The Venice International Film Critics’ Week presents its line-up

The Venice International Film Critics’ Week presents its line-up

The independent, parallel section of the Venice International Film Festival will include seven first works in competition and two special screenings, all of which will be world premieres  

19/07 | Venice 2019 | International Film Critics’ Week

Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh shooting Gagarine

Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh shooting Gagarine

Alséni Bathily, Jamil Mc Craven, Lyna Khoudri, Finnegan Oldfield, Farida Rahouadj and Denis Lavant are among the cast of this Haut et Court production being sold by Totem Films  

19/07 | Production | France

Suliane Brahim toplining La Nuée

Suliane Brahim toplining La Nuée

The Black Spot actress will be flanked by Sofiane Khammes among the cast of Just Philippot’s feature debut, a Capricci and The Jokers production that is being sold by Wild Bunch  

19/07 | Production | France

Review: Extracurricular

Review: Extracurricular

Ivan-Goran Vitez's third feature is a tense hostage thriller with sharp political commentary built in  

19/07 | Pula 2019

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Film Reviews

Electric Girl - by Ziska Riemann - After its premiere in the competition section of the Max Ophüls Prize in Saarbrücken this January, the second feature by Ziska Riemann has been released in German cinemas
Electric Girl
by Ziska Riemann
After its premiere in the competition section of the Max Ophüls Prize in Saarbrücken this January, the second feature by Ziska Riemann has been released in German cinemas
Persona non grata - by Roschdy Zem - Roschdy Zem continues his directorial adventures with an unusual film noir set in the South of France, a place riddled with economic corruption and blackmail
Persona non grata
by Roschdy Zem
Roschdy Zem continues his directorial adventures with an unusual film noir set in the South of France, a place riddled with economic corruption and blackmail
The Hole in the Ground - by Lee Cronin - First-time director Lee Cronin explores a mother’s love for her son in this contemporary horror
The Hole in the Ground
by Lee Cronin
First-time director Lee Cronin explores a mother’s love for her son in this contemporary horror
The Revolution - by Joseph Troia - The first work by Naples’ Joseph Troia marks a brave and original debut, shored up by convincing performances, watertight writing and an attentive directorial approach
The Revolution
by Joseph Troia
The first work by Naples’ Joseph Troia marks a brave and original debut, shored up by convincing performances, watertight writing and an attentive directorial approach
A Beautiful Summer - by Pierre Creton - Pierre Creton gently weaves a compassionate work of fiction that has all the makings of a documentary, set in the heart of a small community brought together by circumstance
A Beautiful Summer
by Pierre Creton
Pierre Creton gently weaves a compassionate work of fiction that has all the makings of a documentary, set in the heart of a small community brought together by circumstance
Jihad Jane - by Ciaran Cassidy - Ciaran Cassidy's first feature, an Irish-Dutch-Swedish co-production, tells the absurd story of two radicalised American women, Colleen LaRose and Jamie Paulin Ramirez
Jihad Jane
by Ciaran Cassidy
Ciaran Cassidy's first feature, an Irish-Dutch-Swedish co-production, tells the absurd story of two radicalised American women, Colleen LaRose and Jamie Paulin Ramirez
Staff Only - by Neus Ballús - BERLIN 2019: Catalan director Neus Ballús’ second feature skilfully intertwines the coming-of-age story of a young girl with the intricate layers of its post-colonial setting
Staff Only
by Neus Ballús
BERLIN 2019: Catalan director Neus Ballús’ second feature skilfully intertwines the coming-of-age story of a young girl with the intricate layers of its post-colonial setting
Wild Rose - by Tom Harper - TORONTO 2018: In Tom Harper's film, Jessie Buckley delivers an exhilarating performance as an ex-convict who dreams of country-music stardom
Wild Rose
by Tom Harper
TORONTO 2018: In Tom Harper's film, Jessie Buckley delivers an exhilarating performance as an ex-convict who dreams of country-music stardom
Ivana Mladenović completes Ivana the Terrible in time for Locarno

Ivana Mladenović completes Ivana the Terrible in time for Locarno

The director’s second feature stars both her and her relatives, and is based on real-life events  

19/07 | Production | Romania/Serbia

Rolando Ravello is shooting È per il tuo bene

Rolando Ravello is shooting È per il tuo bene

The fourth feature film to see the director-actor move behind the camera is a Picomedia production in association with Medusa Film and a remake of the Spanish hit It’s For Your Own Good  

19/07 | Production | Italy

Alejandro Amenábar and Belén Funes to duke it out for the Golden Shell

Alejandro Amenábar and Belén Funes to duke it out for the Golden Shell

Standing out among the Spanish titles in the official section presented this morning in Madrid are the acclaimed director’s While at War and the first-timer’s A Thief’s Daughter  

