Juraj Krasnohorský • Producer, Artichoke

Interview: Juraj Krasnohorský • Producer, Artichoke

"The main challenge with short films is balancing the director’s vision and expectations with limited budgets and the large number of films competing"

The Slovak producer discusses his short films I Died in Irpin and Hurikán, both now shortlisted for the Oscars

23/12 | /Slovakia

Damiano Michieletto • Director of Primavera

Interview: Damiano Michieletto • Director of Primavera

“Both protagonists need affirmation, to have something or someone to make them feel valued”

The multi-award-winning opera director chatted to us about his first experience as a filmmaker, about the power of music and about the Italian stories well-received abroad

24/12 | /Italy/France

Review: Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

Review: Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han’s acclaimed animation follows a three-year-old Belgian girl living in Japan in the late 1960s, showing the endearingly eccentric way she processes the world

24/12 | France

GoCritic! Review: World at Stake

GoCritic! Review: World at Stake

Austrian collective Total Refusal play with sports video games to uncover social tensions in their latest machinima short animation

24/12 | GoCritic! | Animateka 2025

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Industry Reports

European Policy - EFAD: Safeguarding European audiovisual diversity through policy, funding and collective action - 19/12/2025

European Policy – 19/12/2025
EFAD: Safeguarding European audiovisual diversity through policy, funding and collective action
As platform-driven “attention economies” reshape viewing habits, the association is pushing for stronger enforcement and smarter policies to keep European works visible and culturally diverse

Market Trends
FOCUS
Winter is coming – and so is our in-depth coverage of the European film industry. Stay ahead of the game with the latest news, market insights and festival highlights as we follow the season’s most influential events, from Ji.hlava and DOK Leipzig to Thessaloniki, Stockholm, Cork, Tallinn, Cairo, Goa, Marrakech, Red Sea and Les Arcs

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Anastasia Plazzotta • Distributor, Wanted Cinema - 22/12/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 22/12/2025
Anastasia Plazzotta • Distributor, Wanted Cinema
The Italian distributor chatted with us about the history and present reality of her company, which sees cinema as a tool with the power to dismantle prejudices and draw out uncomfortable truths

European Policy - EU study “A Decade of Creative Europe” highlights impact, gaps and future priorities for culture and media - 22/12/2025

European Policy – 22/12/2025
EU study “A Decade of Creative Europe” highlights impact, gaps and future priorities for culture and media
The European Commission finds that Creative Europe has measurably increased cross-border circulation, co-production and international visibility for European works

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - The Sorrento Industry Days host an Italy-Spain comparison about distribution - 19/12/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 19/12/2025
The Sorrento Industry Days host an Italy-Spain comparison about distribution
A panel highlighted how young people no longer find a reference point in cinemas and analysed possible strategies

New Media - The effect of TikTok on box office, discussed at the Sorrento Industry Days - 19/12/2025

New Media – 19/12/2025
The effect of TikTok on box office, discussed at the Sorrento Industry Days
Distributors are increasingly adapting their campaigns to platform codes, now one of the most decisive instruments in film marketing, as highlighted by an Italian study

Produce – Co-Produce... - Paolo Bertolin, Ginella Vocca • Head, MEDMeetings, director, MEDFilm Festival - 19/12/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 19/12/2025
Paolo Bertolin, Ginella Vocca • Head, MEDMeetings, director, MEDFilm Festival
The two professionals deliver their verdict on the event, its role for Euro-Mediterranean projects and its capacity to strengthen production dialogue between Italy and the MENA countries

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Moldova prepares a new generation of filmmakers with the third edition of the CinemaHora Forum - 18/12/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 18/12/2025
Moldova prepares a new generation of filmmakers with the third edition of the CinemaHora Forum
There were panels aplenty on innovative marketing tools, cultural diplomacy and distribution trends, in a programme packed with advice for emerging filmmakers

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

Anastasia Plazzotta • Distributor, Wanted Cinema

Interview: Anastasia Plazzotta • Distributor, Wanted Cinema

“We’d like audiences to see Wanted as a brand of cinema which entertains but which always leaves food for thought too”

The Italian distributor chatted with us about the history and present reality of her company, which sees cinema as a tool with the power to dismantle prejudices and draw out uncomfortable truths

22/12 | Distributor of the Month

Igor Bezinović • Director of Fiume o morte!

