Mathieu Fournet • Director of European and International Affairs, CNC

Interview: Mathieu Fournet • Director of European and International Affairs, CNC

"We’re optimistic that the crisis will begin to lift in the spring"

Strategic European cultural assets, the AVMS Directive and expectations of change all form part of the CNC’s online "Independence in the Service of Creation" conference on 25 January  

20/01 | /France

Una femmina – The Code of Silence lands in Berlin

Una femmina – The Code of Silence lands in Berlin

Francesco Costabile’s debut film will be presented within the Panorama section of the 72nd Berlinale before hitting Italian cinemas on 17 February  

20/01 | Production | Funding | Italy

Senad Šahmanović shooting Sirin with Danica Ćurčić and Jasna Đuričić

Senad Šahmanović shooting Sirin with Danica Ćurčić and Jasna Đuričić

The Montenegrin filmmaker's feature debut is an identity drama following a lawyer who returns to her home country to resolve an inheritance case  

20/01 | Production | Funding | Montenegro/Croatia/Albania/Kosovo/Bosnia and Herzegovina

The European Audiovisual Observatory publishes a new report on media ownership in Europe

The European Audiovisual Observatory publishes a new report on media ownership in Europe

The study highlights how the SVoD race and the COVID-19 pandemic are boosting an M&A spree throughout Europe  

20/01 | Industry | Market | Europe

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Industry Reports

Film Festival Trends - Roderik Smits • Film academic - 13/01/2022

Film Festival Trends – 13/01/2022
Roderik Smits • Film academic
The academic shared some key findings from his recent study titled European Film Festivals in Transition? Covid and Beyond

Film Festival Trends
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As the world faces uncertainty during this new phase of the pandemic and industry events struggle to take place in a physical format, Cineuropa continues to keep a close eye on the most recent developments in the European audiovisual sector and provide extensive coverage of the most highly anticipated festivals, including Sundance, Rotterdam, Göteborg and, of course, the Berlinale. Read our latest stories here.

Market Trends - The European Audiovisual Observatory publishes a new report on media ownership in Europe - 20/01/2022

Market Trends – 20/01/2022
The European Audiovisual Observatory publishes a new report on media ownership in Europe
The study highlights how the SVoD race and the COVID-19 pandemic are boosting an M&A spree throughout Europe

Market Trends - The BBC’s licence fee set to be frozen at £159 for two years and to be phased out by 2027 - 20/01/2022

Market Trends – 20/01/2022
The BBC’s licence fee set to be frozen at £159 for two years and to be phased out by 2027
A tweet published by Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has sparked debate and prompted strong reactions, making the pubcaster’s future more uncertain and forcing it to seek alternative funding models

Green Film Shooting - TFL and the Trentino Film Commission launch the Green Film Lab - 19/01/2022

Green Film Shooting – 19/01/2022
TFL and the Trentino Film Commission launch the Green Film Lab
This new training programme will offer up a series of workshops on how to produce films sustainably and is aimed at producers, department heads and green managers from all over Europe

Green Film Shooting - Audiovisual Producers Finland announces the first production outfits selected for the pilot phase of albert International’s eco toolkit - 19/01/2022

Green Film Shooting – 19/01/2022
Audiovisual Producers Finland announces the first production outfits selected for the pilot phase of albert International’s eco toolkit
The trade association aims to make it a standard measurement tool across Finland’s audiovisual industry by the summer

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - HBO enjoys major growth in the Nordics and adds over 635,000 subscribing households following Max launch - 17/01/2022

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 17/01/2022
HBO enjoys major growth in the Nordics and adds over 635,000 subscribing households following Max launch
The new figures disclosed by Mediavision show that the streaming giant is now back in the region’s top three, with an average household penetration of just below 20%

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Women still represent less than 25% of European film directors, as revealed by a European Audiovisual Observatory report - 12/01/2022

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 12/01/2022
Women still represent less than 25% of European film directors, as revealed by a European Audiovisual Observatory report
The study shows that the gender gap is less pronounced among producers, lead actors and screenwriters, whilst female DoPs and composers struggle to reach 10% of the continent’s audiovisual workforce