18/07 | San Sebastián 2019 | Competition/New Directors/Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

Marta Lallana, Ivet Castelo • Directors of Ojos Negros

Interview: Marta Lallana, Ivet Castelo • Directors of Ojos Negros

"We feel connected to films from another time"

We caught up with the very young filmmakers Marta Lallana and Ivet Castelo who were honoured in the Zonazine section of the recent Malaga Film Festival for their sensitive first work Ojos Negros  

18/07

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We met with Locarno Film Festival's new artistic director Lili Hinstin to discuss the 72nd edition of the event, as well as her ambitions for the festival and what’s new in this year’s offering
We met with Locarno Film Festival's new artistic director Lili Hinstin to discuss the 72nd edition of the event, as well as her ambitions for the festival and what’s new in this year’s offering
Slovakian filmmaker Pavol Pekarčík talks to Cineuropa about Silent Days, portraying a marginalised group within a marginalised group, authenticity and the relationship between photography and cinema
Slovakian filmmaker Pavol Pekarčík talks to Cineuropa about Silent Days, portraying a marginalised group within a marginalised group, authenticity and the relationship between photography and cinema
We chatted to Slovenian filmmaker Damjan Kozole, whose latest film, Half-Sister, world-premiered in competition at this year's Karlovy Vary
We chatted to Slovenian filmmaker Damjan Kozole, whose latest film, Half-Sister, world-premiered in competition at this year's Karlovy Vary
We caught up with the very young filmmakers Marta Lallana and Ivet Castelo who were honoured in the Zonazine section of the recent Malaga Film Festival for their sensitive first work Ojos Negros
We caught up with the very young filmmakers Marta Lallana and Ivet Castelo who were honoured in the Zonazine section of the recent Malaga Film Festival for their sensitive first work Ojos Negros
German Films talked to producers Jochen Laube and Fabian Maubach about their work through their outfit Sommerhaus Filmproduktion
German Films talked to producers Jochen Laube and Fabian Maubach about their work through their outfit Sommerhaus Filmproduktion
Coming off the successful Netflix series Dogs of Berlin, Christian Alvart talks to German Films about his past, current and future projects
Coming off the successful Netflix series Dogs of Berlin, Christian Alvart talks to German Films about his past, current and future projects
Bulgarian duo, fresh from their Crystal Globe win at Karlovy Vary, discuss the offbeat comedy's main themes and inspirations
Bulgarian duo, fresh from their Crystal Globe win at Karlovy Vary, discuss the offbeat comedy's main themes and inspirations
We chatted with the Chilean filmmaker in Karlovy Vary, where he premiered his intimate first feature
We chatted with the Chilean filmmaker in Karlovy Vary, where he premiered his intimate first feature
Creative Europe makes a day of it in Odesa

Creative Europe makes a day of it in Odesa

During the Creative Europe Day at Odesa, experts advised how to learn to stop worrying and start to love the programme supporting the cultural and audiovisual sectors  

19/07 | Odesa 2019 | Film Industry Office

Projects from Georgia, Turkey and Armenia awarded at Yerevan’s GAIFF Pro

Projects from Georgia, Turkey and Armenia awarded at Yerevan’s GAIFF Pro

Golden Apricot's fledgling industry section took place for the second time, and included two main strands, numerous talks and panels, and a focus on Poland  

19/07 | Golden Apricot 2019 | GAIFF Pro

Lili Hinstin • Artistic director, Locarno Film Festival

Interview: Lili Hinstin • Artistic director, Locarno Film Festival

"I want the Locarno Film Festival to be very free in its choices"

We met with Locarno Film Festival's new artistic director Lili Hinstin to discuss the 72nd edition of the event, as well as her ambitions for the festival and what’s new in this year’s offering  

18/07 | Locarno 2019

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

The Hole in the Ground - by Lee Cronin - Sundance 2019 - Spotlight - Spanish release July 19
The Hole in the Ground
by Lee Cronin
Sundance 2019 - Spotlight
Spanish release July 19
Staff Only - by Neus Ballús - Berlinale 2019 - Panorama - French release July 17
Staff Only
by Neus Ballús
Berlinale 2019 - Panorama
French release July 17
Wild Rose - by Tom Harper - Spanish release July 12 and French release July 17
Wild Rose
by Tom Harper
Spanish release July 12 and French release July 17
Persona non grata - by Roschdy Zem - French release July 17
Persona non grata
by Roschdy Zem
French release July 17
Diego Maradona - by Asif Kapadia - Cannes 2019 - Out of Competition - Czech release July 18, Polish release July 19 and French release July 31
Diego Maradona
by Asif Kapadia
Cannes 2019 - Out of Competition
Czech release July 18, Polish release July 19 and French release July 31
Sarajevo announces all of its competition line-ups

