Review: Winter in Sokcho

Review: Winter in Sokcho

French-Japanese director Koya Kamura delivers an sensitive, intimate, and atmospheric first feature film about the road to self-acceptance  

09/09 | Toronto 2024 | Platform

Pupi Avati • Director of American Backyard

Interview: Pupi Avati • Director of American Backyard

“My movie is the cheapest of all the Italian films at the festival”

VENICE 2024: Well into his seventh decade as a filmmaker, the Italian cinema adventurer’s career choice has brought both pain and joy  

09/09 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Jan-Willem van Ewijk • Director of Alpha.

Interview: Jan-Willem van Ewijk • Director of Alpha.

"I was interested in the concept of one person dominating another, while nature dominates everybody"

VENICE 2024: The Dutch director talks to us about his Europa Cinemas Label winner, in which the unresolved relationship between a father and son is transformed into a dangerous competition  

09/09 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Ciro De Caro • Director of Taxi Monamour

Interview: Ciro De Caro • Director of Taxi Monamour

"The encounter between these two people is like a taxi, which takes you from one place to another, and then down each of their individual paths"

VENICE 2024: The Italian director has won the Audience Award with his story of two women belonging to two different worlds but who share the same thirst for freedom  

09/09 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

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Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Daphne Idiz • Researcher, University of Amsterdam - 21/08/2024

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 21/08/2024
Daphne Idiz • Researcher, University of Amsterdam
The scholar unpacks her latest journal article, which examines how Netflix’s increased production of local content is affecting Europe’s wider TV production practices

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A busy summer 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 Karlovy Vary, Munich, Locarno, Sarajevo, Venice and San Sebastián

Produce – Co-Produce... - Lazio: a “region” to believe in cinema - 01/09/2024

Produce – Co-Produce... – 01/09/2024
Lazio: a “region” to believe in cinema
VENICE 2024: A variety of strategies and proposals from the Lazio region have been presented to film professionals on the Lido

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Eurimages introduces its new film marketing and audience development support scheme at Venice Production Bridge - 31/08/2024

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 31/08/2024
Eurimages introduces its new film marketing and audience development support scheme at Venice Production Bridge
VENICE 2024: The programme encourages producers and marketing professionals to develop and implement joint distribution strategies at an early stage of production

Produce – Co-Produce... - Elisa García Grande • Executive Director, ICEX-Invest in Spain - 30/08/2024

Produce – Co-Produce... – 30/08/2024
Elisa García Grande • Executive Director, ICEX-Invest in Spain
The executive director of the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade programme outlines its specific programmes that promote foreign film production in the country

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Ása Baldursdóttir, Hrönn Sveinsdóttir • Distributors, Bíó Paradís - 22/08/2024

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 22/08/2024
Ása Baldursdóttir, Hrönn Sveinsdóttir • Distributors, Bíó Paradís
The two distributors talk us through bringing international and Scandi hits to their audience and their own theatre, Iceland’s only arthouse venue

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Europa Distribution explores innovative tools aimed at distributors at Karlovy Vary - 20/08/2024

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 20/08/2024
Europa Distribution explores innovative tools aimed at distributors at Karlovy Vary
The network's Film Distribution Innovation Hub tackled several key current topics, from AI analysis and anthropological marketing research to new software

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Nina Vindum Rasmussen • Researcher, London School of Economics and Political Science - 14/08/2024

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 14/08/2024
Nina Vindum Rasmussen • Researcher, London School of Economics and Political Science
The scholar breaks down on one of her recent journal articles, which examines how screen workers interact with streaming data despite widespread secrecy

Review: U Are the Universe

Review: U Are the Universe

Pavlo Ostrikov’s feature debut blends existential sci-fi, romance and cosmic comedy into a genre-fluid exploration of love, loneliness and the human need for connection  

09/09 | Toronto 2024 | Discovery

Review: Basileia

Review: Basileia

VENICE 2024: In her feature debut, Italy’s Isabella Torre creates an eerie, if somewhat unpolished, supernatural eco-thriller  

09/09 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

The Czech Film Fund throws its weight behind Petr Václav’s Mozart in Paris

The Czech Film Fund throws its weight behind Petr Václav’s Mozart in Paris

The fund has also supported a host of European projects being co-produced by Czech partners, including new works by Marko Škop, Vitaly Mansky and Samuli Valkama  

09/09 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic

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Episode 70: Robot Dreams (Spain/France) - 27/06/2024

27/06/2024
Episode 70: Robot Dreams (Spain/France)
The producers of the film by Pablo Berger are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 69: Black Tea (France/ Mauritania/ Luxembourg/ Taiwan/ Côte d'Ivoire) - 30/04/2024