Leonora Addio is the new film by Paolo Taviani

Leonora Addio is the new film by Paolo Taviani

The daring adventure of Luigi Pirandello's ashes and a crime story in 1930s Brooklyn are at the centre of the film selected in Competition at the Berlinale  

20/01 | Production | Funding | Italy

First Cut+ announces the participants in its winter 2022 session

First Cut+ announces the participants in its winter 2022 session

Eight films are taking part in this first session of the programme, set to run from 24-28 January, during Trieste’s When East Meets West  

20/01 | Trieste 2022 | WEMW

Signe Birkova’s first fiction feature, Lotus, now in production

Signe Birkova’s first fiction feature, Lotus, now in production

The Latvian-Lithuanian co-production will centre on German-Baltic Countess Alice Von Trotta, who became an avant-garde filmmaker in Latvian silent cinema  

20/01 | Production | Funding | Latvia/Lithuania

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Co-Production Podcast

Episode 23: Captain Volkonogov Escaped (Russia/Estonia/France) - 20/12/2021

20/12/2021
Episode 23: Captain Volkonogov Escaped (Russia/Estonia/France)
The producers of Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 22: Queens (France/Belgium/ Morocco/Netherlands) - 17/12/2021

17/12/2021
Episode 22: Queens (France/Belgium/ Morocco/Netherlands)
The producers of Yasmine Benkiran's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 21: My Fairy Troublemaker (Luxembourg/Germany) - 16/12/2021

16/12/2021
Episode 21: My Fairy Troublemaker (Luxembourg/Germany)
The producers of Caroline Origer's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 20: Titina (Norway/Belgium) - 16/12/2021

16/12/2021
Episode 20: Titina (Norway/Belgium)
The producers of Kajsa Næss' film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 19: Inside (Greece/Germany/Belgium) - 09/12/2021

09/12/2021
Episode 19: Inside (Greece/Germany/Belgium)
The producers of Vasilis Katsoupis's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 18: The Delegation (Poland/Israel/Germany) - 08/12/2021

08/12/2021
Episode 18: The Delegation (Poland/Israel/Germany)
The producers of Asaf Saban's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 17: Disco Boy (France/Italy/Poland/Belgium) - 03/12/2021

03/12/2021
Episode 17: Disco Boy (France/Italy/Poland/Belgium)
The producers of Giacomo Abbruzzese's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 16: About Joan (France/Germany/Ireland) - 02/12/2021

02/12/2021
Episode 16: About Joan (France/Germany/Ireland)
The producers of Laurent Larivière's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

FIFDH Impact Days organise a webinar on impact filmmaking for human rights

FIFDH Impact Days organise a webinar on impact filmmaking for human rights

The session is being held on 25 January, and will focus on how storytellers can strengthen human rights movements, and contribute to achieving a more just and sustainable world  

20/01 | FIFDH 2022 | FIFDH Industry

The most bizarre Czech crime case ever gets the episodic treatment in The Attachment Theory

The most bizarre Czech crime case ever gets the episodic treatment in The Attachment Theory

The Boy Scouts, a Grail Movement cult, paedophiles and Azerbaijan are embroiled in a stranger-than-fiction child-abuse case dramatised in the miniseries set to be directed by Olmo Omerzu  

20/01 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic

The eighth Berlinale Co-Pro Series announces its selection

The eighth Berlinale Co-Pro Series announces its selection

The Berlinale Co-Production Market event is inviting ten new international TV projects to be presented during its upcoming online session  

20/01 | Berlinale 2022 | EFM

The BBC’s licence fee set to be frozen at £159 for two years and to be phased out by 2027

The BBC’s licence fee set to be frozen at £159 for two years and to be phased out by 2027

A tweet published by Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has sparked debate and prompted strong reactions, making the pubcaster’s future more uncertain and forcing it to seek alternative funding models  

20/01 | Industry | Market | UK

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Photogalleries

Cinémamed 2021 – Photogalleries - 02/12/2021

02/12/2021
Cinémamed 2021 – Photogalleries
Organised from 2-12 December, the Mediterranean Brussels film festival is back to its physical format and ready to celebrate the best European and Mediterranean films. Among the directors presented, Marco Bellocchio, Nabil Ayouch, Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, Clara Roquet, Tony Gatlif, Jonas Carpignano and many others. Check out our photogalleries here

