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Review: The New Year That Never Came

Review: The New Year That Never Came

VENICE 2024: Bogdan Mureşanu’s debut feature delves deep into the stuffy atmosphere of Romania in December 1989  

02/09 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Holy Cow awarded at Angoulême

Holy Cow awarded at Angoulême

The first feature by Louise Courvoisier has taken home the Diamond Valois Award for Best Film, À bicyclette by Mathias Mlekuz received three prizes, including the Audience Award  

02/09 | Angoulême 2024 | Awards

Peter Kerekes • Director of Wishing on a Star

Interview: Peter Kerekes • Director of Wishing on a Star

“This film is not about sound or image; it’s about energy”

VENICE 2024: Can spending your birthday under the right star constellation really help you reach your goals in life? The Slovak-Hungarian director tells us more  

02/09 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Review: I’m Still Here

Review: I’m Still Here

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  

02/09 | Venice 2024 | Competition

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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

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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 - 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

Produce – Co-Produce... - REPORT: Alliance 4 Development @ Locarno Pro 2024 - 12/08/2024

Produce – Co-Produce... – 12/08/2024
REPORT: Alliance 4 Development @ Locarno Pro 2024
We take a closer look at five projects showcased in Locarno Pro’s co-development programme for films from Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland

Produce – Co-Produce... - REPORT: Open Doors @ Locarno Pro 2024 - 09/08/2024

Produce – Co-Produce... – 09/08/2024
REPORT: Open Doors @ Locarno Pro 2024
We take a closer look at some of the Caribbean and Latin American projects being co-produced with European partners that are taking part in the industry initiative organised by the Swiss festival

Review: The Mohican

Review: The Mohican

Frédéric Farrucci delivers a thrilling modern western following a Corsican shepherd hunted down by mafiosi and brilliantly played by Alexis Manenti  

01/09 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti Extra

Gianni Amelio • Director of Battlefield

Interview: Gianni Amelio • Director of Battlefield

“I haven’t made a war film, but a film about war”

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  

01/09 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Review: The Brutalist

Review: The Brutalist

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

01/09 | Venice 2024 | Competition

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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: Vittoria

Review: Vittoria

VENICE 2024: A mother puts her family in turmoil because she wants to adopt a little girl in the second film by Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman shot in a sober documentary style  

01/09 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti Extra

Anne-Sophie Bailly • Director of My Everything

Interview: Anne-Sophie Bailly • Director of My Everything

“In drama, humour is a kind of politeness towards the viewer”

VENICE 2024: The French filmmaker evokes the mechanisms and influences of her parent-child duo film revolving around the question of disability and emancipation  

01/09 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño • Directors of Marco

Interview: Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño • Directors of Marco

“Sometimes, we don’t understand our main character, but we didn’t want to judge him or whitewash him”

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  

01/09 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Lazio: a “region” to believe in cinema

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  

01/09 | Venice 2024 | Venice Production Bridge

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Photogalleries

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

Review: Wishing on a Star

Review: Wishing on a Star

VENICE 2024: In his heartfelt but entertaining documentary, Peter Kerekes follows a Neapolitan astrologer and her customers on their path to finding new meaning in life  

01/09 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Kohei Igarashi • Director of Super Happy Forever

Interview: Kohei Igarashi • Director of Super Happy Forever

"Eternal happiness doesn't exist, but we are all looking for it nonetheless"

VENICE 2024: The Japanese director talks about his new film, which tells of the upheaval of unexpected grief and recalls the birth of a love affair at a seaside resort  

01/09 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Battlefield

Review: Battlefield

VENICE 2024: Gianni Amelio offers up a sharp historical film with unmistakeable references to the present day  

31/08 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Reviews

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

Battlefield - by Gianni Amelio

Battlefield
by Gianni Amelio
VENICE 2024: Gianni Amelio offers up a sharp historical film with unmistakeable references to the present day

And Their Children After Them - by Zoran Boukherma, Ludovic Boukherma

And Their Children After Them
by Zoran Boukherma, Ludovic Boukherma
VENICE 2024: Blending social realism and adolescent mythology, romanticism and tragedy, Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma deliver an exciting and spirited adaptation of Nicolas Mathieu’s novel

Wishing on a Star - by Peter Kerekes

Wishing on a Star
by Peter Kerekes
VENICE 2024: In his heartfelt but entertaining documentary, Peter Kerekes follows a Neapolitan astrologer and her customers on their path to finding new meaning in life

The Mohican - by Frédéric Farrucci

The Mohican
by Frédéric Farrucci
Frédéric Farrucci delivers a thrilling modern western following a Corsican shepherd hunted down by mafiosi and brilliantly played by Alexis Manenti

My Everything - by Anne-Sophie Bailly

My Everything
by Anne-Sophie Bailly
Anne-Sophie Bailly delivers a moving and cleverly controlled melodrama about the bond between a unique son and a mother who is also very much a woman

Marco - by Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño

Marco
by Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño
VENICE 2024: He did what?! Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño deliver a surprisingly entertaining take on a wild true story, starring a fantastic Eduard Fernández