30/04/2024
Episode 69: Black Tea (France/ Mauritania/ Luxembourg/ Taiwan/ Côte d'Ivoire)
The producers of the film by Abderrahmane Sissako are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 68: Paradise Is Burning (Sweden/Italy/Denmark/Finland) - 18/04/2024

18/04/2024
Episode 68: Paradise Is Burning (Sweden/Italy/Denmark/Finland)
The producers of the film by Mika Gustafson are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 67: The Empire (France/ Germany/Italy/Belgium/Portugal) - 09/04/2024

09/04/2024
Episode 67: The Empire (France/ Germany/Italy/Belgium/Portugal)
The producers of the film by Bruno Dumont are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 66: Green Border (Poland/Czech Republic/ France/Belgium) - 13/02/2024

13/02/2024
Episode 66: Green Border (Poland/Czech Republic/ France/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Agnieszka Holland are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 65: Savages! (Switzerland/France/Belgium) - 13/12/2023

13/12/2023
Episode 65: Savages! (Switzerland/France/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Claude Barras are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 64: Pure Unknown (Italy/Switzerland/Sweden) - 12/12/2023

12/12/2023
Episode 64: Pure Unknown (Italy/Switzerland/Sweden)
The producers of the film by Mattia Colombo and Valentina Cicogna are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 63: Misty – The Erroll Garner Story (Switzerland/Germany/France) - 11/12/2023

11/12/2023
Episode 63: Misty – The Erroll Garner Story (Switzerland/Germany/France)
The producers of the film by Georges Gachot are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Olha Zhurba • Director of Songs of Slow Burning Earth

Interview: Olha Zhurba • Director of Songs of Slow Burning Earth

“The war is already part of our daily lives, and we, as artists, can't do anything else but portray it”

VENICE 2024: The Ukrainian documentarian discusses how she depicts the long-term effects of the Russo-Ukrainian War on her people  

09/09 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Review: The Quiet Ones

Review: The Quiet Ones

Danish director Frederik Louis Hviid makes his solo feature debut with an action-packed crime-thriller that doesn’t quite live up to its potential  

09/09 | Toronto 2024 | Discovery

Review: American Backyard

Review: American Backyard

VENICE 2024: The latest feature by Pupi Avati is a truly over-the-top noir gothic thriller, unsettling and ridiculous  

09/09 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Review: Brando with a Glass Eye

Review: Brando with a Glass Eye

Antonis Tsonis blends US genre cinema with European arthouse sensibilities in a story exploring the interplay of ambition and redemption through a method actor who can’t live outside of a role  

09/09 | Films | Reviews | Australia/Greece

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Photogalleries

Venice 2024 – Photogalleries - 27/05/2024

27/05/2024
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

Venice 2023 – Photogalleries - 01/09/2023

01/09/2023
Venice 2023 – Photogalleries
After the media storm triggered by the SAG-AFTRA strike, the global film community is back on the Lido for the 80th Venice Film Festival, unspooling from 30 August-9 September. Discover the festival highlights and the international stars walking the red carpet in our exclusive photo galleries

Close wins the 2023 LUX Audience Award - 27/06/2023

27/06/2023
Close wins the 2023 LUX Audience Award
Lukas Dhont’s heartbreaking coming-of-age drama has emerged as the winner of the European audience award, determined by ratings from the public and Members of the European Parliament

Cannes 2023 – Photogalleries - 17/05/2023

17/05/2023
Cannes 2023 – 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 16-27 May. Discover the festival highlights in our exclusive photo galleries

European Shooting Stars 2023 – Photogallery - 01/03/2023

01/03/2023
European Shooting Stars 2023 – Photogallery
A look at the presentation of the European Shooting Stars, 10 of the most promising young actors from all over the continent selected by the EFP, which took place during the Berlinale

Review: Aïcha

Review: Aïcha

VENICE 2024: Tunisian director Mehdi Barsaoui’s thriller follows a young woman who bravely seeks a new identity after surviving a bus crash  

09/09 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

The fourth Iberseries & Platino Industria presents the projects selected for its Platforms and Producers Pitch sessions

The fourth Iberseries & Platino Industria presents the projects selected for its Platforms and Producers Pitch sessions

A total of 159 projects have been chosen, representing 15 countries  

09/09 | Iberseries & Platino Industria 2024

Review: Bonjour Tristesse

Review: Bonjour Tristesse

With her debut film, Canadian essayist Durga Chew-Bose adapts the 1954 French novel into a languorous contemporary fable, set off by a lingering disquietude  

09/09 | Toronto 2024 | Discovery

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Reviews

The Room Next Door - by Pedro Almodóvar

The Room Next Door
by Pedro Almodóvar
VENICE 2024: Where’s that Madrid heat? Pedro Almodóvar’s first feature in English might leave you cold

