MIA Market reveals 2019 platform and partnership with Hot Docs

MIA Market reveals 2019 platform and partnership with Hot Docs

In Toronto, during TIFF 2019, Hot Docs and MIA Doc will sign a collaboration agreement in order to make the partnership official  

13/09 | Toronto 2019 | TIFF Industry

The second edition of the Serial Killer festival approaches

The second edition of the Serial Killer festival approaches

The unique Czech gathering will present the latest European small-screen endeavours  

13/09 | Festivals | Awards | Czech Republic

European titles submitted for the Oscars race

European titles submitted for the Oscars race

A regularly updated list of the titles submitted for the Best International Feature Film Award at the 2020 Academy Awards  

13/09 | Oscars 2020 | Europe

A recap of French sales agents’ main announcements at Toronto

A recap of French sales agents’ main announcements at Toronto

Julia Ducournau’s Titane has joined the ranks of Wild Bunch, Filippo Meneghetti’s Two Of Us smiles favourably on Doc & Film, Marco Dutra goes to Indie Sales and Pulsar Content takes flight  

13/09 | Toronto 2019 | TIFF Industry

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Film Reviews

Martin Eden - by Pietro Marcello - VENICE 2019: In his adaptation of Jack London’s masterpiece, Italian director Pietro Marcello efficiently combines fiction and archive material
Martin Eden
by Pietro Marcello
VENICE 2019: In his adaptation of Jack London’s masterpiece, Italian director Pietro Marcello efficiently combines fiction and archive material
Proxima - by Alice Winocour - France’s Alice Winocour puts her name to an original and very well-executed film on space exploration, painting a portrait of a female astronaut and her daughter
Proxima
by Alice Winocour
France’s Alice Winocour puts her name to an original and very well-executed film on space exploration, painting a portrait of a female astronaut and her daughter
Disco - by Jorunn Myklebust Syversen - Norway’s Jorunn Myklebust Syversen sings, “Ooh, see that girl, watch that scene, digging the Christian dancing queen”
Disco
by Jorunn Myklebust Syversen
Norway’s Jorunn Myklebust Syversen sings, “Ooh, see that girl, watch that scene, digging the Christian dancing queen”
The Audition - by Ina Weisse - Featuring a captivating performance from Nina Hoss, Ina Weisse’s sophomore feature follows a woman trapped in the pursuit of success and abandoning her family
The Audition
by Ina Weisse
Featuring a captivating performance from Nina Hoss, Ina Weisse’s sophomore feature follows a woman trapped in the pursuit of success and abandoning her family
Rocks - by Sarah Gavron - Sarah Gavron's new film revolves around the friendship between female schoolgirls in London's East End – and it rocks
Rocks
by Sarah Gavron
Sarah Gavron's new film revolves around the friendship between female schoolgirls in London's East End – and it rocks
Noura's Dream - by Hinde Boujemaa - Hinde Boujemaa analyses the troubled undercurrents of love and law in Tunisia with a first fiction feature that lets Hind Sabri and Lofti Abdelli shine
Noura's Dream
by Hinde Boujemaa
Hinde Boujemaa analyses the troubled undercurrents of love and law in Tunisia with a first fiction feature that lets Hind Sabri and Lofti Abdelli shine
Ordinary Love - by Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn - Directorial duo Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn’s gentle look at a love that runs deeper than illness ultimately feels slight
Ordinary Love
by Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn
Directorial duo Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn’s gentle look at a love that runs deeper than illness ultimately feels slight
Henry Glassie: Field Work - by Pat Collins - Veteran Irish helmer Pat Collins’ new documentary favours an observational approach as it paints a unique portrait of the titular American scholar
Henry Glassie: Field Work
by Pat Collins
Veteran Irish helmer Pat Collins’ new documentary favours an observational approach as it paints a unique portrait of the titular American scholar
Martin Eden wins the 2019 Toronto Platform Prize

Martin Eden wins the 2019 Toronto Platform Prize

Pietro Marcello’s film was awarded by a jury comprising Athina Rachel Tsangari, Carlo Chatrian and Jessica Kiang; other gongs went to Proxima and How to Build a Girl  

13/09 | Toronto 2019 | Awards

The Zurich Film Festival unveils its rich and varied line-up

The Zurich Film Festival unveils its rich and varied line-up

For its 15th edition, the festival running 26 September to 6 October will place focus on ecology and on women, with the latter directing or playing lead roles in many of this year’s works  

13/09 | Zurich 2019

The Almaty Film Festival is ready to kick off

The Almaty Film Festival is ready to kick off

The second edition of Kazakhstan's biggest film event is due to unspool from 14-20 September  

