A raft of great Spanish filmmakers set to premiere their new works at San Sebastián

A raft of great Spanish filmmakers set to premiere their new works at San Sebastián

Icíar Bollaín, Daniel Monzón, Fernando León de Aranoa, Alejandro Aménabar and Paco Plaza, among others, will unveil their most recent outings at the festival  

30/07 | San Sebastián 2021

Short film Tin&Tina gets the feature-length treatment, but loses none of its suspense

Short film Tin&Tina gets the feature-length treatment, but loses none of its suspense

The feature-length version of Rubin Stein’s award-winning short of the same name is currently being shot, with two sought-after actors, Jaime Lorente and Milena Smit, heading up the cast  

30/07 | Production | Funding | Spain

Zornitsa Sophia about to wrap Mother in Kenya

Zornitsa Sophia about to wrap Mother in Kenya

The director’s fourth fiction feature centres on a young woman who is unable to conceive  

30/07 | Production | Funding | Bulgaria/Croatia/Germany

BFI champions success of UK COVID fund to protect jobs

BFI champions success of UK COVID fund to protect jobs

The UK Government-funded Film and TV Production Restart Scheme has supported 640 film and TV productions this past year  

30/07 | Production | Funding | UK

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Film Festival Trends - At Cannes, festival directors discuss how the pandemic is set to change future editions of their events - 21/07/2021

Film Festival Trends – 21/07/2021
At Cannes, festival directors discuss how the pandemic is set to change future editions of their events
CANNES 2021: The conference, held on the Israeli pavilion during this year’s Marché du Film, saw the participation of several international festival directors

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Finally back at the Croisette, filmmakers, producers, distributors and sales agents are ready to kick off the restart of the industry at this year's Marché du film de Cannes and discover the latest market trends in the audiovisual industry. Read our reports and interviews here.

Europe and the Rest of the World - Yin Ruoxin • Director of Sister - 30/07/2021

Europe and the Rest of the World – 30/07/2021
Yin Ruoxin • Director of Sister
Bridging the Dragon met up with the female director of the recent, surprising Chinese hit Sister, which grossed €110 millon at the Chinese box office

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - SF Studios seals a new distribution deal with Paramount Pictures - 28/07/2021

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 28/07/2021
SF Studios seals a new distribution deal with Paramount Pictures
The Swedish production and distribution outfit will manage the American studio’s Blu-ray and DVD home entertainment products in the Nordic market

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Lisa K Crosato • Founder, City of Angels Women’s Film Festival - 28/07/2021

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 28/07/2021
Lisa K Crosato • Founder, City of Angels Women’s Film Festival
The founder of the Hollywood-based City of Angels Women’s Film Festival breaks down the upcoming edition of the event, set to take place in September

European Film Schools - Jana Keeble • Vice-dean for foreign affairs, VSMU - 27/07/2021

European Film Schools – 27/07/2021
Jana Keeble • Vice-dean for foreign affairs, VSMU
Our conversation focused on the main learning opportunities offered to prospective students by VSMU’s Film and Television Faculty

Market Trends - At Cannes, new innovations for green production in the spotlight - 22/07/2021

Market Trends – 22/07/2021
At Cannes, new innovations for green production in the spotlight
CANNES 2021: Green filmmaking is clearly on the rise but not all new technologies are as eco-friendly as they seems

Produce – Co-Produce... - The CNC intends to make France a world leader in film shoots and digital production - 21/07/2021

Produce – Co-Produce... – 21/07/2021
The CNC intends to make France a world leader in film shoots and digital production
CANNES 2021: The centre has unveiled the projects involved in its “modernising shake-up”, an initiative which aims to create state-of-the-art production infrastructure and to update existing resources

Noémie Lvovsky rises to the challenge of La Grande magie

Noémie Lvovsky rises to the challenge of La Grande magie

Denis Podalydès, Judith Chemla, Sergi López, François Morel, Damien Bonnard and Rebecca Marder star in the cast of this musical steered by Atelier de Production and sold by Indie Sales  

30/07 | Production | Funding | France/Germany

Beyond Borders gears up for its sixth edition

Beyond Borders gears up for its sixth edition

A series of cultural events, a full Panorama section line-up and an opening ceremony dedicated to Greece’s bicentennial are among the highlights coming up on Kastellorizo  

30/07 | Beyond Borders 2021

Shooting for the series Neuland by Jens Wischnewski starts in Hamburg

Shooting for the series Neuland by Jens Wischnewski starts in Hamburg

German TV channel ZDF is producing this social-drama mini-series, consisting of six episodes based on the scripts by award-winning author Orkun Ertener  

30/07 | Production | Funding | Germany

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The Co-production Podcast – Episode 06 - 07/07/2021

