Fifty films to compete for awards at the Sarajevo Film Festival

Fifty films to compete for awards at the Sarajevo Film Festival

The selection includes new works by Ivana Mladenović, Hana Jušić and Srdjan Vuletić  

23/07 | Sarajevo 2025

San Sebastián's competition welcomes four Spanish films

San Sebastián's competition welcomes four Spanish films

The new works by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, José Luis Guerín, Alberto Rodríguez and Aitor Arregi and José Mari Goenaga are set to vie for the Golden Shell  

23/07 | San Sebastián 2025

Alberto Vázquez's Decorado heads to the Sitges Film Festival

Alberto Vázquez's Decorado heads to the Sitges Film Festival

The animated feature blends satire, surrealism, and dark humour to immerse viewers in a disturbing and absurd reality  

23/07 | Production | Funding | Spain/Portugal

EXCLUSIVE: First details of Aleksandr Sokurov’s Venice-bound effort, Director’s Diary

EXCLUSIVE: First details of Aleksandr Sokurov’s Venice-bound effort, Director’s Diary

The filmmaker’s new pic is a five-hour visual and spiritual journey between Russia and Italy  

23/07 | Production | Funding | Russia/Italy

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Industry Reports

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - A Karlovy Vary industry event explores intimacy coordination and its growing role, with a focus on CEE - 14/07/2025

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 14/07/2025
A Karlovy Vary industry event explores intimacy coordination and its growing role, with a focus on CEE
The members of the panel discussed the evolving role of intimacy coordinators, their impact on sets, and the need for better regulation in the Czech Republic

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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

European Policy - The European Commission proposes doubling the budget for the AgoraEU programme, merging Creative Europe and CERV - 18/07/2025

European Policy – 18/07/2025
The European Commission proposes doubling the budget for the AgoraEU programme, merging Creative Europe and CERV
Under the new plan, the Media+ strand is set to grow by 126%, from €1.416 billion to €3.194 billion

Series - KVIFF Industry Days focuses on creative control in European and global series development and production - 17/07/2025

Series – 17/07/2025
KVIFF Industry Days focuses on creative control in European and global series development and production
Writers, producers and directors explored the evolving role of showrunners as well as the collaborative models available to facilitate writing

New Media - Mario Clement and Arne Totz break down their experience with the OpenAI short I Thought of You Again - 16/07/2025

New Media – 16/07/2025
Mario Clement and Arne Totz break down their experience with the OpenAI short I Thought of You Again
“AI is not a one-click solution,” according to the brains behind the project, who discussed the benefits and challenges of this rapidly developing technology at the Explorer Impuls event

Series - Karlovy Vary reveals insights into the BBC’s approach to writer development - 15/07/2025

Series – 15/07/2025
Karlovy Vary reveals insights into the BBC’s approach to writer development
Head of new writing Jessica Loveland detailed how the UK’s national broadcaster is supporting emerging and established writers

Produce – Co-Produce... - KVIFF Industry Days explores how to navigate European series co-productions - 15/07/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 15/07/2025
KVIFF Industry Days explores how to navigate European series co-productions
Three experts unpacked the complex balance between creativity, funding and cross-cultural collaboration

Green Industry Initiatives and Sustainability - Screen Ireland and Native Events unveil the "Decarbonisation Report for Ireland’s Screen Stakeholders" - 15/07/2025

Green Industry Initiatives and Sustainability – 15/07/2025
Screen Ireland and Native Events unveil the "Decarbonisation Report for Ireland’s Screen Stakeholders"
The research paints a nuanced picture of an industry that is eager to change but is hampered by structural limitations and data inaccuracy

Pietro Marcello’s new movie Duse is selected for Venice

Pietro Marcello’s new movie Duse is selected for Venice

Starring Valeria Bruni Tedeschi playing one of the greatest Italian theatre actresses of all time, the film will be presented in competition for the Golden Lion  

23/07 | Production | Funding | Italy/France

François Ozon’s L’Étranger in the running for the Golden Lion in Venice

François Ozon’s L’Étranger in the running for the Golden Lion in Venice

Benjamin Voisin, Rebecca Marder, Pierre Lottin, Denis Lavant and Swann Arlaud all grace the cast of this production steered by Gaumont, who are also managing world sales  