13/09 | Almaty 2019

Review: Disco

Review: Disco

Norway’s Jorunn Myklebust Syversen sings, “Ooh, see that girl, watch that scene, digging the Christian dancing queen”  

13/09 | Toronto 2019 | Discovery

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Interviews

On a rooftop overlooking the Toronto Film Festival, Cineuropa chatted to Alice Winocour about her new film Proxima, starring Eva Green, Sandra Hüller and Matt Dillon
On a rooftop overlooking the Toronto Film Festival, Cineuropa chatted to Alice Winocour about her new film Proxima, starring Eva Green, Sandra Hüller and Matt Dillon
We talked to German actress, screenwriter and director Ina Weisse about her latest film The Audition, which premiered in the Discovery section at the Toronto International Film Festival
We talked to German actress, screenwriter and director Ina Weisse about her latest film The Audition, which premiered in the Discovery section at the Toronto International Film Festival
Cineuropa chatted to Irish helmer Pat Collins, whose documentary Henry Glassie: Field Work revolves around the renowned American scholar
Cineuropa chatted to Irish helmer Pat Collins, whose documentary Henry Glassie: Field Work revolves around the renowned American scholar
We talked to Slovakian producer and director Miro Drobný about his latest film, Who’s Next?, which addresses the perils of the internet
We talked to Slovakian producer and director Miro Drobný about his latest film, Who’s Next?, which addresses the perils of the internet
We interviewed Shelly Love, the director of the Northern Irish comedy A Bump Along the Way, starring Bronagh Gallagher and Lola Petticrew in the lead roles
We interviewed Shelly Love, the director of the Northern Irish comedy A Bump Along the Way, starring Bronagh Gallagher and Lola Petticrew in the lead roles
We sat down with Kosovar director-scriptwriter Antoneta Kastrati to discuss the background to her Toronto-screened debut feature, ZANA
We sat down with Kosovar director-scriptwriter Antoneta Kastrati to discuss the background to her Toronto-screened debut feature, ZANA
We chatted to Icelandic writer-director Grímur Hákonarson, whose third feature, The County, was presented in Toronto's Contemporary World Cinema section
We chatted to Icelandic writer-director Grímur Hákonarson, whose third feature, The County, was presented in Toronto's Contemporary World Cinema section
VENICE 2019: Paolo Sorrentino talks about returning to Rome, and Venice, for the second season of The Young Pope, which boasts a name change, The New Pope, and John Malkovich added to the cast
VENICE 2019: Paolo Sorrentino talks about returning to Rome, and Venice, for the second season of The Young Pope, which boasts a name change, The New Pope, and John Malkovich added to the cast
Pat Collins • Director of Henry Glassie: Field Work

Interview: Pat Collins • Director of Henry Glassie: Field Work

“The way we were shooting the film echoed the way Henry worked”

Cineuropa chatted to Irish helmer Pat Collins, whose documentary Henry Glassie: Field Work revolves around the renowned American scholar  

13/09 | Toronto 2019 | Contemporary World Cinema

Review: Maria’s Paradise

Review: Maria’s Paradise

Finnish filmmaker Zaida Bergroth proves her versatility with a period drama that suffers from a lacklustre central performance  

13/09 | Toronto 2019 | Contemporary World Cinema

Miro Drobný • Director of Who’s Next?

Interview: Miro Drobný • Director of Who’s Next?

“The internet has become a new religion”

We talked to Slovakian producer and director Miro Drobný about his latest film, Who’s Next?, which addresses the perils of the internet  

13/09

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Martin Eden - by Pietro Marcello - Venice 2019 - Volpi Cup for Best Actor - Toronto 2019 - Platform Prize
Martin Eden
by Pietro Marcello
Venice 2019 - Volpi Cup for Best Actor
Toronto 2019 - Platform Prize
Proxima - by Alice Winocour - Toronto 2019 - Special mention Platform - San Sebastian 2019 - Competition
Proxima
by Alice Winocour
Toronto 2019 - Special mention Platform
San Sebastian 2019 - Competition
The Cave - by Feras Fayyad - Toronto 2019 - People’s Choice Documentary Award
The Cave
by Feras Fayyad
Toronto 2019 - People’s Choice Documentary Award
The Platform - by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia - Toronto 2019 - People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award
The Platform
by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
Toronto 2019 - People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award
Downton Abbey - by Michael Engler - UK release September 13 and German release September 19
Downton Abbey
by Michael Engler
UK release September 13 and German release September 19
Review: Henry Glassie: Field Work