Black Nights 2021 – Photogalleries - 13/11/2021

13/11/2021
Black Nights 2021 – Photogalleries
One of the most prestigious gatherings of the Nordic-Baltic region, the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival is set to brighten the dark Estonian winter from 12-28 November with a raft of new independent titles and a rich line-up of industry events. Discover this year’s festival highlights in our exclusive photogalleries

Lecce 2021 – Photogallery - 09/11/2021

09/11/2021
Lecce 2021 – Photogallery
Unspooling from 6-13 November, Lecce European Film Festival is finally back to its physical format and ready to celebrate the best European titles of the year. Check out our photogalleries here

Cinemed 2021 – Photogallery - 23/10/2021

23/10/2021
Cinemed 2021 – Photogallery
One of the most important showcases of Mediterranean cinema, the 43rd edition of Montpellier's Cinemed ran from 15-23 October. Discover this year's festival highlights in our exclusive photogallery

Rome 2021 – Photogalleries - 17/10/2021

17/10/2021
Rome 2021 – Photogalleries
The 16th edition of Rome Film Fest, running from 14-24 October, presented 23 new titles in its main competition. Discover our exclusive photogalleries from some of this year's red carpets

MIA 2021 – Photogalleries - 17/09/2021

17/09/2021
MIA 2021 – Photogalleries
The 2021 edition of MIA, Italy's premier market converging all the segments of the audiovisual industry, unspooled from 13-17 October. Discover our exclusive photogalleries from the conversation with US director Joe Russo and the panel "The Future State of the Film Industry"

Venice 2021 – Photogalleries - 16/09/2021

16/09/2021
Venice 2021 – Photogalleries
Discover our photo coverage from this year's Venice Film Festival: some exclusive memories from Giornate degli Autori and Mostra's star-studded red carpets

TFL and the Trentino Film Commission launch the Green Film Lab

TFL and the Trentino Film Commission launch the Green Film Lab

This new training programme will offer up a series of workshops on how to produce films sustainably and is aimed at producers, department heads and green managers from all over Europe  

19/01 | Industry | Market | Italy

Shooting has wrapped on Ádam Toser’s Blockade

Shooting has wrapped on Ádam Toser’s Blockade

Steered by Film Positive Prod, the film is a fictionalised exploration of the taxi blockade at the end of October in 1990 which caused Prime Minister József Antall serious issues  

19/01 | Production | Funding | Hungary

Prime Video invests in Spanish fiction

Prime Video invests in Spanish fiction

The Amazon-run company is producing its first two films in Spain - the comedy Mañana es hoy and the thriller Awareness - plus four series, one of which is helmed by Mariano Barroso  

19/01 | Production | Funding | Spain/USA

Reviews

Empire of Silence - by Thierry Michel

Empire of Silence
by Thierry Michel
Thierry Michel looks back on a drama which has lasted almost 30 years, unfolding in one of the richest countries in the world whose people are one of the poorest

No One's with the Calves - by Sabrina Sarabi

No One's with the Calves
by Sabrina Sarabi
This second feature film by German-Iranian director Sabrina Sarabi explodes the romantic (and decidedly urban) myth of life in the countryside

Secret Name - by Aurélia Georges

Secret Name
by Aurélia Georges
Presented in Locarno’s International Competition, Aurélia Georges’ third feature film is a poetic work of unsettling classicism tackling the subject of otherness

Boiling Point - by Philip Barantini

Boiling Point
by Philip Barantini
Philip Barantini cooks up a storm at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival with a movie boasting many fine ingredients

Playground - by Laura Wandel

Playground
by Laura Wandel
CANNES 2021: Filmed from a child’s perspective, Laura Wandel’s first feature is a moving, subtle yet incisive tale which impresses for its intense depiction of bullying at school

Cow - by Andrea Arnold

Cow
by Andrea Arnold
CANNES 2021: Andrea Arnold delivers a master class in how to look an animal in the eyes

Madeleine Collins - by Antoine Barraud

Madeleine Collins
by Antoine Barraud
VENICE 2021: Virginie Efira rules in a Hitchcockian film by Antoine Barraud with a very sophisticated and particularly devious script, rich in discomfort, suspicions and surprises