23/07 | Production | Funding | France/Belgium

YouTube to make landmark debut at MIPCOM Cannes on its 20th anniversary

YouTube to make landmark debut at MIPCOM Cannes on its 20th anniversary

The world’s largest TV market embraces the global creator economy, with YouTube taking centre stage at this year’s edition alongside new brand-led and innovation-focused initiatives  

23/07 | MIPCOM Cannes 2025

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Co-Production Podcast

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

Episode 71: Superluna (Italy/Belgium) - 14/11/2024

14/11/2024
Episode 71: Superluna (Italy/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Federico Bondi are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

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

Toronto announces its competitive Platform section, and more sparkly Galas and Special Presentations

Toronto announces its competitive Platform section, and more sparkly Galas and Special Presentations

Arnaud Desplechin, Romain Gavras and Annemarie Jacir have world premieres lined-up at the event, playing alongside the best films of many other festivals from this year  

23/07 | Toronto 2025

Christine Haroutounian • Director of After Dreaming

Interview: Christine Haroutounian • Director of After Dreaming

“The question of what constitutes the self is at the root of everything I make”

The director and artist of Armenian roots breaks down the origins of her film and explains how her powerful images and concepts came into being  

23/07 | Golden Apricot 2025

Inclusion, ecosystems and innovation to shape industry conversations at this year’s Locarno Pro

Inclusion, ecosystems and innovation to shape industry conversations at this year’s Locarno Pro

The Swiss festival will offer up a jam-packed programme of workshops, gatherings and screenings celebrating independent filmmaking from Europe and beyond  

23/07 | Locarno 2025 | Locarno Pro

EXCLUSIVE: Sean Harris to star in Graeme Maley’s Polyorama

EXCLUSIVE: Sean Harris to star in Graeme Maley’s Polyorama

The new Icelandic feature helmed by Sagafilm and Fenrir Films has kicked off production this week  

23/07 | Production | Funding | Iceland

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Photogalleries

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

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

The seventh 12 Punto platform wraps with its awards ceremony

The seventh 12 Punto platform wraps with its awards ceremony

TRT’s leading script-development and co-production platform concludes its latest edition, celebrating a new wave of film projects from the Bosphorus  

23/07 | 12 Punto 2025 | Awards

Fiume o morte! emerges triumphant at the 22nd Golden Apricot International Film Festival

Fiume o morte! emerges triumphant at the 22nd Golden Apricot International Film Festival

Holy Electricity and Songs of Slow Burning Earth were also victorious at the Armenia-based film event  

23/07 | Golden Apricot 2025 | Awards

Episode 77: The Flats (France/Ireland/UK/Belgium)

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  

22/07 | The Co-production Podcast

Reviews

The Things You Kill - by Alireza Khatami

The Things You Kill
by Alireza Khatami
Under the veil of an engrossing family thriller, full of lies and enigmas, Alireza Khatami explores in depth the mechanisms of transmission of male violence

No Way Back - by Nathalie Najem

No Way Back
by Nathalie Najem
Bastien Bouillon shines with a dark glow in a story about control mixing together psychological realism and suspense, signed Nathalie Najem

Perla - by Alexandra Makarová

Perla
by Alexandra Makarová
Alexandra Makarová’s second feature is a taut melodrama focusing on the struggles of a resilient Slovak artist who escaped to Vienna following the Prague Spring

All Operators are Currently Unavailable - by Dalibor Baric

All Operators are Currently Unavailable
by Dalibor Baric
With his sophomore animated feature, Dalibor Barić takes us into the life and mind of a screenwriter tasked with writing other people’s lives

The Lost Dream Team - by Jure Pavlović

The Lost Dream Team
by Jure Pavlović
With his documentary, Jure Pavlović takes us back to the week when Yugoslavia won the Eurobasket and ceased to exist

Milano - by Christina Vandekerckhove

Milano
by Christina Vandekerckhove
Christina Vandekerckhove offers up a soul-stirring duo composed of a teenager with impaired hearing and his father who sometimes struggles with the situation