07/07/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 06
The producers of Juho Kuosmanen's Compartment No. 6 are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

The Co-production Podcast – Episode 05 - 05/07/2021

05/07/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 05
The producers of Nora Martirosyan's Should the Wind Drop are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

The Co-production Podcast – Episode 04 - 25/05/2021

25/05/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 04
The producers of Marko Šantić's Wake Me are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

The Co-production Podcast – Episode 03 - 03/05/2021

03/05/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 03
The producers of Philippe Lacôte's The Night of the Kings are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

The Co-production Podcast – Episode 02 - 06/04/2021

06/04/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 02
The producers of Oleg Sentsov's Rhino are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

The Co-production Podcast – Episode 00 - 01/04/2021

01/04/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 00
Cineuropa's editor-in-chief Domenico La Porta speaks with Roberto Olla, executive director of Eurimages, about their new collaboration and the European audiovisual landscape

The Co-production Podcast – Episode 01 - 18/03/2021

18/03/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 01
The producers of Giordano Gederlini's Between Life and Death are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Yoav and Doron Paz’s Plan A ready for release

Yoav and Doron Paz’s Plan A ready for release

The Holocaust revenge drama, based on Israeli historian Dina Porat’s book Nakam, is being sold worldwide by Germany’s Global Screen  

30/07 | Production | Funding | Germany/Israel

Yin Ruoxin • Director of Sister

Interview: Yin Ruoxin • Director of Sister

"Female filmmakers, like all filmmakers, care for the whole world and do their best to tell the stories that touch their hearts"

Bridging the Dragon met up with the female director of the recent, surprising Chinese hit Sister, which grossed €110 millon at the Chinese box office  

30/07 | Bridging the Dragon 2021

MIDPOINT Writers’ Room is looking for new participants

MIDPOINT Writers’ Room is looking for new participants

Designed not only to train participants in specialised writing skills but also to offer practical knowledge about the organisation of a writers’ room, the programme’s submission deadline is 15 August  

30/07 | MIDPOINT 2021

Shooting is underway on Eugenio Cappuccio’s La mia ombra è tua

Shooting is underway on Eugenio Cappuccio’s La mia ombra è tua

Based on Edoardo Nesi’s novel of the same name and produced by Fandango, the film will star Marco Giallini and Isabella Ferrari in its cast  

29/07 | Production | Funding | Italy

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#dogpoopgirl - by Andrei Hutuleac

#dogpoopgirl
by Andrei Hutuleac
Inspired by real events, Andrei Huţuleac’s debut feature explores the perils of public shaming

The Queen v Patrick O’Donnell - by Tomás Seoighe

The Queen v Patrick O’Donnell
by Tomás Seoighe
Tomás Seoighe’s docu-drama is a gripping film blowing the lid off the story of Patrick O’Donnell, the Irish republican executed for the murder of James Carey in 1883

A Brighter Tomorrow - by Yassine Qnia

A Brighter Tomorrow
by Yassine Qnia
CANNES 2021: In his feature debut, Yassine Qnia paints the shadowy portrait of a young robber in an existential and sentimental deadend

The Deep House - by Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury

The Deep House
by Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury
Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo have created an excellent underwater horror film that is also a marvellous technical achievement

Parquet - by Aleksandr Mindadze

Parquet
by Aleksandr Mindadze
Veteran Russian screenwriter and director Aleksandr Mindadze gathers actors from the Eastern European scene’s crème de la crème in a highly metaphorical love triangle

A Blue Flower - by Zrinko Ogresta

A Blue Flower
by Zrinko Ogresta
Zrinko Ogresta examines the emotions and relations between different generations of women in the same family in this gentle and emotional film

Love of Fate - by Pierre-Alain Meier

Love of Fate
by Pierre-Alain Meier
Pierre-Alain Meier returns with an incredibly moving film about two families wrestling with destiny and its uncontrollable nature

The Witches of the Orient - by Julien Faraut

The Witches of the Orient
by Julien Faraut
Making very creative use of archive material, Julien Faraut looks back on the emblematic journey of an exceptional women’s volleyball team in Japan

Fran Torres filming La jefa

Fran Torres filming La jefa

Madrid is playing host to the shoot for the Spanish director’s feature debut, toplined by Argentina’s Cumelén Sanz and Spaniard Aitana Sánchez Gijón  

29/07 | Production | Funding | Spain

Andrei Huţuleac • Director of #dogpoopgirl

Interview: Andrei Huţuleac • Director of #dogpoopgirl

“We couldn’t predict that social media would become so important, so we are still in the process of discovering its potential”

The actor-turned-director discusses the origins of his feature debut, about the dangers of online shaming  

