MIOB Journalism Lab Review: Sound of Falling

MIOB Journalism Lab Review: Sound of Falling

The film by Mascha Schilinski conveys women’s melancholy of vanishing through different eras  

30/01 | MIOB Journalism Lab | Trieste 2026

Wregas Bhanuteja • Director of Levitating

Interview: Wregas Bhanuteja • Director of Levitating

“Unfortunately, people can become so obsessed with their own standards of happiness that they end up oppressing others who live differently”

The Indonesian director discussed his personal approach to spirituality, fictionalising trance rituals and future projects  

30/01 | Sundance 2026 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Moshe Rosenthal • Director of Tell Me Everything

Interview: Moshe Rosenthal • Director of Tell Me Everything

“I wanted to give my own vision of that time – one infused with memory and trauma, not nostalgia”

The filmmaker discusses his second feature, his personal link to its story and to its music and the reason he set most of it in the 1980s  

30/01 | Sundance 2026 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Nicolas Steiner • Director of Do You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak?

Interview: Nicolas Steiner • Director of Do You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak?

“Funding constraints force you to be creative - what started as a limitation became a strength”

The director talks about his German-Swiss co-production, and about its cast and production conditions  

30/01 | Max Ophüls Prize 2026

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Industry Reports

Series - Katharina Eyssen elaborates on “Showrunning in Europe” - 28/01/2026

Series – 28/01/2026
Katharina Eyssen elaborates on “Showrunning in Europe”
At TV Drama Vision, the showrunner of The Empress revealed how the role blends creative vision, leadership and audience awareness

Market Trends
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Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - CIRCLE launches the eighth edition of Doc Accelerator, now open for applications - 29/01/2026

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 29/01/2026
CIRCLE launches the eighth edition of Doc Accelerator, now open for applications
The year-long documentary training programme will support ten projects by women and gender-expansive filmmakers, with residential sessions across Europe

Market Trends - The Nostradamus keynote reveals what audiences are telling the industry - 29/01/2026

Market Trends – 29/01/2026
The Nostradamus keynote reveals what audiences are telling the industry
Closing TV Drama Vision, Johanna Koljonen delivered the keynote that questioned some of the audiovisual sector’s most deeply entrenched assumptions

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - The European audiovisual sector is still far from striking a satisfactory gender balance - 29/01/2026

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 29/01/2026
The European audiovisual sector is still far from striking a satisfactory gender balance
In December, a group of organisations and research bodies organised an online session to continue monitoring gender-equality trends in the sector

Series - Wonderful Things That Work: Why courage, trust and collaboration still move audiences - 29/01/2026

Series – 29/01/2026
Wonderful Things That Work: Why courage, trust and collaboration still move audiences
A panel of producers and decision makers came to TV Drama Vision to reflect on why some projects still break through creatively and commercially, despite shrinking markets

Series - New8 – The Next Chapter: Public broadcasters double down on trust-based European drama alliances - 29/01/2026

Series – 29/01/2026
New8 – The Next Chapter: Public broadcasters double down on trust-based European drama alliances
At TV Drama Vision, representatives from the New8 alliance outlined how deeper collaboration, shared editorial criteria and intensified coordination aim to strengthen European public service drama

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - The Wedding enjoys a record-breaking opening weekend in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina - 29/01/2026

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 29/01/2026
The Wedding enjoys a record-breaking opening weekend in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
Igor Šeregi's second feature, a mix of broad comedy and romcom, attracted nearly 220,000 viewers during its extended opening weekend

Review: Dear Tomorrow

Review: Dear Tomorrow

Danish director Kaspar Astrup Schröder has made a poignant and profound film in Japan, filled with suffering and hope, about the hidden epidemic of social isolation  

30/01 | FIPADOC 2026

That Night, a series created by Jason George, set to arrive on Netflix

That Night, a series created by Jason George, set to arrive on Netflix

Txintxua Films produces the drama directed by Jorge Dorado and Liliana Torres and starring Clara Galle, Claudia Salas and Paula Usero, premiering on 13 March  

