Magnetic Latvia Film Conference to kick off in Riga next week

Magnetic Latvia Film Conference to kick off in Riga next week

The event, organised by the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, will focus on the development of the Northern European film market  

09/10 | Magnetic Latvia 2019

Spain’s ICAA announces the recipients of its selective production support

Spain’s ICAA announces the recipients of its selective production support

The Spanish Film Institute, which reports to the Ministry of Culture, has published the provisional list of projects it is backing in 2019, with the new film by Carla Simón, Alcarràs, leading the pack  

09/10 | Production | Funding | Spain

Shoot about to kick off for Xavier Beauvois’ Un petit-fils

Shoot about to kick off for Xavier Beauvois’ Un petit-fils

Jérémie Renier toplines the cast of this production being staged by Les Films du Worso and set to be sold by Pathé  

09/10 | Production | Funding | France/Belgium

Mediaset and Netflix announce an agreement for seven films backed by independent Italian producers

Mediaset and Netflix announce an agreement for seven films backed by independent Italian producers

The movies are scheduled to drop on the online streaming platform before broadcasting 12 months later on Mediaset’s generalist TV networks, with a possible stint in cinemas  

09/10 | Production | Funding | Italy

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Film Reviews

White Riot - by Rubika Shah - The activist group Rock Against Racism, a key player in 1970s UK punk rock, gets a timely documentary tribute from director Rubika Shah
White Riot
by Rubika Shah
The activist group Rock Against Racism, a key player in 1970s UK punk rock, gets a timely documentary tribute from director Rubika Shah
Once More Unto the Breach - by Federico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini - VENICE 2019: Federico Ferrone and Michele Manzolini direct an imaginary war story, constructed from archive footage and loosely adapted from diaries from the Ukrainian front
Once More Unto the Breach
by Federico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini
VENICE 2019: Federico Ferrone and Michele Manzolini direct an imaginary war story, constructed from archive footage and loosely adapted from diaries from the Ukrainian front
Corpus Christi - by Jan Komasa - VENICE 2019: In his superb new movie, Jan Komasa investigates the social dynamics of a small community that gets a new priest who hides his true identity
Corpus Christi
by Jan Komasa
VENICE 2019: In his superb new movie, Jan Komasa investigates the social dynamics of a small community that gets a new priest who hides his true identity
On a Magical Night - by Christophe Honoré - CANNES 2019: Christophe Honoré delivers a conceptual tale that’s reflexive, inventive, fast-paced and funny about a couple in crisis after 25 years of marriage
On a Magical Night
by Christophe Honoré
CANNES 2019: Christophe Honoré delivers a conceptual tale that’s reflexive, inventive, fast-paced and funny about a couple in crisis after 25 years of marriage
The Disappearance of my Mother - by Beniamino Barrese - Beniamino Barrese films a documentary about his mother, the combative and iconic 75-year-old feminist model Benedetta Barzini, who reflects on the power of images
The Disappearance of my Mother
by Beniamino Barrese
Beniamino Barrese films a documentary about his mother, the combative and iconic 75-year-old feminist model Benedetta Barzini, who reflects on the power of images
For Sama - by Waad Al-Khateab, Edward Watts - CANNES 2019: Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts’ documentary about Syria arrives in Cannes on the back of festival wins at SXSW and HotDocs
For Sama
by Waad Al-Khateab, Edward Watts
CANNES 2019: Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts’ documentary about Syria arrives in Cannes on the back of festival wins at SXSW and HotDocs
The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily - by Lorenzo Mattotti - CANNES 2019: In Lorenzo Mattotti's film, what starts off as an animation for kids morphs into a wonderful tale of cultural appropriation and colonisation
The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily
by Lorenzo Mattotti
CANNES 2019: In Lorenzo Mattotti's film, what starts off as an animation for kids morphs into a wonderful tale of cultural appropriation and colonisation
Fire Will Come - by Oliver Laxe - CANNES 2019 : Oliver Laxe crafts an austere and very powerful film about the forces of nature, following a paria leaving prison and returning to his mother
Fire Will Come
by Oliver Laxe
CANNES 2019 : Oliver Laxe crafts an austere and very powerful film about the forces of nature, following a paria leaving prison and returning to his mother
Review: Rare Beasts

Review: Rare Beasts

A twisted relationship provides the ammunition for actress Billie Piper to take patriarchy to task in this audacious debut  

09/10 | London 2019

The Manetti Bros. are shooting Diabolik

The Manetti Bros. are shooting Diabolik

The authors of Love and Bullets are adapting the adventures of the character created by the Giussani sisters for the big screen, with Luca Marinelli leading the cast  

