Review: Elvira Notari: Beyond Silence

Review: Elvira Notari: Beyond Silence

Valerio Ciriaci’s documentary breaks the silence around the first woman director in the history of Italian cinema, and explores her impact on the present  

10/10 | Films | Reviews | Italy/USA

Review: Animal Totem

Review: Animal Totem

Benoît Delépine unveils his first solo feature, rekindling the absurdism and social critique he’s known for, perhaps with an added dash of poetry  

10/10 | Namur 2025

Tallinn Black Nights reveals the competition titles and juries

Tallinn Black Nights reveals the competition titles and juries

The main competition of the 29th edition of the festival features 16 world and one international premiere, while Macedonian filmmaker Teona Strugar Mitevska chairs the jury  

10/10 | Black Nights 2025 | Competition

The Lumière Film Festival prepares to kick off

The Lumière Film Festival prepares to kick off

The 17th edition of the world’s biggest event devoted to heritage cinema, a favourite for cinephiles, will unspool in Lyon from 11-19 October  

10/10 | Festivals | Awards | France

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Industry Reports

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Filmfest Hamburg eyes “A New Path for European Film Distribution in the Post-social-media Era” - 02/10/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 02/10/2025
Filmfest Hamburg eyes “A New Path for European Film Distribution in the Post-social-media Era”
The opening panel of EWIP/IFDS delved into the challenges posed by declining reach, rising advertising costs and the dominance of a select few global platforms

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A busy summer festival season 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 Locarno, Venice, Sarajevo, Haugesund, Toronto, San Sebastián, Zurich and many others

Animation - MIA explores how game engines and AI are reshaping animation workflows - 10/10/2025

Animation – 10/10/2025
MIA explores how game engines and AI are reshaping animation workflows
AI was not demonised but framed as a "supportive" tool to be handled responsibly, whilst game engines are increasingly emerging as key instruments for cross-platform production

Animation - Ampere Analysis’ Guy Bisson unpacks the “anime-fication” of Europe’s animation, streamers’ retreat and AI’s disruption - 10/10/2025

Animation – 10/10/2025
Ampere Analysis’ Guy Bisson unpacks the “anime-fication” of Europe’s animation, streamers’ retreat and AI’s disruption
Interest in anime has been rising steadily for over a decade, and Western Europe’s current animated output increasingly mirrors this trend, says the expert at MIA

New Media - Daniela Elstner • Managing Director, Unifrance - 09/10/2025

New Media – 09/10/2025
Daniela Elstner • Managing Director, Unifrance
The French agency head chatted with us about MyMetaStories, the highly original European film festival unspooling online and primarily within Minecraft

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Leaders in European drama call for action on gender balance at Rome’s MIA - 09/10/2025

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 09/10/2025
Leaders in European drama call for action on gender balance at Rome’s MIA
If the continent’s drama output wants to reflect the society it serves, it must start by fixing the imbalance behind the camera, the panellists suggested

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - The sales agent and distributors of Flow disclose strategies for marketing European arthouse cinema - 02/10/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 02/10/2025
The sales agent and distributors of Flow disclose strategies for marketing European arthouse cinema
Charades and the French, Italian and German distributors of the acclaimed Latvian animated film by Gints Zilbalodis explained how they achieved commercial success with it

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Poland’s Velvet Spoon shares tactics for creative marketing and distribution of elevated genre cinema - 02/10/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 02/10/2025
Poland’s Velvet Spoon shares tactics for creative marketing and distribution of elevated genre cinema
Marcin Adamczak and Adrianna Woroch detailed some of their unconventional, risk-taking strategies that yield success in a changing national landscape

Nine films to vie for the Golden Atlas at the Arras Film Festival

Nine films to vie for the Golden Atlas at the Arras Film Festival

Stéphane Demoustier will chair the jury of the competition at the 26th edition of the event, which will run from 7-16 November  

10/10 | Arras 2025

The Warsaw Industry Talks zero in on visibility, resilience and cross-sector skills

The Warsaw Industry Talks zero in on visibility, resilience and cross-sector skills

The initiative returns with three days of panels, lectures and case studies mapping the pressures and opportunities shaping today’s European screen sector  

