Review: Subterranean

Review: Subterranean

A reconstruction of real events, this “rockumentary” by Gabriel Velázquez and Manuel Matanza recounts the American adventure undertaken by two beguiling characters who walk on the wild side  

27/11 | Gijón 2020

Watch on Cineuropa: Immortal stars, timeless talents

Watch on Cineuropa: Immortal stars, timeless talents

To celebrate the extraordinary legacies of the actors and directors who left us in the 2010s, here’s a few of their gems for you to watch on Cineuropa!  

27/11 | Watch on Cineuropa

The European film industry strives to find its way through the second wave of the coronavirus

The European film industry strives to find its way through the second wave of the coronavirus

We present an overview of the film events affected by the new measures announced by national governments to contain the fresh surge in the COVID-19 pandemic  

27/11 | Europe

Review: The Dawn

Review: The Dawn

The approaching apocalypse puts a married couple at risk in Dalibor Matanić’s film, premiering in competition at Tallinn Black Nights  

27/11 | Black Nights 2020 | Competition

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Film Reviews

Radiograph of a Family - by Firouzeh Khosrovani - Firouzeh Khosrovani wins the IDFA Award for the Best Feature-length Documentary with a superb personal essay about our divided world
Radiograph of a Family
by Firouzeh Khosrovani
Firouzeh Khosrovani wins the IDFA Award for the Best Feature-length Documentary with a superb personal essay about our divided world
Il buco in testa - by Antonio Capuano - Through the story of a victim of terrorism, Antonio Capuano establishes a link between the political violence of the 1970s and the strain infecting society today
Il buco in testa
by Antonio Capuano
Through the story of a victim of terrorism, Antonio Capuano establishes a link between the political violence of the 1970s and the strain infecting society today
The Dawn - by Dalibor Matanic - The approaching apocalypse puts a married couple at risk in Dalibor Matanić’s film, premiering in competition at Tallinn Black Nights
The Dawn
by Dalibor Matanic
The approaching apocalypse puts a married couple at risk in Dalibor Matanić’s film, premiering in competition at Tallinn Black Nights
Submission - by Leonardo Antonio - Iolanda Laranjeiro makes an impact in Leonardo Antonio's story about rape within marriage, which drifts into melodrama
Submission
by Leonardo Antonio
Iolanda Laranjeiro makes an impact in Leonardo Antonio's story about rape within marriage, which drifts into melodrama
Bilesuvar - by Elvin Adigozel - Elvin Adigozel creates an atmospheric and existentialist film, painting through five stories the elliptical portrait of everyday life and of evanescent horizons in the heart of Azerbaijan
Bilesuvar
by Elvin Adigozel
Elvin Adigozel creates an atmospheric and existentialist film, painting through five stories the elliptical portrait of everyday life and of evanescent horizons in the heart of Azerbaijan
Subterranean - by Gabriel Velázquez, Manuel Matanza - A reconstruction of real events, this “rockumentary” by Gabriel Velázquez and Manuel Matanza recounts the American adventure undertaken by two beguiling characters who walk on the wild side
Subterranean
by Gabriel Velázquez, Manuel Matanza
A reconstruction of real events, this “rockumentary” by Gabriel Velázquez and Manuel Matanza recounts the American adventure undertaken by two beguiling characters who walk on the wild side
When I'm Done Dying - by Nisan Dağ - Turkish writer-director Nisan Dağ's second feature is an intriguing drama set in Istanbul's local hip-hop subculture
When I'm Done Dying
by Nisan Dağ
Turkish writer-director Nisan Dağ's second feature is an intriguing drama set in Istanbul's local hip-hop subculture
Caged Birds - by Oliver Rihs - Joel Basman and Marie Leuenberger prove an exciting pair who inject most welcome energy into Oliver Rihs’ latest film
Caged Birds
by Oliver Rihs
Joel Basman and Marie Leuenberger prove an exciting pair who inject most welcome energy into Oliver Rihs’ latest film
Review: Submission

Review: Submission

Iolanda Laranjeiro makes an impact in Leonardo Antonio's story about rape within marriage, which drifts into melodrama  

27/11 | Black Nights 2020 | Competition

The final clapperboard is set to slam on Jean-Christophe Meurisse’s Oranges sanguines

The final clapperboard is set to slam on Jean-Christophe Meurisse’s Oranges sanguines

Alexandre Steiger, Christophe Paou, Vincent Dedienne, Blanche Gardin and Denis Podalydès, all star in the cast of this Mamma Roman and Rectangle production, set to be sold by Best Friend Forever  

27/11 | Production | Funding | France

The Rome Independent Film Festival kicks off online

The Rome Independent Film Festival kicks off online

Running today until 4 December, the 9th edition of the festival will unspool in a virtual cinema with Havel opening the focus on Czech cinema  

