Review: The Time It Takes

Review: The Time It Takes

VENICE 2024: Francesca Comencini tells the story of her special relationship with her father Luigi, master of Italian cinema, at the most difficult moment of her life  

06/09 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Vietnam's Don’t Cry, Butterfly wins the Grand Prize in Venice’s International Film Critics’ Week

Vietnam's Don’t Cry, Butterfly wins the Grand Prize in Venice’s International Film Critics’ Week

VENICE 2024: The US title Homegrown scooped the Prize for Best Technical Contribution, while Jethro Massey’s Paul & Paulette Take a Bath snagged the Audience Award  

06/09 | Venice 2024 | International Film Critics’ Week/Awards

Dag Johan Haugerud • Director of Love

Interview: Dag Johan Haugerud • Director of Love

“You can have ideas and ideals that you don't necessarily manage to live up to”

VENICE 2024: The Norwegian filmmaker dives into the different ways one can experience intimacy  

06/09 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Review: Love

Review: Love

VENICE 2024: In the new part of his “Sex Dreams Love” trilogy, Norwegian helmer Dag Johan Haugerud’s idea of love strives to be bold but instead feels rather lacklustre  

06/09 | Venice 2024 | Competition

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Produce – Co-Produce... - Lazio: a “region” to believe in cinema - 01/09/2024

Produce – Co-Produce... – 01/09/2024
Lazio: a “region” to believe in cinema
VENICE 2024: A variety of strategies and proposals from the Lazio region have been presented to film professionals on the Lido

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A busy summer 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 Karlovy Vary, Munich, Locarno, Sarajevo, Venice and San Sebastián

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Eurimages introduces its new film marketing and audience development support scheme at Venice Production Bridge - 31/08/2024

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 31/08/2024
Eurimages introduces its new film marketing and audience development support scheme at Venice Production Bridge
VENICE 2024: The programme encourages producers and marketing professionals to develop and implement joint distribution strategies at an early stage of production

Produce – Co-Produce... - Elisa García Grande • Executive Director, ICEX-Invest in Spain - 30/08/2024

Produce – Co-Produce... – 30/08/2024
Elisa García Grande • Executive Director, ICEX-Invest in Spain
The executive director of the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade programme outlines its specific programmes that promote foreign film production in the country

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Ása Baldursdóttir, Hrönn Sveinsdóttir • Distributors, Bíó Paradís - 22/08/2024

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 22/08/2024
Ása Baldursdóttir, Hrönn Sveinsdóttir • Distributors, Bíó Paradís
The two distributors talk us through bringing international and Scandi hits to their audience and their own theatre, Iceland’s only arthouse venue

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Daphne Idiz • Researcher, University of Amsterdam - 21/08/2024

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 21/08/2024
Daphne Idiz • Researcher, University of Amsterdam
The scholar unpacks her latest journal article, which examines how Netflix’s increased production of local content is affecting Europe’s wider TV production practices

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Europa Distribution explores innovative tools aimed at distributors at Karlovy Vary - 20/08/2024

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 20/08/2024
Europa Distribution explores innovative tools aimed at distributors at Karlovy Vary
The network's Film Distribution Innovation Hub tackled several key current topics, from AI analysis and anthropological marketing research to new software

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Nina Vindum Rasmussen • Researcher, London School of Economics and Political Science - 14/08/2024

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 14/08/2024
Nina Vindum Rasmussen • Researcher, London School of Economics and Political Science
The scholar breaks down on one of her recent journal articles, which examines how screen workers interact with streaming data despite widespread secrecy

Manas triumphs at Venice's Giornate degli Autori

Manas triumphs at Venice's Giornate degli Autori

VENICE 2024: The film by Brazilian filmmaker Marianna Brennand wins the GdA Director’s Award; Alpha. receives the Europa Cinemas Label and Taxi Monamour grabs the Audience Awad  

06/09 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori/Awards

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 2025 Academy Awards  

06/09 | Oscars 2025

Lawrence Valin • Director of Little Jaffna

Interview: Lawrence Valin • Director of Little Jaffna

"At a certain point, I wondered where my place was"

VENICE 2024: The French filmmaker chatted with us about his first feature film, a detective film blending western and Kollywood styles, and his desire to champion dual heritage  

06/09 | Venice 2024 | International Film Critics’ Week

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Episode 70: Robot Dreams (Spain/France) - 27/06/2024

27/06/2024
Episode 70: Robot Dreams (Spain/France)
The producers of the film by Pablo Berger are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 69: Black Tea (France/ Mauritania/ Luxembourg/ Taiwan/ Côte d'Ivoire) - 30/04/2024

30/04/2024
Episode 69: Black Tea (France/ Mauritania/ Luxembourg/ Taiwan/ Côte d'Ivoire)
The producers of the film by Abderrahmane Sissako are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 68: Paradise Is Burning (Sweden/Italy/Denmark/Finland) - 18/04/2024