Review: Henry Glassie: Field Work

Veteran Irish helmer Pat Collins’ new documentary favours an observational approach as it paints a unique portrait of the titular American scholar  

13/09 | Toronto 2019 | Contemporary World Cinema

Review: Rocks

Review: Rocks

Sarah Gavron's new film revolves around the friendship between female schoolgirls in London's East End – and it rocks  

13/09 | Toronto 2019 | Platform

Alice Winocour • Director of Proxima

Interview: Alice Winocour • Director of Proxima

“You can be a good mother and a good astronaut”

On a rooftop overlooking the Toronto Film Festival, Cineuropa chatted to Alice Winocour about her new film Proxima, starring Eva Green, Sandra Hüller and Matt Dillon  

12/09 | Toronto 2019 | Platform

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Film Reviews

Hope - by Maria Sødahl - Norwegian writer-director Maria Sødahl delivers an autobiographical and emotionally fragile love story through the powerful duo of Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård
Hope
by Maria Sødahl
Norwegian writer-director Maria Sødahl delivers an autobiographical and emotionally fragile love story through the powerful duo of Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård
Entwined - by Minos Nikolakakis - The feature debut by Minos Nikolakakis mixes an arthouse approach with various horror tropes, resulting in an engaging and disturbing picture
Entwined
by Minos Nikolakakis
The feature debut by Minos Nikolakakis mixes an arthouse approach with various horror tropes, resulting in an engaging and disturbing picture
The Barefoot Emperor - by Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth - The sequel to King of the Belgians is a broad, surrealistic political satire on the current state of Europe, loaded with historical references
The Barefoot Emperor
by Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth
The sequel to King of the Belgians is a broad, surrealistic political satire on the current state of Europe, loaded with historical references
Red Fields - by Keren Yedaya - Israeli Keren Yedaya directs a musical against war and for national demilitarisation, based upon the controversial 1980s rock opera Mami
Red Fields
by Keren Yedaya
Israeli Keren Yedaya directs a musical against war and for national demilitarisation, based upon the controversial 1980s rock opera Mami
The County - by Grímur Hákonarson - Set in a remote Icelandic village inspired by its real-life counterpart Skagafjörður, Grímur Hákonarson's new feature is the powerful story of a brave woman, and much more besides
The County
by Grímur Hákonarson
Set in a remote Icelandic village inspired by its real-life counterpart Skagafjörður, Grímur Hákonarson's new feature is the powerful story of a brave woman, and much more besides
Two of Us - by Filippo Meneghetti - Filippo Meneghetti comes onto the scene with a very clever and finely tuned first feature film, excellently acted by Barbara Sukowa and Martine Chevallier
Two of Us
by Filippo Meneghetti
Filippo Meneghetti comes onto the scene with a very clever and finely tuned first feature film, excellently acted by Barbara Sukowa and Martine Chevallier
1982 - by Oualid Mouaness - Lebanon’s Oualid Mouaness makes his debut with a stirring tribute to the innocence of a child who witnesses the Israeli invasion of Beirut in June 1982
1982
by Oualid Mouaness
Lebanon’s Oualid Mouaness makes his debut with a stirring tribute to the innocence of a child who witnesses the Israeli invasion of Beirut in June 1982
ZANA - by Antoneta Kastrati - Antoneta Kastrati’s feature debut is an homage to the unseen victims of a war that started 20 years ago but which continues to torment an entire silent generation
ZANA
by Antoneta Kastrati
Antoneta Kastrati’s feature debut is an homage to the unseen victims of a war that started 20 years ago but which continues to torment an entire silent generation
The Visioni dal Mondo International Documentary Festival kicks off in Milan

The Visioni dal Mondo International Documentary Festival kicks off in Milan

Milan’s documentary event will run until Sunday 15 September, screening L’uomo che visse tre volte, Bellingcat - Truth in a Post-Truth world, The Feminister and many more  

12/09 | Italy

Review: Ordinary Love

Review: Ordinary Love

Directorial duo Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn’s gentle look at a love that runs deeper than illness ultimately feels slight  

12/09 | Toronto 2019 | Special Presentations

Ten feature films to vie for awards at Batumi

Ten feature films to vie for awards at Batumi

Another eight documentaries and 25 short films will screen in the competition sections, and the festival has scheduled master classes by Paul Schrader and Krzysztof Zanussi  