Aïcha - by Mehdi M. Barsaoui

Aïcha
by Mehdi M. Barsaoui
VENICE 2024: Tunisian director Mehdi Barsaoui’s thriller follows a young woman who bravely seeks a new identity after surviving a bus crash

Oxana - by Charlène Favier

Oxana
by Charlène Favier
Charlène Favier traces the revolutionary and artistic existence of one of the founders of the Femen movement, full of courage and adversity, in a moving fiction film

Venice welcomes 21 titles in competition for the Golden Lion

Venice welcomes 21 titles in competition for the Golden Lion

Great masters and new talents from different parts of the world, as always, in competition and out of competition, representing a large slice of today’s world cinema  

22/07 | Venice 2025

Venice's Orizzonti boasts welcome returns and promising debut features

Venice's Orizzonti boasts welcome returns and promising debut features

Teona Strugar Mitevska and Laura Samani selected in competition; Stephan Komandarev and Daniele Vicari selected in the Venice Spotlight section, formerly known as Orizzonti Extra  

22/07 | Venice 2025

Review: No Way Back

Review: No Way Back

Bastien Bouillon shines with a dark glow in a story about control mixing together psychological realism and suspense, signed Nathalie Najem  

22/07 | Films | Reviews | France

Interviews

Miro Remo • Director of Better Go Mad in the Wild

Miro Remo • Director of Better Go Mad in the Wild
We sat down with the Slovak director, who won the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary and who revealed that he went into €50,000 worth of debt when making his last two films

Christine Haroutounian • Director of After Dreaming

Christine Haroutounian • Director of After Dreaming
The director and artist of Armenian roots breaks down the origins of her film and explains how her powerful images and concepts came into being

Nikola Ležaić • Director of How Come It's All Green Out Here?

Nikola Ležaić • Director of How Come It's All Green Out Here?
The Serbian director discusses his quiet, autobiographical road trip around a weekend across Dalmatia to re-bury his grandmother

Bence Fliegauf and Barbara Bernáth • Director and producer of Jimmy Jaguar

Bence Fliegauf and Barbara Bernáth • Director and producer of Jimmy Jaguar
The Hungarian director and producer discuss their film, a mixture of procedural realism with folk horror that blurs the boundary between reality and psyche

Zaradasht Ahmed • Director of The Lions by the River Tigris

Zaradasht Ahmed • Director of The Lions by the River Tigris
The Kurdish-Iraqi-Norwegian filmmaker shares behind-the-scenes details about his documentary, featuring citizens who act as guardians of cultural heritage in Mosul

João Rosas • Director of The Luminous Life

João Rosas • Director of The Luminous Life
The director unpicks his movie, which continues to build the fictional universe of Nicolau, a world he has developed since the character's childhood through short films

Varvara Hovhannisyan • Head of International Department, Golden Apricot International Film Festival

Varvara Hovhannisyan • Head of International Department, Golden Apricot International Film Festival
Our discussion with the International Department head focused on the Armenian festival’s objectives, and how it has stimulated film production in the country and the region

GoCritic! Interview: Mato Uljarević • Director, short film Urosh

GoCritic! Interview: Mato Uljarević • Director, short film Urosh
Mato Uljarević speaks about the challenges and rewards of creating his first short film, presented with the Zlatko Grgić Award at Animafest Zagreb

Review: The Lost Dream Team

Review: The Lost Dream Team

With his documentary, Jure Pavlović takes us back to the week when Yugoslavia won the Eurobasket and ceased to exist  

22/07 | Pula 2025

Seven European co-productions are competing in Venice’s International Film Critics’ Week

Seven European co-productions are competing in Venice’s International Film Critics’ Week

The autonomous section of the Venice Film Festival presents world premieres for a 40th edition made with “coherence, a hunger for novelty and an anarchic spirit”  

22/07 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics’ Week

Nikola Ležaić • Director of How Come It's All Green Out Here?

Interview: Nikola Ležaić • Director of How Come It's All Green Out Here?

