The second Dot.on.the.map Industry Days announces its selected projects

The second Dot.on.the.map Industry Days announces its selected projects

Cyprus Film Days’ co-production, training and networking platform is inviting seven projects from the Mediterranean Basin to be presented while also featuring a series of parallel events  

13/04 | Cyprus Film Days 2021 | Dot.on.the.map Industry Days

Thomas Salvador’s La montagne begins filming in May

Thomas Salvador’s La montagne begins filming in May

The director is also part of the cast of this Christmas in July production that will be sold by Le Pacte, together with Louise Bourgoin, Martine Chevallier and Laurent Poitrenaux  

13/04 | Production | Funding | France

Wallimage supports the feature debut from Delphine Girard

Wallimage supports the feature debut from Delphine Girard

At its 104th session, the Walloon regional investment fund decided to support 10 projects with a total of €1.5 million  

13/04 | Production | Funding | Belgium

Sara Kern starts filming the first-ever Slovenian-Australian co-production, Moja Vesna

Sara Kern starts filming the first-ever Slovenian-Australian co-production, Moja Vesna

The filmmaker behind the 2017 Venice Orizzonti short-film winner Good Luck, Orlo! is shooting her first feature, starring Gregor Baković and Claudia Karvan, in Melbourne  

13/04 | Production | Funding | Slovenia/Australia

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Industry Reports

The 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival launches a podcast competition - Film Festival Trends - 13/04/2021
Film Festival Trends – 13/04/2021
The 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival launches a podcast competition
The Greek festival is introducing a new podcast competition section and invites podcasters from Greece and abroad to submit their works to be featured at the upcoming edition
David Azoulay • President of ESRA – École supérieure de réalisation audiovisuelle - European Film Schools - 12/04/2021
European Film Schools – 12/04/2021
David Azoulay • President of ESRA – École supérieure de réalisation audiovisuelle
Our conversation revolved around the school's primary teaching goals, its degree programmes and the different opportunities it offers to prospective students
The German COVID-19 relief fund for filmmaking increases to a total of €100 million - Market Trends - 09/04/2021
Market Trends – 09/04/2021
The German COVID-19 relief fund for filmmaking increases to a total of €100 million
The fund covers both personal risks, such as a confirmed case of COVID-19, and infrastructural ones
Sofia Meetings hosts a new Europa Distribution workshop - Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - 08/04/2021
Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 08/04/2021
Sofia Meetings hosts a new Europa Distribution workshop
The participants at the online meeting discussed the several ideas independent distributors came up with to keep promoting and releasing films during the difficult current situation
Europa Distribution’s workshop is back at Cartoon Movie - Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - 08/04/2021
Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 08/04/2021
Europa Distribution’s workshop is back at Cartoon Movie
The virtual gathering tackled the recent releases of animation films by the participants, during these challenging pandemic times and related restrictions
Goodbye censorship, now is the age of “auto-classification” - Market Trends - 08/04/2021
Market Trends – 08/04/2021
Goodbye censorship, now is the age of “auto-classification”
A new commission will evaluate the correct classification of works by producers or distributors based on the four sections outlined in the 2016 Cinema Law of Italy
The Norwegian Film Institute sets aside up to 20 million Norwegian crowns for a new production guarantee - Market Trends - 08/04/2021
Market Trends – 08/04/2021
The Norwegian Film Institute sets aside up to 20 million Norwegian crowns for a new production guarantee
The film agency has approved “Guarantee 2”, a support scheme aimed at helping film and series productions affected by the travel restrictions and unable to change or postpone their plans
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 02 - Produce – Co-Produce... - 06/04/2021
Produce – Co-Produce... – 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
Linda Olte’s drama flick Sisters in the works

Linda Olte’s drama flick Sisters in the works

The Latvian-Italian co-production, staged by Fenixfilm and Albolina Film, will be ready for release in spring 2022  

13/04 | Production | Funding | Latvia/Italy

The CEE Animation Forum announces its juries and awards

The CEE Animation Forum announces its juries and awards

The pitching competition will showcase 40 animated projects, to be judged by 15 jury members who will award a total of €15,000; accreditations are open to professionals and students  