10/10 | Warsaw 2025

The Warsaw Co-Production Forum unveils its selection

The Warsaw Co-Production Forum unveils its selection

Fifteen promising projects from Central and Eastern Europe have been selected for this year’s forum, which will take place on 15 October as part of Warsaw Industry Days  

10/10 | Warsaw 2025

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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

Episode 75: Vermiglio (Italy/France/Belgium) - 25/03/2025

25/03/2025
Episode 75: Vermiglio (Italy/France/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Maura Delpero are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 74: Crossing (Sweden/ Denmark/France/Turkey/Georgia) - 20/03/2025

20/03/2025
Episode 74: Crossing (Sweden/ Denmark/France/Turkey/Georgia)
The producers of the film by Levan Akin are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 73: Flow (Latvia/France/Belgium) - 10/12/2024

10/12/2024
Episode 73: Flow (Latvia/France/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Gints Zilbalodis are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

MIA explores how game engines and AI are reshaping animation workflows

MIA explores how game engines and AI are reshaping animation workflows

AI was not demonised but framed as a "supportive" tool to be handled responsibly, whilst game engines are increasingly emerging as key instruments for cross-platform production  

10/10 | MIA 2025

Bartek Pulcyn • Artistic director, Warsaw Film Festival

Interview: Bartek Pulcyn • Artistic director, Warsaw Film Festival

“The role of our festival is to shed light on what is valuable”

Warsaw’s new artistic director discusses the changes he has introduced to the structure of the event, unspooling from 10-19 October  

10/10 | Warsaw 2025

Ampere Analysis’ Guy Bisson unpacks the “anime-fication” of Europe’s animation, streamers’ retreat and AI’s disruption

Ampere Analysis’ Guy Bisson unpacks the “anime-fication” of Europe’s animation, streamers’ retreat and AI’s disruption

Interest in anime has been rising steadily for over a decade, and Western Europe’s current animated output increasingly mirrors this trend, says the expert at MIA  

10/10 | MIA 2025

The 13th Baltic Pitching Forum crowns projects from Lithuania, Estonia and Hungary

The 13th Baltic Pitching Forum crowns projects from Lithuania, Estonia and Hungary

This year’s edition celebrated Baltic and Hungarian talent, reaffirming Vilnius as the key hub for short-film development in the region  

10/10 | Baltic Pitching Forum 2025 | Awards

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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

CinÉast celebrates adulthood with its 18th edition and an equally mature line-up

CinÉast celebrates adulthood with its 18th edition and an equally mature line-up

The Luxembourgish festival championing Central and Eastern European cinema will open with the international premiere of Chopin, A Sonata in Paris and boasts more than 120 screenings  

10/10 | CinÉast 2025

Review: Cap Farewell

Review: Cap Farewell

Belgian filmmaker Vanja d’Alcantara delivers a family drama borrowing from film noir and unfolding against a backdrop of female emancipation  

10/10 | Namur 2025

The Italian audiovisual sector has grown by 9%, driven by linear TV and online video, according to APA

The Italian audiovisual sector has grown by 9%, driven by linear TV and online video, according to APA

According to the study presented at the MIA, in 2024 the industry’s worth rose to €16.3 billion, while scripted content was down, cinema growth was at a standstill and production costs increased  

10/10 | MIA 2025

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Reviews

The Girls from Above - by Bérangère McNeese

The Girls from Above
by Bérangère McNeese
Belgian actress Bérangère McNeese presents her first feature film about a young woman who takes flight on the wings of sisterhood

Justa - by Teresa Villaverde

Justa
by Teresa Villaverde
The new film by Teresa Villaverde is a poignant exploration of grief, and a meditation on the relationship between humans and nature

The Last Viking - by Anders Thomas Jensen

The Last Viking
by Anders Thomas Jensen
VENICE 2025: Anders Thomas Jensen signs a grand piece of darkly bizarre, jovially humanistic Danish auteur cinema

New Wave - by Richard Linklater

New Wave
by Richard Linklater
CANNES 2025: Richard Linklater takes us behind the scenes of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless, casually capturing a cinematic revolution in progress

Meteors - by Hubert Charuel

Meteors
by Hubert Charuel
CANNES 2025: In a touching tale of friendship carried by Idir Azougli and Paul Kircher, Hubert Charuel takes the temperature of our times through youngsters without a future far from the big cities

