Giornate degli Autori's GdA Director's Award goes to Inside Amir by Iran's Amir Azizi

Giornate degli Autori's GdA Director's Award goes to Inside Amir by Iran's Amir Azizi

VENICE 2025: Bearcave has scooped the Europa Cinemas Label while Memory and A Sad and Beautiful World won the People’s Choice Award jointly  

05/09 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori/Awards

Palestine takes centre stage at the Venice Film Festival

Palestine takes centre stage at the Venice Film Festival

VENICE 2025: Through screenings, conferences and symbolic gestures, the festival has demonstrated how cinema can become a powerful sounding board for spreading testimony and inspiring resistance  

05/09 | Venice 2025

Review: Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes

Review: Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes

VENICE 2025: Gabriel Azorín has created a slow-paced, radical film, rich in dialogue, that intertwines past and present while set in a place suspended in time  

05/09 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Federico Cammarata, Filippo Foscarini • Directors of Waking Hours

Interview: Federico Cammarata, Filippo Foscarini • Directors of Waking Hours

“This film reflects our fear”

VENICE 2025: In their creative documentary, the Italian directors head into the heart of the darkness  

05/09 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics’ Week

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Industry Reports

Produce – Co-Produce... - Italy unveils a €1 million annual fund to boost co-productions with Latin America - 01/09/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 01/09/2025
Italy unveils a €1 million annual fund to boost co-productions with Latin America
VENICE 2025: The initiative, freshly unveiled on the Lido, will also extend to Spain and Portugal

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

Produce – Co-Produce... - Fondazione Prada launches €1.5 million film fund at Venice - 04/09/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 04/09/2025
Fondazione Prada launches €1.5 million film fund at Venice
VENICE 2025: The fund is aimed at supporting 10-12 features each year, including documentaries and animated works

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Producers and distributors push for earlier collaboration and smart audience strategies - 03/09/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 03/09/2025
Producers and distributors push for earlier collaboration and smart audience strategies
VENICE 2025: Participants in the event organised by Europa Distribution described the session as “a rare opportunity for frank, in-person exchange”

Produce – Co-Produce... - Venice hosts a panel exploring Baltic-Italian co-production opportunities - 01/09/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 01/09/2025
Venice hosts a panel exploring Baltic-Italian co-production opportunities
VENICE 2025: The event was aimed at familiarising Italian producers with the financial and creative advantages of partnering with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

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

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

Review: Grand Ciel

Review: Grand Ciel

VENICE 2025: Akihiro Hata’s debut feature delves into a dystopian construction site, blending social themes with an eerie atmosphere  

05/09 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Mete Sasioglu, Deniz Kaya • Co-founders, Karhupuisto Film Festival

Interview: Mete Sasioglu, Deniz Kaya • Co-founders, Karhupuisto Film Festival

“Our event will bring something much needed to Helsinki: joy and a sense of community”

Two of the four co-founders tell us more about the first edition of the Helsinki-based gathering, which prides itself on welcoming everybody  

05/09 | /Finland

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Toronto Discovery entry Our Father

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Toronto Discovery entry Our Father

The first fiction feature by Serbian director Goran Stanković follows a man who, after years of addiction, arrives in a secluded monastery run by a strict but magnetic priest  

05/09 | Toronto 2025 | Discovery

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Co-Production Podcast

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

JA Bayona to chair the San Sebastián jury

JA Bayona to chair the San Sebastián jury

The Spanish filmmaker will be joined by Gia Coppola, Mark Strong, Laura Carreira, Zhou Dongyu, Lali Espósito and Anne-Dominique Toussaint, while Marco Müller will preside over the New Directors jury  

05/09 | San Sebastián 2025

Gastón Solnicki • Director of The Souffleur

Interview: Gastón Solnicki • Director of The Souffleur

“I think one has to bet high, especially while one is young”

VENICE 2025: The A Little Love Package director talks about his new ode to Vienna and working with Willem Dafoe  

05/09 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Venice unspools its short films

Venice unspools its short films

VENICE 2025: As this year’s festival comes to a close, we take a look at some of the European shorts, which show how individuals try to live their lives as seismic events shake the world  

05/09 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Review: Straight Circle

Review: Straight Circle

VENICE 2025: This punkish satire by Oscar Hudson feels so timely it hurts  

05/09 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics’ Week

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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: Kabul, Between Prayers

Review: Kabul, Between Prayers

VENICE 2025: Aboozar Amini’s sophomore feature-length documentary adopts a gentle approach to exploring the lives of two brothers shaped by Kabul under the Taliban  

