European titles submitted for the Oscars race

European titles submitted for the Oscars race

European countries reveal their titles submitted for the Best International Feature Film Award at the 2027 Academy Awards  

25/09 | Oscars 2027

European Arthouse Cinema Day invites cinemas worldwide to join its 11th edition

European Arthouse Cinema Day invites cinemas worldwide to join its 11th edition

Registration is now open for the international event, which will take place on 22 November, set to celebrate European film through screenings, special events and encounters with filmmakers  

25/09 | Industry | Market | Europe

Nicole Garcia • Director of Milo

Interview: Nicole Garcia • Director of Milo

"We had to show Alice’s path towards Milo, and Milo’s path towards Alice"

The French filmmaker talks us through the genesis of a film intertwining past and present which she sees as the starkest of her career  

25/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

Massih Parsaei • Director of Lovers Sleep Alone

Interview: Massih Parsaei • Director of Lovers Sleep Alone

“Berlin became the film’s second character”

The Iranian-born, German-based filmmaker discusses male intimacy and the anxiety created by Europe’s increasingly hostile political climate  

25/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | New Directors

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Industry Reports

Series - Toronto explores how French-language series can scale without losing authenticity - 22/09/2026

Series – 22/09/2026
Toronto explores how French-language series can scale without losing authenticity
Producers and broadcasters from France and Quebec argued that international finance can give ambitious series greater scale – but only when cross-border elements grow organically from the story

Market Trends
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Throughout the summer, Cineuropa will continue bringing readers closer to the European and international film industry through breaking news, market analysis and on-the-ground festival reporting. From Karlovy Vary, Locarno and Sarajevo to Venice, Toronto and San Sebastián, our coverage will track the key films, industry shifts and emerging trends shaping the sector between July and the end of September

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - The fifth Creative Investors’ Conference explores a changing sales and distribution landscape - 25/09/2026

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 25/09/2026
The fifth Creative Investors’ Conference explores a changing sales and distribution landscape
Two San Sebastián-hosted discussions provided insights into the challenges in sales as well as ways of confronting extant distribution challenges via a TVoD solution

Europe and the Rest of the World - Sovereignty must extend from land to screen, Arctic Indigenous storytellers say at Toronto - 16/09/2026

Europe and the Rest of the World – 16/09/2026
Sovereignty must extend from land to screen, Arctic Indigenous storytellers say at Toronto
Professionals linked the growing geopolitical focus on the region to questions of creative control, arguing that collaborations led by natives must generate ownership, skills and lasting value

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - European cinemas report exceptional summer as box-office momentum continues into second half of 2026 - 15/09/2026

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 15/09/2026
European cinemas report exceptional summer as box-office momentum continues into second half of 2026
EMEA box office was up 88% year on year in August, with several European markets recording their strongest summer results in years

Produce – Co-Produce... - Norway and the Netherlands pitch incentives and production muscle at Toronto - 15/09/2026

Produce – Co-Produce... – 15/09/2026
Norway and the Netherlands pitch incentives and production muscle at Toronto
The two national film commissions highlighted how cash rebates, experienced crews and accessible locations are broadening their appeal to international shoots

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Venice and Eurimages figures show gender gains, but entrenched gaps remain across European film - 09/09/2026

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 09/09/2026
Venice and Eurimages figures show gender gains, but entrenched gaps remain across European film
VENICE 2026: Fresh data point to growing female participation across parts of the industry, while directing, technical roles and higher-budget projects remain far from balanced

Produce – Co-Produce... - Piedmont’s nine-title Venice surge offers a blueprint for building a competitive regional model - 09/09/2026

Produce – Co-Produce... – 09/09/2026
Piedmont’s nine-title Venice surge offers a blueprint for building a competitive regional model
VENICE 2026: With rising production volumes and an expanding funding architecture, the Italian region is turning festival visibility into a wider industrial success story

Javier Giner • Director of This Solitude

Interview: Javier Giner • Director of This Solitude

“This Solitude could almost be a film about exhaustion”

The Basque filmmaker explains his emotional return to his hometown, his fondness for imperfect characters, and the political dimension of intimacy  

25/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | New Directors

Thomas Woodroffe • Director of Erratics

Interview: Thomas Woodroffe • Director of Erratics

“The violence in those images also lies in the way they look at people”

The Chilean filmmaker talks about the violence inherent in archives and the need for cinema to resist formal standardisation  

25/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | New Directors

Alice nella Città turns the spotlight back onto younger generations

Alice nella Città turns the spotlight back onto younger generations

From coming of age to separating from parents and from friendship to memory, the youth-focused festival will shine a light on first feature films and guests, spearheaded by Barry Keoghan  