Interview: Igor Bezinović • Director of Fiume o morte!

“Today, we are witnessing the production of fear, the idea that war is inevitable”

The Croatian filmmaker discusses his latest film, a documentary that resists mythmaking and instead proposes cinema as a shared civic act

22/12 | /Croatia/Italy/Slovenia

EU study “A Decade of Creative Europe” highlights impact, gaps and future priorities for culture and media

EU study “A Decade of Creative Europe” highlights impact, gaps and future priorities for culture and media

The European Commission finds that Creative Europe has measurably increased cross-border circulation, co-production and international visibility for European works

22/12 | Institutions | Legislation | Europe

Mr. Nobody Against Putin triumphs at Les Arcs

Mr. Nobody Against Putin triumphs at Les Arcs

The documentary by David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin wins the Crystal Arrow, Little Trouble Girls wins the Jury Grand Prize and I Swear receives the Audience Award and an acting award

22/12 | Les Arcs 2025 | Awards

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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

A strong 2025 performance for the screen.brussels fund

A strong 2025 performance for the screen.brussels fund

The regional fund has confirmed its strategic role as a catalyst for co-productions and economic impact

19/12 | Industry | Market | Belgium

When East Meets West unveils its complete 2026 line-up

When East Meets West unveils its complete 2026 line-up

The Italian co-production forum has revealed the selections for its works-in-progress sections, the EAVE Slate programme, the Inspirational Labs and the new Films x Games Connection Hub

19/12 | Trieste 2026 | WEMW

The Sorrento Industry Days host an Italy-Spain comparison about distribution

The Sorrento Industry Days host an Italy-Spain comparison about distribution

A panel highlighted how young people no longer find a reference point in cinemas and analysed possible strategies

19/12 | Industry | Market | Italy/Spain

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Reviews

The Girl in the Snow - by Louise Hémon

The Girl in the Snow
by Louise Hémon
CANNES 2025: Set in 1900 in a tiny, very isolated mountain hamlet in the middle of winter, Louise Hémon's first feature film is highly original and atmospheric

Primavera - by Damiano Michieletto

Primavera
by Damiano Michieletto
Olivier Award-winning opera director Damiano Michieletto offers a musically imbued first feature-length effort, a historical fiction based on the life of Antonio Vivaldi

Amrum - by Fatih Akin

Amrum
by Fatih Akin
CANNES 2025: Fatih Akin’s latest is an endearing coming-of-age tale interwoven with the death throes of the Nazi regime, filtered through the eyes of a child on the cusp of adolescence

Magellan - by Lav Diaz

Magellan
by Lav Diaz
Lav Diaz enjoys his first star collaboration in this epic focusing on the Age of Discovery, with Gael García Bernal playing the famed explorer Ferdinand Magellan

The Portuguese House - by Avelina Prat

The Portuguese House
by Avelina Prat
With her second feature film, a charming film that restores your faith in humanity, Avelina Prat confirms that she has invented the “auteur feel-good movie”

The Little Sister - by Hafsia Herzi

The Little Sister
by Hafsia Herzi
CANNES 2025: Hafsia Herzi directs with tenderness and energy the romantic journey of a young woman searching for new sensations but subjected to voluntary servitude

Ariel - by Lois Patiño

Ariel
by Lois Patiño
Lois Patiño returns with a dramatic fresco derived from Shakespeare’s The Tempest, before he spirals further into the Bard’s oeuvre