09/10 | Production | Funding | Italy

Ognjen Sviličić • Director of The Voice

Interview: Ognjen Sviličić • Director of The Voice

"I wanted to avoid this grey feeling of despair that you find in Eastern European films"

We caught up with Croatian writer-director Ognjen Sviličić, whose sixth feature, The Voice, has just premiered in the World Cinema section of the Busan International Film Festival  

09/10

Review: The Voice

Review: The Voice

Ognjen Sviličić trains his piercing spotlight on the influence of the Catholic Church on Croatian society  

09/10 | Films | Reviews | Croatia/North Macedonia/Serbia

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We caught up with Croatian writer-director Ognjen Sviličić, whose sixth feature, The Voice, has just premiered in the World Cinema section of the Busan International Film Festival
We caught up with Croatian writer-director Ognjen Sviličić, whose sixth feature, The Voice, has just premiered in the World Cinema section of the Busan International Film Festival
We chatted to Lachezar Avramov, a Bulgarian director whose film A Picture with Yuki has just won a Special Mention at this year’s Golden Rose Film Festival
We chatted to Lachezar Avramov, a Bulgarian director whose film A Picture with Yuki has just won a Special Mention at this year’s Golden Rose Film Festival
Cineuropa spoke to Danish director Jonas Alexander Arnby during a walk around Copenhagen to discuss the Zurich- and Sitges-screened Suicide Tourist
Cineuropa spoke to Danish director Jonas Alexander Arnby during a walk around Copenhagen to discuss the Zurich- and Sitges-screened Suicide Tourist
We chatted with Animest festival director Mihai Mitrică about the 14th edition of the most popular film gathering in Bucharest
We chatted with Animest festival director Mihai Mitrică about the 14th edition of the most popular film gathering in Bucharest
We had a chance to chat with Less Is More’s artistic director, Antoine Le Bos, about the next edition, LIM’s philosophy and what “limited” really means
We had a chance to chat with Less Is More’s artistic director, Antoine Le Bos, about the next edition, LIM’s philosophy and what “limited” really means
Cineuropa talked to Alina Rudnitskaya, the director of School of Seduction, about what it means to be a woman in Putin’s Russia – or maybe all over the world
Cineuropa talked to Alina Rudnitskaya, the director of School of Seduction, about what it means to be a woman in Putin’s Russia – or maybe all over the world
A biopic in Norwegian cinemas this week, Astrup – Catching the Flame the fourth feature from Norwegian director Pål Øie, paints the portrait of Nikolai Astrup, painter from the Fjord region
A biopic in Norwegian cinemas this week, Astrup – Catching the Flame the fourth feature from Norwegian director Pål Øie, paints the portrait of Nikolai Astrup, painter from the Fjord region
With El crack Cero, director José Luis Garci, a classic-film enthusiast, returns to the Spanish cinema listings, reuniting with the characters from his 1980s hit El crack
With El crack Cero, director José Luis Garci, a classic-film enthusiast, returns to the Spanish cinema listings, reuniting with the characters from his 1980s hit El crack
Lachezar Avramov • Director of A Picture with Yuki

Interview: Lachezar Avramov • Director of A Picture with Yuki

“Seeing the reality we are so used to through the eyes of a foreigner was really tempting”

We chatted to Lachezar Avramov, a Bulgarian director whose film A Picture with Yuki has just won a Special Mention at this year’s Golden Rose Film Festival  

09/10 | Golden Rose 2019

A sumptuous programme in store for the 20th Arras Film Festival

A sumptuous programme in store for the 20th Arras Film Festival

126 films from 40 countries, including 78 premieres and titles as-yet unreleased in France, will be on the line-up from 8-17 November, accompanied by 156 guests from 16 European nations  

08/10 | Arras 2019

Pierfrancesco Favino on set for Padre nostro

Pierfrancesco Favino on set for Padre nostro

Shooting on Claudio Noce’s new film, a Lungta Film, PKO and Tendercapital production distributed by Vision Distribution and based upon true events, is underway in Calabria  