13/04 | CEE Animation Forum 2021

Review: Salt from Bonneville

Review: Salt from Bonneville

Ukrainian filmmaker Simon Mozgovyi's second feature-length documentary follows two friends who attempt to break the world speed record for vintage motorcycles  

13/04 | Docudays 2021

The 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival launches a podcast competition

The 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival launches a podcast competition

The Greek festival is introducing a new podcast competition section and invites podcasters from Greece and abroad to submit their works to be featured at the upcoming edition  

13/04 | Thessaloniki Documentary 2021

David Azoulay • President of ESRA - École supérieure de réalisation audiovisuelle

Interview: David Azoulay • President of ESRA - École supérieure de réalisation audiovisuelle

“For nearly 50 years, our main mission has been to teach all of the theoretical and practical aspects of the audiovisual industry”

Our conversation revolved around the school's primary teaching goals, its degree programmes and the different opportunities it offers to prospective students  

12/04 | /France

Alessandra Alessandri • Coordinator, Master in Series Development, Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti

Interview: Alessandra Alessandri • Coordinator, Master in Series Development, Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti

“We’re working with Netflix to train professionals capable of overseeing the entire production process”

Training a key, competitive and strategic professional figure for the global market, a “Development Executive”, is the objective of the Italian Master course organised in Milan with Netflix’s backing  

12/04 | /Italy

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Prime Time - by Jakub Piątek
Prime Time
by Jakub Piątek
Jakub Piątek’s drama, shown in Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition, is all about waiting – but this time for some chairman, instead of Godot
The First 54 Years – An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation - by Avi Mograbi
The First 54 Years – An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation
by Avi Mograbi
BERLINALE 2021: Celebrated Israeli documentarian Avi Mogbrai returns to Berlin with a bleak, talking heads-driven study of Israeli military policy
Courage - by Aliaksei Paluyan
Courage
by Aliaksei Paluyan
BERLINALE 2021: Aliaksei Paluyan’s powerful documentary shot in Minsk during the anti-government protests captures the sheer horror of living a life under tyranny
The Father - by Florian Zeller
The Father
by Florian Zeller
Anthony Hopkins gives a tour-de-force performance in Florian Zeller's adaptation of his own play
Another Round - by Thomas Vinterberg
Another Round
by Thomas Vinterberg
Thomas Vinterberg finds his funny bone again with an excellent concept movie in which getting drunk is a cure-all
The Swarm - by Just Philippot
The Swarm
by Just Philippot
Awarded Critics’ Week’s 2020 label, Just Philippot’s first feature film is causing a sensation everywhere it goes ahead of its cinema release in France, Spain and China, and elsewhere via Netflix
Curveball - by Johannes Naber
Curveball
by Johannes Naber
BERLINALE 2020: Relying equally heavily on artistic licence and very real fake news, Johannes Naber turns the Iraqi WMD havoc into an outrageous black comedy
Backyard Village - by Marteinn Thorsson
Backyard Village
by Marteinn Thorsson
Small-town charm is big again in Marteinn Thórsson's forgettable fourth feature, selected for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Nely Reguera shooting her second film, El nieto

Nely Reguera shooting her second film, El nieto

Carmen Machi stars in this political drama with hints of comedy, which is being filmed in Barcelona and Athens, co-produced by Fasten Films’ Adrià Monés  

12/04 | Production | Funding | Spain/Greece

Frédéric Zeimet • Creator of W.

Interview: Frédéric Zeimet • Creator of W.

"Luxembourg produces a lot of things, but the world of the web is still unexplored"

His detective web-series W., taken from the word "Wëssen" (“knowledge” in luxembourgish), has proven so popular, that a second season is now being prepared  

12/04 | /Luxembourg

Arte France Cinéma plumps for Frère et soeur by Arnaud Desplechin

Arte France Cinéma plumps for Frère et soeur by Arnaud Desplechin

Marion Cotillard and Melvil Poupaud star in the filmmaker's last movie, while upcoming works from Pietro Marcello and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi will also be co-produced by the French-German TV channel  

