EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Warsaw title I Am Fine, Thanks

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Warsaw title I Am Fine, Thanks

Ernestas Jankauskas’ second feature, sold worldwide by Italy’s TVCO, centres on a neuroscientist who checks herself out of an anxiety clinic and tries to get back her position as a lead researcher  

17/09 | Warsaw 2021

Icíar Bollaín • Director of Maixabel

Interview: Icíar Bollaín • Director of Maixabel

"In the Basque Country, they still have a complex task ahead of them – that of learning to live together"

In her new movie – and with the complete dedication of her accomplice Blanca Portillo – the Madrilenian filmmaker reconstructs a recent real-life event linked with the terrorism suffered by Spain  

17/09 | San Sebastián 2021 | Competition

The 36th Namur International French-Language Film Festival boasts a jam-packed programme

The 36th Namur International French-Language Film Festival boasts a jam-packed programme

This edition will be opened and closed by two festival regulars: Joachim Lafosse (with The Restless) and Catherine Corsini (with The Divide)  

17/09 | Namur 2021

The latest crop of European episodic production to be showcased at Serial Killer

The latest crop of European episodic production to be showcased at Serial Killer

From 21-26 September, the fourth, hybrid, edition of the international festival for TV and web series will be spotlighting Belgian episodic production  

17/09 | Festivals | Awards | Czech Republic

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Industry Reports

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - How can Nordic films reach an international audience? - 14/09/2021

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 14/09/2021
How can Nordic films reach an international audience?
The circulation and promotion of Scandinavian films is the focus of an Europa Distribution panel at Haugesund’s New Nordic Films

Market Trends
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As the global audiovisual sector attempts to recover and the busy festival season moves ahead, Cineuropa keeps on covering the European film industry's most recent developments and market trends with fresh reports and interviews. Read our latest articles here.

Produce – Co-Produce... - The Co-production Podcast – Episode 08 - 16/09/2021

Produce – Co-Produce... – 16/09/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 08
The producers of Dénes Nagy's Natural Light are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Europe and the Rest of the World - Butheina Kazim • Founder, Cinema Akil - 16/09/2021

Europe and the Rest of the World – 16/09/2021
Butheina Kazim • Founder, Cinema Akil
We spoke about the programming strategies of the only independent arthouse cinema in the Gulf region, focusing on its curatorial approach to European films and its work on engaging audiences

Europe and the Rest of the World - Peggy Johnson  • Executive Director, The Loft Cinema - 16/09/2021

Europe and the Rest of the World – 16/09/2021
Peggy Johnson  • Executive Director, The Loft Cinema
The Executive Director of the Arizona-based theatre discussed its main initiatives, the reception of classics and new titles by the audience, and programming European films

Europe and the Rest of the World - AJD Industry Days to be launched in 2022 - 14/09/2021

Europe and the Rest of the World – 14/09/2021
AJD Industry Days to be launched in 2022
The industry programme of AJB DOC will be launched at the 5th edition of the festival, while an MoU was also signed by the Al Jazeera Balkans and Al Jazeera Documentary managing directors

New Media - VR technologies and metaverses are set to change media production and entertainment modes, say panellists at the Venice Production Bridge - 14/09/2021

New Media – 14/09/2021
VR technologies and metaverses are set to change media production and entertainment modes, say panellists at the Venice Production Bridge
Experts discussed how creators are pushing the boundaries to create real-time, multi-person experiences ranging from festivals, live performance, games and other artistic forms

Produce – Co-Produce... - Co-productions are still European film industry’s firepower, say the panellists of the European Producers Club - 14/09/2021

Produce – Co-Produce... – 14/09/2021
Co-productions are still European film industry’s firepower, say the panellists of the European Producers Club
The talk explored the measures put in place by European film bodies to resume filming, the new opportunities offered by virtual production and new co-productions models

The Visioni Dal Mondo International Documentary Festival kicks off in Milan

The Visioni Dal Mondo International Documentary Festival kicks off in Milan

From 16 to 19 September, the event will explore the cinema of the real through 38 documentary premieres  

16/09 | Festivals | Awards | Italy

Review: Yuni

Review: Yuni

Indonesia’s Kamila Andini delivers a beautiful and sensitive work, telling a harmonious and bittersweet story about a young woman caught between yearnings for freedom and local tradition  

17/09 | Toronto 2021 | Platform

Shooting kicks off on Le Terme di Terezin

Shooting kicks off on Le Terme di Terezin

Shot inside the infamous Theresienstadt concentration camp, the film is co-produced by Italy’s Minerva Pictures and Czech firm Three Brothers Production  

17/09 | Production | Funding | Italy/Czech Republic

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Co-Production Podcast

The Co-production Podcast – Episode 08 - 16/09/2021

16/09/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 08
The producers of Dénes Nagy's Natural Light are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