08/10 | Production | Funding | Italy

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

My Life as a Comedian - by Rojda Sekersöz - Toronto 2019 - Discovery - Swedish release October 11
My Life as a Comedian
by Rojda Sekersöz
Toronto 2019 - Discovery
Swedish release October 11
On a Magical Night - by Christophe Honoré - Cannes 2019 - Best Performance Award Un Certain Regard - French and Belgian releases October 9
On a Magical Night
by Christophe Honoré
Cannes 2019 - Best Performance Award Un Certain Regard
French and Belgian releases October 9
Once More Unto the Breach - by Federico Ferrone and Michele Manzolini - Venice 2019 - Sconfini - Italian release October 10
Once More Unto the Breach
by Federico Ferrone and Michele Manzolini
Venice 2019 - Sconfini
Italian release October 10
Corpus Christi - by Jan Komasa - Venice 2019 - Giornate degli Autori Europa Cinemas Label - Polish release October 11
Corpus Christi
by Jan Komasa
Venice 2019 - Giornate degli Autori Europa Cinemas Label
Polish release October 11
The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily - by Lorenzo Mattotti - Cannes 2019 - Un Certain Regard - French release October 9
The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily
by Lorenzo Mattotti
Cannes 2019 - Un Certain Regard
French release October 9
Wild Bunch creates BIM Produzione

Wild Bunch creates BIM Produzione

The pan-European holding company will become the only independent group to be active in distribution and production across four major European territories  

08/10 | Industry | Market | Italy/France

European titles submitted for the Oscars race

European titles submitted for the Oscars race

The complete list of the titles submitted for the Best International Feature Film Award at the 2020 Academy Awards  

08/10 | Oscars 2020 | Europe

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces its not-so-hateful eight

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces its not-so-hateful eight

Black Nights has announced the first eight films due to compete in the First Feature Competition programme, all scheduled to have their world premieres in Estonia  

08/10 | Black Nights 2019 | First Feature Competition

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Film Reviews

Farming - by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje - TORONTO 2018: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje's violent feature debut is an autobiographical tale of a black British experience
Farming
by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
TORONTO 2018: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje's violent feature debut is an autobiographical tale of a black British experience
Papicha - by Mounia Meddour - CANNES 2019: With her first feature, Mounia Meddour revisits the dark hours of the dirty war in Algiers, following a very determined young woman who longs for freedom
Papicha
by Mounia Meddour
CANNES 2019: With her first feature, Mounia Meddour revisits the dark hours of the dirty war in Algiers, following a very determined young woman who longs for freedom
El crack Cero - by José Luis Garci - Oscar-winner José Luis Garci breathes new life into old favourites in this subtle and delectable cinematic remake, packed with cult references and imbued with the rich aroma of a classic mystery
El crack Cero
by José Luis Garci
Oscar-winner José Luis Garci breathes new life into old favourites in this subtle and delectable cinematic remake, packed with cult references and imbued with the rich aroma of a classic mystery
Our Defeats - by Jean-Gabriel Périot - BERLIN 2019: Jean-Gabriel Périot returns to the cinema of May '68, questioning young high schoolers about their ideals and the political action needed to change the world
Our Defeats
by Jean-Gabriel Périot
BERLIN 2019: Jean-Gabriel Périot returns to the cinema of May '68, questioning young high schoolers about their ideals and the political action needed to change the world
Blow It to Bits - by Lech Kowalski - CANNES 2019: Lech Kowalski’s moving political documentary offers an inside view of the desperate yet dignified social battle fought by the workers of GM&S in France
Blow It to Bits
by Lech Kowalski
CANNES 2019: Lech Kowalski’s moving political documentary offers an inside view of the desperate yet dignified social battle fought by the workers of GM&S in France
The Personal History of David Copperfield - by Armando Iannucci - Armando Iannucci surprises with this remarkably madcap adaptation of the much-loved Charles Dickens novel
The Personal History of David Copperfield
by Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci surprises with this remarkably madcap adaptation of the much-loved Charles Dickens novel
Rare Beasts - by Billie Piper - A twisted relationship provides the ammunition for actress Billie Piper to take patriarchy to task in this audacious debut
Rare Beasts
by Billie Piper
A twisted relationship provides the ammunition for actress Billie Piper to take patriarchy to task in this audacious debut
The Voice - by Ognjen Svilicic - Ognjen Sviličić trains his piercing spotlight on the influence of the Catholic Church on Croatian society
The Voice
by Ognjen Svilicic
Ognjen Sviličić trains his piercing spotlight on the influence of the Catholic Church on Croatian society
Six debut films nominated for the European Film Awards

Six debut films nominated for the European Film Awards

ANIARA, Atlantics, Blind Spot, Irina, Les Misérables and Ray & Liz vie for the European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI award  

08/10 | European Film Awards 2019

First European Coproductions Meeting to unspool at the Seville European Film Festival

First European Coproductions Meeting to unspool at the Seville European Film Festival