30/01 | Production | Funding | Spain

Myrsini Aristidou • Director of Hold Onto Me

Interview: Myrsini Aristidou • Director of Hold Onto Me

“Cyprus itself is very quiet, and that emptiness forces you to look inwards – that energy was important for the film”

The Cypriot director breaks down her quiet and sensitive coming-of-age drama about a girl who reunites with her father after many years  

30/01 | Sundance 2026 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

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Co-Production Podcast

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

Episode 82: Ghosts of the Sea (Canada/France) - 06/11/2025

06/11/2025
Episode 82: Ghosts of the Sea (Canada/France)
The producers of the film by Virginia Tangvald are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

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 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

Review: Freedom – Shewit’s Destiny

Review: Freedom – Shewit’s Destiny

Anne-Frédérique Widmann’s documentary takes a courageous and profoundly empathic approach to broaching the story of a girl who’ll do anything to recover her freedom  

30/01 | Solothurn 2026

Review: Tell Me What You Feel

Review: Tell Me What You Feel

Łukasz Ronduda’s tender feature is a relationship study that digs deep into trauma while tracing the fragile connections between wounded souls  

30/01 | IFFR 2026 | Big Screen Competition

First Cut Lab Paris reveals its four selected projects

First Cut Lab Paris reveals its four selected projects

The new, Paris-based edition of the acclaimed editing programme will workshop four feature-length projects from Europe and Latin America at the end of January  

30/01 | First Cut Lab 2026

Greece’s Beyond Borders opens its call for submissions

Greece’s Beyond Borders opens its call for submissions

The international documentary festival held on Kastellorizo returns for its 11th edition, inviting filmmakers to submit their works by 30 April  

30/01 | Beyond Borders 2026

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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

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for IFFR Tiger Competition entry La belle année

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for IFFR Tiger Competition entry La belle année

Swedish filmmaker Angelica Ruffier’s first feature-length documentary is an autobiographical odyssey through the year following her father’s death  

30/01 | IFFR 2026 | Tiger Competition

Review: Lady

Review: Lady

Olive Nwosu offers a character-driven portrait of a woman in modern-day Lagos who strives for survival while navigating solidarity and self-determination  

30/01 | Sundance 2026 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Berlinale Panorama entry The Education of Jane Cumming

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Berlinale Panorama entry The Education of Jane Cumming

The second film by German filmmaker Sophie Heldman revisits the real-life scandal that shook Scottish society in 1810  

30/01 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

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Reviews

Levitating - by Wregas Bhanuteja

Levitating
by Wregas Bhanuteja
Wregas Bhanuteja’s film is an unconventional Indonesian tale that mixes trance rituals and personal growth, unevenly paced yet refreshingly distinctive in tone and vision

Lady - by Olive Nwosu

Lady
by Olive Nwosu
Olive Nwosu offers a character-driven portrait of a woman in modern-day Lagos who strives for survival while navigating solidarity and self-determination

How to Divorce During the War - by Andrius Blazevicius

How to Divorce During the War
by Andrius Blazevicius
In his third feature, Andrius Blaževičius probes performativity and conjugal relations with distance and dark humour as the war in Ukraine rages on

Shame and Money - by Visar Morina

Shame and Money
by Visar Morina
In his second feature to compete at Sundance, Visar Morina takes a razor-sharp blade to pierce the veil of our ultra-transactional late-stage capitalist present

Filipiñana - by Rafael Manuel

Filipiñana
by Rafael Manuel
Expanded from a 2020 short into a 100-minute feature, Rafael Manuel’s debut is an exercise in visual control, but its slow-burn ambitions collapse under their own weight

Providence and the Guitar - by João Nicolau

Providence and the Guitar
by João Nicolau
João Nicolau’s lively comedy-musical ponders art-making in times of struggle, vaulting across historical eras and cinematic styles

Hold Onto Me - by Myrsini Aristidou

Hold Onto Me
by Myrsini Aristidou
Myrsini Aristidou writes, directs and edits her debut feature, a Cyprus-set coming-of-age tale about a girl and her estranged father

