Review: Father Mother Sister Brother

Review: Father Mother Sister Brother

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

31/08 | Venice 2025 | Competition

Review: The Wizard of the Kremlin

Review: The Wizard of the Kremlin

VENICE 2025: In the style of a thriller, Olivier Assayas directs a gripping epic recounting the hardening of Russian power, from perestroika to Putin's murderous solitary dictatorship  

31/08 | Venice 2025 | Competition

László Nemes • Director of Orphan

Interview: László Nemes • Director of Orphan

“This backstory has haunted my family’s lives ever since it actually happened”

VENICE 2025: The Hungarian director found the main story and protagonist for his new film in his own family, but simultaneously drew on his own experiences in the 1980s  

31/08 | Venice 2025 | Competition

Nicolangelo Gelormini • Director of La Gioia

Interview: Nicolangelo Gelormini • Director of La Gioia

"More than being out of their comfort zone, the actors felt like they were allowed to extract something they had within themselves"

VENICE 2025: The Neapolitan director talks about his second feature, a dark fable about the forbidden relationship between a boy and his teacher  

31/08 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

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Industry Reports

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

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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

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

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Albert Yao • Distributor, Swallow Wings - 21/08/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 21/08/2025
Albert Yao • Distributor, Swallow Wings
The Taiwanese distributor gives us the low-down on the challenges of handling European films as well as the peculiarities of the local market

Produce – Co-Produce... - Switzerland’s “Netflix Law” yields first results: CHF 15.9 million invested in local productions in 2024 - 21/08/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 21/08/2025
Switzerland’s “Netflix Law” yields first results: CHF 15.9 million invested in local productions in 2024
Out of the total investments, CHF 9.3 million were directed towards film creation, including both acquisition and production

Produce – Co-Produce... - Geneva and Neuchâtel to roll out cash-rebate schemes to lure filmmakers - 12/08/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 12/08/2025
Geneva and Neuchâtel to roll out cash-rebate schemes to lure filmmakers
Geneva has launched a film commission and will instigate a 30% rebate in 2026, whilst Neuchâtel is testing a pilot scheme offering up to 15% back on local spend

Produce – Co-Produce... - Legend of the Happy Worker demonstrates the value of crypto-financing - 06/08/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 06/08/2025
Legend of the Happy Worker demonstrates the value of crypto-financing
Swiss-based Arts 3’s involvement in Duwayne Dunham’s film, premiering at Locarno, proves how crypto-financing can operate within hybrid production funding models

Vladlena Sandu • Director of Memory

Interview: Vladlena Sandu • Director of Memory

"We need to start talking about the rights of children in dictatorships and war zones"

VENICE 2025: The Crimean-born, Chechen-raised director talks about her film, in which she wonders if it's possible to escape from the cycle of violence passed down from generation to generation  

31/08 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: A Year of School

Review: A Year of School

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  

31/08 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Review: No Other Choice

Review: No Other Choice

VENICE 2025: Park Chan-wook blends gruesome comedy and capitalist critique in his adaptation of Donald E Westlake's novel The Ax  

31/08 | Venice 2025 | Competition

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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

Review: The Last Viking

Review: The Last Viking

VENICE 2025: Anders Thomas Jensen signs a grand piece of darkly bizarre, jovially humanistic Danish auteur cinema  

31/08 | Venice 2025 | Out of Competition

Review: Rose of Nevada

Review: Rose of Nevada

VENICE 2025: In Mark Jenkin’s oneiric new feature, George MacKay and Callum Turner man a Cornish fishing vessel that can travel through time  

31/08 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Carolina Cavalli • Director of The Kidnapping of Arabella

Interview: Carolina Cavalli • Director of The Kidnapping of Arabella

“I like irony that borders on the absurd because it reflects human existence, how uncertain and contradictory it is"

VENICE 2025: We talked to the Italian director about non-places, the camp aesthetic and characters that reflect the confusion and disorientation of today  

31/08 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Imran Perretta • Director of Ish

Interview: Imran Perretta • Director of Ish

“I know exactly when I lost my innocence: it was when I was first dragged into the back of a police car”

VENICE 2025: The British director shares the harsh personal resonance of his debut feature, whilst mulling the beauty of its outer-London locations  

31/08 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics’ Week

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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: Gorgonà

Review: Gorgonà

VENICE 2025: Evi Kalogiropoulou’s first feature is a stylish knockout of a queer western set in a dystopian Greece  

31/08 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics’ Week

Review: The Kidnapping of Arabella

Review: The Kidnapping of Arabella

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

31/08 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Review: Ish

Review: Ish

VENICE 2025: Imran Perretta’s artful realist drama shows British Muslim life under the shadow of suspicion and police surveillance  

31/08 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics’ Week

Reviews

The Wizard of the Kremlin - by Olivier Assayas

The Wizard of the Kremlin
by Olivier Assayas
VENICE 2025: In the style of a thriller, Olivier Assayas directs a gripping epic recounting the hardening of Russian power, from perestroika to Putin's murderous solitary dictatorship

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

No Other Choice - by Park Chan-wook

No Other Choice
by Park Chan-wook
VENICE 2025: Park Chan-wook blends gruesome comedy and capitalist critique in his adaptation of Donald E Westlake's novel The Ax

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

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

Orphan - by László Nemes

Orphan
by László Nemes
VENICE 2025: László Nemes’ visually rich yet narratively uneven film tells a story of fractured families and a wounded nation

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

The Last Viking - by Anders Thomas Jensen

The Last Viking
by Anders Thomas Jensen
VENICE 2025: Anders Thomas Jensen signs a grand piece of darkly bizarre, jovially humanistic Danish auteur cinema

