Romanian first film Blue Moon wins the Golden Shell at San Sebastián

Romanian first film Blue Moon wins the Golden Shell at San Sebastián

In a bold move, the jury bestows the festival’s main prize upon Alina Grigore’s raw and challenging film; Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s and Tea Lindeburg’s works also win big  

26/09 | San Sebastián 2021 | Awards

Alejandro Amenábar • Director of La Fortuna

Interview: Alejandro Amenábar • Director of La Fortuna

“Why can’t we go back to the emotions we felt at the cinema as children?”

We chatted with the Spanish filmmaker about to take San Sebastián by storm with his first TV series, produced by Movistar+, inspired by a graphic novel and brimming with action and adventure  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2021 | Out of Competition

Festival Scope celebrates French-speaking Belgian cinema

Festival Scope celebrates French-speaking Belgian cinema

For the Fêtes de septembre, WBI invites everyone to celebrate French-speaking Belgian cinema with an online festival offering a selection of fifteen films  

24/09 | Events | Promotion | Belgium

LevelK boards Latvian-Belgian dark comedy Samuel’s Travels

LevelK boards Latvian-Belgian dark comedy Samuel’s Travels

The movie, directed by Aik Karapetian, follows the titular lead character who, in searching for his biological father, becomes a slave for a farmer’s daughter  

24/09 | Industry | Market | Latvia/Belgium

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Industry Reports

Green Film Shooting - San Sebastián's European Film Forum focuses on what we need (and what we have) in terms of green production - 22/09/2021

Green Film Shooting – 22/09/2021
San Sebastián's European Film Forum focuses on what we need (and what we have) in terms of green production
Professionals are asking for direct intervention from the institutions to establish green standards within the value chain, so that the audiovisual sector can lead the environmental shift

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.

New Media - Katayoun Dibamehr and Avi Amar • Producers, Floréal Films - 23/09/2021

New Media – 23/09/2021
Katayoun Dibamehr and Avi Amar • Producers, Floréal Films
Having triumphed two years in a row in Venice by way of their virtual reality works, the heads of Paris-based firm talk to us about trends and the sector’s potential

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - NENT Group’s streaming service Viaplay set to expand into five new markets by 2023 - 22/09/2021

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 22/09/2021
NENT Group’s streaming service Viaplay set to expand into five new markets by 2023
The Nordic platform is due to launch in the UK, Canada, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, aiming to reach 12 million subscribers by the end of 2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Streaming services must now contribute towards the funding of Swiss cinema - 20/09/2021

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 20/09/2021
Streaming services must now contribute towards the funding of Swiss cinema
4% of their turnover in Switzerland must be reinvested in Swiss cinema, which stands to benefit from an extra 18 million francs

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

Review: The Grandmother

Review: The Grandmother

The worlds of Paco Plaza and Carlos Vermut collide in a hair-raising film which encourages us to think about the fleeting nature of beauty, along with loneliness and the high price we pay for success  

24/09 | San Sebastian 2021 | Competition

Review: Young and Afraid

Review: Young and Afraid

Receiving an international premiere at Nordisk Panorama, the documentary by Petter Aaberg and Sverre Kvamme is a personal, raw and affecting look at mental illness and a young generation  

24/09 | Films | Reviews | Norway

Tea Lindeburg • Director of As In Heaven

Interview: Tea Lindeburg • Director of As In Heaven

"There are still 300,000 women a year who die in childbirth"

The Danish director's feature debut centres on a teenage girl in the late 1800s who sees her dream of getting an education threatened when her mother goes into a complicated labour  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2021 | Competition

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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

This year’s Cartoon Forum celebrates Portuguese animation

This year’s Cartoon Forum celebrates Portuguese animation

In Toulouse, we discovered the five new projects presented by Portuguese creatives, two of which are co-produced with Spain  

24/09 | Industry | Market | Cartoon 2021 - Cartoon Forum

Review: Mikado

Review: Mikado

With an impressive economy of resources, Emanuel Pârvu explores the ideas of guilt and accountability  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2021 | New Directors