"We believe in our memory, but the only reality is the one we’re in right now"

The Serbian director discusses his quiet, autobiographical road trip around a weekend across Dalmatia to re-bury his grandmother  

22/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Proxima

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Dry Leaf - by Alexandre Koberidze

Dry Leaf
by Alexandre Koberidze
Locarno 2025 - Competition

Perla - by Alexandra Makarová

Perla
by Alexandra Makarová
Rotterdam 2025 - Tiger Competition
Czech release July 24

The Things You Kill - by Alireza Khatami

The Things You Kill
by Alireza Khatami
Sundance 2025 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition Directing Award
French release July 23

Vittoria - by Alessandro Cassigoli, Casey Kauffman

Vittoria
by Alessandro Cassigoli, Casey Kauffman
Venice 2024 – Orizzonti Extra
French release July 23

Milano - by Christina Vandekerckhove

Milano
by Christina Vandekerckhove
Dutch release July 24

Oxana - by Charlène Favier

Oxana
by Charlène Favier
German release July 24

Vermiglio - by Maura Delpero

Vermiglio
by Maura Delpero
Venice 2024 - Grand Jury Prize
German release July 24

Love - by Dag Johan Haugerud

Love
by Dag Johan Haugerud
Venice 2024 - Competition
Czech release July 24

Bence Fliegauf and Barbara Bernáth • Director and producer of Jimmy Jaguar

Interview: Bence Fliegauf and Barbara Bernáth • Director and producer of Jimmy Jaguar

"Jimmy Jaguar is a bodyless revenge demon looking for justice"

The Hungarian director and producer discuss their film, a mixture of procedural realism with folk horror that blurs the boundary between reality and psyche  

22/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

Venice announces the international juries for Orizzonti and the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film

Venice announces the international juries for Orizzonti and the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film

The Orizzonti international jury chair will be Titane director Julia Ducournau, while presiding over the “Luigi De Laurentiis” jury is Aftersun helmer Charlotte Wells  

18/07 | Venice 2025

Irati Gorostidi's debut film, Aro berria, is heading straight to San Sebastián

Irati Gorostidi's debut film, Aro berria, is heading straight to San Sebastián

The film, based on the workers' struggles of the 1970s in the Basque Country, will compete in the New Directors section and features actor Jan Cornet and filmmaker Oliver Laxe among its cast  

18/07 | Production | Funding | Spain

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Reviews

Unicorns - by Sally El Hosaini, James Krishna Floyd

Unicorns
by Sally El Hosaini, James Krishna Floyd
Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd’s Dinard winner is a sweet, if rather predictable, love story about embracing difference and getting over prejudice

True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956 - by Abdenour Zahzah

True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956
by Abdenour Zahzah
BERLINALE 2024: Algeria's Abdenour Zahzah dedicates his fiction feature film to psychiatrist Frantz Fanon and the pioneering role he played in liberating “the sick” from the prison of asylums

South Wind - by Ante Marin

South Wind
by Ante Marin
Stories from six apartments on four storeys of a building overlap over the course of one day in Ante Marin's ambitious and sure-handed debut feature

After Dreaming - by Christine Haroutounian

After Dreaming
by Christine Haroutounian
Christine Haroutounian’s debut feature attempts to expose on screen personal inner worlds, troubled by the uncertainty and anxiety that life in wartime causes

Super Happy Forever - by Kohei Igarashi

Super Happy Forever
by Kohei Igarashi
VENICE 2024: The French-Japanese film by Kohei Igarashi delicately tells the story of a sudden bereavement and traces the birth of a tender love by the sea

Industry Reports

European Policy – 18/07/2025

The European Commission proposes doubling the budget for the AgoraEU programme, merging Creative Europe and CERV

Under the new plan, the Media+ strand is set to grow by 126%, from €1.416 billion to €3.194 billion

Series – 17/07/2025

KVIFF Industry Days focuses on creative control in European and global series development and production

Writers, producers and directors explored the evolving role of showrunners as well as the collaborative models available to facilitate writing

New Media – 16/07/2025

Mario Clement and Arne Totz break down their experience with the OpenAI short I Thought of You Again

“AI is not a one-click solution,” according to the brains behind the project, who discussed the benefits and challenges of this rapidly developing technology at the Explorer Impuls event

Series – 15/07/2025

Karlovy Vary reveals insights into the BBC’s approach to writer development

Head of new writing Jessica Loveland detailed how the UK’s national broadcaster is supporting emerging and established writers

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