Mihai Mincan • Director of Milk Teeth

Interview: Mihai Mincan • Director of Milk Teeth

“What I’ve tried to do is not make some kind of ‘autobiographical memory’ film, but rather convey a feeling of loneliness”

VENICE 2025: The Romanian director talks about blending historical reality, childhood memories and the weight of silence  

31/08 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

The Venice Film Festival rallies in support of Gaza

The Venice Film Festival rallies in support of Gaza

The gathering is hosting demonstrations, readings and debates, as well as the presentation of the Gaza International Festival for Women's Cinema  

30/08 | Venice 2025

Review: Below the Clouds

Review: Below the Clouds

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  

30/08 | Venice 2025 | Competition

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Interviews

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

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

László Nemes • Director of Orphan

László Nemes • Director of Orphan
VENICE 2025: The Hungarian director found the main story and protagonist for his new film in his own family, but simultaneously drew on his own experiences in the 1980s

Nicolangelo Gelormini • Director of La Gioia

Nicolangelo Gelormini • Director of La Gioia
VENICE 2025: The Neapolitan director talks about his second feature, a dark fable about the forbidden relationship between a boy and his teacher

Vladlena Sandu • Director of Memory

Vladlena Sandu • Director of Memory
VENICE 2025: The Crimean-born, Chechen-raised director talks about her film, in which she wonders if it's possible to escape from the cycle of violence passed down from generation to generation

Carolina Cavalli • Director of The Kidnapping of Arabella

Carolina Cavalli • Director of The Kidnapping of Arabella
VENICE 2025: We talked to the Italian director about non-places, the camp aesthetic and characters that reflect the confusion and disorientation of today

Imran Perretta • Director of Ish

Imran Perretta • Director of Ish
VENICE 2025: The British director shares the harsh personal resonance of his debut feature, whilst mulling the beauty of its outer-London locations

Mihai Mincan • Director of Milk Teeth

Mihai Mincan • Director of Milk Teeth
VENICE 2025: The Romanian director talks about blending historical reality, childhood memories and the weight of silence

EXCLUSIVE: Poster and trailer for Giornate degli Autori title Past Future Continuous

EXCLUSIVE: Poster and trailer for Giornate degli Autori title Past Future Continuous

Morteza Ahmadvand and Firouzeh Khosrovani’s documentary is an exploration of exile, memory and the fragile bonds that connect us to places and loved ones we can no longer reach  

30/08 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Broken English

Review: Broken English

VENICE 2025: Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard have masterminded an embellished portrait of, and by, the late Marianne Faithfull  

30/08 | Venice 2025 | Out of competition

Valérie Donzelli • Director of At Work

Interview: Valérie Donzelli • Director of At Work

“This film had to be honest”

VENICE 2025: Freedom doesn’t come cheap in the French director’s new feature, but it’s still worth all the trouble  

30/08 | Venice 2025 | Competition

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

No Other Choice - by Park Chan-wook

No Other Choice
by Park Chan-wook
Venice 2025 - Competition

Below the Clouds - by Gianfranco Rosi

Below the Clouds
by Gianfranco Rosi
Venice 2025 - Competition

Bugonia - by Yorgos Lanthimos

Bugonia
by Yorgos Lanthimos
Venice 2025 - Competition

Jay Kelly - by Noah Baumbach

Jay Kelly
by Noah Baumbach
Venice 2025 - Competition

Orphan - by László Nemes

Orphan
by László Nemes
Venice 2025 - Competition

La grazia - by Paolo Sorrentino

La grazia
by Paolo Sorrentino
Venice 2025 - Competition

Silent Rebellion - by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo

Silent Rebellion
by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
Venice 2025 - Spotlight

The Last Viking - by Anders Thomas Jensen

The Last Viking
by Anders Thomas Jensen
Venice 2025 - Out of Competition

Jaume Claret Muxart • Director of Strange River

Interview: Jaume Claret Muxart • Director of Strange River

“It's an educational film: about desire and sexuality”

VENICE 2025: The debuting Catalan filmmaker talks to us about his first feature, shot on 16 mm while cycling along the Danube with his family, with sexual awakening as its backdrop  

30/08 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Review: Laguna

Review: Laguna

VENICE 2025: The new film by Lithuanian director Šarūnas Bartas is a touching journey through the processing of devastating grief, full of reflections on life, death and nature  

30/08 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Eurimages sheds light on its awards, sponsorships and inclusion strategies at the Venice Production Bridge

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  

30/08 | Venice 2025 | Venice Production Bridge

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Reviews

Rose of Nevada - by Mark Jenkin

Rose of Nevada
by Mark Jenkin
VENICE 2025: In Mark Jenkin’s oneiric new feature, George MacKay and Callum Turner man a Cornish fishing vessel that can travel through time

Strange River - by Jaume Claret Muxart

Strange River
by Jaume Claret Muxart
VENICE 2025: Jaume Claret Muxart's debut is a beautiful and sensitive physical and mental journey towards the discovery of sexual desire and the first stirrings of individuality - in short, of freedom

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

Gorgonà - by Evi Kalogiropoulou

Gorgonà
by Evi Kalogiropoulou
VENICE 2025: Evi Kalogiropoulou’s first feature is a stylish knockout of a queer western set in a dystopian Greece

Ish - by Imran Perretta

Ish
by Imran Perretta
VENICE 2025: Imran Perretta’s artful realist drama shows British Muslim life under the shadow of suspicion and police surveillance

Industry Reports

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 – 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 – 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

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 21/08/2025

Albert Yao • Distributor, Swallow Wings

The Taiwanese distributor gives us the low-down on the challenges of handling European films as well as the peculiarities of the local market

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