12/04 | Production | Funding | France

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Interviews

Just Philippot • Director of The Swarm
Just Philippot • Director of The Swarm
Recipient of a 2020 Cannes Critics’ Week Label and winner at Sitges and Gérardmer, the film finally arrives in cinemas, first in Spain then in France, before its release on Netflix
David Azoulay • President of ESRA - École supérieure de réalisation audiovisuelle
David Azoulay • President of ESRA - École supérieure de réalisation audiovisuelle
Our conversation revolved around the school's primary teaching goals, its degree programmes and the different opportunities it offers to prospective students
Alessandra Alessandri • Coordinator, Master in Series Development, Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti
Alessandra Alessandri • Coordinator, Master in Series Development, Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti
Training a key, competitive and strategic professional figure for the global market, a “Development Executive”, is the objective of the Italian Master course organised in Milan with Netflix’s backing
Frédéric Zeimet • Creator of W.
Frédéric Zeimet • Creator of W.
His detective web-series W., taken from the word "Wëssen" (“knowledge” in luxembourgish), has proven so popular, that a second season is now being prepared
Paula Ďurinová • Director of Insides
Paula Ďurinová • Director of Insides
The Slovak documentarian discusses her forthcoming feature debut, revolving around collective anxiety, utopian and safe spaces, and intimacy
Jean-Pierre Améris shooting Les folies fermières

Jean-Pierre Améris shooting Les folies fermières

Alban Ivanov and Sabrina Ouazani lead the cast of the filmmaker’s latest opus, an Escazal Films production set to be sold worldwide by TF1 Studio  

12/04 | Production | Funding | France

Frederik Nørgaard’s My Robot Brother set to become a sci-fi family flick and mobile game app

Frederik Nørgaard’s My Robot Brother set to become a sci-fi family flick and mobile game app

The story is set in the near future, where the climate crisis has been solved, everything is green and sustainable, and people live with their own personal robot assistants  

12/04 | Production | Funding | Denmark

The German-French film funding commission grants €950,000 to three co-productions

The German-French film funding commission grants €950,000 to three co-productions

The films are being directed by Élise Girard, Mia Hansen-Løve and Noémie Lvovsky, and star Isabelle Huppert and Léa Seydoux, among others  

12/04 | Production | Funding | Germany/France

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Prime Time - by Jakub Piątek
Prime Time
by Jakub Piątek
Sundance 2021 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Netflix release April 14
Governance - by Michael Zampino
Governance
by Michael Zampino
Amazon Prime release April 12
The Bubble - by Valerie Blankenbyl
The Bubble
by Valerie Blankenbyl
Visions du Réel 2021 - Competition
Holgut - by Liesbeth De Ceulaer
Holgut
by Liesbeth De Ceulaer
Visions du Réel 2021 - Competition
CPH:DOX 2021 - NEXT:WAVE
Another Round - by Thomas Vinterberg
Another Round
by Thomas Vinterberg
Cannes 2020 - Official Selection
San Sebastian 2020 - Best Actor
Oscar Nominations 2021 - Best Director and Best International Feature Film
Spanish and Swedish releases April 9
The Swarm - by Just Philippot
The Swarm
by Just Philippot
Cannes 2020 - Critics’ Week
Spanish release April 9
Curveball - by Johannes Naber
Curveball
by Johannes Naber
Spanish release April 9
Ostrov – Lost Island - by Svetlana Rodina, Laurent Stoop
Ostrov – Lost Island
by Svetlana Rodina, Laurent Stoop
Visions du Réel 2021 - Competition
WEMW Goes to Russia

WEMW Goes to Russia

Thanks to a new partnership with ROSKINO, the Italian co-production forum is focusing on the Russian market and is launching an event for international co-productions  

12/04 | Trieste 2022 | WEMW

The 16th Meetings on the Bridge hands out its awards

The 16th Meetings on the Bridge hands out its awards

The winners of the Istanbul Film Festival’s co-production platform include the upcoming projects by Selcen Ergun, Selman Nacar, Gülten Taranç and Tareq Daoud  

12/04 | Istanbul 2021 | Meetings on the Bridge/Awards

Venice Golden Lion winner Nomadland scoops the Best Picture BAFTA

Venice Golden Lion winner Nomadland scoops the Best Picture BAFTA

There were four BAFTAs for Chloé Zhao’s film, while Promising Young Woman, The Father, Sound of Metal and Soul won two awards apiece  