It’s a wrap for the 2021 edition of Cartoon Forum

It’s a wrap for the 2021 edition of Cartoon Forum

The prestigious co-production and pitching forum for animated TV series saw the triumph of Belgian broadcaster Ketnet and French outfits MIAM! Animation and TAT productions  

24/09 | Cartoon 2021 | Cartoon Forum

Paco Plaza • Director of The Grandmother

Interview: Paco Plaza • Director of The Grandmother

“Any director would aspire to wanting someone to walk out of their film at the movie theatre”

Horror comes pounding on the doors of San Sebastián with brute force in this film by the Spanish director, which was penned by Carlos Vermut, the winner of the Golden Shell for Magical Girl  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2021 | Competition

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Reviews

Blue Moon - by Alina Grigore

Blue Moon
by Alina Grigore
Rising Romanian talent Alina Grigore delivers a fine dramatic exercise that draws a parallel between the moon and lunacy

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

As In Heaven - by Tea Lindeburg

As In Heaven
by Tea Lindeburg
An intrepid young woman observes her mother’s difficult labour in this high-intensity drama from debuting Danish director Tea Lindeburg

Benediction - by Terence Davies

Benediction
by Terence Davies
The inimitable Terence Davies returns with a film that blends subtlety and intimacy with the grandiosity and violence of war

Undercover - by Thierry de Peretti

Undercover
by Thierry de Peretti
In his usual thrilling anti-spectacular style, Thierry de Peretti delves into the grey zones of the war against drugs, following in the wake of an inside man and an investigative journalist

Who’s Stopping Us - by Jonás Trueba

Who’s Stopping Us
by Jonás Trueba
Jonás Trueba’s latest film is a masterfully executed triple-corkscrew somersault that leaves us in no doubt we are in the presence of a unique and dazzling talent

The Grandmother - by Paco Plaza

The Grandmother
by Paco Plaza
The worlds of Paco Plaza and Carlos Vermut collide in a hair-raising film which encourages us to think about the fleeting nature of beauty, along with loneliness and the high price we pay for success

The Rust - by Juan Sebastián Mesa

The Rust
by Juan Sebastián Mesa
In his sophomore film, Colombian director Juan Sebastián Mesa swaps the city for the sierra in a tale that, rooted in place, somehow strikes a universal chord

Total Eclipse by Katalin Moldovai is now in post-production

Total Eclipse by Katalin Moldovai is now in post-production

This first feature film by the director who previously graced Cannes’ 2019 Cinéfondation short films competition, is produced by Magma Cinema and sold by NFI World Sales  

24/09 | Production | Funding | Hungary

Shooting on Tropiques enters the home straight

Shooting on Tropiques enters the home straight

Louis Peres, Pablo Cobo and Spain’s Marta Nieto star in the cast of Édouard Salier’s debut film, produced by Rezo and sold by Pulsar Content  

24/09 | Production | Funding | France

Johnny Depp launches his own European production company

Johnny Depp launches his own European production company

The US actor has teamed up with Spain’s A Contracorriente Films and previous partners to create IN.2 Film  

24/09 | Production | Funding | UK/Spain

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Interviews

Alina Grigore • Director of Blue Moon

Alina Grigore • Director of Blue Moon
The writer-director chatted with Cineuropa about dysfunctional families, going back to her village with an education, and the difference between a psychological rhythm and logical storytelling

Lucile Hadzihalilovic • Director of Earwig

Lucile Hadzihalilovic • Director of Earwig
The third feature by the French director is her first in English; its European premiere is taking place in competition at San Sebastián, where Cineuropa spoke to her

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

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

Alejandro Amenábar • Director of La Fortuna

Alejandro Amenábar • Director of La Fortuna
We chatted with the Spanish filmmaker about to take San Sebastián by storm with his first TV series, produced by Movistar+, inspired by a graphic novel and brimming with action and adventure

Tea Lindeburg • Director of As In Heaven

Tea Lindeburg • Director of As In Heaven
The Danish director's feature debut centres on a teenage girl in the late 1800s who sees her dream of getting an education threatened when her mother goes into a complicated labour