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

The effect of TikTok on box office, discussed at the Sorrento Industry Days

The effect of TikTok on box office, discussed at the Sorrento Industry Days

Distributors are increasingly adapting their campaigns to platform codes, now one of the most decisive instruments in film marketing, as highlighted by an Italian study

19/12 | Industry | Market | Italy

Vincent Munier • Director of Whispers in the Woods

Interview: Vincent Munier • Director of Whispers in the Woods

"That’s reality: we don’t get everything immediately"

The filmmaker talks about the genesis of his second feature, a bewitching immersion and a story of transmission, on the lookout in the heart of the Vosges woods

19/12 | Les Arcs 2025

Hugo Stuven begins editing The Nest

Hugo Stuven begins editing The Nest

The psychological thriller starring Michelle Jenner, Luisa Gavasa and Pablo Derqui, produced and handled internationally by Filmax, has recently wrapped shooting

19/12 | Production | Funding | Spain

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Interviews

Eugene Jarecki • Director of The Six Billion Dollar Man

Eugene Jarecki • Director of The Six Billion Dollar Man
The US documentary filmmaker tells us more about his comprehensive account of the Julian Assange case, which is in many ways an observation of the story from a European vantage point

Damiano Michieletto • Director of Primavera

Damiano Michieletto • Director of Primavera
The multi-award-winning opera director chatted to us about his first experience as a filmmaker, about the power of music and about the Italian stories well-received abroad

Juraj Krasnohorský • Producer, Artichoke

Juraj Krasnohorský • Producer, Artichoke
The Slovak producer discusses his short films I Died in Irpin and Hurikán, both now shortlisted for the Oscars

Anastasia Plazzotta • Distributor, Wanted Cinema

Anastasia Plazzotta • Distributor, Wanted Cinema
The Italian distributor chatted with us about the history and present reality of her company, which sees cinema as a tool with the power to dismantle prejudices and draw out uncomfortable truths

Igor Bezinović • Director of Fiume o morte!

Igor Bezinović • Director of Fiume o morte!
The Croatian filmmaker discusses his latest film, a documentary that resists mythmaking and instead proposes cinema as a shared civic act

Vincent Munier • Director of Whispers in the Woods

Vincent Munier • Director of Whispers in the Woods
The filmmaker talks about the genesis of his second feature, a bewitching immersion and a story of transmission, on the lookout in the heart of the Vosges woods

Lluís Miñarro • Director of Emergency Exit

Lluís Miñarro • Director of Emergency Exit
The Catalonian producer is promoting his fifth feature as a director, into which he has poured his concerns and recurring motifs as an auteur, alongside a group of actor friends

Paolo Bertolin, Ginella Vocca • Head, MEDMeetings, director, MEDFilm Festival

Paolo Bertolin, Ginella Vocca • Head, MEDMeetings, director, MEDFilm Festival
The two professionals deliver their verdict on the event, its role for Euro-Mediterranean projects and its capacity to strengthen production dialogue between Italy and the MENA countries

Lluís Miñarro • Director of Emergency Exit

Interview: Lluís Miñarro • Director of Emergency Exit

“I prioritise creativity over the economic outcome”

The Catalonian producer is promoting his fifth feature as a director, into which he has poured his concerns and recurring motifs as an auteur, alongside a group of actor friends

19/12 | /Spain

SF Studios unveils Torpedo, a new Danish thriller by Frederik Louis Hviid and Tobias Lindholm

SF Studios unveils Torpedo, a new Danish thriller by Frederik Louis Hviid and Tobias Lindholm

The pic delves into the dark realities of the Danish underworld and follows a 16-year-old boy who realises he has sold drugs to the wrong people

19/12 | Production | Funding | Denmark

Eugene Jarecki • Director of The Six Billion Dollar Man

Interview: Eugene Jarecki • Director of The Six Billion Dollar Man

“When the people who had done the dirty work started to come out of the shadows, we found ourselves in a real-life Hollywood thriller”

The US documentary filmmaker tells us more about his comprehensive account of the Julian Assange case, which is in many ways an observation of the story from a European vantage point