27/11 | Festivals | Awards | Italy

Series review: 30 Coins

Series review: 30 Coins

Álex de la Iglesia helms an orgy of dramatic effects and homages to the fantasy genre, with particularly knowing nods to traditional Spanish horror  

27/11 | Series | Reviews | Spain

Cinemas will survive but they need to adapt, say panelists at the Zagreb Film Festival

Cinemas will survive but they need to adapt, say panelists at the Zagreb Film Festival

Trying to figure out “How to Protect Cinemas During the Pandemic COVID-19?”, participants of the online panel shared their fears and hopes for the future  

27/11 | Zagreb 2020 | Zagreb Industry

Review: Bilesuvar

Review: Bilesuvar

Elvin Adigozel creates an atmospheric and existentialist film, painting through five stories the elliptical portrait of everyday life and of evanescent horizons in the heart of Azerbaijan  

27/11 | Films | Reviews | France/Azerbaijan

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We took the opportunity to chat with Jo Sol about Armugan, one of the titles playing in main competition at this year’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
We took the opportunity to chat with Jo Sol about Armugan, one of the titles playing in main competition at this year’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
We chatted with Bulgarian director Ivaylo Hristov, who is competing at Tallinn Black Nights with his fourth feature, the immigrant fable Fear
We chatted with Bulgarian director Ivaylo Hristov, who is competing at Tallinn Black Nights with his fourth feature, the immigrant fable Fear
Armenia’s Jivan Avetisyan tells us about his latest feature, its exclusion from Moscow Film Festival and his new projects
Armenia’s Jivan Avetisyan tells us about his latest feature, its exclusion from Moscow Film Festival and his new projects
Sarah Chazelle and Etienne Ollagnier, founders of Jour2Fête, talk to us about independent distribution in France and its struggle against the pandemic
Sarah Chazelle and Etienne Ollagnier, founders of Jour2Fête, talk to us about independent distribution in France and its struggle against the pandemic
Portugal's Leonardo Antonio discusses his Black Nights-screened film Submission, about a woman who files a court case against her own husband for rape
Portugal's Leonardo Antonio discusses his Black Nights-screened film Submission, about a woman who files a court case against her own husband for rape
We met up with Portuguese producer Nuno Bernardo, one of the experts of the 2020 edition of Erich Pommer Institut’s Digital Distribution workshop
We met up with Portuguese producer Nuno Bernardo, one of the experts of the 2020 edition of Erich Pommer Institut’s Digital Distribution workshop
We spoke to Vit Schmarc, CEO of Artcam Films, who shared with us some insight on the situation of independent film distribution in the Czech Republic
We spoke to Vit Schmarc, CEO of Artcam Films, who shared with us some insight on the situation of independent film distribution in the Czech Republic
We had a chat with Alberto La Monica, director of the Lecce European Film Festival, about its recent edition and what the Italian region in which it takes place has to offer to the industry
We had a chat with Alberto La Monica, director of the Lecce European Film Festival, about its recent edition and what the Italian region in which it takes place has to offer to the industry
Review: Il buco in testa

Review: Il buco in testa

Through the story of a victim of terrorism, Antonio Capuano establishes a link between the political violence of the 1970s and the strain infecting society today  

27/11 | Turin 2020

Review: Gracious Night

Review: Gracious Night

Mika Kaurismäki makes a case for obeying stay-in orders during the pandemic – as long as you are staying in a bar  

27/11 | Black Nights 2020 | Competition

Afterparty wins the MIDPOINT HBO Europe Award at Tallinn Black Nights

Afterparty wins the MIDPOINT HBO Europe Award at Tallinn Black Nights

The last stop of the six-month training course was rounded off by the Season Finale pitching presentation of the nine participating projects  

27/11 | MIDPOINT 2020

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Fear - by Ivaylo Hristov - Tallin 2020 - Grand Prix for the Best Film
Fear
by Ivaylo Hristov
Tallin 2020 - Grand Prix for the Best Film
Submission - by Leonardo Antonio - Tallin 2020 - Best Script
Submission
by Leonardo Antonio
Tallin 2020 - Best Script
Caged Birds - by Oliver Rihs - Tallin 2020 - Best Actress
Caged Birds
by Oliver Rihs
Tallin 2020 - Best Actress
Erna at War - by Henrik Ruben Genz - Tallin 2020 - Best Actor
Erna at War
by Henrik Ruben Genz
Tallin 2020 - Best Actor
Beasts - by Naël Marandin - Cannes 2020 - Critics' Week - Tallin 2020 - Best Cinematography
Beasts
by Naël Marandin
Cannes 2020 - Critics' Week
Tallin 2020 - Best Cinematography
Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event hand out their awards

Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event hand out their awards

Zeynep Dadak has won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award, while the Post Production Award was split between Kalev and Nuucha  

27/11 | Black Nights 2020 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event/Awards

Review: Radiograph of a Family

Review: Radiograph of a Family

Firouzeh Khosrovani wins the IDFA Award for the Best Feature-length Documentary with a superb personal essay about our divided world  

27/11 | IDFA 2020

Radiograph of a Family is the big winner of this year's IDFA

Radiograph of a Family is the big winner of this year's IDFA

The festival’s awards ceremony took place both in Amsterdam’s Vlaams Cultuurhuis De Brakke Grond and online  

27/11 | IDFA 2020 | Awards

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Erna at War - by Henrik Ruben Genz - Henrik Ruben Genz's movie is a tale of courage and maternal love starring Trine Dyrholm in the lead role
Erna at War
by Henrik Ruben Genz
Henrik Ruben Genz's movie is a tale of courage and maternal love starring Trine Dyrholm in the lead role
Beasts - by Naël Marandin - Recipient of a 2020 Cannes label and carried by excellent performances, Naël Marandin’s accomplished second feature is a story of domination among the economic challenges of animal farming
Beasts
by Naël Marandin
Recipient of a 2020 Cannes label and carried by excellent performances, Naël Marandin’s accomplished second feature is a story of domination among the economic challenges of animal farming
25 Years of Innocence. The Case of Tomek Komenda - by Jan Holoubek - Debuting director Jan Holoubek finds his footing with a solid, if grim, retelling of a real-life tragedy
25 Years of Innocence. The Case of Tomek Komenda
by Jan Holoubek
Debuting director Jan Holoubek finds his footing with a solid, if grim, retelling of a real-life tragedy
Should the Wind Drop - by Nora Martirosyan - A work of fiction awarded labels by Cannes and overtaken by current events and war, Nora Martirosyan’s first feature film lifts the veil on a land in search of existence, identity and borders
Should the Wind Drop
by Nora Martirosyan
A work of fiction awarded labels by Cannes and overtaken by current events and war, Nora Martirosyan’s first feature film lifts the veil on a land in search of existence, identity and borders
The Last Ones - by Veiko Õunpuu - Veiko Õunpuu’s new film, Estonia’s submission for the 2021 Oscars, is a modern Lapland-set western rich in testosterone where capitalism clashes with ecology, dreams with reality
The Last Ones
by Veiko Õunpuu
Veiko Õunpuu’s new film, Estonia’s submission for the 2021 Oscars, is a modern Lapland-set western rich in testosterone where capitalism clashes with ecology, dreams with reality
In the Mirror - by Laila Pakalniņa - Laila Pakalniņa reinterprets the fairy tale Snow White and the Seven Dwarves in a CrossFit-obsessed universe that is not too far removed from reality
In the Mirror
by Laila Pakalniņa
Laila Pakalniņa reinterprets the fairy tale Snow White and the Seven Dwarves in a CrossFit-obsessed universe that is not too far removed from reality
Final Report - by István Szabó - Veteran Hungarian helmer István Szabó’s latest feature is a sedate contemplation of old age
Final Report
by István Szabó
Veteran Hungarian helmer István Szabó’s latest feature is a sedate contemplation of old age
Gracious Night - by Mika Kaurismäki - Mika Kaurismäki makes a case for obeying stay-in orders during the pandemic – as long as you are staying in a bar
Gracious Night
by Mika Kaurismäki
Mika Kaurismäki makes a case for obeying stay-in orders during the pandemic – as long as you are staying in a bar
EUFCN Location Award 2020 Finalist: Pažaislis Monastery

EUFCN Location Award 2020 Finalist: Pažaislis Monastery

Jonas Spokas, Gary Tuck and Lineta Miseikyte describe how the Baroque Monastery in Kaunas, was transformed to host the production of the HBO/Sky miniseries Catherine the Great  

27/11 | EUFCN Location Award 2020

Review: White Cube

Review: White Cube

Renzo Martens’ much-anticipated sequel to Enjoy Poverty explores what the art world can give back to former Congolese plantation workers  

26/11 | IDFA 2020

Jo Sol • Director of Armugan

Interview: Jo Sol • Director of Armugan

“Accompanying my father at the end of his life was the inception of this path”

We took the opportunity to chat with Jo Sol about Armugan, one of the titles playing in main competition at this year’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival  