Vermiglio, the Mountain Bride - by Maura Delpero

Vermiglio, the Mountain Bride
by Maura Delpero
VENICE 2024: Maura Delpero gets back to exploring motherhood in a film set at the end of the Second World War, which is visually and mentally stimulating but which ultimately leaves us cold

The Brutalist - by Brady Corbet

The Brutalist
by Brady Corbet
VENICE 2024: Brady Corbet goes big and dark, delivering his best film to date, which is fascinating, exhausting and profoundly sad

The Quiet Son - by Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin

The Quiet Son
by Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin
VENICE 2024: Delphine and Muriel Coulin craft a remarkable film about the upheaval caused to a family of three when one of them drifts far-right

April - by Dea Kulumbegashvili

April
by Dea Kulumbegashvili
VENICE 2024: Georgian writer-director Dea Kulumbegashvili’s long-awaited sophomore feature is a mesmerising Golden Lion contender, thanks to its assured vision, singularity and depth

I'm Still Here - by Walter Salles

I'm Still Here
by Walter Salles
VENICE 2024: Walter Salles’ compelling family drama zooms in on the disappearance and murder of a former congressman and civil engineer, as lived through by his courageous wife

And Their Children After Them - by Zoran Boukherma, Ludovic Boukherma

And Their Children After Them
by Zoran Boukherma, Ludovic Boukherma
VENICE 2024: Blending social realism and adolescent mythology, romanticism and tragedy, Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma deliver an exciting and spirited adaptation of Nicolas Mathieu’s novel

The New Year That Never Came - by Bogdan Mureşanu

The New Year That Never Came
by Bogdan Mureşanu
VENICE 2024: Bogdan Mureşanu’s debut feature delves deep into the stuffy atmosphere of Romania in December 1989

The Golden Lion goes to Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door

The Golden Lion goes to Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door

VENICE 2024: The jury chaired by Isabelle Huppert also rewarded Vermiglio, the Mountain Bride, The Brutalist, April, and actors Vincent Lindon and Nicole Kidman  

07/09 | Venice 2024 | Awards

Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza • Directors of Sicilian Letters

Interview: Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza • Directors of Sicilian Letters

“This is a dark comedy about the narcissism and the vanity of a real fugitive boss”

VENICE 2024: We talked with the duo of Italian directors about the creation of their singular grotesque comedy  

07/09 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Review: Honeymoon

Review: Honeymoon

VENICE 2024: This modest, effective film by Zhanna Ozirna shows that you really can’t escape war, not even in your own home  

07/09 | Venice 2024 | Biennale College Cinema

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Interviews

Athina Rachel Tsangari • Director of Harvest

Athina Rachel Tsangari • Director of Harvest
VENICE 2024: The Greek director unpicks her long-awaited new feature, a period film that is deeply grounded in the present

Dea Kulumbegashvili • Director of April

Dea Kulumbegashvili • Director of April
VENICE 2024: After a long winter, spring always comes in the end, but in the Georgian director’s film, this particular April is cold and dark

Delphine and Muriel Coulin • Directors of The Quiet Son

Delphine and Muriel Coulin • Directors of The Quiet Son
VENICE 2024: The French filmmakers explain their new film, a family- and politics-focused drama about paternal and fraternal love, betrayal, and the question of forgiveness

Maura Delpero • Director of Vermiglio, The Mountain Bride

Maura Delpero • Director of Vermiglio, The Mountain Bride
VENICE 2024: The Italian director chatted with us about motherhood, documentaries, fiction and the female outlook, and about Ermanno Olmi

Fabrice Du Welz • Director of Maldoror

Fabrice Du Welz • Director of Maldoror
VENICE 2024: We met with the Belgian filmmaker who’s presenting a family portrait morphing into an angst-ridden detective film, inspired by the criminal case which saw his homeland implode

Thomas Vinterberg • Director of Families Like Ours

Thomas Vinterberg • Director of Families Like Ours
VENICE 2024: The acclaimed director talks about his choice of subject, his creative process and whether there’s a Danish film wave still out there

Gianni Amelio • Director of Battlefield

Gianni Amelio • Director of Battlefield
VENICE 2024: The veteran Italian director helps us interpret his film about the arrival of the fatal “Spanish flu” during the last year of the First World War

Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño • Directors of Marco

Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño • Directors of Marco
VENICE 2024: The Basque helmers reveal their fascination for the real-life case underpinning their film, centring on a man who took lying to an unprecedented level

Nader Saeivar • Director of The Witness

Interview: Nader Saeivar • Director of The Witness

“The new generation wants to win using forgiveness and beauty”

VENICE 2024: The Iranian director explains how he intended to commemorate the women’s movement and its non-violent forms of protest  

07/09 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti Extra

Review: Youth (Homecoming)

