The Venice Film Festival rallies in support of Gaza

The Venice Film Festival rallies in support of Gaza

The gathering is hosting demonstrations, readings and debates, as well as the presentation of the Gaza International Festival for Women's Cinema  

30/08 | Venice 2025

Review: Below the Clouds

Review: Below the Clouds

VENICE 2025: With his new documentary dedicated to the Neapolitan territory, Gianfranco Rosi returns to the slopes of Vesuvius, in search of the welding between ancient life and today  

30/08 | Venice 2025 | Competition

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Giornate degli Autori title Past Future Continuous

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Giornate degli Autori title Past Future Continuous

Morteza Ahmadvand and Firouzeh Khosrovani’s documentary is an exploration of exile, memory and the fragile bonds that connect us to places and loved ones we can no longer reach  

30/08 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Broken English

Review: Broken English

VENICE 2025: Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard have masterminded an embellished portrait of, and by, the late Marianne Faithfull  

30/08 | Venice 2025 | Out of competition

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Industry Reports

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Netflix unveils guidelines for the use of generative AI in content production - 28/08/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 28/08/2025
Netflix unveils guidelines for the use of generative AI in content production
The streaming platform’s stipulations are structured around four key areas: data use, creative output, talent and performance, and ethics and representation

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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

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Eurimages sheds light on its awards, sponsorships and inclusion strategies at the Venice Production Bridge - 30/08/2025

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 30/08/2025
Eurimages sheds light on its awards, sponsorships and inclusion strategies at the Venice Production Bridge
VENICE 2025: The fund’s reps underscored that its value lies not only in the money it awards, but also in the visibility and credibility it grants to projects and institutions

Animation - Sarajevo offers a glimpse into the technicalities of Flow - 26/08/2025

Animation – 26/08/2025
Sarajevo offers a glimpse into the technicalities of Flow
Animators Konstantīns Višņevskis and Mārtiņš Upītis shared their experience of working on the highly successful, Oscar-winning feature by Gints Zilbalodis

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Albert Yao • Distributor, Swallow Wings - 21/08/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 21/08/2025
Albert Yao • Distributor, Swallow Wings
The Taiwanese distributor gives us the low-down on the challenges of handling European films as well as the peculiarities of the local market

Produce – Co-Produce... - Switzerland’s “Netflix Law” yields first results: CHF 15.9 million invested in local productions in 2024 - 21/08/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 21/08/2025
Switzerland’s “Netflix Law” yields first results: CHF 15.9 million invested in local productions in 2024
Out of the total investments, CHF 9.3 million were directed towards film creation, including both acquisition and production

Produce – Co-Produce... - Geneva and Neuchâtel to roll out cash-rebate schemes to lure filmmakers - 12/08/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 12/08/2025
Geneva and Neuchâtel to roll out cash-rebate schemes to lure filmmakers
Geneva has launched a film commission and will instigate a 30% rebate in 2026, whilst Neuchâtel is testing a pilot scheme offering up to 15% back on local spend

Produce – Co-Produce... - Legend of the Happy Worker demonstrates the value of crypto-financing - 06/08/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 06/08/2025
Legend of the Happy Worker demonstrates the value of crypto-financing
Swiss-based Arts 3’s involvement in Duwayne Dunham’s film, premiering at Locarno, proves how crypto-financing can operate within hybrid production funding models

Valérie Donzelli • Director of At Work

Interview: Valérie Donzelli • Director of At Work

“This film had to be honest”

VENICE 2025: Freedom doesn’t come cheap in the French director’s new feature, but it’s still worth all the trouble  

30/08 | Venice 2025 | Competition

Jaume Claret Muxart • Director of Strange River

Interview: Jaume Claret Muxart • Director of Strange River

“It's an educational film: about desire and sexuality”

VENICE 2025: The debuting Catalan filmmaker talks to us about his first feature, shot on 16 mm while cycling along the Danube with his family, with sexual awakening as its backdrop  

30/08 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Review: Laguna

Review: Laguna

VENICE 2025: The new film by Lithuanian director Šarūnas Bartas is a touching journey through the processing of devastating grief, full of reflections on life, death and nature  

30/08 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

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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

Episode 72: Wishing on a Star (Italy/Slovakia/Czech Republic/Austria/Croatia) - 28/11/2024

28/11/2024
Episode 72: Wishing on a Star (Italy/Slovakia/Czech Republic/Austria/Croatia)
The producers of the film by Peter Kerekes are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Eurimages sheds light on its awards, sponsorships and inclusion strategies at the Venice Production Bridge

Eurimages sheds light on its awards, sponsorships and inclusion strategies at the Venice Production Bridge

VENICE 2025: The fund’s reps underscored that its value lies not only in the money it awards, but also in the visibility and credibility it grants to projects and institutions  

30/08 | Venice 2025 | Venice Production Bridge

Tereza Nvotová • Director of Father

Interview: Tereza Nvotová • Director of Father

“What got me intrigued, even obsessed, was that moment when everything turns and you’re dropped into a parallel universe”

