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 2025 Academy Awards  

10/09 | Oscars 2025

Guillaume Senez • Director of A Missing Part

Interview: Guillaume Senez • Director of A Missing Part

"I wanted to move towards something more lyrical, to find greater depth"

The Belgian director is back with a new film, which sees him continuing to explore his favourite theme – parenthood – while relocating his work to Japan  

10/09 | Toronto 2024 | Centrepiece

Philippe Reynaert • Senior consultant, Xanadu

Interview: Philippe Reynaert • Senior consultant, Xanadu

“The public authorities’ responsibility today is to ensure the independence not of producers, but of productions”

VENICE 2024: The expert unpacks key insights from the “A Reflection About the Future Purpose for Film and Audiovisual Policies” panel, held during the Venice Production Bridge  

10/09 | Venice 2024 | Venice Production Bridge

Koya Kamura • Director of Winter in Sokcho

Interview: Koya Kamura • Director of Winter in Sokcho

"It’s not spectacular, it’s an intimate film"

The French-Japanese director shares the adventure of his first feature film, which was shot in Korea and which stars Bella Kim and Roschdy Zem in lead roles  

10/09 | Toronto 2024 | Platform

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Industry Reports

Animation - Japanese animation meets French and Italian co-production partners at the Venice Production Bridge - 10/09/2024

Animation – 10/09/2024
Japanese animation meets French and Italian co-production partners at the Venice Production Bridge
VENICE 2024: Japan and Europe are set to strengthen their collaborations, and the brand-new co-production treaty between Italy and Japan is perhaps the first achievement of many to come

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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... - Philippe Reynaert • Senior consultant, Xanadu - 10/09/2024

Produce – Co-Produce... – 10/09/2024
Philippe Reynaert • Senior consultant, Xanadu
VENICE 2024: The expert unpacks key insights from the “A Reflection About the Future Purpose for Film and Audiovisual Policies” panel, held during the Venice Production Bridge

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 - 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

Montréal’s Festival du nouveau cinéma unveils the 14 projects selected for the fourth Nouveau Marché

Montréal’s Festival du nouveau cinéma unveils the 14 projects selected for the fourth Nouveau Marché

The event has chosen feature films in development hailing from Africa, Asia, North America, South America and Europe  

10/09 | Industry | Market | Canada

Review: Mr. K

Review: Mr. K

Tallulah H Schwab pens and directs an offbeat, surrealist drama about a travelling magician stuck in a hotel, with allegorical meaning to spare  

10/09 | Toronto 2024 | Platform

Review: One of Those Days When Hemme Dies

Review: One of Those Days When Hemme Dies

VENICE 2024: Murat Fıratoğlu demonstrates sophistication and poetry in depicting the everyday life of a character who refuses to give in to the unjust law of the strongest, despite harassment  

10/09 | Films | Reviews | Venice 2024 - Orizzonti

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Co-Production Podcast

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

Review: Shepherds

Review: Shepherds

Canadian filmmaker Sophie Deraspe’s latest work adapts Mathyas Lefebure’s pastoral life story about leaving everything behind to become a shepherd in Provence  

10/09 | Toronto 2024 | Special Presentations

Johanné Gómez Terrero • Director of Sugar Island

Interview: Johanné Gómez Terrero • Director of Sugar Island

"Slavery and sugar are intrinsically linked"

VENICE 2024: The Afro-diasporic director whisks the viewer away to the sugar-cane plantations where a young woman gets pregnant too early  

10/09 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Mónica Taboada-Tapia • Director of Alma del desierto

Interview: Mónica Taboada-Tapia • Director of Alma del desierto

"It was a terrible story, and I couldn't imagine it could happen in our century, on this planet"

VENICE 2024: The Colombian director talks about her documentary around an elderly transgender woman who is struggling to obtain an ID document for herself  

10/09 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Giuseppe Schillaci • Director of Bosco grande

Interview: Giuseppe Schillaci • Director of Bosco grande

"I wanted to make a film about the punk scene in Palermo, and he told me: 'I am the film'"

VENICE 2024: The Italian director talks us through his documentary, focusing on Sergione, one of Palermo's main standard-bearers of the punk scene in the 1980s  

10/09 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

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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

Pavlo Ostrikov • Director of U Are the Universe

Interview: Pavlo Ostrikov • Director of U Are the Universe

“I’m not sure what the future holds for Ukrainian cinema, especially sci-fi”

The Ukrainian director talks about blending sci-fi with an emotional love story, and his preference for practical effects over digital ones  

10/09 | Toronto 2024 | Discovery

Review: Horizonte

Review: Horizonte

A mother and her son, both ghosts, tread the path of redemption after a civil war marked by crimes and wrongful deaths in César Augusto Acevedo's sophomore feature  

10/09 | Toronto 2024 | Discovery

Review: The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos

Review: The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos

The Agbajowo Collective signs a meaningful, grassroots-orientated debut film informed by the ongoing evictions of informal settlements in Africa’s largest city  

10/09 | Toronto 2024 | Centrepiece

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

Japanese animation meets French and Italian co-production partners at the Venice Production Bridge

Japanese animation meets French and Italian co-production partners at the Venice Production Bridge

VENICE 2024: Japan and Europe are set to strengthen their collaborations, and the brand-new co-production treaty between Italy and Japan is perhaps the first achievement of many to come  

10/09 | Venice 2024 | Venice Production Bridge

Dani Rosenberg • Director of Of Dogs and Men

Interview: Dani Rosenberg • Director of Of Dogs and Men

“I felt the camera was sometimes like a shield against reality”

VENICE 2024: The Israeli director explains how he came to make his response to the 7 October attack by Hamas, and shares a strong plea for the war’s cessation  

10/09 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

The 28th Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries announces its winners

The 28th Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries announces its winners

A handful of awards have been given out at the Riga-based event to projects hailing from Kazakhstan, Georgia, Bulgaria, Latvia, Belarus and Lithuania  

10/09 | Baltic Sea Docs 2024 | Awards

Interviews

Marianna Brennand • Director of Manas

Marianna Brennand • Director of Manas
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

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

Review: A Missing Part

Review: A Missing Part

Guillaume Senez takes Romain Duris to Japan, telling a fine and well-put-together story about parenthood where a father allows himself a final reprieve and in which emotion swells like a wave  

10/09 | Toronto 2024 | Centrepiece

Review: Meet the Barbarians

Review: Meet the Barbarians

A Brittany village comes into turmoil at the arrival of a refugee Syrian family in this intelligent, politically engaged, biting and affectionate comedy, signed Julie Delpy  

10/09 | Toronto 2024 | Galas

Iberseries & Platino Industria continues unveiling its ambitious programme

Iberseries & Platino Industria continues unveiling its ambitious programme

The fourth edition of the event expands with new panels, keynotes and key industry figures as it gears up for its celebration from 1-4 October in Madrid  

10/09 | Iberseries & Platino Industria 2024

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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

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

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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... – 10/09/2024

Philippe Reynaert • Senior consultant, Xanadu

VENICE 2024: The expert unpacks key insights from the “A Reflection About the Future Purpose for Film and Audiovisual Policies” panel, held during the Venice Production Bridge

Animation – 10/09/2024

Japanese animation meets French and Italian co-production partners at the Venice Production Bridge

VENICE 2024: Japan and Europe are set to strengthen their collaborations, and the brand-new co-production treaty between Italy and Japan is perhaps the first achievement of many to come

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

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