Paco Plaza • Director of The Grandmother

Paco Plaza • Director of The Grandmother
Horror comes pounding on the doors of San Sebastián with brute force in this film by the Spanish director, which was penned by Carlos Vermut, the winner of the Golden Shell for Magical Girl

Claudia Llosa • Director of Fever Dream

Claudia Llosa • Director of Fever Dream
For the first time the Peruvian film maker has used someone else’s material for one of her projects, and she talked to us about it and plenty more

Review: The Rust

Review: The Rust

In his sophomore film, Colombian director Juan Sebastián Mesa swaps the city for the sierra in a tale that, rooted in place, somehow strikes a universal chord  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2021 | New Directors

Claudia Llosa • Director of Fever Dream

Interview: Claudia Llosa • Director of Fever Dream

“I hadn’t even reached the last page of the book and I was already saying to myself, “I have to meet this woman; I have to make this film”

For the first time the Peruvian film maker has used someone else’s material for one of her projects, and she talked to us about it and plenty more  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2021 | Competition

Katayoun Dibamehr and Avi Amar • Producers, Floréal Films

Interview: Katayoun Dibamehr and Avi Amar • Producers, Floréal Films

"There are partners now in the virtual reality microcosm"

Having triumphed two years in a row in Venice by way of their virtual reality works, the heads of Paris-based firm talk to us about trends and the sector’s potential  

23/09 | Venice 2021 | Venice VR

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Blue Moon - by Alina Grigore

Blue Moon
by Alina Grigore
San Sebastián 2021 - Competition
Golden Shell for Best Film

As In Heaven - by Tea Lindeburg

As In Heaven
by Tea Lindeburg
San Sebastián 2021 - Competition
Silver Shell for Best Director and Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance

Earwig - by Lucile Hadzihalilovic

Earwig
by Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Toronto 2021 - Platform
San Sebastián 2021 - Competition
Special Jury Prize

Benediction - by Terence Davies

Benediction
by Terence Davies
San Sebastián 2021 - Competition
Jury Prize for the Best Screenplay

Undercover - by Thierry de Peretti

Undercover
by Thierry de Peretti
San Sebastián 2021 - Competition
Jury Prize for Best Cinematography

Who’s Stopping Us - by Jonás Trueba

Who’s Stopping Us
by Jonás Trueba
San Sebastián - Competition
Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance

Il buco - by Michelangelo Frammartino

Il buco
by Michelangelo Frammartino
Venice 2021 - Special Jury Prize
Italian release September 23

The Summit of the Gods - by Patrick Imbert

The Summit of the Gods
by Patrick Imbert
Cannes 2021 - Cinéma de la Plagen
French release September 22

John Andreas Andersen’s The North Sea sells big while finalising post-production

John Andreas Andersen’s The North Sea sells big while finalising post-production

The Norwegian disaster flick, staged by Fantefilm, was recently sold to key territories in Europe, Asia and America  

23/09 | Production | Funding | Norway/Denmark

Review: Sava

Review: Sava

Young British director Matthew Somerville's first feature-length documentary tells the story of the river that runs from Slovenia through Croatia and Bosnia to Serbia  

23/09 | Beldocs 2021

The Film and TV Charity’s latest report discloses what is not working in the UK’s creative diversity agenda

The Film and TV Charity’s latest report discloses what is not working in the UK’s creative diversity agenda

The study highlights the existence of a “lost generation” of talents who cannot benefit from the current diversity initiatives, as these mostly focus on nurturing young talent  

23/09 | Institutions | Legislation | UK

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Interviews

Katayoun Dibamehr and Avi Amar • Producers, Floréal Films

Katayoun Dibamehr and Avi Amar • Producers, Floréal Films
Having triumphed two years in a row in Venice by way of their virtual reality works, the heads of Paris-based firm talk to us about trends and the sector’s potential

Jonás Trueba • Director of Who’s Stopping Us

Jonás Trueba • Director of Who’s Stopping Us
The Spanish filmmaker vies for the Golden Shell with this genre-defying feature, coaxed into life over the course of five years with the generous participation of a cast of young actors