Reedland - by Sven Bresser

Reedland
by Sven Bresser
CANNES 2025: Sven Bresser makes a haunting and disturbing film about an old reed cutter obsessed with solving a murder mystery

Three Goodbyes - by Isabel Coixet

Three Goodbyes
by Isabel Coixet
Isabel Coixet adapts Michela Murgia’s bestselling novel Tre Ciotole into a contemplative, if uneven, drama about love and loss

Little Trouble Girls - by Urška Djukić

Little Trouble Girls
by Urška Djukić
BERLINALE 2025: Debuting director Urška Djukić offers up a fresh and beguiling take on the female coming-of-age story

Episode 80: Le Faux Soir (Belgium/France)

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  

09/10 | The Co-production Podcast

Daniela Elstner • Managing Director, Unifrance

Interview: Daniela Elstner • Managing Director, Unifrance

"We want to make cinema more accessible, to show that it’s not just a dusty old thing for old people and that it can reinvent itself"

The French agency head chatted with us about MyMetaStories, the highly original European film festival unspooling online and primarily within Minecraft  

09/10 | /France

Review: Crazy Old Lady

Review: Crazy Old Lady

Carmen Maura tyrannises her male foil – and demands the viewer’s attention – in Martín Mauregui’s gothic, sadistic and at times terrifyingly funny tale  

09/10 | Sitges 2025

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Interviews

György Pálfi • Director of Hen

György Pálfi • Director of Hen
The Hungarian director tells us about the risky venture of making a highly creative film where the main protagonist is a hen roaming the world of humans

Emilie Thalund • Director of Weightless

Emilie Thalund • Director of Weightless
The Danish filmmaker chatted to us about her first feature film, a coming-of-age story about a girl who spends her first summer away from home at a health summer camp

José Luis Guerín • Director of Good Valley Stories

José Luis Guerín • Director of Good Valley Stories
The filmmaker returns to the festival where he previously triumphed and talks about young directors, the human diversity that populates his new film and how much he hates drones

Alauda Ruiz de Azúa • Director of Sundays

Alauda Ruiz de Azúa • Director of Sundays
The Basque director discusses her new film, a long-cherished project that explores adolescence, respect, family conflicts and crises of faith

Claire Denis • Director of The Fence

Claire Denis • Director of The Fence
The French director discusses the origins of her new film and the most significant topics she’s covered during her considerable career

Arnaud Desplechin • Director of Two Pianos

Arnaud Desplechin • Director of Two Pianos
The French director offers up his thoughts on his new movie - which is full of music, suspense and melodrama – as well as on film more generally and current events

Bartek Pulcyn • Artistic director, Warsaw Film Festival

Bartek Pulcyn • Artistic director, Warsaw Film Festival
Warsaw’s new artistic director discusses the changes he has introduced to the structure of the event, unspooling from 10-19 October

Daniela Elstner • Managing Director, Unifrance

Daniela Elstner • Managing Director, Unifrance
The French agency head chatted with us about MyMetaStories, the highly original European film festival unspooling online and primarily within Minecraft

The MEDIMED Doc Market presents its selection

The MEDIMED Doc Market presents its selection

The Euro-Mediterranean Documentary Market held in Sitges from 9-12 October has picked 70 projects from 22 countries  

09/10 | Industry | Market | Europe

The 40th Namur Film Festival’s Bayard d’Or goes to We Believe You

The 40th Namur Film Festival’s Bayard d’Or goes to We Believe You

Arnaud Dufeys and Charlotte Devillers’ movie also scooped the Best Acting Performance Prize for Myriem Akheddiou, while Pauline Loquès’ Nino bagged three trophies  

09/10 | Namur 2025 | Awards

Leaders in European drama call for action on gender balance at Rome’s MIA

Leaders in European drama call for action on gender balance at Rome’s MIA

If the continent’s drama output wants to reflect the society it serves, it must start by fixing the imbalance behind the camera, the panellists suggested  

09/10 | MIA 2025

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

The Last Viking - by Anders Thomas Jensen

The Last Viking
by Anders Thomas Jensen
Venice 2025 - Out of Competition
Danish release October 9