I Am Zlatan - by Jens Sjögren

I Am Zlatan
by Jens Sjögren
Swedish director Jens Sjogren opts for a coming-of-age key to depict football champion Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s trajectory towards success

Céline Sallette is toplining L’histoire de Karine

Céline Sallette is toplining L’histoire de Karine

A Sensito Films production which is soon to wrap filming, the cast of Sylvie Gauthier’s first feature film also includes Camille Lellouche, Julie Ferrier, Eye Haïdara, Souad Amidou and Thomas Gioria  

19/01 | Production | Funding | France

The Bulgarian National Film Center supports 49 projects

The Bulgarian National Film Center supports 49 projects

Amidst a bureaucratically complex situation, the main film-funding body in Bulgaria is trying to restore its previous levels of activity and has distributed a total of €6.5 million  

19/01 | Production | Funding | Bulgaria

Audiovisual Producers Finland announces the first production outfits selected for the pilot phase of albert International’s eco toolkit

Audiovisual Producers Finland announces the first production outfits selected for the pilot phase of albert International’s eco toolkit

The trade association aims to make it a standard measurement tool across Finland’s audiovisual industry by the summer  

19/01 | Industry | Market | Finland

Interviews

Thierry Michel • Director of Empire of Silence

Thierry Michel • Director of Empire of Silence
The director uses his documentary to look back on 25 years of war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the blind eye and deaf ear turned by the international community

Mathieu Fournet • Director of European and International Affairs, CNC

Mathieu Fournet • Director of European and International Affairs, CNC
Strategic European cultural assets, the AVMS Directive and expectations of change all form part of the CNC’s online "Independence in the Service of Creation" conference on 25 January

Roderik Smits • Film academic

Roderik Smits • Film academic
The academic shared some key findings from his recent study titled European Film Festivals in Transition? Covid and Beyond

Ove Rishøj Jensen • Owner of Paradiddle Pictures and co-founder of DocCelerator

Ove Rishøj Jensen • Owner of Paradiddle Pictures and co-founder of DocCelerator
We get the low-down on the new editions of the DocCelerator workshops, which will take place online in February, April and May

Massimo Donati • Director of Diario di Spezie

Massimo Donati • Director of Diario di Spezie
The Italian writer-director speaks of the book-to-screen adaptation of this story exploring figurative art and the art of cooking

Juliette Le Baron and Alicia López Ríos • Project manager for International Development and project developer for the UK and Ireland, filmfriend

Juliette Le Baron and Alicia López Ríos • Project manager for International Development and project developer for the UK and Ireland, filmfriend
During our conversation, we discovered how the filmfriend platform helps public and university libraries to build a vast film catalogue

Kacper Lisowski • Director of Judges Under Pressure

Kacper Lisowski • Director of Judges Under Pressure
In his documentary, the Polish director shows people who, despite their government’s recent actions, refuse to be “muzzled”

Vincent Lowy and Raïssa Lahcine • Director and director of International Relations, École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière

Vincent Lowy and Raïssa Lahcine • Director and director of International Relations, École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière
Our conversation focused on the main opportunities offered to prospective students by the prestigious French film school

The Berlinale announces its competition titles: “Never before have we welcomed so many love stories”

The Berlinale announces its competition titles: “Never before have we welcomed so many love stories”

Newcomers meet the usual suspects, as Claire Denis, Ulrich Seidl and Dario Argento are set to premiere their new films at the German festival  

19/01 | Berlinale 2022

Marc Forster to direct Tom Hanks in US adaptation of best-selling Swedish novel A Man Called Ove

Marc Forster to direct Tom Hanks in US adaptation of best-selling Swedish novel A Man Called Ove

The comedy, based on a script penned by two-time Oscar nominee David Magee, is being produced by SF Studios, Rita Wilson, Playtone and 2DUX2  

19/01 | Production | Funding | USA/Sweden

The Berlinale Series Market unveils its selection

The Berlinale Series Market unveils its selection

The new season of the market features a slate of discussions focusing on the current trends in series, while the Berlinale Series Market Selects label returns with 17 series in total  

19/01 | Berlinale 2022 | EFM

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Speak No Evil - by Christian Tafdrup