Extra Geography - by Molly Manners

Extra Geography
by Molly Manners
Molly Manners’ debut offers a polished treatment of overused coming-of-age tropes, but lacks emotional substance and ethical clarity

Review: Filipiñana

Review: Filipiñana

Expanded from a 2020 short into a 100-minute feature, Rafael Manuel’s debut is an exercise in visual control, but its slow-burn ambitions collapse under their own weight  

30/01 | Sundance 2026 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Review: Providence and the Guitar

Review: Providence and the Guitar

João Nicolau’s lively comedy-musical ponders art-making in times of struggle, vaulting across historical eras and cinematic styles  

30/01 | IFFR 2026 | Limelight

Badrudin Ga’ur and Suha Arraf take the top honours at the Nordic Film Market

Badrudin Ga’ur and Suha Arraf take the top honours at the Nordic Film Market

The directors’ respective upcoming projects, Out of Athens and Chentian, have emerged victorious, while Tropical Malaise by Jorge Cadena received the Coprocity Development Award  

30/01 | Göteborg 2026 | Göteborg Industry/Awards

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Interviews

Andrius Blaževičius • Director of How to Divorce During the War

Andrius Blaževičius • Director of How to Divorce During the War
The writer-director mulls creative collaborations and finding the appropriate distance from which to reflect on the war in Ukraine – through a sharp Lithuanian lens

Visar Morina • Director of Shame and Money

Visar Morina • Director of Shame and Money
The Kosovo-born director breaks down his third feature, which sees an older couple from the countryside forced to keep pace in an uber-commodified urban present

Tricia Tuttle • Director, Berlinale

Tricia Tuttle • Director, Berlinale
The festival director gives a first glimpse of their strategy for this year’s edition and the new approaches adopted to attract the next generation of cinephiles

Wregas Bhanuteja • Director of Levitating

Wregas Bhanuteja • Director of Levitating
The Indonesian director discussed his personal approach to spirituality, fictionalising trance rituals and future projects

Moshe Rosenthal • Director of Tell Me Everything

Moshe Rosenthal • Director of Tell Me Everything
The filmmaker discusses his second feature, his personal link to its story and to its music and the reason he set most of it in the 1980s

Nicolas Steiner • Director of Do You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak?

Nicolas Steiner • Director of Do You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak?
The director talks about his German-Swiss co-production, and about its cast and production conditions

Myrsini Aristidou • Director of Hold Onto Me

Myrsini Aristidou • Director of Hold Onto Me
The Cypriot director breaks down her quiet and sensitive coming-of-age drama about a girl who reunites with her father after many years

Molly Manners • Director of Extra Geography

Molly Manners • Director of Extra Geography
The director speaks about her all-female coming-of-age story, centring on a tech-free friendship and treating love like an academic subject

Molly Manners • Director of Extra Geography

Interview: Molly Manners • Director of Extra Geography

“My film is like a slightly warped, uniquely British take on the high-school movie genre”

The director speaks about her all-female coming-of-age story, centring on a tech-free friendship and treating love like an academic subject  

30/01 | Sundance 2026 | Word Cinema Dramatic Competition

Erik Bernasconi • Director of Becaària

Interview: Erik Bernasconi • Director of Becaària

“What most struck me was the niggling malaise of adolescence”

The Swiss director chatted with us about his latest feature film, the mysterious beauty of adolescence and the importance of protecting Italian-language Swiss films  

30/01 | Solothurn 2026

Review: Agnus Dei

Review: Agnus Dei

Massimiliano Camaiti delivers an elegant, contemplative and intimate debut feature documentary set in the heart of the Santa Cecilia in Trastevere monastery in Rome  

30/01 | FIPADOC 2026

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

La belle année - by Angelica Ruffier

La belle année
by Angelica Ruffier
Rotterdam 2026 - Tiger Competition

Filipiñana - by Rafael Manuel

Filipiñana
by Rafael Manuel
Sundance 2026 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Berlinale 2026 - Perspectives