25/09 | Rome 2026 | Alice nella Città

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Co-Production Podcast

Episode 90: Strange River (Spain/Germany) - 05/06/2026

05/06/2026
Episode 90: Strange River (Spain/Germany)
The producers of the film by Jaume Claret Muxart are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their Eurimages-supported work

Episode 89: Romería (Spain/Germany) - 28/05/2026

28/05/2026
Episode 89: Romería (Spain/Germany)
The producers of the film by Carla Simón are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their Eurimages-supported work

Episode 88: Sirāt (Spain/France) - 28/04/2026

28/04/2026
Episode 88: Sirāt (Spain/France)
The producers of the film by Óliver Laxe are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their Eurimages-supported work

Episode 87: Tales from the Magic Garden (Czech Republic/Slovakia/ Slovenia/France) - 07/04/2026

07/04/2026
Episode 87: Tales from the Magic Garden (Czech Republic/Slovakia/ Slovenia/France)
The producers of the film by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar and Jean-Claude Rozec are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their Eurimages-supported work

Episode 86: Calle Málaga (Morocco/France/Spain/Germany/Belgium) - 19/03/2026

19/03/2026
Episode 86: Calle Málaga (Morocco/France/Spain/Germany/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Maryam Touzani are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 85: Köln 75 (Germany/Poland/Belgium) - 05/03/2026

05/03/2026
Episode 85: Köln 75 (Germany/Poland/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Ido Fluk are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 84: Eagles of the Republic (Sweden/France/Denmark) - 24/02/2026

24/02/2026
Episode 84: Eagles of the Republic (Sweden/France/Denmark)
The producers of the film by Tarik Saleh are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 83: Sevda (Switzerland/Belgium/Turkey) - 18/11/2025

18/11/2025
Episode 83: Sevda (Switzerland/Belgium/Turkey)
The producers of the film by Ufuk Emiroglu are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Vojko Anzeljc is shooting Mary’s Resurrection

Vojko Anzeljc is shooting Mary’s Resurrection

The Slovenian filmmaker's bittersweet comedy stars Katarina Čas and Klemen Slakonja as two former lovers who meet again when one of them is dead  

25/09 | Production | Funding | Slovenia

The five finalists for the 17th Mario Verdone Award are unveiled

The five finalists for the 17th Mario Verdone Award are unveiled

The accolade reserved for an Italian first-time director will be handed out at the 27th Lecce European Film Festival, running from 7-14 November  

25/09 | Lecce 2026 | Awards

Review: Saints

Review: Saints

Mikel Gurrea’s sophomore feature peers into the hidden world of a gang stealing religious art, as seen through the eyes of his muse, Victoria Luengo  

25/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

The fifth Creative Investors’ Conference explores a changing sales and distribution landscape

The fifth Creative Investors’ Conference explores a changing sales and distribution landscape

Two San Sebastián-hosted discussions provided insights into the challenges in sales as well as ways of confronting extant distribution challenges via a TVoD solution  

25/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | San Sebastián Industry

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Photogalleries

San Sebastian 2026 – Photogalleries - 21/09/2026

21/09/2026
San Sebastian 2026 – Photogalleries
The San Sebastián International Film Festival cements its position on the global festival circuit with its 74st edition, which is unspooling from 21-29 September. Check out our exclusive photo galleries

Venice 2026 – Photogalleries - 02/09/2026

02/09/2026
Venice 2026 – Photogalleries
The global film community is back on the Lido. Discover the festival highlights and the international stars walking the red carpet in our exclusive photo galleries

Cannes 2026 – Photogalleries - 13/05/2026

13/05/2026
Cannes 2026 – 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 12-23 May. Discover the festival highlights in our exclusive photo galleries

Berlinale 2026 – Photogalleries - 13/02/2026

13/02/2026
Berlinale 2026 – Photogalleries
The Berlin International Film Festival returns for its 76th edition, the first under the direction of Tricia Tuttle, from 12-22 February. Check out the festival highlights in our exclusive 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

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser for San Sebastián entry The French Teacher

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser for San Sebastián entry The French Teacher

World-premiering in Horizontes Latinos, the sophomore feature by Brazilian filmmaker Ricardo Alves Jr portrays a woman trapped in a world of intolerance and fanaticism  

25/09 | San Sebastián 2026

GoCritic! launches call for participants in new season of writing and video journalism workshops

GoCritic! launches call for participants in new season of writing and video journalism workshops

Ten participants will be selected for workshops in film journalism and criticism, including a video component, at four member festivals of the Animation Festival Network  

25/09 | GoCritic! | Animateka 2026/Anifilm Liberec 2027/Animafest Zagreb 2027/Fest Anča 2027

UP! expands across the Baltics for its second edition

UP! expands across the Baltics for its second edition

The Emerging Producers Training Programme will bring together 15 participants from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in Vilnius from 5-9 October, alongside the Baltic Pitching Forum  

