: Enrico Saller, Marina Hoeft • Directors of The Sign of the Dragon

“As a filmmaker, you have to be prepared to put in many years of hard work - and we wouldn't be able to do it without each other”

The German filmmaking duo discuss the challenges and the advantages of filming in rural Bavaria and what makes this film stand out from traditional German TV thrillers  

05/11 | /Germany

SND to wager on Fantômas at the AFM

SND to wager on Fantômas at the AFM

Toplined by Guillaume Canet, Romain Duris, Lyna Khoudri and Louis Peres, Frédéric Tellier’s movie will begin shooting in January  

04/11 | Production | Funding | France

The Seville European Film Festival readies its 22nd edition

The Seville European Film Festival readies its 22nd edition

From 7-15 November, the event will present 188 titles, including 20 world premieres, for a total of 565 screenings showcasing the best in continental cinema  

04/11 | Seville 2025

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Interviews

Fernando Franco • Director of Subsuelo

Fernando Franco • Director of Subsuelo
The Spanish filmmaker explains how he tackled the adaptation of Marcelo Luján's novel, his family secrets, mobile phones and even a psychopath in a wheelchair

Aboozar Amini • Director of Kabul, Between Prayers

Aboozar Amini • Director of Kabul, Between Prayers
The filmmaker, who left Afghanistan in 2001, breaks down how he made the second part of his documentary trilogy about Kabul

Trương Minh Quý • Co-director of Hair, Paper, Water…

Trương Minh Quý • Co-director of Hair, Paper, Water…
The Vietnamese director explains the origins of his immersive and hypnotic new documentary, and mulls over his illustrious career to date

Ugo Bienvenu • Director of Arco

Ugo Bienvenu • Director of Arco
The French filmmaker discusses his remarkable first animated feature film, a futuristic exploration of the critical state of the world and humanity's means of improving the future

Maria Popistașu, Alexandru Baciu • Directors of Y

Maria Popistașu, Alexandru Baciu • Directors of Y
The Romanian filmmakers elaborate on inherited guilt, denial and shared responsibility, as addressed in their first jointly directed feature

James McAvoy • Director of California Schemin'

James McAvoy • Director of California Schemin'
The Scotsman breaks down his directorial debut, a comedy based on the true story of a Scottish rapping duo who pretended to be American

Mascha Schilinski • Director of Sound of Falling

Mascha Schilinski • Director of Sound of Falling
Cineuropa met the German filmmaker, winner of the Jury Prize in Cannes and her country’s representative for the upcoming Best International Feature Oscar

Enrico Saller, Marina Hoeft • Directors of The Sign of the Dragon

Enrico Saller, Marina Hoeft • Directors of The Sign of the Dragon
The German filmmaking duo discuss the challenges and the advantages of filming in rural Bavaria and what makes this film stand out from traditional German TV thrillers

Fernando Franco • Director of Subsuelo

Interview: Fernando Franco • Director of Subsuelo

“I’m interested in discussing sensitive and controversial topics through genre cinema”

The Spanish filmmaker explains how he tackled the adaptation of Marcelo Luján's novel, his family secrets, mobile phones and even a psychopath in a wheelchair  

04/11 | Seminci 2025

Hélène Rosselet-Ruiz shooting Le triangle d’or

Hélène Rosselet-Ruiz shooting Le triangle d’or

Malou Khebizi and Soundos Mosbah are leading the cast of the French director’s first feature, produced by Les Films de Pierre and sold by mk2 Films  

04/11 | Production | Funding | France/Belgium/Canada

Review: Subsuelo

Review: Subsuelo

Fernando Franco once again shocks viewers with a daring and unsettling film that pushes them into uncomfortable territory, where only a few filmmakers dare to tread  

04/11 | Seminci 2025

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

The Great Arch - by Stéphane Demoustier

The Great Arch
by Stéphane Demoustier
Cannes 2025 - Un Certain Regard
French release November 5

The Great Arch - by Stéphane Demoustier

The Great Arch
by Stéphane Demoustier
Cannes 2025 - Un Certain Regard
French release November 5