Sarajevo announces all of its competition line-ups

53 films will be competing for the Heart of Sarajevo Awards in the feature, documentary, short and student competitions, and 23 of these will have their world premieres at Sarajevo  

18/07 | Sarajevo 2019 | Competition/Documentary Competition

Laura Wandel begins principal photography for La Naissance des arbres

Laura Wandel begins principal photography for La Naissance des arbres

The young Belgian director has kicked off the shoot for her feature debut, starring Karim Leklou, Laurent Capelluto, Anne-Pascale Clairembourg, Laura Verlinden and Sandrine Blancke  

18/07 | Production | Belgium

GoCritic! Feature: Imagina - In search of a meaning

GoCritic! Feature: Imagina - In search of a meaning

Fourteen films of differing lengths, formats and narration styles were screened as a part of KVIFF’s Imagina section.  

18/07 | GoCritic! | Karlovy Vary 2019

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Film Reviews

Yuli – The Carlos Acosta Story - by Icíar Bollaín - SAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: Icíar Bollaín directs a biopic on Carlos Acosta, achieving little more than a conventional portrait of an unconventional life, short on risk and narrative arabesques
Yuli – The Carlos Acosta Story
by Icíar Bollaín
SAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: Icíar Bollaín directs a biopic on Carlos Acosta, achieving little more than a conventional portrait of an unconventional life, short on risk and narrative arabesques
Roads - by Sebastian Schipper - Sebastian Schipper's follow-up to Victoria is a standard coming-of-age road movie with a refugee-crisis angle
Roads
by Sebastian Schipper
Sebastian Schipper's follow-up to Victoria is a standard coming-of-age road movie with a refugee-crisis angle
Diego Maradona - by Asif Kapadia - CANNES 2019: In this documentary of two halves, Asif Kapadia pits the loveable, vulnerable Diego against the less endearing public figure of Maradona
Diego Maradona
by Asif Kapadia
CANNES 2019: In this documentary of two halves, Asif Kapadia pits the loveable, vulnerable Diego against the less endearing public figure of Maradona
Never Look Away - by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck - VENICE 2018: Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck returns with a film inspired by the life of the German artist Gerhard Richter, aimed at an audience born after the fall of the Berlin Wall
Never Look Away
by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
VENICE 2018: Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck returns with a film inspired by the life of the German artist Gerhard Richter, aimed at an audience born after the fall of the Berlin Wall
The Operative - by Yuval Adler - BERLIN 2019: Israel's Yuval Adler delivers a well-executed spy film about a female Mossad agent whose humanity threatens to undermine her mission
The Operative
by Yuval Adler
BERLIN 2019: Israel's Yuval Adler delivers a well-executed spy film about a female Mossad agent whose humanity threatens to undermine her mission
Manta Ray - by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng - VENICE 2018: Phuttiphong Aroonpheng puts his name to an atmospheric and cryptic first film which shows great promise in terms of form, but which verges on the abstract
Manta Ray
by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng
VENICE 2018: Phuttiphong Aroonpheng puts his name to an atmospheric and cryptic first film which shows great promise in terms of form, but which verges on the abstract
The Factory - by Yury Bykov - TORONTO 2018: Russian helmer Yuri Bykov once again deals with corruption in his homeland in a social drama that blends thriller and action-packed heist elements within a claustrophobic environment
The Factory
by Yury Bykov
TORONTO 2018: Russian helmer Yuri Bykov once again deals with corruption in his homeland in a social drama that blends thriller and action-packed heist elements within a claustrophobic environment
303 - by Hans Weingartner - Hans Weingartner’s “boy meets girl” story, screening at Transilvania, has all the makings of an audience darling
303
by Hans Weingartner
Hans Weingartner’s “boy meets girl” story, screening at Transilvania, has all the makings of an audience darling
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Truth will open the Venice Film Festival

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Truth will open the Venice Film Festival

Two French stars, Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche, will feature alongside Ethan Hawke in the first film shot outside of Japan by the director who won Cannes’ 2018 Palme d’Or for Shoplifters  

18/07 | Venice 2019 | Opening/Competition

David Victori directing Mario Casas in No matarás

David Victori directing Mario Casas in No matarás

The shoot for the director’s second feature, a thriller toplined by the star of Palm Trees in the Snow and being produced by Filmax, wrapped in Barcelona in early July  