VENICE 2025: The Slovak director takes on a macabre subject, following a decent man and father into a spiral of horror, after a memory lapse changes his and others’ lives  

29/08 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Review: Milk Teeth

Review: Milk Teeth

VENICE 2025: Mihai Mincan’s feature uses documentary-like realism to portray a child’s disappearance amid political upheaval and personal grief  

29/08 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Review: At Work

Review: At Work

VENICE 2025: Bastien Bouillon excels in Valérie Donzelli’s surprisingly deep dive into the vocation of writing  

29/08 | Venice 2025 | Competition

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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

Caroline Deruas Peano • Director of Stereo Girls

Interview: Caroline Deruas Peano • Director of Stereo Girls

"I didn't want to have a bird's-eye view of adolescence, but to dive right into it"

VENICE 2025: The French filmmaker explains her bold choices in her treatment of a story of teenage friendship that is as intensely joyful as it is terribly dramatic  

29/08 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics' Week

Review: Strange River

Review: Strange River

VENICE 2025: Jaume Claret Muxart's debut is a beautiful and sensitive physical and mental journey towards the discovery of sexual desire and the first stirrings of individuality - in short, of freedom  

29/08 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Review: Writing Life: Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students

Review: Writing Life: Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students

VENICE 2025: Claire Simon uses the novelist's writings as a mirror to sketch a portrait that is both simple and subtle of the diversity of contemporary French youth  

29/08 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Reviews

At Work - by Valérie Donzelli

At Work
by Valérie Donzelli
VENICE 2025: Bastien Bouillon excels in Valérie Donzelli’s surprisingly deep dive into the vocation of writing

Bugonia - by Yorgos Lanthimos

Bugonia
by Yorgos Lanthimos
VENICE 2025: Yorgos Lanthimos remakes Jang Joon-hwan’s Save the Green Planet! and unleashes a wickedly playful, grotesque and unsettlingly timely tale of paranoia and power

Orphan - by László Nemes

Orphan
by László Nemes
VENICE 2025: László Nemes’ visually rich yet narratively uneven film tells a story of fractured families and a wounded nation

La grazia - by Paolo Sorrentino

La grazia
by Paolo Sorrentino
VENICE 2025: Politics and existentialism are lent exquisite, low-key Italian beauty in Paolo Sorrentino’s new film, starring his regular Toni Servillo

Father - by Tereza Nvotová

Father
by Tereza Nvotová
VENICE 2025: Tereza Nvotová proves that you can, and always should, make a compulsively watchable film about the most harrowing subject

Strange River - by Jaume Claret Muxart

Strange River
by Jaume Claret Muxart
VENICE 2025: Jaume Claret Muxart's debut is a beautiful and sensitive physical and mental journey towards the discovery of sexual desire and the first stirrings of individuality - in short, of freedom

Milk Teeth - by Mihai Mincan

Milk Teeth
by Mihai Mincan
VENICE 2025: Mihai Mincan’s feature uses documentary-like realism to portray a child’s disappearance amid political upheaval and personal grief

Writing Life: Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students - by Claire Simon

Writing Life: Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students
by Claire Simon
VENICE 2025: Claire Simon uses the novelist's writings as a mirror to sketch a portrait that is both simple and subtle of the diversity of contemporary French youth

Review: Father

Review: Father

VENICE 2025: Tereza Nvotová proves that you can, and always should, make a compulsively watchable film about the most harrowing subject  

29/08 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Review: Bugonia

Review: Bugonia

VENICE 2025: Yorgos Lanthimos remakes Jang Joon-hwan’s Save the Green Planet! and unleashes a wickedly playful, grotesque and unsettlingly timely tale of paranoia and power  

29/08 | Venice 2025 | Competition

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 2026 Academy Awards  

28/08 | Oscars 2026

Interviews

Pascal Diot • Head, Venice Production Bridge

Pascal Diot • Head, Venice Production Bridge
The seasoned industry figure unpacks this year’s Lido-based offering for producers and creative professionals, unspooling from 28 August-3 September

Valérie Donzelli • Director of At Work

Valérie Donzelli • Director of At Work
VENICE 2025: Freedom doesn’t come cheap in the French director’s new feature, but it’s still worth all the trouble

Jaume Claret Muxart • Director of Strange River

Jaume Claret Muxart • Director of Strange River
VENICE 2025: The debuting Catalan filmmaker talks to us about his first feature, shot on 16 mm while cycling along the Danube with his family, with sexual awakening as its backdrop

Tereza Nvotová • Director of Father

Tereza Nvotová • Director of Father
VENICE 2025: The Slovak director takes on a macabre subject, following a decent man and father into a spiral of horror, after a memory lapse changes his and others’ lives

Caroline Deruas Peano • Director of Stereo Girls

Caroline Deruas Peano • Director of Stereo Girls
VENICE 2025: The French filmmaker explains her bold choices in her treatment of a story of teenage friendship that is as intensely joyful as it is terribly dramatic

Yegor Troyanovsky • Director of Cuba & Alaska

Yegor Troyanovsky • Director of Cuba & Alaska
The Ukrainian director reflects on the challenges of filming in an active war zone and the urgent need to preserve human connection through cinema