18/04/2024
Episode 68: Paradise Is Burning (Sweden/Italy/Denmark/Finland)
The producers of the film by Mika Gustafson are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 67: The Empire (France/ Germany/Italy/Belgium/Portugal) - 09/04/2024

09/04/2024
Episode 67: The Empire (France/ Germany/Italy/Belgium/Portugal)
The producers of the film by Bruno Dumont are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 66: Green Border (Poland/Czech Republic/ France/Belgium) - 13/02/2024

13/02/2024
Episode 66: Green Border (Poland/Czech Republic/ France/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Agnieszka Holland are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 65: Savages! (Switzerland/France/Belgium) - 13/12/2023

13/12/2023
Episode 65: Savages! (Switzerland/France/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Claude Barras are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 64: Pure Unknown (Italy/Switzerland/Sweden) - 12/12/2023

12/12/2023
Episode 64: Pure Unknown (Italy/Switzerland/Sweden)
The producers of the film by Mattia Colombo and Valentina Cicogna are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 63: Misty – The Erroll Garner Story (Switzerland/Germany/France) - 11/12/2023

11/12/2023
Episode 63: Misty – The Erroll Garner Story (Switzerland/Germany/France)
The producers of the film by Georges Gachot are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Review: Of Dogs and Men

Review: Of Dogs and Men

VENICE 2024: To launch his message of peace, Dani Rosenberg has imagined a girl who returns to the locations of the Hamas attack of 7 October, in search of her dog  

06/09 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Athina Rachel Tsangari • Director of Harvest

Interview: Athina Rachel Tsangari • Director of Harvest

“Every part of the process was informing the script, as a way to slowly keep ploughing this ground”

VENICE 2024: The Greek director unpicks her long-awaited new feature, a period film that is deeply grounded in the present  

06/09 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Review: Little Jaffna

Review: Little Jaffna

VENICE 2024: Lawrence Valin blends police infiltration with a deep dive into Paris’s Tamil community in a refreshing and audacious first feature film  

06/09 | Venice 2024 | International Film Critics’ Week

Zhanna Ozirna • Director of Honeymoon

Interview: Zhanna Ozirna • Director of Honeymoon

“The Western world got tired of the war way too early”

VENICE 2024: The Ukrainian director shows a completely different kind of honeymoon, as a couple is confined to a flat and must make sure that no one knows they are there  

06/09 | Venice 2024 | Biennale College Cinema

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Venice 2024 – Photogalleries - 27/05/2024

27/05/2024
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

Venice 2023 – Photogalleries - 01/09/2023

01/09/2023
Venice 2023 – Photogalleries
After the media storm triggered by the SAG-AFTRA strike, the global film community is back on the Lido for the 80th Venice Film Festival, unspooling from 30 August-9 September. Discover the festival highlights and the international stars walking the red carpet in our exclusive photo galleries

Close wins the 2023 LUX Audience Award - 27/06/2023

27/06/2023
Close wins the 2023 LUX Audience Award
Lukas Dhont’s heartbreaking coming-of-age drama has emerged as the winner of the European audience award, determined by ratings from the public and Members of the European Parliament

Cannes 2023 – Photogalleries - 17/05/2023

17/05/2023
Cannes 2023 – 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 16-27 May. Discover the festival highlights in our exclusive photo galleries

European Shooting Stars 2023 – Photogallery - 01/03/2023

01/03/2023
European Shooting Stars 2023 – Photogallery
A look at the presentation of the European Shooting Stars, 10 of the most promising young actors from all over the continent selected by the EFP, which took place during the Berlinale

Muhammed Hamdy • Director of Perfumed with Mint

Interview: Muhammed Hamdy • Director of Perfumed with Mint

“The movie comes from anger or a sense of bitterness”

VENICE 2024: In his feature debut, the Egyptian director forces a group of men to confront the shadows of their past  

06/09 | Venice 2024 | International Film Critics’ Week

Dea Kulumbegashvili • Director of April

Interview: Dea Kulumbegashvili • Director of April

“Suffering is living”

VENICE 2024: After a long winter, spring always comes in the end, but in the Georgian director’s film, this particular April is cold and dark  

06/09 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Berlin to host the inaugural Seriesly Berlin Festival in September

Berlin to host the inaugural Seriesly Berlin Festival in September

The new event will host a series of talks, master classes, screenings and pitching sessions aiming to explore the landscape of series production in all of its aspects  

06/09 | Seriesly Berlin 2024

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Reviews

The New Year That Never Came - by Bogdan Mureşanu

The New Year That Never Came
by Bogdan Mureşanu
VENICE 2024: Bogdan Mureşanu’s debut feature delves deep into the stuffy atmosphere of Romania in December 1989