Speak No Evil
by Christian Tafdrup
Sundance 2022 - Midnight

Klondike - by Maryna Er Gorbach

Klondike
by Maryna Er Gorbach
Sundance 2022 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Gentle - by Anna Eszter Nemes, László Csuja

Gentle
by Anna Eszter Nemes, László Csuja
Sundance 2022 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Hatching - by Hanna Bergholm

Hatching
by Hanna Bergholm
Sundance 2022 - Midnight

Girl Picture - by Alli Haapasalo

Girl Picture
by Alli Haapasalo
Sundance 2022 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition

The Mission - by Tania Anderson

The Mission
by Tania Anderson
Sundance 2022 - World Cinema Documentary Competition

Secret Name - by Aurélia Georges

Secret Name
by Aurélia Georges
Locarno 2021 - Competition
French release January 19

Takeaway - by Renzo Carbonera

Takeaway
by Renzo Carbonera
Italian release January 20

Thierry Michel • Director of Empire of Silence

Interview: Thierry Michel • Director of Empire of Silence

"We can’t just stand back and watch forever, without saying or doing anything"

The director uses his documentary to look back on 25 years of war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the blind eye and deaf ear turned by the international community  

19/01 | /Belgium

The Berlinale announces its full Panorama line-up

The Berlinale announces its full Panorama line-up

Opened by Alain Guiraudie’s Nobody’s Hero, this year’s programme will include a total of 29 films from 33 countries and 25 world premieres  

18/01 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama

SCANDI - Nordic Film Lesson takes the best Scandinavian cinema to the Czech Republic and Slovakia

SCANDI - Nordic Film Lesson takes the best Scandinavian cinema to the Czech Republic and Slovakia

The event will also host an online industry panel entitled “Why is Scandinavian cinema so successful in the world?”  

18/01 | Festivals | Awards | Czech Republic/Slovakia

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Reviews

America Latina - by Damiano D'Innocenzo, Fabio D'Innocenzo

America Latina
by Damiano D'Innocenzo, Fabio D'Innocenzo
VENICE 2021: The D’Innocenzo brothers reunite with Elio Germano to offer up a feast-for-the-eyes thriller exploring men’s sense of inadequacy in the third millennium

Between Two Worlds - by Emmanuel Carrère

Between Two Worlds
by Emmanuel Carrère
CANNES 2021: Juliette Binoche infiltrates the daily life of contemporary precarity in this feature with a humanist vision by Emmanuel Carrère, freely adapted from a book by Florence Aubenas

Jane by Charlotte - by Charlotte Gainsbourg

Jane by Charlotte
by Charlotte Gainsbourg
CANNES 2021: Charlotte Gainsbourg makes a poignant personal essay about her mother, Jane Birkin

Little Palestine (Diary of a Siege) - by Abdallah Al-Khatib

Little Palestine (Diary of a Siege)
by Abdallah Al-Khatib
Abdallah Al-Khatib tells the story of the siege of Yarmouk, a district of Damascus that used to host the biggest Palestinian refugee camp in the world

Lost Illusions - by Xavier Giannoli

Lost Illusions
by Xavier Giannoli
VENICE 2021: Xavier Giannoli’s lavish Balzac canvas is a colourful ride through the Paris of the splendiferous 1820s

Industry Reports

Market Trends – 20/01/2022

The European Audiovisual Observatory publishes a new report on media ownership in Europe

The study highlights how the SVoD race and the COVID-19 pandemic are boosting an M&A spree throughout Europe

Market Trends – 20/01/2022

The BBC’s licence fee set to be frozen at £159 for two years and to be phased out by 2027

A tweet published by Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has sparked debate and prompted strong reactions, making the pubcaster’s future more uncertain and forcing it to seek alternative funding models

Green Film Shooting – 19/01/2022

TFL and the Trentino Film Commission launch the Green Film Lab

This new training programme will offer up a series of workshops on how to produce films sustainably and is aimed at producers, department heads and green managers from all over Europe

Green Film Shooting – 19/01/2022

Audiovisual Producers Finland announces the first production outfits selected for the pilot phase of albert International’s eco toolkit

The trade association aims to make it a standard measurement tool across Finland’s audiovisual industry by the summer

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