Peacock - by Bernhard Wenger

Peacock
by Bernhard Wenger
VENICE 2024: In his feature debut, Austrian director Bernhard Wenger satirises the societal construct of a personality, making full use of the understated acting by Albrecht Schuch

Review: My Everything

Review: My Everything

Anne-Sophie Bailly delivers a moving and cleverly controlled melodrama about the bond between a unique son and a mother who is also very much a woman  

31/08 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Amos Gitai • Director of Why War

Interview: Amos Gitai • Director of Why War

“I would like to embrace the idea of the filmmaker or the artist as a healer”

VENICE 2024: The Israeli director offers a kaleidoscopic film essay on war, fuelled by a historic exchange of letters between Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud  

31/08 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Review: And Their Children After Them

Review: And Their Children After Them

VENICE 2024: Blending social realism and adolescent mythology, romanticism and tragedy, Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma deliver an exciting and spirited adaptation of Nicolas Mathieu’s novel  

31/08 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Interviews

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

Peter Kerekes • Director of Wishing on a Star

Peter Kerekes • Director of Wishing on a Star
VENICE 2024: Can spending your birthday under the right star constellation really help you reach your goals in life? The Slovak-Hungarian director tells us more

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

Anne-Sophie Bailly • Director of My Everything

Anne-Sophie Bailly • Director of My Everything
VENICE 2024: The French filmmaker evokes the mechanisms and influences of her parent-child duo film revolving around the question of disability and emancipation

Kohei Igarashi • Director of Super Happy Forever

Kohei Igarashi • Director of Super Happy Forever
VENICE 2024: The Japanese director talks about his new film, which tells of the upheaval of unexpected grief and recalls the birth of a love affair at a seaside resort

Federica Di Giacomo e Chiara Francini • Director and actress-producer of The Open Couple

Federica Di Giacomo e Chiara Francini • Director and actress-producer of The Open Couple
VENICE 2024: We chat about polyamory with the director and the producer of the documentary based on the 1983 play of the same name by Franca Rame and Dario Fo

Review: Marco

Review: Marco

VENICE 2024: He did what?! Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño deliver a surprisingly entertaining take on a wild true story, starring a fantastic Eduard Fernández  

31/08 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Review: The Antique

Review: The Antique

VENICE 2024: The second feature by Rusudan Glurijdze portrays the encounter between two generations and two people, against the backdrop of the mass deportations of Georgians from Russia in 2006  

31/08 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Federica Di Giacomo e Chiara Francini • Director and actress-producer of The Open Couple

Interview: Federica Di Giacomo e Chiara Francini • Director and actress-producer of The Open Couple

"We wanted to figure out whether or not certain concepts would be called into question after 40 years"

VENICE 2024: We chat about polyamory with the director and the producer of the documentary based on the 1983 play of the same name by Franca Rame and Dario Fo  

31/08 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

The Room Next Door - by Pedro Almodóvar

The Room Next Door
by Pedro Almodóvar
Venice 2024 - Competition

Harvest - by Athina Rachel Tsangari

Harvest
by Athina Rachel Tsangari
Venice 2024 - Competition

Sicilian Letters - by Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia

Sicilian Letters
by Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia
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

Three Friends - by Emmanuel Mouret

Three Friends
by Emmanuel Mouret
Venice 2024 - Competition

And Their Children After Them - by Zoran Boukherma, Ludovic Boukherma

And Their Children After Them
by Zoran Boukherma, Ludovic Boukherma
Venice 2024 - Competition

Battlefield - by Gianni Amelio

Battlefield
by Gianni Amelio
Venice 2024 - Competition

Review: Why War

Review: Why War

VENICE 2024: In his philosophical film essay, Israeli director Amos Gitai tries to explore the root of mankind’s lust for war and destruction  

31/08 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Review: Nineteen

Review: Nineteen

VENICE 2024: Carefree, provocative, asyntactic, Giovanni Tortorici’s debut, produced by Luca Guadagnino, speaks the Gen Z language  

31/08 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

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

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  

31/08 | Venice 2024 | Venice Production Bridge

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Reviews

The Antique - by Rusudan Glurjidze

The Antique
by Rusudan Glurjidze
VENICE 2024: The second feature by Rusudan Glurijdze portrays the encounter between two generations and two people, against the backdrop of the mass deportations of Georgians from Russia in 2006

Three Friends - by Emmanuel Mouret

Three Friends
by Emmanuel Mouret
Emmanuel Mouret spins a sophisticated and brilliantly directed web of feelings and flirtations in pure paradoxical Rohmer-esque style

Nineteen - by Giovanni Tortorici

Nineteen
by Giovanni Tortorici
VENICE 2024: Carefree, provocative, asyntactic, Giovanni Tortorici’s debut, produced by Luca Guadagnino, speaks the Gen Z language

Maria - by Pablo Larraín

Maria
by Pablo Larraín
VENICE 2024: Pablo Larraín concludes his “lonely ladies in empty apartments” trilogy, but this particular aria feels overlong

Vittoria - by Alessandro Cassigoli, Casey Kauffman

Vittoria
by Alessandro Cassigoli, Casey Kauffman
VENICE 2024: A mother puts her family in turmoil because she wants to adopt a little girl in the second film by Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman shot in a sober documentary style

Industry Reports

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

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 – 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 – 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

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