Dalija Dozet • Director of My Dad’s Lessons

Dalija Dozet • Director of My Dad’s Lessons
The Croatian director discusses her film, an intimate dialogue across time, as she uses the archive to reflect on memory, loss, and everything left unsaid

Teona Strugar Mitevska • Director of Mother

Teona Strugar Mitevska • Director of Mother
VENICE 2025: We met up with the Macedonian-born, Belgian-based filmmaker to talk about her new film, an anti-biopic of Mother Teresa

Venice4Palestine, when cinema stops for Gaza

Venice4Palestine, when cinema stops for Gaza

The Venice Film Festival sees a spontaneous movement of audiovisual professionals united by horror and deep frustration towards the unfolding genocide  

28/08 | Venezia 2025

Review: Gioia

Review: Gioia

VENICE 2025: Nicolangelo Gelormini’s second feature is a ruthless dark fable that revolves around the improbable bond between an unscrupulous young man and his naive teacher  

28/08 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Orphan

Review: Orphan

VENICE 2025: László Nemes’ visually rich yet narratively uneven film tells a story of fractured families and a wounded nation  

28/08 | Venice 2025 | Competition

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

The Wizard of the Kremlin - by Olivier Assayas

The Wizard of the Kremlin
by Olivier Assayas
Venice 2025 - Competition

No Other Choice - by Park Chan-wook

No Other Choice
by Park Chan-wook
Venice 2025 - Competition

Below the Clouds - by Gianfranco Rosi

Below the Clouds
by Gianfranco Rosi
Venice 2025 - Competition

Bugonia - by Yorgos Lanthimos

Bugonia
by Yorgos Lanthimos
Venice 2025 - Competition

Jay Kelly - by Noah Baumbach

Jay Kelly
by Noah Baumbach
Venice 2025 - Competition

Orphan - by László Nemes

Orphan
by László Nemes
Venice 2025 - Competition

La grazia - by Paolo Sorrentino

La grazia
by Paolo Sorrentino
Venice 2025 - Competition

Silent Rebellion - by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo

Silent Rebellion
by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
Venice 2025 - Spotlight

Teona Strugar Mitevska • Director of Mother

Interview: Teona Strugar Mitevska • Director of Mother

"I have always wanted to make Mother Teresa a punk icon"

VENICE 2025: We met up with the Macedonian-born, Belgian-based filmmaker to talk about her new film, an anti-biopic of Mother Teresa  

28/08 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Review: Stereo Girls

Review: Stereo Girls

VENICE 2025: Caroline Deruas Peano reincarnates the intensity of teenage emotions in a film that takes many formal risks with undeniable charm  

28/08 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics' Week

Review: Director’s Diary

Review: Director’s Diary

VENICE 2025: Aleksandr Sokurov returns with a provocative work recounting the late 20th century in Russia and elsewhere, that’s somewhere between a rolling TV news broadcast and installation art  

28/08 | Venice 2025 | Out of Competition

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Reviews

Stereo Girls - by Caroline Deruas Peano

Stereo Girls
by Caroline Deruas Peano
VENICE 2025: Caroline Deruas Peano reincarnates the intensity of teenage emotions in a film that takes many formal risks with undeniable charm

Gioia - by Nicolangelo Gelormini

Gioia
by Nicolangelo Gelormini
VENICE 2025: Nicolangelo Gelormini’s second feature is a ruthless dark fable that revolves around the improbable bond between an unscrupulous young man and his naive teacher

Mother - by Teona Strugar Mitevska

Mother
by Teona Strugar Mitevska
VENICE 2025: Teona Strugar Mitevska places us in Mother Teresa’s head for a few days, as she dispels the last remaining doubts stopping her from fulfilling her wildest ambition

Memory - by Vladlena Sandu

Memory
by Vladlena Sandu
VENICE 2025: Exploring her childhood memories in the midst of war, Vladlena Sandu has created a debut feature of exceptional cinematic creativity

Director’s Diary - by Aleksandr Sokurov

Director’s Diary
by Aleksandr Sokurov
VENICE 2025: Aleksandr Sokurov returns with a provocative work recounting the late 20th century in Russia and elsewhere, that’s somewhere between a rolling TV news broadcast and installation art

Industry Reports

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 30/08/2025

Eurimages sheds light on its awards, sponsorships and inclusion strategies at the Venice Production Bridge

VENICE 2025: The fund’s reps underscored that its value lies not only in the money it awards, but also in the visibility and credibility it grants to projects and institutions

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 28/08/2025

Netflix unveils guidelines for the use of generative AI in content production

The streaming platform’s stipulations are structured around four key areas: data use, creative output, talent and performance, and ethics and representation

Animation – 26/08/2025

Sarajevo offers a glimpse into the technicalities of Flow

Animators Konstantīns Višņevskis and Mārtiņš Upītis shared their experience of working on the highly successful, Oscar-winning feature by Gints Zilbalodis

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 21/08/2025

Albert Yao • Distributor, Swallow Wings

The Taiwanese distributor gives us the low-down on the challenges of handling European films as well as the peculiarities of the local market

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