Review: Youth (Homecoming)

VENICE 2024: Wang Bing completes his trilogy on young Chinese garment workers with possibly the most emotionally captivating of the three films  

07/09 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Marianna Brennand • Director of Manas

Interview: Marianna Brennand • Director of Manas

"I thought that through fiction I could build a story that was both delicate and deep"

VENICE 2024: The Brazilian filmmaker, winner of the GdA Director's Award, talks about her film set in a community in the Amazon where the sexual abuse of minors appears to be the norm  

07/09 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

The Room Next Door - by Pedro Almodóvar

The Room Next Door
by Pedro Almodóvar
Venice 2024 - Competition
Golden Lion for Best Film

The Quiet Son - by Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin

The Quiet Son
by Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin
Venice 2024 - Competition
Volpi Cup for Best Actor

I'm Still Here - by Walter Salles

I'm Still Here
by Walter Salles
Venice 2024 - Competition
Award for Best Screenplay

And Their Children After Them - by Zoran Boukherma, Ludovic Boukherma

And Their Children After Them
by Zoran Boukherma, Ludovic Boukherma
Venice 2024 - Competition
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Talent

Familia - by Francesco Costabile

Familia
by Francesco Costabile
Venice 2024 - Orizzonti Best Actor

Manas - by Marianna Brennand

Manas
by Marianna Brennand
Venice 2024 - Giornate degli Autori Director’s Award

Winter in Sokcho - by Koya Kamura

Winter in Sokcho
by Koya Kamura
Toronto 2024 - Platform
San Sebastián 2024 - New Directors

Meet the Barbarians - by Julie Delpy

Meet the Barbarians
by Julie Delpy
Toronto 2024 - Galas

Venice announces the winners of its parallel awards

Venice announces the winners of its parallel awards

VENICE 2024: Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist and Bogdan Mureșanu’s The New Year that Never Came scooped the two FIPRESCI Prizes, whilst Mónica Taboada-Tapia’s Alma del desierto snagged the Queer Lion  

07/09 | Venice 2024 | Awards

Francesca Comencini • Director of The Time It Takes

Interview: Francesca Comencini • Director of The Time It Takes

“Paying public but also private homage to my father involved walking through fire”

VENICE 2024: The Italian director talked to us about the courage that was necessary to evoke her relationship with her father, filmmaker Luigi Comencini, and the importance of resilience  

07/09 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Manas triumphs in Venice's Giornate degli Autori

Manas triumphs in Venice's Giornate degli Autori

VENICE 2024: The feature by Brazilian filmmaker Marianna Brennand won the GdA Director’s Award, Alpha. received the Europa Cinemas Label and Taxi Monamour grabbed the Audience Award  

07/09 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori/Awards

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Reviews

Familia - by Francesco Costabile

Familia
by Francesco Costabile
VENICE 2024: The second feature by Francesco Costabile addresses the tragedy of domestic violence with horror film mise en scène that could make spectators jump

Happy Holidays - by Scandar Copti

Happy Holidays
by Scandar Copti
VENICE 2024: Palestinian filmmaker Scandar Copti makes effective use of an ensemble cast in this portrait of contemporary family life in Israel, replete with its many intricacies

The Witness - by Nader Saeivar

The Witness
by Nader Saeivar
VENICE 2024: Iranian director Nader Saeivar celebrates the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in his tale of an elderly teacher seeking justice

Manas - by Marianna Brennand

Manas
by Marianna Brennand
VENICE 2024: With sensitivity and respect, Marianna Brennand brings to light the horrifying practice of sexual abuse of little girls in an Amazon rainforest village

Alpha. - by Jan-Willem van Ewijk

Alpha.
by Jan-Willem van Ewijk
VENICE 2024: A troubled father-son relationship threatens to escalate and cause unforeseeable consequences amidst the stunning surroundings of the Alps in Jan-Willem van Ewijk’s fourth feature

Industry Reports

Produce – Co-Produce... – 01/09/2024

Lazio: a “region” to believe in cinema

VENICE 2024: A variety of strategies and proposals from the Lazio region have been presented to film professionals on the Lido

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 31/08/2024

Eurimages introduces its new film marketing and audience development support scheme at Venice Production Bridge

VENICE 2024: The programme encourages producers and marketing professionals to develop and implement joint distribution strategies at an early stage of production

Produce – Co-Produce... – 30/08/2024

Elisa García Grande • Executive Director, ICEX-Invest in Spain

The executive director of the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade programme outlines its specific programmes that promote foreign film production in the country

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 22/08/2024

Ása Baldursdóttir, Hrönn Sveinsdóttir • Distributors, Bíó Paradís

The two distributors talk us through bringing international and Scandi hits to their audience and their own theatre, Iceland’s only arthouse venue

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