25/09 | Baltic Pitching Forum 2026

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Reviews

Saints - by Mikel Gurrea

Saints
by Mikel Gurrea
Mikel Gurrea’s sophomore feature peers into the hidden world of a gang stealing religious art, as seen through the eyes of his muse, Victoria Luengo

Milo - by Nicole Garcia

Milo
by Nicole Garcia
Nicole Garcia hits the mark with a film carried by a dazzlingly sombre Marion Cotillard who plays a mother trying to reconnect with a son she barely knows

Tender Loving Care - by Mike Leigh

Tender Loving Care
by Mike Leigh
What is potentially Mike Leigh’s last film is a spirited ode to both the good and the bad in life, told through the eyes of two sanguine social workers

Brace Your Heart - by Amanda Kernell

Brace Your Heart
by Amanda Kernell
Amanda Kernell’s third feature places a young Sámi woman’s struggle for independence at the heart of a restrained tale of love, trauma and resilience

Growth of the Soil - by Hans Petter Moland

Growth of the Soil
by Hans Petter Moland
Hans Petter Moland’s new feature is a rural wilderness-set epic on the lives of a couple marked by deep personal and societal changes

What Remains - by Yeşim Ustaoğlu

What Remains
by Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Yeşim Ustaoğlu crafts a film at once profound and prosaic, realistic and poetic, in the form of a road movie painting a portrait of a woman in search of restorative freedom

El mal padre - by Roberto Bueso

El mal padre
by Roberto Bueso
Roberto Bueso portrays the fraught relationship between an absent father and his children, whom he brings together in a bid for a belated reconciliation

Krux - by Tony Vahl

Krux
by Tony Vahl
In her feature debut, set at the end of World War II, Tony Vahl creates a heady sense of quiet terror around the story of a village encouraged to mass suicide by local leaders

Valeska Grisebach’s The Dreamed Adventure wins the top prize at the 44th Golden Rose Film Festival

Valeska Grisebach’s The Dreamed Adventure wins the top prize at the 44th Golden Rose Film Festival

First-time filmmaker Viktor Ivanov and directorial duo Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov have also emerged among the major winners at this edition  

25/09 | Golden Rose 2026 | Awards

The Finnish Film Affair celebrates fiction, documentary and genre projects by handing out seven awards

The Finnish Film Affair celebrates fiction, documentary and genre projects by handing out seven awards

The 15th edition of Finland’s leading international film and TV industry event has honoured projects including Halima, 11 Hours and Darkness Counts  

25/09 | Finnish Film Affair 2026 | Awards

Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi • Directors of La bola negra

Interview: Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi • Directors of La bola negra

“Queer stories aren’t niche; they’re much bigger than that”

The Spanish directorial duo talk about their film’s major international success, their connection with young audiences, and the value of telling a story about love and memory  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2026

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Interviews

Fatih Akin • Director of Ghost Song

Fatih Akin • Director of Ghost Song
The German-Turkish director shares the Hitchcockian inspirations that influenced his way of shooting Hamburg, and his desire to go back to basics

Amanda Kernell • Director of Brace Your Heart

Amanda Kernell • Director of Brace Your Heart
The Swedish director shares some thoughts on her creative journey and whether there is any shared DNA between her latest film and her prior works

Nicole Garcia • Director of Milo

Nicole Garcia • Director of Milo
The French filmmaker talks us through the genesis of a film intertwining past and present which she sees as the starkest of her career

Massih Parsaei • Director of Lovers Sleep Alone

Massih Parsaei • Director of Lovers Sleep Alone
The Iranian-born, German-based filmmaker discusses male intimacy and the anxiety created by Europe’s increasingly hostile political climate

Javier Giner • Director of This Solitude

Javier Giner • Director of This Solitude
The Basque filmmaker explains his emotional return to his hometown, his fondness for imperfect characters, and the political dimension of intimacy

Thomas Woodroffe • Director of Erratics

Thomas Woodroffe • Director of Erratics
The Chilean filmmaker talks about the violence inherent in archives and the need for cinema to resist formal standardisation

Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi • Directors of La bola negra

Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi • Directors of La bola negra
The Spanish directorial duo talk about their film’s major international success, their connection with young audiences, and the value of telling a story about love and memory

Hristo Simeonov • Director of My Father’s Shoes

Hristo Simeonov • Director of My Father’s Shoes
The Bulgarian first-time director reveals the real absurdist story behind his tender feature, and elaborates on the creative process of transferring life on screen

Review: Lovers Sleep Alone

Review: Lovers Sleep Alone

The first feature by Iranian-born, German-based filmmaker Massih Parsaei is an austere yet delicately crafted portrait of an immigrant’s solitary life in Berlin  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | New Directors