The Co-production Podcast – Episode 07 - 06/09/2021

06/09/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 07
The producers of Kristina Buožytė and Bruno Samper's Vesper Seeds are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

The Co-production Podcast – Episode 06 - 07/07/2021

07/07/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 06
The producers of Juho Kuosmanen's Compartment No. 6 are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

The Co-production Podcast – Episode 05 - 05/07/2021

05/07/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 05
The producers of Nora Martirosyan's Should the Wind Drop are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

The Co-production Podcast – Episode 04 - 25/05/2021

25/05/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 04
The producers of Marko Šantić's Wake Me are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

The Co-production Podcast – Episode 03 - 03/05/2021

03/05/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 03
The producers of Philippe Lacôte's The Night of the Kings are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

The Co-production Podcast – Episode 02 - 06/04/2021

06/04/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 02
The producers of Oleh Sentsov's Rhino are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

The Co-production Podcast – Episode 00 - 01/04/2021

01/04/2021
The Co-production Podcast – Episode 00
Cineuropa's editor-in-chief Domenico La Porta speaks with Roberto Olla, executive director of Eurimages, about their new collaboration and the European audiovisual landscape

Jonas Poher Rasmussen • Director of Flee

Interview: Jonas Poher Rasmussen • Director of Flee

“I didn’t intend to do a refugee story; I wanted to do a story about my friend”

We talked to the Danish director whose latest movie has become one of the year’s most celebrated titles and came out on top at Millennium Docs Against Gravity  

17/09 | Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2021

Beldocs Industry awards go to projects from Serbia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Montenegro and North Macedonia

Beldocs Industry awards go to projects from Serbia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Montenegro and North Macedonia

The Ukrainian project Fragments of Ice by Maria Stoianova and Boro-Ramiz by Serbia's Ana Dragić have won the top prizes in the international and Serbian sections, respectively  

17/09 | Beldocs 2021 | Beldocs Industry/Awards

Landscapes of Resistance and This Rain Will Never Stop triumph at Beldocs

Landscapes of Resistance and This Rain Will Never Stop triumph at Beldocs

Young women filmmakers dominated both the international and the Serbian competition sections of the gathering  

17/09 | Beldocs 2021 | Awards

Zaida Bergroth’s biopic Tove wins big at the Jussi Awards

Zaida Bergroth’s biopic Tove wins big at the Jussi Awards

The Best Documentary Award went to Elina Talvensaari’s Lady Time, with Games People Play and Aalto also noticed  

17/09 | Festivals | Awards | Finland

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Reviews

Earwig - by Lucile Hadzihalilovic

Earwig
by Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Lucile Hadzihalilovic signs a cryptic and bewitching work, a subjugating saturnian masterpiece pushing the doors of other dimensions

Arthur Rambo - by Laurent Cantet

Arthur Rambo
by Laurent Cantet
With trademark subtlety, Laurent Cantet analyses the different sides to identity by broaching the subject of offensive outbursts on social media to tell the tale of a fall from grace

Yuni - by Kamila Andini

Yuni
by Kamila Andini
Indonesia’s Kamila Andini delivers a beautiful and sensitive work, telling a harmonious and bittersweet story about a young woman caught between yearnings for freedom and local tradition

Inexorable - by Fabrice du Welz

Inexorable
by Fabrice du Welz
Fabrice Du Welz delivers an incredibly dark film noir scrutinising an inescapably fatal encounter between a mysterious young woman and a very bourgeois couple

Nobody Has To Know - by Bouli Lanners

Nobody Has To Know
by Bouli Lanners
Bouli Lanners deterritorialises his cinema to tell, in English, a tender and delicate love story, doubled with a portrait of emancipation and a reflection on memory

Anaïs in Love - by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet

Anaïs in Love
by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
CANNES 2021: Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet delivers a fast-paced, existentialist comedy of manners which is refreshing, entertaining and skilfully subdued

El Gran Movimiento - by Kiro Russo

El Gran Movimiento
by Kiro Russo
VENICE 2021: Bolivia’s Kiro Russo delivers a fascinating film where nature and the poison of sprawling urbanisation collide to seismic effect

Il buco - by Michelangelo Frammartino

Il buco
by Michelangelo Frammartino
VENICE 2021: Michelangelo Frammartino captures the breath and the rhythm of the spaces that he explores, through the story of a group of young speleologists descending into a deep cave in Calabria in 1961

The Co-production Podcast - Episode 08

The Co-production Podcast - Episode 08

The producers of Dénes Nagy's Natural Light are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support  

16/09 | The Co-production Podcast

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Juan Sebastián Mesa’s The Rust

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Juan Sebastián Mesa’s The Rust

This Colombian-French co-production is the second feature by the director of Los Nadie and is competing in the New Directors section of San Sebastián  