Three Goodbyes - by Isabel Coixet

Three Goodbyes
by Isabel Coixet
Toronto 2025 - Special Presentations
Italian release October 9

Deaf - by Eva Libertad

Deaf
by Eva Libertad
Berlinale 2025 - Panorama Audience Award and CICAE Art Cinema Award
Czech release October 9

Reedland - by Sven Bresser

Reedland
by Sven Bresser
Cannes 2025 - Critics’ Week
Dutch release October 8

Meteors - by Hubert Charuel

Meteors
by Hubert Charuel
Cannes 2025 - Un Certain Regard
French release October 8 dall'8 ottobre

New Wave - by Richard Linklater

New Wave
by Richard Linklater
Cannes 2025 - Competition
French release October 8

Reflection in a Dead Diamond - by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani

Reflection in a Dead Diamond
by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani
Berlinale 2025 - Competition
Tribeca 2025 - International Narrative Competition
German release October 9

Urchin - by Harris Dickinson

Urchin
by Harris Dickinson
Cannes 2025 - Un Certain Regard Best Actor Award
Hungarian release October 9

Thessaloniki’s Agora Works in Progress showcases eight promising titles

Thessaloniki’s Agora Works in Progress showcases eight promising titles

This year’s line-up spotlights emerging voices and daring cinematic forms, featuring politically engaged narratives, realist dramas and absurd satires  

09/10 | Thessaloniki 2025 | Agora

The European Film Awards to honour Liv Ullmann

The European Film Awards to honour Liv Ullmann

The Norwegian actress will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award during the upcoming edition of the European Film Academy accolades  

09/10 | European Film Awards 2026

James McAvoy • Director of California Schemin'

Interview: James McAvoy • Director of California Schemin'

“It’s important for me as a storyteller to entertain people and make them laugh before I make them cry”

The Scotsman breaks down his directorial debut, a comedy based on the true story of a Scottish rapping duo who pretended to be American  

09/10 | Zurich 2025

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Reviews

Amrum - by Fatih Akin

Amrum
by Fatih Akin
CANNES 2025: Fatih Akin’s latest is an endearing coming-of-age tale interwoven with the death throes of the Nazi regime, filtered through the eyes of a child on the cusp of adolescence

Les Baronnes - by Nabil Ben Yadir, Mokhtaria Badaoui

Les Baronnes
by Nabil Ben Yadir, Mokhtaria Badaoui
Fifteen years on from Les Barons, Nabil Ben Yadir returns with a film co-directed by his mother, Mokhtaria Badaoui, which thrusts heroines usually absent from movie theatres into the limelight

Hidden People - by Miha Hočevar

Hidden People
by Miha Hočevar
Miha Hočevar’s feature is an enjoyable and thoroughly contemporary comedy of the defeated, with an unusual Slovenian and Icelandic flavour to it

Urchin - by Harris Dickinson

Urchin
by Harris Dickinson
CANNES 2025: Harris Dickinson debuts as a director with this striking depiction of addiction that blends light comedy and emotional depth

Impostors and Ponies - by Timo Jacobs

Impostors and Ponies
by Timo Jacobs
Timo Jacobs' social satire-road movie blend uncovers the superficialities of the film business with an additional layer of social commentary about the moralisation of eating convictions

Industry Reports

Animation – 10/10/2025

MIA explores how game engines and AI are reshaping animation workflows

AI was not demonised but framed as a "supportive" tool to be handled responsibly, whilst game engines are increasingly emerging as key instruments for cross-platform production

Animation – 10/10/2025

Ampere Analysis’ Guy Bisson unpacks the “anime-fication” of Europe’s animation, streamers’ retreat and AI’s disruption

Interest in anime has been rising steadily for over a decade, and Western Europe’s current animated output increasingly mirrors this trend, says the expert at MIA

New Media – 09/10/2025

Daniela Elstner • Managing Director, Unifrance

The French agency head chatted with us about MyMetaStories, the highly original European film festival unspooling online and primarily within Minecraft

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 09/10/2025

Leaders in European drama call for action on gender balance at Rome’s MIA

If the continent’s drama output wants to reflect the society it serves, it must start by fixing the imbalance behind the camera, the panellists suggested

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