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Industry Reports

Series - New8 – The Next Chapter: Public broadcasters double down on trust-based European drama alliances - 29/01/2026

Series – 29/01/2026
New8 – The Next Chapter: Public broadcasters double down on trust-based European drama alliances
At TV Drama Vision, representatives from the New8 alliance outlined how deeper collaboration, shared editorial criteria and intensified coordination aim to strengthen European public service drama

Market Trends
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Winter is coming – and so is our in-depth coverage of the European film industry. Stay ahead of the game with the latest news, market insights and festival highlights as we follow the season’s most influential events, from Ji.hlava and DOK Leipzig to Thessaloniki, Stockholm, Cork, Tallinn, Cairo, Goa, Marrakech, Red Sea and Les Arcs

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Europe’s €141 billion audiovisual sector grows, but streaming revenues and authors’ rights remain uneven, says SAA’s Flash Report - 05/02/2026

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 05/02/2026
Europe’s €141 billion audiovisual sector grows, but streaming revenues and authors’ rights remain uneven, says SAA’s Flash Report
According to the analysis, legislative fragmentation across Europe continues to limit authors’ ability to collect royalties for all uses of their works, especially in the online environment

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Slovak films hold the line as domestic titles dominate the 2025 domestic box office - 05/02/2026

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 05/02/2026
Slovak films hold the line as domestic titles dominate the 2025 domestic box office
Slovakia’s theatrical market showed signs of consolidation, as modest audience fluctuations contrasted with the sustained commercial pull of domestic films

Produce – Co-Produce... - Irish production spending reached a record high of €544 million in 2025 - 04/02/2026

Produce – Co-Produce... – 04/02/2026
Irish production spending reached a record high of €544 million in 2025
The local film and TV sector’s expenditure rose by 26% year on year, confirming the Emerald Isle’s position as one of Europe’s most resilient and internationally connected production ecosystems

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Paco León's Aída: The Movie triumphs at the Spanish box office - 03/02/2026

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 03/02/2026
Paco León's Aída: The Movie triumphs at the Spanish box office
The comedy opens at number 1 in its first weekend in cinemas and becomes the best-performing Spanish premiere in the last seven months, drawing 219,000 viewers and grossing €1.63 million

Market Trends - Adaptations account for 18% of films and 25% of series in Spain - 02/02/2026

Market Trends – 02/02/2026
Adaptations account for 18% of films and 25% of series in Spain
A new report shows a sector in a phase of maturity, driven by international co-productions and digital audiences, with France emerging as Spain’s main partner in literary cinema

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - CIRCLE launches the eighth edition of Doc Accelerator, now open for applications - 29/01/2026

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 29/01/2026
CIRCLE launches the eighth edition of Doc Accelerator, now open for applications
The year-long documentary training programme will support ten projects by women and gender-expansive filmmakers, with residential sessions across Europe

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Co-Production Podcast

Episode 83: Sevda (Switzerland/Belgium/Turkey) - 18/11/2025

18/11/2025
Episode 83: Sevda (Switzerland/Belgium/Turkey)
The producers of the film by Ufuk Emiroglu are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 82: Ghosts of the Sea (Canada/France) - 06/11/2025

06/11/2025
Episode 82: Ghosts of the Sea (Canada/France)
The producers of the film by Virginia Tangvald are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 81: When The Light Breaks (Iceland/Netherlands/ Croatia/France) - 14/10/2025

14/10/2025
Episode 81: When The Light Breaks (Iceland/Netherlands/ Croatia/France)
The producers of the film by Rúnar Rúnarsson are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 80: Le Faux Soir (Belgium/France) - 09/10/2025

09/10/2025
Episode 80: Le Faux Soir (Belgium/France)
The producers of the upcoming film by Michael R Roskam are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 79: Living Large (Czech Republic/Slovakia/France) - 30/08/2025

30/08/2025
Episode 79: Living Large (Czech Republic/Slovakia/France)
The producers of the film by Kristina Dufková are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 78: Ghost Trail (France/Germany/Belgium) - 12/08/2025

12/08/2025
Episode 78: Ghost Trail (France/Germany/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Jonathan Millet are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 77: The Flats (France/Ireland/UK/Belgium) - 22/07/2025

22/07/2025
Episode 77: The Flats (France/Ireland/UK/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Alessandra Celesia are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 76: The Girl with the Needle (Denmark/Poland/Sweden) - 08/05/2025

08/05/2025
Episode 76: The Girl with the Needle (Denmark/Poland/Sweden)
The producers of the film by Magnus von Horn are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