Rasmus Dinesen • Director of Michelin Stars II – Nordic by Nature

Rasmus Dinesen • Director of Michelin Stars II – Nordic by Nature
Koks, one of the most remote Michelin-starred restaurants in the world, is the protagonist of the Danish helmer’s new documentary

Manu Gómez • Director of Once Upon a Time in Euskadi

Manu Gómez • Director of Once Upon a Time in Euskadi
The Basque filmmaker makes his debut with a feature film set in the tumultuous decade of the 80s, seen through the eyes of the child that he was back then

Claire Simon • Director of I Want to Talk About Duras

Claire Simon • Director of I Want to Talk About Duras
Cineuropa talks with the French director about the nature of love, society’s obssesion with fame, and the limits between fiction and documentary

Lucía de la Torre • Festival programmer, Calvert Journal Film Festival

Lucía de la Torre • Festival programmer, Calvert Journal Film Festival
We took the opportunity to speak to the programmer of the Calvert Journal Film Festival about this year’s line-up, the gathering's side initiatives and its mission

Paweł Łoziński • Director of The Balcony Movie

Paweł Łoziński • Director of The Balcony Movie
Cineuropa sat down with the established Polish director to discuss his latest ouevre, which was awarded in Locarno’s Semaine de la Critique and was recognised at Millennium Docs Against Gravity

Aga Woszczyńska • Director of Silent Land

Aga Woszczyńska • Director of Silent Land
We talked to the Polish director to get the low-down on her film, which is ostensibly about the collapse of a relationship but actually tackles something far more important

Jonás Trueba • Director of Who’s Stopping Us

Interview: Jonás Trueba • Director of Who’s Stopping Us

“It’s an entirely unpremeditated, intuitive piece of filmmaking”

The Spanish filmmaker vies for the Golden Shell with this genre-defying feature, coaxed into life over the course of five years with the generous participation of a cast of young actors  

23/09 | San Sebastián 2021 | Competition

Review: Who’s Stopping Us

Review: Who’s Stopping Us

Jonás Trueba’s latest film is a masterfully executed triple-corkscrew somersault that leaves us in no doubt we are in the presence of a unique and dazzling talent  

23/09 | San Sebastián 2021 | Competition

Rasmus Dinesen • Director of Michelin Stars II – Nordic by Nature

Interview: Rasmus Dinesen • Director of Michelin Stars II – Nordic by Nature

“For me, it just seems natural to make documentaries about something I like”

Koks, one of the most remote Michelin-starred restaurants in the world, is the protagonist of the Danish helmer’s new documentary  

23/09 | San Sebastián 2021 | Culinary Zinema

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Leave No Traces - by Jan P. Matuszyński

Leave No Traces
by Jan P. Matuszyński
Venice 2021 - Competition
Polish release September 24

Everything Went Fine - by François Ozon

Everything Went Fine
by François Ozon
Cannes 2021 - Competition
French release September 22

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

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

The Grandmother - by Paco Plaza

The Grandmother
by Paco Plaza
San Sebastián 2021 - Competition

Industry Reports

New Media – 23/09/2021

Katayoun Dibamehr and Avi Amar • Producers, Floréal Films

Having triumphed two years in a row in Venice by way of their virtual reality works, the heads of Paris-based firm talk to us about trends and the sector’s potential

Green Film Shooting – 22/09/2021

San Sebastián's European Film Forum focuses on what we need (and what we have) in terms of green production

Professionals are asking for direct intervention from the institutions to establish green standards within the value chain, so that the audiovisual sector can lead the environmental shift

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 22/09/2021

NENT Group’s streaming service Viaplay set to expand into five new markets by 2023

The Nordic platform is due to launch in the UK, Canada, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, aiming to reach 12 million subscribers by the end of 2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 20/09/2021

Streaming services must now contribute towards the funding of Swiss cinema

4% of their turnover in Switzerland must be reinvested in Swiss cinema, which stands to benefit from an extra 18 million francs

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