Review: Milo

Review: Milo

Nicole Garcia hits the mark with a film carried by a dazzlingly sombre Marion Cotillard who plays a mother trying to reconnect with a son she barely knows  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

The Institute of Documentary Film selects nine projects for the Docs Beyond programme

The Institute of Documentary Film selects nine projects for the Docs Beyond programme

The first edition of the training initiative will support Czech-based documentary teams in developing audience outreach or impact strategies for their films  

24/09 | Institute of Documentary Film 2026

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

La bola negra - by Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo

La bola negra
by Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo
Cannes 2026 - Best Director
Spanish release September 25

5 More Minutes - by Javier Ruiz Caldera

5 More Minutes
by Javier Ruiz Caldera
San Sebastián 2026 - Competition

The Dreamed Adventure - by Valeska Grisebach

The Dreamed Adventure
by Valeska Grisebach
Cannes 2026 - Jury Prize
German release September 24

Growth of the Soil - by Hans Petter Moland

Growth of the Soil
by Hans Petter Moland
Toronto 2026 - Special Presentations
San Sebastián 2026 - Competition

Red Rocks - by Bruno Dumont

Red Rocks
by Bruno Dumont
Cannes 2026 - Directors’ Fortnight
French release September 23

Brace Your Heart - by Amanda Kernell

Brace Your Heart
by Amanda Kernell
Toronto 2026 - Platform Special Jury Award
San Sebastián 2026 - Competition

Krux - by Tony Vahl

Krux
by Tony Vahl
Toronto 2026 - Discovery
San Sebastián 2026 - Competition

A Common Story - by Anna Foglietta

A Common Story
by Anna Foglietta
Venice 2026 - Orizzonti
Toronto 2026 - Discovery
Italian release December 24

Hristo Simeonov • Director of My Father’s Shoes

Interview: Hristo Simeonov • Director of My Father’s Shoes

“There is something about forgiving a person in death, and accepting them”

The Bulgarian first-time director reveals the real absurdist story behind his tender feature, and elaborates on the creative process of transferring life on screen  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | New Directors

Review: This Solitude

Review: This Solitude

Javier Giner’s debut feature is a portrait of two damaged souls whose break-up acts as the catalyst that causes all their wounds to bleed  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | New Directors

The Door-to-Door Bookstore sequel starts filming

The Door-to-Door Bookstore sequel starts filming

Ngo The Chau returns to direct Christoph Maria Herbst and Yuna Bennett in the sequel to the 2024 German box-office hit, with Désirée Nosbusch joining the cast  

24/09 | Production | Funding | Germany/Italy

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Reviews

5 More Minutes - by Javier Ruiz Caldera

5 More Minutes
by Javier Ruiz Caldera
Javier Ruiz Caldera directs from a screenplay by comedian and actor Berto Romero, built on repetitive sequences that push its protagonists into extraordinary situations

Lovers Sleep Alone - by Massih Parsaei

Lovers Sleep Alone
by Massih Parsaei
The first feature by Iranian-born, German-based filmmaker Massih Parsaei is an austere yet delicately crafted portrait of an immigrant’s solitary life in Berlin

This Solitude - by Javier Giner

This Solitude
by Javier Giner
Javier Giner’s debut feature is a portrait of two damaged souls whose break-up acts as the catalyst that causes all their wounds to bleed

Erratics - by Thomas Woodroffe

Erratics
by Thomas Woodroffe
In his feature debut, Chile's Thomas Woodroffe offers an evocative revisiting of the footage filmed by Paul Castelnau in Tierra del Fuego in the early 20th century

Ghost Song - by Fatih Akin

Ghost Song
by Fatih Akin
Fatih Akin’s Hamburg-set bittersweet tragedy-fantasy wears its heart on its sleeve, turning a supernatural teen fairy-tale romance into something more

Industry Reports

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 25/09/2026

The fifth Creative Investors’ Conference explores a changing sales and distribution landscape

Two San Sebastián-hosted discussions provided insights into the challenges in sales as well as ways of confronting extant distribution challenges via a TVoD solution

Series – 22/09/2026

Toronto explores how French-language series can scale without losing authenticity

Producers and broadcasters from France and Quebec argued that international finance can give ambitious series greater scale – but only when cross-border elements grow organically from the story

Europe and the Rest of the World – 16/09/2026

Sovereignty must extend from land to screen, Arctic Indigenous storytellers say at Toronto

Professionals linked the growing geopolitical focus on the region to questions of creative control, arguing that collaborations led by natives must generate ownership, skills and lasting value

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 15/09/2026

European cinemas report exceptional summer as box-office momentum continues into second half of 2026

EMEA box office was up 88% year on year in August, with several European markets recording their strongest summer results in years

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