05/09 | Venice 2025 | Out of Competition

Jim Jarmusch • Director of Father Mother Sister Brother

Interview: Jim Jarmusch • Director of Father Mother Sister Brother

“I’m very intuitive in what I do, not analytical”

VENICE 2025: The US director shares some thoughts on his stories, his work and his love for cinema, veering off at times into some minute detail  

05/09 | Venice 2025 | Competition

Carla Simón • Director of Romería

Interview: Carla Simón • Director of Romería

“We should start to remove the stigma surrounding AIDS”

The Catalan filmmaker reflects on family and its darker sides, the stigmatisation of Spain’s 1980s generation and the conclusion of the trilogy she began with Summer 1993 and Alcarràs  

05/09 | /Spain/Germany

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Reviews

Elisa - by Leonardo Di Costanzo

Elisa
by Leonardo Di Costanzo
VENICE 2025: Loosely based on a real-life news item analysed in a criminology text, Leonardo Di Costanzo lends a voice to the perpetrator of a ferocious family crime

Bearcave - by Stergios Dinopoulos, Krysianna B. Papadakis

Bearcave
by Stergios Dinopoulos, Krysianna B. Papadakis
VENICE 2025: Stergios Dinopoulos and Krysianna B Papadakis explore society’s expectations of two young female best friends in the Greek countryside

Memory - by Vladlena Sandu

Memory
by Vladlena Sandu
VENICE 2025: Exploring her childhood memories in the midst of war, Vladlena Sandu has created a debut feature of exceptional cinematic creativity

A Sad and Beautiful World - by Cyril Aris

A Sad and Beautiful World
by Cyril Aris
VENICE 2025: In his feature-length fiction debut, Cyril Aris tells a love story unfolding in parallel with the joys and deep sorrows of a continually changing Lebanon

The Voice of Hind Rajab - by Kaouther Ben Hania

The Voice of Hind Rajab
by Kaouther Ben Hania
VENICE 2025: Kaouther Ben Hania’s powerful docudrama integrates the real emergency call from the six-year-old girl killed by the IDF with dramatised scenes

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

Duse - by Pietro Marcello

Duse
by Pietro Marcello
VENICE 2025: Pietro Marcello delivers an unconventional biopic on the iconic Italian theatre actress Eleonora Duse who’s sensitively played by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Waking Hours - by Federico Cammarata, Filippo Foscarini

Waking Hours
by Federico Cammarata, Filippo Foscarini
VENICE 2025: Federico Cammarata and Filippo Foscarini’s modest documentary stays in the darkness, but it makes its point very clearly

Marco Bellocchio • Director of Portobello

Interview: Marco Bellocchio • Director of Portobello

“What interested me about the Tortora case was the overlap between the world of criminals in prison and his TV show world”

VENICE 2025: Marco Bellocchio chatted with us about his new series dedicated to the tragic fate of journalist and TV presenter Enzo Tortora, which is set to debut on HBO Max in 2026  

05/09 | Venice 2025 | Out of Competition

Review: Elisa

Review: Elisa

VENICE 2025: Loosely based on a real-life news item analysed in a criminology text, Leonardo Di Costanzo lends a voice to the perpetrator of a ferocious family crime  

05/09 | Venice 2025 | Competition

Mark Jenkin • Director of Rose of Nevada

Interview: Mark Jenkin • Director of Rose of Nevada

“Every film is a ghost film”

VENICE 2025: The British director discusses his new movie, in which a lost fishing vessel takes two young men into the past in a coastal village in Cornwall  

05/09 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

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Interviews

François Ozon • Director of The Stranger

François Ozon • Director of The Stranger
VENICE 2025: The French filmmaker discusses his adaptation of Albert Camus's famous novel, how he approached the opacity of the main character and contextualised the colonial era

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

Valérie Donzelli • Director of At Work

Valérie Donzelli • Director of At Work
VENICE 2025: Freedom doesn’t come cheap in the French director’s new feature, but it’s still worth all the trouble

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

Federico Cammarata, Filippo Foscarini • Directors of Waking Hours

Federico Cammarata, Filippo Foscarini • Directors of Waking Hours
VENICE 2025: In their creative documentary, the Italian directors head into the heart of the darkness

Mete Sasioglu, Deniz Kaya • Co-founders, Karhupuisto Film Festival

Mete Sasioglu, Deniz Kaya • Co-founders, Karhupuisto Film Festival
Two of the four co-founders tell us more about the first edition of the Helsinki-based gathering, which prides itself on welcoming everybody

Gastón Solnicki • Director of The Souffleur

Gastón Solnicki • Director of The Souffleur
VENICE 2025: The A Little Love Package director talks about his new ode to Vienna and working with Willem Dafoe