29/07 | Transilvania 2021

Shooting wraps on Wilderness Therapy by Édouard Deluc

Shooting wraps on Wilderness Therapy by Édouard Deluc

Pio Marmaï, Philippe Rebbot and Camille Chamoux lead the cast of this Bizibi production sold by Pulsar Content  

29/07 | Production | Funding | France

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Interviews

Zrinko Ogresta • Director of A Blue Flower

Zrinko Ogresta • Director of A Blue Flower
The Croatian filmmaker talks about his film and its depiction of the lack of emotionality in the Balkans

Yin Ruoxin • Director of Sister

Yin Ruoxin • Director of Sister
Bridging the Dragon met up with the female director of the recent, surprising Chinese hit Sister, which grossed €110 millon at the Chinese box office

Andrei Huţuleac • Director of #dogpoopgirl

Andrei Huţuleac • Director of #dogpoopgirl
The actor-turned-director discusses the origins of his feature debut, about the dangers of online shaming

Julien Faraut • Director of The Witches of the Orient

Julien Faraut • Director of The Witches of the Orient
The French documentary-maker discusses his new film revolving around an invincible women’s volleyball team in Japan

Lisa K Crosato • Founder, City of Angels Women’s Film Festival

Lisa K Crosato • Founder, City of Angels Women’s Film Festival
The founder of the Hollywood-based City of Angels Women’s Film Festival breaks down the upcoming edition of the event, set to take place in September

Milutin Petrovic • Director of Impure Blood – Sin of Ancestors

Milutin Petrovic • Director of Impure Blood – Sin of Ancestors
The Serbian director talks about his latest film, an adaptation of a classic of Serbian literature and a stylistic departure for the filmmaker

Damián París and Rosa García Merino • Producers of That Was Life

Damián París and Rosa García Merino • Producers of That Was Life
We chatted to two professionals who helped get David Martín de los Santos’ feature debut off the ground; the film is now being presented at Transilvania, months before its Spanish theatrical release

Jana Keeble • Vice-dean for foreign affairs, VSMU

Jana Keeble • Vice-dean for foreign affairs, VSMU
Our conversation focused on the main learning opportunities offered to prospective students by VSMU’s Film and Television Faculty

Norwegian vampire dramedy series Post Mortem: No One Dies in Skarnes ready to land on Netflix

Norwegian vampire dramedy series Post Mortem: No One Dies in Skarnes ready to land on Netflix

Harald Zwart and Petter Holmsen’s brand-new series will premiere globally on 25 August  

29/07 | Production | Funding | Norway

Review: #dogpoopgirl

Review: #dogpoopgirl

Inspired by real events, Andrei Huţuleac’s debut feature explores the perils of public shaming  

29/07 | Transilvania 2021

EXCLUSIVE: International trailer for Locarno title Monte Verità

EXCLUSIVE: International trailer for Locarno title Monte Verità

Screening in the Piazza Grande strand of this year’s festival, Stefan Jäger’s film follows a young mother who abandons her family and flees to the titular sanatorium  

29/07 | Locarno 2021

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OSS 117: From Africa With Love - by Nicolas Bedos

OSS 117: From Africa With Love
by Nicolas Bedos
Cannes 2021 - Out of Competition
French release August 4

A Brighter Tomorrow - by Yassine Qnia

A Brighter Tomorrow
by Yassine Qnia
Cannes 2021 - Directors’ Fortnight
French release August 4

Tom Medina - by Tony Gatlif

Tom Medina
by Tony Gatlif
Cannes 2021 - Cinéma de la plage
French release August 4

The Deep House - by Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury

The Deep House
by Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury
Italian release August 5

Ladies of Steel - by Pamela Tola

Ladies of Steel
by Pamela Tola
Spanish release August 6

Donde caben dos - by Paco Caballero

Donde caben dos
by Paco Caballero
Spanish release July 30

The Witches of the Orient - by Julien Faraut

The Witches of the Orient
by Julien Faraut
Rotterdam 2021 - Big Screen Competition
French release July 28

32 Malasaña Street - by Albert Pintó

32 Malasaña Street
by Albert Pintó
Italian release July 28

Review: Death of a Ladies’ Man

Review: Death of a Ladies’ Man

Matt Bissonnette’s new feature is a highly emotional and entertaining drama, supported by a magnificent interpretation by Gabriel Byrne and the presence of many iconic songs by Leonard Cohen  

29/07 | Galway 2021

Toronto announces its Discovery and Contemporary World Cinema selections

Toronto announces its Discovery and Contemporary World Cinema selections

A total of 36 films will be presented in both sections while more titles are added to the Gala and Special Presentations programmes  