Mother - by Teona Strugar Mitevska

Mother
by Teona Strugar Mitevska
Venice 2025 - Orizzonti
Belgian release November 5

Two Prosecutors - by Sergei Loznitsa

Two Prosecutors
by Sergei Loznitsa
Cannes 2025 - Competition
French and Belgian releases November 5

The Secret Agent - by Kleber Mendonça Filho

The Secret Agent
by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Cannes 2025 - Best Director and Best performance by an actor
German and Portuguese releases November 6

Los Tigres - by Alberto Rodríguez

Los Tigres
by Alberto Rodríguez
San Sebastián 2025 - Jury Prize for Best Cinematography
Spanish release October 31

It Was Just an Accident - by Jafar Panahi

It Was Just an Accident
by Jafar Panahi
Cannes 2025 - Palme d’or
Italian and Dutch releases November 6

Bugonia - by Yorgos Lanthimos

Bugonia
by Yorgos Lanthimos
Venice 2025 - Competition
Swedish, Norwegian and Romanian releases October 31, Danish and Hungarian releases November 6, Spanish and Polish releases November 7

Review: Active Vocabulary

Review: Active Vocabulary

With her newest documentary essay, Yulia Lokshina examines Russian totalitarianism in both the education system and society  

04/11 | DOK Leipzig 2025

European cinema in all its diversity to be unleashed at the Arras Film Festival

European cinema in all its diversity to be unleashed at the Arras Film Festival

The 26th edition of the event set to unspool between 7 and 16 November will play host to 122 feature films, guests of honour Léa Drucker and Lucas Belvaux, and a focus on Polish production  

04/11 | Arras 2025

Andrina Mračnikar shooting historical drama Mila/Marija

Andrina Mračnikar shooting historical drama Mila/Marija

The Austrian-Slovenian filmmaker’s new feature revisits the resistance of the Carinthian Slovenians against Nazism and marks the first-ever live-action co-production between the two countries  

04/11 | Production | Funding | Slovenia/Austria/Greece

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Reviews

Hysteria - by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay

Hysteria
by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
BERLINALE 2025: Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay's anticipated second feature deals with the important issues of the position and representation of migrants in Europe, but leaves the viewer confused

Bugonia - by Yorgos Lanthimos

Bugonia
by Yorgos Lanthimos
VENICE 2025: Yorgos Lanthimos remakes Jang Joon-hwan’s Save the Green Planet! and unleashes a wickedly playful, grotesque and unsettlingly timely tale of paranoia and power

Sunny - by Silke C. Engler

Sunny
by Silke C. Engler
Set against the science fiction backdrop of a world on the brink of collapse, Silke C Engler's debut film skillfully explores themes of identity and the nature of relationships

Don't Call Me Mama - by Nina Knag

Don't Call Me Mama
by Nina Knag
Nina Knag’s debut feature explores the limits of desire and the asymmetry of power through a forbidden love affair

It Was Just an Accident - by Jafar Panahi

It Was Just an Accident
by Jafar Panahi
CANNES 2025: A gripping tale of revenge and reckoning, Jafar Panahi’s latest drama lays bare the vicious cycle of violence under repression

Industry Reports

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 30/10/2025

Laurent Dutoit • Distributor, Agora Films

The Swiss distributor talks about the challenges faced by the profession in his country

New Media – 30/10/2025

“Mini-dramas attract mega audiences,” according to a report published by Ampere Analysis

The latest global survey - covering over 100,000 consumers - reveals that more than one in ten internet users have watched drama episodes lasting ten minutes or less on social media platforms

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 30/10/2025

Europa Distribution explores script analysis and collaboration with sales agents at San Sebastián

The distributors network joined forces with the Europa International sales agents network to organise a working session for 25 distributors and 30 sales agents

Produce – Co-Produce... – 29/10/2025

Mike Downey, Rudolf Biermann and Tonia Sotiropoulou discussed navigating the literary pipeline at Sofia’s Cinelibri

The experts unpacked Franz and Once Upon a Time in the East, and spoke about portraying literary characters and venturing into producing

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