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5752 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 14/08/2025.

Terry Gilliam's biblical comedy Carnival: At the End of Days on track for production

Terry Gilliam's biblical comedy Carnival: At the End of Days on track for production

With renewed financial backing from Andrea Iervolino, the British filmmaker's ambitious film moves closer to production, marking a new chapter in the project's long journey  

04/02 | Production | Funding | Italy/UK

Enrico Masi • Director of Terra incognita

Interview: Enrico Masi • Director of Terra incognita

“The film is a manifesto for a kind of cinema which finds the courage to go ‘hand-to-hand’ with the world’s conflicts”

Exploring the theme of energy supply, Masi’s new documentary is kicking off a tour of screenings in Italy’s biggest cities  

04/02 | Trieste 2025

Review: The Mariana Trench

Review: The Mariana Trench

Eileen Byrne’s feature film debut is a road movie exploring themes such as suffering and loss, tinged with surreal humour and enhanced by the chemistry between its two protagonists  

04/02 | Films | Reviews | Luxembourg/Italy/Austria

Review: Fiume o morte!

Review: Fiume o morte!

With his sophomore feature, Igor Bezinović reconstructs a piece of his hometown's history and reminds us that the past is always lurking just around the corner  

03/02 | IFFR 2025 | Tiger Competition

Review: Wondrous Is the Silence of My Master

Review: Wondrous Is the Silence of My Master

Ivan Salatić subverts the expectations of historical fiction and creates an immersive experience with his sophomore feature  

03/02 | IFFR 2025 | Tiger Competition

New Italian sales outfit Luminalia launches

New Italian sales outfit Luminalia launches

Founded by Tommaso Priante, the new Italian sales agent will make its market debut at IFFR with a selection of 2024 titles before heading to the EFM  

31/01 | Industry | Market | Italy

Stefano Chiavarini • Producer, Piroetta

Interview: Stefano Chiavarini • Producer, Piroetta

“The work carried out by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund represents an Italian 'best practice' that should be valued as much as possible”

We met the Italian producer in Trieste, after his participation in the Streamers Ecosystem lab, which took place during the industry sessions of When East Meets West  

30/01 | Trieste 2025 | WEMW

Olivia Cooke, Alden Ehrenreich and Helen Mirren to topline Anton Corbijn’s thriller Switzerland

Olivia Cooke, Alden Ehrenreich and Helen Mirren to topline Anton Corbijn’s thriller Switzerland

The pic, now in production in Rome, sees Mirren playing the ageing queen of thrillers Patricia Highsmith  

30/01 | Production | Funding | UK/USA/Australia/Switzerland/Italy

EXCLUSIVE: First look at Erke Dzhumakmatova and Emil Atageldiev’s drama Kurak, now in post-production

EXCLUSIVE: First look at Erke Dzhumakmatova and Emil Atageldiev’s drama Kurak, now in post-production

Based on true events, the film follows several intertwined stories about the disempowerment of women, set against the backdrop of modern-day Kyrgyzstan’s patriarchal society  

29/01 | Production | Funding | Kyrgyzstan/Switzerland/Serbia/Luxembourg/Netherlands/ Italy/France

Alice Nellis and Christian Petzold will take centre stage in Bergamo’s Europe, Now! line-up

Alice Nellis and Christian Petzold will take centre stage in Bergamo’s Europe, Now! line-up

Unspooling between 8 and 16 March, the festival’s 43rd edition will present the full back-catalogues of the Czech screenwriter and director, and the German filmmaker  

27/01 | Bergamo 2025

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