The Brutalist - by Brady Corbet

The Brutalist
by Brady Corbet
VENICE 2024: Brady Corbet goes big and dark, delivering his best film to date, which is fascinating, exhausting and profoundly sad

Manas - by Marianna Brennand

Manas
by Marianna Brennand
VENICE 2024: With sensitivity and respect, Marianna Brennand brings to light the horrifying practice of sexual abuse of little girls in an Amazon rainforest village

Alpha. - by Jan-Willem van Ewijk

Alpha.
by Jan-Willem van Ewijk
VENICE 2024: A troubled father-son relationship threatens to escalate and cause unforeseeable consequences amidst the stunning surroundings of the Alps in Jan-Willem van Ewijk’s fourth feature

I'm Still Here - by Walter Salles

I'm Still Here
by Walter Salles
VENICE 2024: Walter Salles’ compelling family drama zooms in on the disappearance and murder of a former congressman and civil engineer, as lived through by his courageous wife

The Room Next Door - by Pedro Almodóvar

The Room Next Door
by Pedro Almodóvar
VENICE 2024: Where’s that Madrid heat? Pedro Almodóvar’s first feature in English might leave you cold

Vermiglio, the Mountain Bride - by Maura Delpero

Vermiglio, the Mountain Bride
by Maura Delpero
VENICE 2024: Maura Delpero gets back to exploring motherhood in a film set at the end of the Second World War, which is visually and mentally stimulating but which ultimately leaves us cold

Diva Futura - by Giulia Louise Steigerwalt

Diva Futura
by Giulia Louise Steigerwalt
VENICE 2024: Giulia Louise Steigerwalt’s second film, dedicated to Riccardo Schicchi, who in the 1980s and 1990s launched several pornstars, features too many details and flashbacks

GoCritic! launches call for video journalism workshop at Animest Bucharest

GoCritic! launches call for video journalism workshop at Animest Bucharest

The training programme is expanding its activities to the field of video journalism and criticism with a workshop at the festival, taking place from 8-13 October  

06/09 | GoCritic! | Animest 2024

Review: The Witness

Review: The Witness

VENICE 2024: Iranian director Nader Saeivar celebrates the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in his tale of an elderly teacher seeking justice  

06/09 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti Extra

Sylvia Le Fanu’s feature debut, My Eternal Summer, to be screened at San Sebastián and BFI London

Sylvia Le Fanu’s feature debut, My Eternal Summer, to be screened at San Sebastián and BFI London

The drama film follows a 15-year-old visiting her family’s summer house with her parents, for what will be the mother’s final time  

06/09 | Production | Funding | Denmark

Interviews

Delphine and Muriel Coulin • Directors of The Quiet Son

Delphine and Muriel Coulin • Directors of The Quiet Son
VENICE 2024: The French filmmakers explain their new film, a family- and politics-focused drama about paternal and fraternal love, betrayal, and the question of forgiveness

Maura Delpero • Director of Vermiglio, The Mountain Bride

Maura Delpero • Director of Vermiglio, The Mountain Bride
VENICE 2024: The Italian director chatted with us about motherhood, documentaries, fiction and the female outlook, and about Ermanno Olmi

Fabrice Du Welz • Director of Maldoror

Fabrice Du Welz • Director of Maldoror
VENICE 2024: We met with the Belgian filmmaker who’s presenting a family portrait morphing into an angst-ridden detective film, inspired by the criminal case which saw his homeland implode

Thomas Vinterberg • Director of Families Like Ours

Thomas Vinterberg • Director of Families Like Ours
VENICE 2024: The acclaimed director talks about his choice of subject, his creative process and whether there’s a Danish film wave still out there

Gianni Amelio • Director of Battlefield

Gianni Amelio • Director of Battlefield
VENICE 2024: The veteran Italian director helps us interpret his film about the arrival of the fatal “Spanish flu” during the last year of the First World War

Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño • Directors of Marco

Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño • Directors of Marco
VENICE 2024: The Basque helmers reveal their fascination for the real-life case underpinning their film, centring on a man who took lying to an unprecedented level

Alexandros Avranas • Director of Quiet Life

Alexandros Avranas • Director of Quiet Life
VENICE 2024: The Greek director outlines the mysterious syndrome affecting refugee children as well as other topics tackled in his film

Aude Léa Rapin • Director of Planet B

Aude Léa Rapin • Director of Planet B
VENICE 2024: In her 2039-set feature, starring Adèle Exarchopoulos, the French director brings science fiction, ecology and politics to the table

Review: TWST - Things We Said Today

Review: TWST - Things We Said Today

VENICE 2024: Romanian documentary great Andrei Ujicâ takes us back to summer 1965 in New York, as The Beatles played Shea Stadium whilst the rest of the city prepared for change  