The application process for the first gathering of independent Italian and Spanish producers interested in co-producing is now open until 21 October  

07/10 | Seville 2019 | Seville Industry

Jonas Alexander Arnby • Director of Suicide Tourist

Interview: Jonas Alexander Arnby • Director of Suicide Tourist

“I wanted to make a film about love”

Cineuropa spoke to Danish director Jonas Alexander Arnby during a walk around Copenhagen to discuss the Zurich- and Sitges-screened Suicide Tourist  

08/10 | Zurich 2019

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Young, Swiss director Anthony Jerjen chats with us about his first feature film Inherit the Viper, presented in a world premiere at the Zurich Film Festival
Young, Swiss director Anthony Jerjen chats with us about his first feature film Inherit the Viper, presented in a world premiere at the Zurich Film Festival
At the Zurich Film Festival, Cineuropa had a chat with Juliana Fanjul, director of Silence radio, about Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui
At the Zurich Film Festival, Cineuropa had a chat with Juliana Fanjul, director of Silence radio, about Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui
Neapolitan director Nunzia De Stefano tells Cineuropa all about her autobiographically inspired film, Nevia
Neapolitan director Nunzia De Stefano tells Cineuropa all about her autobiographically inspired film, Nevia
Following the lead of Andrea Di Stefano, the director of The Informer, Cineuropa delved right into the Polish criminal underworld of New York
Following the lead of Andrea Di Stefano, the director of The Informer, Cineuropa delved right into the Polish criminal underworld of New York
At the Zurich Film Festival, Cineuropa caught up with director Marjane Satrapi to talk about Radioactive and her fascination with Marie Curie
At the Zurich Film Festival, Cineuropa caught up with director Marjane Satrapi to talk about Radioactive and her fascination with Marie Curie
Cineuropa sat down with Julie Delpy at the Zurich Film Festival, where she was presenting her new film, My Zoe
Cineuropa sat down with Julie Delpy at the Zurich Film Festival, where she was presenting her new film, My Zoe
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Political thriller Amnesty soon to land in Slovak and Czech theatres

Political thriller Amnesty soon to land in Slovak and Czech theatres

Jonáš Karásek’s film reflects on the events following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia and President Václav Havel’s amnesties, and is the first movie to address the topic  

08/10 | Distribution | Releases | Exhibitors | Slovakia/Czech Republic

Review: White Riot

Review: White Riot

The activist group Rock Against Racism, a key player in 1970s UK punk rock, gets a timely documentary tribute from director Rubika Shah  

08/10 | London 2019

Antoine Le Bos • Artistic director, Less Is More

Interview: Antoine Le Bos • Artistic director, Less Is More

“We are craving outstanding experiences; we are craving substance and significance”

We had a chance to chat with Less Is More’s artistic director, Antoine Le Bos, about the next edition, LIM’s philosophy and what “limited” really means  

08/10 | LIM 2020

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

For Sama - by Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts - Cannes 2019 - Special Screenings - French release October 9
For Sama
by Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts
Cannes 2019 - Special Screenings
French release October 9
The Disappearance of my Mother - by Beniamino Barrese - Sundance 2019 - World Cinema Documentary Competition - Italian release October 10
The Disappearance of my Mother
by Beniamino Barrese
Sundance 2019 - World Cinema Documentary Competition
Italian release October 10
Papicha - by Mounia Meddour - Cannes 2019 - Un Certain Regard - French release October 9
Papicha
by Mounia Meddour
Cannes 2019 - Un Certain Regard
French release October 9
Our Defeats - by Jean-Gabriel Périot - Berlinale 2019 - Forum - French release October 9
Our Defeats
by Jean-Gabriel Périot
Berlinale 2019 - Forum
French release October 9
The Truth - by Hirokazu Kore-eda - Venice 2019 - Competition - Italian release October 10
The Truth
by Hirokazu Kore-eda
Venice 2019 - Competition
Italian release October 10

Industry Reports

30/09/2019

Europa Distribution discusses availability and visibility of European films on VoD platforms at San Sebastián

Experts tried to offer an overview of the current trends in the VoD market despite the lack of transparency that prevents any analysis to reach decisive results

06/09/2019

Europa Distribution addresses early strategy and positioning in Haugesund

In partnership with New Nordic Films, the professional network analysed the case of Queen of Hearts’s rise to the international throne

10/07/2019

Europa Distribution towards the future of digital marketing

The distributors network held a workshop dedicated to online marketing during the KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days at Karlovy Vary

Film Reviews

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