16/09 | San Sebastián 2021 | New Directors

The Zurich Film Festival unveils a programme lending an important place to Hollywood glitz

The Zurich Film Festival unveils a programme lending an important place to Hollywood glitz

Zurich will host its festival from 23 September to 3 October, targeting wider audiences and arthouse cinema fans alike  

16/09 | Zurich 2021

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Interviews

Bouli Lanners • Director of Nobody Has to Know

Bouli Lanners • Director of Nobody Has to Know
Cineuropa met with the Belgian filmmaker who is presenting his latest film, a real departure from his previous work since it is a love story and in English

Jonas Poher Rasmussen • Director of Flee

Jonas Poher Rasmussen • Director of Flee
We talked to the Danish director whose latest movie has become one of the year’s most celebrated titles and came out on top at Millennium Docs Against Gravity

Icíar Bollaín • Director of Maixabel

Icíar Bollaín • Director of Maixabel
In her new movie – and with the complete dedication of her accomplice Blanca Portillo – the Madrilenian filmmaker reconstructs a recent real-life event linked with the terrorism suffered by Spain

Butheina Kazim • Founder, Cinema Akil

Butheina Kazim • Founder, Cinema Akil
We spoke about the programming strategies of the only independent arthouse cinema in the Gulf region, focusing on its curatorial approach to European films and its work on engaging audiences

Peggy Johnson  • Executive Director, The Loft Cinema

Peggy Johnson  • Executive Director, The Loft Cinema
The Executive Director of the Arizona-based theatre discussed its main initiatives, the reception of classics and new titles by the audience, and programming European films

Sinje Köhler  • Director of Viva Forever

Sinje Köhler  • Director of Viva Forever
The German director’s debut explores the dynamics behind long-lasting friendships

Francesco Lettieri • Director of Lovely Boy

Francesco Lettieri • Director of Lovely Boy
VENICE 2021: The sophomore film by the Italian director tells of the dizzying rise and fall of a young trap music star who got sucked into a downward spiral of drugs and self-destruction

Antoinette Boulat • Director of My Night

Antoinette Boulat • Director of My Night
VENICE 2021: The French casting director tells us about fulfilling a lifelong dream by calling the shots on a film set, and how grief, desire and spending a night with a girl in Paris contributed

Europa Distribution to discuss practices developed by distributors during the Covid crisis at San Sebastián

Europa Distribution to discuss practices developed by distributors during the Covid crisis at San Sebastián

The network will gather experts and professionals to address the flexibility and adaptation of the industry on 20 September  

16/09 | San Sebastián 2021 | San Sebastián Industry

Butheina Kazim • Founder, Cinema Akil

Interview: Butheina Kazim • Founder, Cinema Akil

“It’s been challenging since Day 1”

We spoke about the programming strategies of the only independent arthouse cinema in the Gulf region, focusing on its curatorial approach to European films and its work on engaging audiences  

16/09 | /United Arab Emirates

Review: I Am Not Alone

Review: I Am Not Alone

Garin Hovannisian’s political documentary may not be unbiased, but it is technically polished and emotionally charged  

16/09 | AJB DOC 2021

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Maixabel - by Icíar Bollaín

Maixabel
by Icíar Bollaín
San Sebastián 2021 - Competition
Spanish release September 24

Earwig - by Lucile Hadzihalilovic

Earwig
by Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Toronto 2021 - Platform
San Sebastián 2021 - Competition

Josephine - by Javier Marco

Josephine
by Javier Marco
San Sebastián 2021 - New Directors

Quo Vadis, Aida? - by Jasmila Žbanić

Quo Vadis, Aida?
by Jasmila Žbanić
Venice 2020 - Competition
Oscar Nominations 2021 - Best International Feature Film
Polish release September 17, French release September 22, Czech release September 23

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn - by Radu Jude

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
by Radu Jude
Berlinale 2021 - Golden Bear for Best Film
Norwegian release September 17 and Polish release September 24

The Good Boss - by Fernando León de Aranoa

The Good Boss
by Fernando León de Aranoa
San Sebastián 2021 - Competition

Quién lo impide - by Jonás Trueba

Quién lo impide
by Jonás Trueba
San Sebastián - Competition

Yuni - by Kamila Andini

Yuni
by Kamila Andini
Toronto 2021 - Platform

Peggy Johnson  • Executive Director, The Loft Cinema

Interview: Peggy Johnson  • Executive Director, The Loft Cinema

“We have open doors to any films and no limitations”

The Executive Director of the Arizona-based theatre discussed its main initiatives, the reception of classics and new titles by the audience, and programming European films  

16/09 | /US

Sinje Köhler  • Director of Viva Forever

Interview: Sinje Köhler  • Director of Viva Forever

“Real friendships have a solid base that won't alter with age, something that stays forever”