06/09 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Adrián Silvestre • Director of May Your Will Be Done

Interview: Adrián Silvestre • Director of May Your Will Be Done

“Almost everyone has conflicts with their families and disagreements with their parents”

The Spanish filmmaker explains the origin of his commissioned film, his desire to avoid using realism purely to shock, and his intention for the movie to be a humorous portrait of complex family ties  

06/09 | /Spain

Camille Lugan • Director of The Book of Joy

Interview: Camille Lugan • Director of The Book of Joy

"A fable about hope in a world that is dark"

VENICE 2024: The French director discusses her feature debut, in which a young orphan who lives and breathes her faith comes into contact with a forbidden, underground world  

06/09 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Manas - by Marianna Brennand

Manas
by Marianna Brennand
Venice 2024 - Giornate degli Autori Director’s Award

The Room Next Door - by Pedro Almodóvar

The Room Next Door
by Pedro Almodóvar
Venice 2024 - Competition

The Quiet Son - by Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin

The Quiet Son
by Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin
Venice 2024 - Competition

I'm Still Here - by Walter Salles

I'm Still Here
by Walter Salles
Venice 2024 - Competition

Stranger Eyes - by Yeo Siew Hua

Stranger Eyes
by Yeo Siew Hua
Venice 2024 - Competition

Love - by Dag Johan Haugerud

Love
by Dag Johan Haugerud
Venice 2024 - Competition

Sicilian Letters - by Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia

Sicilian Letters
by Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia
Venice 2024 - Competition

Three Friends - by Emmanuel Mouret

Three Friends
by Emmanuel Mouret
Venice 2024 - Competition

Xiaoxuan Jiang • Director of To Kill A Mongolian Horse

Interview: Xiaoxuan Jiang • Director of To Kill A Mongolian Horse

"When the external world is changing, the individual can be very vulnerable"

VENICE 2024: The feature debut by the Mongolian-born director revolves around a herdsman who looks after his ranch by day and performs on horseback by night  

06/09 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Giovanni C Lorusso • Director of A Man Fell

Interview: Giovanni C Lorusso • Director of A Man Fell

"A situation involving many people, where the inputs and the information come in from all over the place"

VENICE 2024: The Italian director returns to Lebanon and, accompanied by a boy, enters the Gaza Building in Sabra, a symbol of Palestinian survival after the 1982 massacre  

06/09 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Perfumed with Mint

Review: Perfumed with Mint

VENICE 2024: In his feature debut, Egyptian director Muhammed Hamdy dwells on the notions of anger and pain, and the ways of accepting them  

06/09 | Venice 2024 | International Film Critics’ Week

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Reviews

April - by Dea Kulumbegashvili

April
by Dea Kulumbegashvili
VENICE 2024: Georgian writer-director Dea Kulumbegashvili’s long-awaited sophomore feature is a mesmerising Golden Lion contender, thanks to its assured vision, singularity and depth

Stranger Eyes - by Yeo Siew Hua

Stranger Eyes
by Yeo Siew Hua
VENICE 2024: Singaporean director Yeo Siew Hua’s thriller finds a couple grieving after their daughter goes missing, with the country’s culture of mass surveillance holding the answer to the mystery

Love - by Dag Johan Haugerud

Love
by Dag Johan Haugerud
VENICE 2024: In the new part of his “Sex Dreams Love” trilogy, Norwegian helmer Dag Johan Haugerud’s idea of love strives to be bold but instead feels rather lacklustre

The Quiet Son - by Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin

The Quiet Son
by Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin
VENICE 2024: Delphine and Muriel Coulin craft a remarkable film about the upheaval caused to a family of three when one of them drifts far-right

Sicilian Letters - by Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia

Sicilian Letters
by Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia
VENICE 2024: Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza continue their reflection on the Mafia culture in Sicily, with Elio Germano in the shoes of a boss in hiding and Toni Servillo as a corrupt politician

Industry Reports

Produce – Co-Produce... – 01/09/2024

Lazio: a “region” to believe in cinema

VENICE 2024: A variety of strategies and proposals from the Lazio region have been presented to film professionals on the Lido

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 31/08/2024

Eurimages introduces its new film marketing and audience development support scheme at Venice Production Bridge

VENICE 2024: The programme encourages producers and marketing professionals to develop and implement joint distribution strategies at an early stage of production

Produce – Co-Produce... – 30/08/2024

Elisa García Grande • Executive Director, ICEX-Invest in Spain

The executive director of the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade programme outlines its specific programmes that promote foreign film production in the country

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 22/08/2024

Ása Baldursdóttir, Hrönn Sveinsdóttir • Distributors, Bíó Paradís

The two distributors talk us through bringing international and Scandi hits to their audience and their own theatre, Iceland’s only arthouse venue

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