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Photogalleries

Venice 2025 – Photogalleries - 27/08/2025

27/08/2025
Venice 2025 – Photogalleries
The global film community is back on the Lido for the 82nd Venice Film Festival, unspooling from 27 August-6 September. Discover the festival highlights and the international stars walking the red carpet in our exclusive photo galleries

Cannes 2025 – Photogalleries - 13/05/2025

13/05/2025
Cannes 2025 – 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 13-24 May. Discover the festival highlights in our exclusive photo galleries

Berlinale 2025 – Photogalleries - 13/02/2025

13/02/2025
Berlinale 2025 – Photogalleries
The Berlin International Film Festival returns for its 75th edition, the first under the direction of Tricia Tuttle, from 13-23 February. Check out the festival highlights in our exclusive photogalleries

San Sebastian 2024 – Photogalleries - 23/09/2024

23/09/2024
San Sebastian 2024 – Photogalleries
The San Sebastián International Film Festival cements its position on the global festival circuit with its 72st edition, which is unspooling from 20-28 September. Check out our exclusive photo galleries

Venice 2024 – Photogalleries - 27/08/2024

27/08/2024
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

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Reviews

A Fading Man - by Welf Reinhart

A Fading Man
by Welf Reinhart
German filmmaker Welf Reinhart's feature debut deals with illness, ageing, remembering and forgetting, in the story of an old married couple and an unexpected visitor from the past

La Belle Année - by Angelica Ruffier

La Belle Année
by Angelica Ruffier
Angelica Ruffier’s autobiographical documentary is a dream-like essay on obsessive desire as a compensatory remedy, and on loss and recovery in adult orphanhood

Unerasable! - by Socrates Saint-Wulfstan Drakos

Unerasable!
by Socrates Saint-Wulfstan Drakos
Socrates Saint-Wulfstan Drakos crafts a magnetic essay film that turns exile, repression and bureaucratic violence into a haunting cinematic experience

Home - by Marijana Janković

Home
by Marijana Janković
Montenegrin-Danish actress Marijana Janković’s directorial debut is a powerful and universally relatable immigrant story led by Dejan Čukić’s powerhouse performance

The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford - by Seán Dunn

The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford
by Seán Dunn
Seán Dunn’s black comedy stars Peter Mullan as a man falling into delusion as he defends his late ancestor, an obscure 18th-century Scottish statesman

Projecto Global - by Ivo M. Ferreira

Projecto Global
by Ivo M. Ferreira
Revolution is a marathon, not a sprint, in Ivo M Ferreira’s stylish, fictionalised history of a group of militants in 1980s Portugal

2m² - by Volkan Üce

2m²
by Volkan Üce
In his third feature-length documentary, Volkan Üce tells a story of two undertakers, tackling issues of identity, religious customs and culture clashes

The Arab - by Malek Bensmaïl

The Arab
by Malek Bensmaïl
Malek Bensmail makes his feature-length fiction debut with a parallel tale of Camus’ The Stranger, which tells the story from the perspective of the slain man’s brother

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Interviews

Itonje Søimer Guttormsen • Director of Butterfly

Itonje Søimer Guttormsen • Director of Butterfly
The Norwegian helmer enlightens us on performance art, Nordic family dysfunction and Renate Reinsve

Andrius Blaževičius • Director of How to Divorce During the War

Andrius Blaževičius • Director of How to Divorce During the War
The writer-director mulls creative collaborations and finding the appropriate distance from which to reflect on the war in Ukraine – through a sharp Lithuanian lens

Visar Morina • Director of Shame and Money

Visar Morina • Director of Shame and Money
The Kosovo-born director breaks down his third feature, which sees an older couple from the countryside forced to keep pace in an uber-commodified urban present

Tricia Tuttle • Director, Berlinale

Tricia Tuttle • Director, Berlinale
The festival director gives a first glimpse of their strategy for this year’s edition and the new approaches adopted to attract the next generation of cinephiles

Tanja Meissner • Director, Berlinale Pro

Tanja Meissner • Director, Berlinale Pro
Amid a shifting global marketplace, the Berlinale Pro director reflects on innovation, cross-IP strategies and how the EFM supports European producers

Triin Tramberg • Artistic Director, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

Triin Tramberg • Artistic Director, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
The Estonian curator is stepping into her new role, signalling a generational shift grounded in long-term discovery, trust in audiences and a renewed, collective vision for the festival

Angelica Ruffier • Director of La Belle Année

Angelica Ruffier • Director of La Belle Année
The Swedish filmmaker returns to her past, and her teenage crush, in her tender documentary

Ivo M Ferreira • Director of Projecto Global

Ivo M Ferreira • Director of Projecto Global
The Portuguese director talks about his newest feature, set in the past yet mirroring the present

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