18/07 | Production | Spain

Final Cut in Venice selects six projects

Final Cut in Venice selects six projects

The seventh edition of the workshop dedicated to the film industries of the African countries and the Middle East will take place from 31 August-2 September  

18/07 | Venice 2019 | Venice Production Bridge

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Interviews

We interviewed one of the leading Czech directors of photography who received the KVIFF President Award at this year's festival
We interviewed one of the leading Czech directors of photography who received the KVIFF President Award at this year's festival
Czech filmmaker Martin Mareček talked to us about Over The Hills, which was world-premiered in the Documentary Competition at Karlovy Vary
Czech filmmaker Martin Mareček talked to us about Over The Hills, which was world-premiered in the Documentary Competition at Karlovy Vary
HBO mini-series The Sleepers was presented out of competition at Karlovy Vary, and we met up with its director Ivan Zachariáš to discuss it
HBO mini-series The Sleepers was presented out of competition at Karlovy Vary, and we met up with its director Ivan Zachariáš to discuss it
We chatted to Spanish director Miguel Llansó after he premiered his new feature Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway in Neuchâtel
We chatted to Spanish director Miguel Llansó after he premiered his new feature Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway in Neuchâtel
Martin Dušek and Ondřej Provazník, the Czech directing duo behind Old-Timers, shown out of competition at Karlovy Vary, discuss their film with us
Martin Dušek and Ondřej Provazník, the Czech directing duo behind Old-Timers, shown out of competition at Karlovy Vary, discuss their film with us
Cineuropa talked to debutant Czech filmmaker Michal Hogenauer about his movie A Certain Kind of Silence, the banality of evil, genre filmmaking and minimalism
Cineuropa talked to debutant Czech filmmaker Michal Hogenauer about his movie A Certain Kind of Silence, the banality of evil, genre filmmaking and minimalism
We interviewed Italian filmmaker Nazareno Manuel Nicoletti, who presented his newest title Up To Down in the Documentary Competition of Karlovy Vary
We interviewed Italian filmmaker Nazareno Manuel Nicoletti, who presented his newest title Up To Down in the Documentary Competition of Karlovy Vary
We interviewed the professionals participating in the MIDPOINT Feature Launch Script Consultancy workshop that took place as part of the KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days
We interviewed the professionals participating in the MIDPOINT Feature Launch Script Consultancy workshop that took place as part of the KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days
Pavol Pekarčík • Director of Silent Days

Interview: Pavol Pekarčík • Director of Silent Days

“The intention was to create a photograph containing a film within itself”

Slovakian filmmaker Pavol Pekarčík talks to Cineuropa about Silent Days, portraying a marginalised group within a marginalised group, authenticity and the relationship between photography and cinema  

18/07 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | Documentary Competition

TorinoFilmLab crosses the threshold of 100 completed films

TorinoFilmLab crosses the threshold of 100 completed films

With Maternal and The Fever, the international laboratory has seen a total of 101 productions take part in its development, production and distribution schemes  

18/07 | Industry | Italy

To co-produce or not to co-produce, that is the question at Odesa

To co-produce or not to co-produce, that is the question at Odesa

The second edition of Cinema: Backstage, previously focusing on gender equality, shone the spotlight on international co-productions during an engaging event that favoured practice over theory  

18/07 | Odesa 2019 | Film Industry Office

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Roads - by Sebastian Schipper - Tribeca 2019 - International Narrative Competition - French release July 17
Roads
by Sebastian Schipper
Tribeca 2019 - International Narrative Competition
French release July 17
Yuli – The Carlos Acosta Story - by Icíar Bollaín - San Sebastian 2018 - Jury Award for Best Screenplay - French release July 17
Yuli – The Carlos Acosta Story
by Icíar Bollaín
San Sebastian 2018 - Jury Award for Best Screenplay
French release July 17
The Nest - by Roberto De Feo - Locarno 2019 - Piazza Grande - Italian release August 14
The Nest
by Roberto De Feo
Locarno 2019 - Piazza Grande
Italian release August 14
The Operative - by Yuval Adler - Berlinale 2019 - Out of Competition - French release July 24
The Operative
by Yuval Adler
Berlinale 2019 - Out of Competition
French release July 24
303 - by Hans Weingartner - French release July 24and Spanish release July 26
303
by Hans Weingartner
French release July 24and Spanish release July 26

Industry Reports

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

17/01/2019

Paul Brett • Producer, Flying Tiger

The Chinese Bridging the Dragon market met up with Paul Brett, head of Flying Tiger, one of China's leading media-market research companies for the entertainment industry

Film Reviews

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