Levitating - by Wregas Bhanuteja

Levitating
by Wregas Bhanuteja
Sundance 2026 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Gaua - by Paul Urkijo Alijo

Gaua
by Paul Urkijo Alijo
Rotterdam 2026 - Harbour

Whitetail - by Nanouk Leopold

Whitetail
by Nanouk Leopold
Rotterdam 2026 - Limelight

The Wolf, the Fox and the Leopard - by David Verbeek

The Wolf, the Fox and the Leopard
by David Verbeek
Rotterdam 2026 - Limelight

La grazia - by Paolo Sorrentino

La grazia
by Paolo Sorrentino
Venice 2025 - Volpi Cup for Best Actor
French and Belgian releases January 28, Czech release January 29, Polish release February 6

Solomamma - by Janicke Askevold

Solomamma
by Janicke Askevold
Locarno 2025 - Competition
Norwegian release January 30

Benoît Goncerut • Director of Be Boris

Interview: Benoît Goncerut • Director of Be Boris

"I didn't want a classic narrative; I found it interesting to explore a more ambiguous trajectory, even a descent"

The Swiss director talks to us about his first feature film, the complexity and tenderness of his character, and his very particular sense of humour  

30/01 | Solothurn 2026

Review: No One Will Hurt You

Review: No One Will Hurt You

Dino Hodic’s feature film debut sees him returning to his homeland to reconstruct his own personal story and investigate his origins  

30/01 | Solothurn 2026

Gabriela Bussmann, Yann Decoppet • Producers of Tropical Malaise

Interview: Gabriela Bussmann, Yann Decoppet • Producers of Tropical Malaise

"Between resistance, solidarity and visual power, the film is a vibrant testament to resilience and cultural survival"

The driving forces behind Swiss company GoldenEgg Production shed light on their project, which is directed by Jorge Cadena and which scooped the Coprocity Development Award  

29/01 | Coprocity 2025

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Reviews

Tell Me Everything - by Moshe Rosenthal

Tell Me Everything
by Moshe Rosenthal
Israeli filmmaker Moshe Rosenthal's second feature is a complex and rich, if sometimes overbearing, film about a father-son relationship that deals with masculinity and trauma

All About the Money - by Sinéad O'Shea

All About the Money
by Sinéad O'Shea
Sinéad O’Shea paints an observational portrait of a politically radical heir whose access to vast wealth complicates his revolutionary ambitions and their real-world consequences

Closure - by Michal Marczak

Closure
by Michal Marczak
Polish filmmaker Michał Marczak’s new feature-length documentary is an intense and immersive take on a tragic personal topic with wider social implications

To Hold a Mountain - by Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić

To Hold a Mountain
by Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić
Staying is the most powerful act of resistance in this documentary about maternal care and human-nature interconnectivity by Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić

Everybody to Kenmure Street - by Felipe Bustos Sierra

Everybody to Kenmure Street
by Felipe Bustos Sierra
Felipe Bustos Sierra's rousing second feature-length documentary exemplifies the power of community against racist government actions, depicting a singular 2021 event in Glasgow

Industry Reports

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 29/01/2026

CIRCLE launches the eighth edition of Doc Accelerator, now open for applications

The year-long documentary training programme will support ten projects by women and gender-expansive filmmakers, with residential sessions across Europe

Market Trends – 29/01/2026

The Nostradamus keynote reveals what audiences are telling the industry

Closing TV Drama Vision, Johanna Koljonen delivered the keynote that questioned some of the audiovisual sector’s most deeply entrenched assumptions

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 29/01/2026

The European audiovisual sector is still far from striking a satisfactory gender balance

In December, a group of organisations and research bodies organised an online session to continue monitoring gender-equality trends in the sector

Series – 29/01/2026

Wonderful Things That Work: Why courage, trust and collaboration still move audiences

A panel of producers and decision makers came to TV Drama Vision to reflect on why some projects still break through creatively and commercially, despite shrinking markets

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