26/11 | Black Nights 2020 | Competition

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We chatted with Danish filmmaker Jonas Kærup Hjort, who is screening his convoluted and surreal debut feature The Penultimate at Tallinn's Black Nights Film Festival
We chatted with Danish filmmaker Jonas Kærup Hjort, who is screening his convoluted and surreal debut feature The Penultimate at Tallinn's Black Nights Film Festival
We chatted to Estonian-born director Lauri Randla, who, in Goodbye Soviet Union, shows that while the past can be tragic, you can also laugh at it
We chatted to Estonian-born director Lauri Randla, who, in Goodbye Soviet Union, shows that while the past can be tragic, you can also laugh at it
We talked to Galician director Alfonso Zarauza following the presentation of Ons, his latest movie, in the Extraordinary Histories section of the Seville Film Festival
We talked to Galician director Alfonso Zarauza following the presentation of Ons, his latest movie, in the Extraordinary Histories section of the Seville Film Festival
Alessandro Giacobbe, Managing Director of Academy Two, broke down for us the main challenges for independent distributors in Italy
Alessandro Giacobbe, Managing Director of Academy Two, broke down for us the main challenges for independent distributors in Italy
Filmmakers Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf talk to Cineuropa about their debut feature, The Translator, playing in the First Feature Competition at Tallinn Black Nights
Filmmakers Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf talk to Cineuropa about their debut feature, The Translator, playing in the First Feature Competition at Tallinn Black Nights
We chatted to Eugen Jebeleanu, whose first feature, Poppy Field, has just had its world premiere in the First Feature Competition at Tallinn Black Nights
We chatted to Eugen Jebeleanu, whose first feature, Poppy Field, has just had its world premiere in the First Feature Competition at Tallinn Black Nights
We talked to debuting director Sonia Liza Kenterman about Tailor, after she got to celebrate its world premiere in an actual cinema
We talked to debuting director Sonia Liza Kenterman about Tailor, after she got to celebrate its world premiere in an actual cinema
With the documentary Dear Werner, Spaniard Pablo Maqueda follows in Herzog’s footsteps, re-embarking on one of his journeys with the exact same adventurous spirit, faith and love of cinema
With the documentary Dear Werner, Spaniard Pablo Maqueda follows in Herzog’s footsteps, re-embarking on one of his journeys with the exact same adventurous spirit, faith and love of cinema
Jivan Avetisyan • Director of Gate to Heaven

Interview: Jivan Avetisyan • Director of Gate to Heaven

“I’m still searching for ways to explain to my nine-year old son what happened and why”

Armenia’s Jivan Avetisyan tells us about his latest feature, its exclusion from Moscow Film Festival and his new projects  

26/11 | /Armenia

Leonardo Antonio • Director of Submission

Interview: Leonardo Antonio • Director of Submission

"90% of the psychiatry hospital wing would be empty if we could address the problem of rape and prostitution in marriage"

Portugal's Leonardo Antonio discusses his Black Nights-screened film Submission, about a woman who files a court case against her own husband for rape  

26/11 | Black Nights 2020 | Competition

Sarah Chazelle and Etienne Ollagnier • Distributors, Jour2Fête

Interview: Sarah Chazelle and Etienne Ollagnier • Distributors, Jour2Fête

“The measures put in place this summer to restart the opening of theatres must be changed”

Sarah Chazelle and Etienne Ollagnier, founders of Jour2Fête, talk to us about independent distribution in France and its struggle against the pandemic  

26/11 | /France

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Armugan - by Jo Sol - Tallin 2020 - Best Music
Armugan
by Jo Sol
Tallin 2020 - Best Music
The Last Ones - by Veiko Õunpuu - Tallin 2020 - Baltic Competition - Best Film
The Last Ones
by Veiko Õunpuu
Tallin 2020 - Baltic Competition
Best Film
Should the Wind Drop - dy Nora Martirosyan - Cannes 2020 - ACID and Official Selection - Tallin 2020 - First Feature Competition
Should the Wind Drop
dy Nora Martirosyan
Cannes 2020 - ACID and Official Selection
Tallin 2020 - First Feature Competition
Servants - by Ivan Ostrochovský - Berlinale 2020 - Encounters - Swedish release November27
Servants
by Ivan Ostrochovský
Berlinale 2020 - Encounters
Swedish release November27
Sky High - by Daniel Calparsoro - Spanish release November 27
Sky High
by Daniel Calparsoro
Spanish release November 27

Industry Reports

11/02/2020

EDN introduces its 2020 Financing Guide

For the first time published as a digital edition, the guide provides filmmakers with all the industry contacts they need to finance their documentaries

13/12/2019

Europa Distribution brings Solo to IDFA's Industry Talk

For the second year in a row, the distributors network co-organised various events at IDFA focused on the distribution of documentary films

13/12/2019

A focus on Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria by Europa Distribution

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

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