29/07 | Toronto 2021 | Discovery/Contemporary World Cinema/Galas/Special Presentations

Giornate degli Autori comes of age and takes flight

Giornate degli Autori comes of age and takes flight

A new location and films to get audiences talking are on the cards for the 18th edition of the Venice Film Festival’s independent, parallel section, unspooling 1-11 September on the Lido  

28/07 | Venice 2021 | Giornate degli Autori

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Interviews

Albin Kurti • Prime Minister of Kosovo

Albin Kurti • Prime Minister of Kosovo
CANNES 2021: The success Kosovo has been experiencing in the film landscape is culminating on the Croisette, with a short in the Palme d'Or competition and a feature in the Directors' Fortnight

Jean-Christophe Meurisse • Director of Bloody Oranges

Jean-Christophe Meurisse • Director of Bloody Oranges
CANNES 2021: The French director talks to Cineuropa about the most shocking film at the festival, which played as a Midnight Screening

Elie Grappe • Director of Olga

Elie Grappe • Director of Olga
CANNES 2021: The French director presented his first feature film in the Critics’ Week and won the SACD Prize

Eva Husson • Director of Mothering Sunday

Eva Husson • Director of Mothering Sunday
CANNES 2021: The French auteur talks to Cineuropa about putting a modern spin on the British period drama

Sergei Loznitsa • Director of Babi Yar. Context

Sergei Loznitsa • Director of Babi Yar. Context
CANNES 2021: The director turns his attention to a dark historical event that Europe has long tried to ignore and forget

Arnaud Desplechin • Director of Deception

Arnaud Desplechin • Director of Deception
CANNES 2021: The French director finally adapts one of his greatest influences, American author Philip Roth, and we talk about all that, and more

Ari Folman • Director of Where Is Anne Frank

Ari Folman • Director of Where Is Anne Frank
CANNES 2021: The Israeli director reveals how his mother helped him decide to make an animated adventure based on The Diary of Anne Frank

CB Yi • Director of Moneyboys

CB Yi • Director of Moneyboys
CANNES 2021: The Taiwanese-Austrian director presents a drama about male prostitution in the Un Certain Regard section in Cannes

Julien Faraut • Director of The Witches of the Orient

Interview: Julien Faraut • Director of The Witches of the Orient

"I was dealing with women capable of making a lot of sacrifices, of working very hard in order to be the best"

The French documentary-maker discusses his new film revolving around an invincible women’s volleyball team in Japan  

28/07 | /France

New Horizons’ Polish Days announces its line-up

New Horizons’ Polish Days announces its line-up

A total of 20 film projects at various stages of production have been invited to the largest industry event in Poland; among them are those by Aleksandra Terpińska, Łukasz Grzegorzek and Anna Jadowska  

28/07 | New Horizons 2021 | Polish Days

SF Studios seals a new distribution deal with Paramount Pictures

SF Studios seals a new distribution deal with Paramount Pictures

The Swedish production and distribution outfit will manage the American studio’s Blu-ray and DVD home entertainment products in the Nordic market  

28/07 | Distribution | Releases | Exhibitors | Sweden/USA

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

My Father's Stories - by Jean-Pierre Améris

My Father's Stories
by Jean-Pierre Améris
French release July 28

This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection - by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese

This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
Sundance 2020 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition Special Jury Award
French release July 28

Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary - by Rémi Chayé

Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary
by Rémi Chayé
Annecy 2020 - Crystal for Best Feature Film
Danish release July 30

Juju Stories - by C.J. "Fiery" Obasi, Abba T. Makama, Michael Omonua

Juju Stories
by C.J. "Fiery" Obasi, Abba T. Makama, Michael Omonua
Locarno 2021 - Competition

The Giants - by Bonifacio Angius

The Giants
by Bonifacio Angius
Locarno 2021 - Competition

Industry Reports

Europe and the Rest of the World – 30/07/2021

Yin Ruoxin • Director of Sister

Bridging the Dragon met up with the female director of the recent, surprising Chinese hit Sister, which grossed €110 millon at the Chinese box office

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 28/07/2021

SF Studios seals a new distribution deal with Paramount Pictures

The Swedish production and distribution outfit will manage the American studio’s Blu-ray and DVD home entertainment products in the Nordic market

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 28/07/2021

Lisa K Crosato • Founder, City of Angels Women’s Film Festival

The founder of the Hollywood-based City of Angels Women’s Film Festival breaks down the upcoming edition of the event, set to take place in September

European Film Schools – 27/07/2021

Jana Keeble • Vice-dean for foreign affairs, VSMU

Our conversation focused on the main learning opportunities offered to prospective students by VSMU’s Film and Television Faculty

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