The German director’s debut explores the dynamics behind long-lasting friendships  

16/09 | /Germany

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces the first six titles in its Official Selection

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces the first six titles in its Official Selection

The 25th edition of the Estonian festival, unspooling from 12-28 November, will include the world premieres of works by European directors Kristijonas Vildžiūna, György Pálfi and Aku Louhimies  

16/09 | Black Nights 2021 | Competition

Interviews

Laurent Cantet  • Director of Arthur Rambo

Laurent Cantet  • Director of Arthur Rambo
The French filmmaker explores the violent era of social media through the story of a young and popular novelist who suffers a vertiginous fall from grace

Fabrice Du Welz • Director of Inexorable

Fabrice Du Welz • Director of Inexorable
The Belgian director spoke to us about this new film which is very much in keeping with his previous work, but which also breathes fresh air into his cinema by exploring the huis clos form

Csilla Kató • Artistic director, Astra Film Festival

Csilla Kató • Artistic director, Astra Film Festival
The festival is currently unfolding online until Sunday, following a physical edition held between 5-12 September, whose strengths and challenges we discussed with its artistic director

Roberto Andò • Director of The Hidden Child

Roberto Andò • Director of The Hidden Child
VENICE 2021: We chatted with the director about his latest film, which closed the Venice Film Festival

Keti Stamo • Director of Sons of Cain

Keti Stamo • Director of Sons of Cain
VENICE 2021: The director has crafted a dreamlike documentary that calls into question the strict nature of the Kanun, the ancient Albanian code which dictates a blood-for-blood approach

Yvan Attal • Director of The Accusation

Yvan Attal • Director of The Accusation
VENICE 2021: The French director faced several challenges while adapting Karine Tuil’s rape-case novel Les choses humaines, including a delicate scriptwriting process

Ciro De Caro • Director of Giulia

Ciro De Caro • Director of Giulia
VENICE 2021: The Italian director is presenting his new film, which centres on a young woman who, one scorching summer in Rome, searches for her place in the world in her own particular way

Alessandro Gassmann • Director of The Great Silence

Alessandro Gassmann • Director of The Great Silence
VENICE 2021: The Italian actor-director brings Maurizio De Giovanni's stage play of the same name to the big screen, in which a once well-off family is forced to face up to their own secrets

Review: Wait for Me

Review: Wait for Me

Damir Markovina studies the dynamics, relationships and emotions within his family in his debut documentary  

16/09 | AJB DOC 2021

Prague International Film Festival – Febiofest to premiere the latest batch of Czech films

Prague International Film Festival – Febiofest to premiere the latest batch of Czech films

The sprawling gathering will be opened by Woody Allen’s Rifkin’s Festival on 17 September and brought to a close by Florian Zeller’s The Father on the 24th  

16/09 | Festivals | Awards | Czech Republic

La Cour des miracles by Carine May and Hakim Zouhani is now in post-production

La Cour des miracles by Carine May and Hakim Zouhani is now in post-production

Rachida Brakni, Anaïde Rozam, Gilbert Melki and Disiz La Peste star in the cast of the filmmaking duo’s first feature film, which is produced by Haut et Court and sold by France TV Distribution  

16/09 | Production | Funding | France

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Huda's Salon - by Hany Abu-Assad

Huda's Salon
by Hany Abu-Assad
Toronto 2021 - Platform

Silent Land - by Agnieszka Woszczynska

Silent Land
by Agnieszka Woszczynska
Toronto 2021 - Platform

The Middle Man - by Bent Hamer

The Middle Man
by Bent Hamer
Toronto 2021 - Special Presentations
Norwegian release September 17

The Daughter - by Manuel Martín Cuenca

The Daughter
by Manuel Martín Cuenca
Toronto 2021 - Contemporary World Cinema
San Sebastián 2021 - Out of competition

The Mad Women's Ball - by Mélanie Laurent

The Mad Women's Ball
by Mélanie Laurent
Toronto 2021 - Gala

Industry Reports

Produce – Co-Produce... – 16/09/2021

The Co-production Podcast – Episode 08

The producers of Dénes Nagy's Natural Light are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Europe and the Rest of the World – 16/09/2021

Butheina Kazim • Founder, Cinema Akil

We spoke about the programming strategies of the only independent arthouse cinema in the Gulf region, focusing on its curatorial approach to European films and its work on engaging audiences

Europe and the Rest of the World – 16/09/2021

Peggy Johnson  • Executive Director, The Loft Cinema

The Executive Director of the Arizona-based theatre discussed its main initiatives, the reception of classics and new titles by the audience, and programming European films

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 14/09/2021

How can Nordic films reach an international audience?

The circulation and promotion of Scandinavian films is the focus of an Europa Distribution panel at Haugesund’s New Nordic Films

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