12/04 | BAFTA 2021

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Interviews

Tomáš Krupa • Director of We Have to Survive
Tomáš Krupa • Director of We Have to Survive
The Slovak documentarian is preparing an ambitious project addressing the necessary adaptation and transformation of life in the wake of climate change
Cecilia Dazzi • Actress
Cecilia Dazzi • Actress
The Italian actress will be part of the jury for the Oltre il Limite Aquila Reale d'Oro Official Selection at the brand-new Italian festival, set to unfold from 24 August to 2 September
Mathieu Turi • Director of Meander
Mathieu Turi • Director of Meander
Claustrophobics beware, as the French director invites you on a journey into a tight, enclosed space
Julien Becker • Co-director of An Zéro – Comment le Luxembourg a disparu
Julien Becker • Co-director of An Zéro – Comment le Luxembourg a disparu
The co-director of this film, which imagines the impact of a nuclear catastrophe on the territorial and cultural integrity of Luxembourg, tells us about its genesis
Liza van der Smissen and Nicole Lieberman • Founders, Female Film Club
Liza van der Smissen and Nicole Lieberman • Founders, Female Film Club
The Female Film Club is here to provide an extra push for the female and non-binary international film community
Guillaume Calop • Associate manager and co-founder, FestiCiné
Guillaume Calop • Associate manager and co-founder, FestiCiné
We found out more about the only management software conceived and designed by festival organisers, which is now used by more than 60 film festivals in Europe and abroad
Anne-Sophie Vanhollebeke • President, Cartoon Italia
Anne-Sophie Vanhollebeke • President, Cartoon Italia
The hardships suffered by the Italian audiovisual industry as a result of the pandemic have also hit the animation sector, according to the president of Cartoon Italia
Mira Staleva • Distributor, Art Fest
Mira Staleva • Distributor, Art Fest
The distribution manager of the Sofia-based outfit, and also managing director of the Sofia International Film Festival, discusses the challenges posed by the pandemic in Bulgaria
The German Motion Picture Fund raises its budget to €30 million for international TV series and films

The German Motion Picture Fund raises its budget to €30 million for international TV series and films

In 2021, the funding programme put in place by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media is doubling the budget it earmarks for co-productions of TV and VoD series  

12/04 | Production | Funding | Germany

The European film industry strives to find its way through the new waves of the coronavirus

The European film industry strives to find its way through the new waves of the coronavirus

We present an overview of the film events affected by the new measures announced by national governments to contain the fresh surge in the COVID-19 pandemic  

09/04 | Europe

Italy's Ministry of Culture sets aside 5 million euros for minority co-productions

Italy's Ministry of Culture sets aside 5 million euros for minority co-productions

The General Directorate for Cinema and Audiovisual Works has published a call for proposals to support the production of feature films made under a co-production or minority partnership  

09/04 | Production | Funding | Italy

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Zinder - by Aïcha Macky
Zinder
by Aïcha Macky
Visions du Réel 2021 - Competition
Courage - by Aliaksei Paluyan
Courage
by Aliaksei Paluyan
Berlinale 2021 - Berlinale Special
Visions du Réel 2021 - Competition
The First 54 Years – An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation - by Avi Mograbi
The First 54 Years – An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation
by Avi Mograbi
Berlinale 2021 - Forum
Visions du Réel 2021 - Competition
Bellum - The daemon of war - by Georg Götmark, David Herdies
Bellum - The daemon of war
by Georg Götmark, David Herdies
Visions du Réel 2021 - Competition
1970 - by Tomasz Wolski
1970
by Tomasz Wolski
Visions du Réel 2021 - Competition

Industry Reports

Film Festival Trends – 13/04/2021

The 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival launches a podcast competition

The Greek festival is introducing a new podcast competition section and invites podcasters from Greece and abroad to submit their works to be featured at the upcoming edition

European Film Schools – 12/04/2021

David Azoulay • President of ESRA – École supérieure de réalisation audiovisuelle

Our conversation revolved around the school's primary teaching goals, its degree programmes and the different opportunities it offers to prospective students

Market Trends – 09/04/2021

The German COVID-19 relief fund for filmmaking increases to a total of €100 million

The fund covers both personal risks, such as a confirmed case of COVID-19, and infrastructural ones

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 08/04/2021

Sofia Meetings hosts a new Europa Distribution workshop

The participants at the online meeting discussed the several ideas independent distributors came up with to keep promoting and releasing films during the difficult current situation

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