12/09 | Batumi 2019

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Interviews

Swiss and Algerian filmmaker Karim Sayad talks to us about his latest work My English Cousin, which is screening in Toronto's TIFF Docs section
Swiss and Algerian filmmaker Karim Sayad talks to us about his latest work My English Cousin, which is screening in Toronto's TIFF Docs section
VENICE 2019: Ciro Guerra talks about the creative joys and challenges of adapting the JM Coetzee novel in Waiting for the Barbarians, which premiered in the competition for the Golden Lion
VENICE 2019: Ciro Guerra talks about the creative joys and challenges of adapting the JM Coetzee novel in Waiting for the Barbarians, which premiered in the competition for the Golden Lion
VENICE 2019: Peter Mackie Burns chatted to Cineuropa about his Orizzonti film Rialto, which has nothing to do with the bridge in Venice
VENICE 2019: Peter Mackie Burns chatted to Cineuropa about his Orizzonti film Rialto, which has nothing to do with the bridge in Venice
VENICE 2019: American directorial duo P David Ebersole and Todd Hughes talked to us about their documentary House of Cardin, presented in the Giornate degli Autori
VENICE 2019: American directorial duo P David Ebersole and Todd Hughes talked to us about their documentary House of Cardin, presented in the Giornate degli Autori
VENICE 2019: Actress-director Isabel Sandoval talks to us about her third feature, Lingua Franca, together with her co-lead, Eamon Farren, in the Giornate degli Autori
VENICE 2019: Actress-director Isabel Sandoval talks to us about her third feature, Lingua Franca, together with her co-lead, Eamon Farren, in the Giornate degli Autori
VENICE 2019: During the Giornate degli Autori, we spoke to director Costanza Quatriglio about the CSC's Documentary Film Course, which she herself directs
VENICE 2019: During the Giornate degli Autori, we spoke to director Costanza Quatriglio about the CSC's Documentary Film Course, which she herself directs
VENICE 2019: We spoke to Bartabas, the man behind Time of the Untamed, chosen as the closing film of the Giornate degli Autori
VENICE 2019: We spoke to Bartabas, the man behind Time of the Untamed, chosen as the closing film of the Giornate degli Autori
VENICE 2019: Japanese star Joe Odagiri presents his feature-length directorial debut, They Say Nothing Stays the Same, in the Giornate degli Autori
VENICE 2019: Japanese star Joe Odagiri presents his feature-length directorial debut, They Say Nothing Stays the Same, in the Giornate degli Autori
Laurent Cantet is shooting Arthur Rambo

Laurent Cantet is shooting Arthur Rambo

Rabah Naït Oufella, Sofian Khammes and Antoine Reinartz lead the cast of this production by Les Films de Pierre, set to be sold by Playtime  

12/09 | Production | Funding | France

Take Me Somewhere Nice triumphs at the Seoul International Women's Film Festival

Take Me Somewhere Nice triumphs at the Seoul International Women's Film Festival

European films dominated the Korean event, with Summer Survivors and Hormigas picking up Best Director and the Special Jury Prize, respectively  

12/09 | Festivals | Awards | South Korea

Shooting has begun in Trieste on Non odiare

Shooting has begun in Trieste on Non odiare

Alessandro Gassmann, Sara Serraiocco and Luka Zunic lead the cast of Mauro Mancini’s debut film, an Italian-Polish co-production by Movimento Film and Agresywna Banda  

12/09 | Production | Funding | Italy/Poland

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

And Then We Danced - by Levan Akin - Cannes 2019 - Directors' Fortnight - Swedish release September 13
And Then We Danced
by Levan Akin
Cannes 2019 - Directors' Fortnight
Swedish release September 13
Portrait of a Lady on Fire - by Céline Sciamma - Cannes 2019 - Best Screenplay - French release September 18
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
by Céline Sciamma
Cannes 2019 - Best Screenplay
French release September 18
System Crasher - by Nora Fingscheidt - Berlinale 2019 - Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize - German release September 19
System Crasher
by Nora Fingscheidt
Berlinale 2019 - Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize
German release September 19
Three Days And a Life - by Nicolas Boukhrief - French and Belgium releases September 18
Three Days And a Life
by Nicolas Boukhrief
French and Belgium releases September 18
My Extraordinary Summer with Tess - by Steven Wouterlood - Berlinale 2019 - Generation Kplus - French release September 18
My Extraordinary Summer with Tess
by Steven Wouterlood
Berlinale 2019 - Generation Kplus
French release September 18

Industry Reports

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

27/06/2019

A focus on Switzerland by Europa Distribution

The European distributors network sheds some light on the situation of independent film distribution in the country

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