19/12 | /USA/Germany

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

The Girl in the Snow - by Louise Hémon

The Girl in the Snow
by Louise Hémon
Cannes 2025 - Directors' Fortnight
French release December 24

Amrum - by Fatih Akin

Amrum
by Fatih Akin
Cannes 2025 - Cannes Première
French release December 24

The Little Sister - by Hafsia Herzi

The Little Sister
by Hafsia Herzi
Cannes 2025 - Best performance by an actress
German release December 25 and Swedish release January 9

The Last Viking - by Anders Thomas Jensen

The Last Viking
by Anders Thomas Jensen
Venice 2025 - Out of Competition
German release December 25

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain - by Mailys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
by Mailys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han
Cannes 2025 - Special Screenings
Annecy 2025 - Audience Award Official Competition
Dutch release December 25 and Italian release January 1

Sundays - by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa

Sundays
by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
San Sebastián 2025 - Golden Shell for Best Film
Polish release December 26

Leave One Day - by Amélie Bonnin

Leave One Day
by Amélie Bonnin
Cannes 2025 - Opening Out of Competition
Czech release December 25

Father Mother Sister Brother - by Jim Jarmusch

Father Mother Sister Brother
by Jim Jarmusch
Venice 2025 - Golden Lion for Best Film
Italian release December 18, Spanish release December 24, Romanian release December 26, French and Belgian releases January 7

EFAD: Safeguarding European audiovisual diversity through policy, funding and collective action

EFAD: Safeguarding European audiovisual diversity through policy, funding and collective action

As platform-driven “attention economies” reshape viewing habits, the association is pushing for stronger enforcement and smarter policies to keep European works visible and culturally diverse

19/12 | European Networks

Paolo Bertolin, Ginella Vocca • Head, MEDMeetings, director, MEDFilm Festival

Interview: Paolo Bertolin, Ginella Vocca • Head, MEDMeetings, director, MEDFilm Festival

“We’ve confirmed the cultural and industrial relevance of this project which looks to build a bridge between Italy and film industries within the Mediterranean region”

The two professionals deliver their verdict on the event, its role for Euro-Mediterranean projects and its capacity to strengthen production dialogue between Italy and the MENA countries

19/12 | /Italy

Review: Despite the Scars

Review: Despite the Scars

Recounting a rape case, Felix Rier’s documentary shows how dance can be a tool for the body to lend physical form to suffering and become a kind of therapy

19/12 | Films | Reviews | Italy

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Reviews

Sundays - by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa

Sundays
by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
Alauda Ruiz de Azúa establishes herself as a filmmaker with this chronicle of a family crisis, which questions the very solid foundations of the sacrosanct institution and its limited tolerance

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

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

A Private Life - by Rebecca Zlotowski

A Private Life
by Rebecca Zlotowski
CANNES 2025: Rebecca Zlotowski doesn't hold back and delivers a hectic, false-bottomed comedy that's all thrills and spills, toplined by Jodie Foster

Father Mother Sister Brother - by Jim Jarmusch

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

Industry Reports

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 22/12/2025

Anastasia Plazzotta • Distributor, Wanted Cinema

The Italian distributor chatted with us about the history and present reality of her company, which sees cinema as a tool with the power to dismantle prejudices and draw out uncomfortable truths

European Policy – 22/12/2025

EU study “A Decade of Creative Europe” highlights impact, gaps and future priorities for culture and media

The European Commission finds that Creative Europe has measurably increased cross-border circulation, co-production and international visibility for European works

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 19/12/2025

The Sorrento Industry Days host an Italy-Spain comparison about distribution

A panel highlighted how young people no longer find a reference point in cinemas and analysed possible strategies

New Media – 19/12/2025

The effect of TikTok on box office, discussed at the Sorrento Industry Days

Distributors are increasingly adapting their campaigns to platform codes, now one of the most decisive instruments in film marketing, as highlighted by an Italian study

Film Reviews

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