Jim Jarmusch • Director of Father Mother Sister Brother

Jim Jarmusch • Director of Father Mother Sister Brother
VENICE 2025: The US director shares some thoughts on his stories, his work and his love for cinema, veering off at times into some minute detail

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 2026 Academy Awards  

04/09 | Oscars 2026

Review: Who Is Still Alive

Review: Who Is Still Alive

VENICE 2025: Nicolas Wadimoff brings nine Palestinian refugees together to listen to stories about their previous lives in Gaza, lending a face to the despair of a people who are losing everything  

04/09 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Giulio Bertelli • Director of AGON

Interview: Giulio Bertelli • Director of AGON

“I’m very interested in the elements hidden within each sport”

VENICE 2025: The Italian director unpicks his close-up study of three female athletes competing at an Olympic event  

04/09 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics’ Week

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Elisa - by Leonardo Di Costanzo

Elisa
by Leonardo Di Costanzo
Venice 2025 - Competition
Italian release September 5

Un film fatto per Bene - by Franco Maresco

Un film fatto per Bene
by Franco Maresco
Venice 2025 - Competition
Italian release September 5

Duse - by Pietro Marcello

Duse
by Pietro Marcello
Venice 2025 - Competition

The Stranger - by François Ozon

The Stranger
by François Ozon
Venice 2025 - Competition

Memory of Princess Mumbi - by Damien Hauser

Memory of Princess Mumbi
by Damien Hauser
Venice 2025 - Giornate degli Autori

Strange River - by Jaume Claret Muxart

Strange River
by Jaume Claret Muxart
Venice 2025 - Orizzonti

AGON - by Giulio Bertelli

AGON
by Giulio Bertelli
Venice 2025 - International Film Critics’ Week

A Year of School - by Laura Samani

A Year of School
by Laura Samani
Venice 2025 - Orizzonti

Review: I Want Her Dead

Review: I Want Her Dead

VENICE 2025: Gianluca Matarrese continues to demonstrate his mastery of the conversation-centric documentary, turning his camera on his own family  

04/09 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Waking Hours

Review: Waking Hours

VENICE 2025: Federico Cammarata and Filippo Foscarini’s modest documentary stays in the darkness, but it makes its point very clearly  

04/09 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics’ Week

Lucrecia Martel • Director of Landmarks

Interview: Lucrecia Martel • Director of Landmarks

“When you think of lands that are taken from indigenous people, you think of raw materials – but there is also the beauty itself that is stolen”

VENICE 2025: The Argentinian director discusses her first documentary film, which was 15 years in the making  

04/09 | Venice 2025 | Out of Competition

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Reviews

A Year of School - by Laura Samani

A Year of School
by Laura Samani
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

AGON - by Giulio Bertelli

AGON
by Giulio Bertelli
VENICE 2025: Giulio Bertelli’s atmospheric debut is structured around three parallel portraits of sportswomen embodying different shades of fragility and strength

Cotton Queen - by Suzannah Mirghani

Cotton Queen
by Suzannah Mirghani
VENICE 2025: In spite of its title, Suzannah Mirghani’s impressive debut, following a Sudanese girl assessing her future on a plantation, avoids any fluff

Tired of Killing - by Daniele Vicari

Tired of Killing
by Daniele Vicari
VENICE 2025: With plenty of concessions to genre cinema, Daniele Vicari tells the story of the son of a Calabrian mafia boss in the 1970s who rebels against his destiny

The Ivy - by Ana Cristina Barragán

The Ivy
by Ana Cristina Barragán
VENICE 2025: Ana Cristina Barragán’s intimate portrait of healing is an emotionally raw story hinging on the relationship between a 30-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy

Industry Reports

Produce – Co-Produce... – 04/09/2025

Fondazione Prada launches €1.5 million film fund at Venice

VENICE 2025: The fund is aimed at supporting 10-12 features each year, including documentaries and animated works

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 03/09/2025

Producers and distributors push for earlier collaboration and smart audience strategies

VENICE 2025: Participants in the event organised by Europa Distribution described the session as “a rare opportunity for frank, in-person exchange”

Produce – Co-Produce... – 01/09/2025

Italy unveils a €1 million annual fund to boost co-productions with Latin America

VENICE 2025: The initiative, freshly unveiled on the Lido, will also extend to Spain and Portugal

Produce – Co-Produce... – 01/09/2025

Venice hosts a panel exploring Baltic-Italian co-production opportunities

VENICE 2025: The event was aimed at familiarising Italian producers with the financial and creative advantages of partnering with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

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