Review: Enormous

Review: Enormous

There is no sign of pregnancy glow in this bloated satire by Sophie Letourneur  

27/01 | IFFR 2020 | Big Screen Competition

Review: This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection

Review: This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection

Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s first fiction feature is an inspired and bewitching work on the border between realism and myth, ethnography and onirism  

27/01 | Sundance 2020 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Review: Drama Girl

Review: Drama Girl

Cher’s wish to “turn back time” is finally granted in Vincent Boy Kars’ touching oddity  

27/01 | IFFR 2020 | Tiger Competition

Review: Working Girls

Review: Working Girls

Anne Paulicévich and Frédéric Fonteyne present a choral portrait of three everyday heroines leading double lives in order to make ends meet  

27/01 | IFFR 2020 | Voices Limelight

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Film Reviews

Identifying Features - by Fernanda Valadez - The first feature film by Mexico’s Fernanda Valadez is a very well-directed road movie, following a mother in search of her missing son who disappeared en route to the US
Identifying Features
by Fernanda Valadez
The first feature film by Mexico’s Fernanda Valadez is a very well-directed road movie, following a mother in search of her missing son who disappeared en route to the US
Kala azar - by Janis Rafa - In her feature debut, Janis Rafa proves you don’t need Mad Max to go post-apocalyptic
Kala azar
by Janis Rafa
In her feature debut, Janis Rafa proves you don’t need Mad Max to go post-apocalyptic
Mosquito - by João Nuno Pinto - The opening film of this year’s IFFR, by Portugal's João Nuno Pinto, borrows Kurtz’s final words in Heart of Darkness and delves right into the horror… the horror…
Mosquito
by João Nuno Pinto
The opening film of this year’s IFFR, by Portugal's João Nuno Pinto, borrows Kurtz’s final words in Heart of Darkness and delves right into the horror… the horror…
Te quiero, imbécil - by Laura Mañá - Laura Mañá uses humour to portray the crisis of the modern-day heterosexual male, caught between archaic values and new social expectations, mainly of a sentimental kind
Te quiero, imbécil
by Laura Mañá
Laura Mañá uses humour to portray the crisis of the modern-day heterosexual male, caught between archaic values and new social expectations, mainly of a sentimental kind
Figli - by Giuseppe Bonito - The last film written by Mattia Torre is a bittersweet comedy on what it is to be a parent in Italy today, a highly intelligent and original work starring Valerio Mastandrea and Paola Cortellesi
Figli
by Giuseppe Bonito
The last film written by Mattia Torre is a bittersweet comedy on what it is to be a parent in Italy today, a highly intelligent and original work starring Valerio Mastandrea and Paola Cortellesi
Fanny Lye Deliver'd - by Thomas Clay - In the aftermath of the English Civil War, a devout Puritan family shelters a mysterious couple, in British auteur Thomas Clay’s third feature
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
by Thomas Clay
In the aftermath of the English Civil War, a devout Puritan family shelters a mysterious couple, in British auteur Thomas Clay’s third feature
Valley of Souls - by Nicolás Rincón Gille - The first fiction feature by the Colombian director living in Belgium Nicolás Rincón Gille is an epic memorial tale following in the tracks of the Colombian Civil War
Valley of Souls
by Nicolás Rincón Gille
The first fiction feature by the Colombian director living in Belgium Nicolás Rincón Gille is an epic memorial tale following in the tracks of the Colombian Civil War
Tench - by Patrice Toye - Patrice Toye dares to tackle the topic of paedophilia head on, charting the inner conflict of a young man fighting his deepest, darkest thoughts
Tench
by Patrice Toye
Patrice Toye dares to tackle the topic of paedophilia head on, charting the inner conflict of a young man fighting his deepest, darkest thoughts
Review: Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness

Review: Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness

In his second feature, a largely European majority production, Iranian filmmaker Massoud Bakhshi creates a redoubtable and thrilling TV procedural with a female touch  

27/01 | Sundance 2020 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Review: Acasă - My Home

Review: Acasă - My Home

Radu Ciorniciuc’s documentary challenges our preconceptions about home and family  

27/01 | Sundance 2020 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Pain & Glory snags seven Goyas

Pain & Glory snags seven Goyas

With his latest film, Pedro Almodóvar has triumphed at the 34th edition of the awards handed out by Spain’s Academy of Film Arts and Sciences, the ceremony for which was held on Saturday in Málaga  

27/01 | Goyas 2020

Review: The End Will Be Spectacular

Review: The End Will Be Spectacular

Ersin Çelik uses the 100-day resistance campaign in Diyarbakir, which started in November 2015, to highlight the divisions between the Turkish authorities and the Kurds  

27/01 | IFFR 2020 | Perspectives

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Interviews

Cineuropa talked to Slovakian director Mira Fornay, who is about to show her third feature, Cook, F**k, Kill, at the IFFR
Cineuropa talked to Slovakian director Mira Fornay, who is about to show her third feature, Cook, F**k, Kill, at the IFFR
We sat down with Danish director Susanne Kovács to discuss her first feature-length documentary, It Takes a Family, screening at Göteborg after its premiere at DOK Leipzig
We sat down with Danish director Susanne Kovács to discuss her first feature-length documentary, It Takes a Family, screening at Göteborg after its premiere at DOK Leipzig
We met with Anne Paulicevich and Frédéric Fonteyne to talk about their film Working Girls, selected in the IFFR
We met with Anne Paulicevich and Frédéric Fonteyne to talk about their film Working Girls, selected in the IFFR
We chatted to filmmaker Emir Kusturica about this year’s edition of his Kustendorf Film & Music Festival, a kind of winter film school for emerging talents
We chatted to filmmaker Emir Kusturica about this year’s edition of his Kustendorf Film & Music Festival, a kind of winter film school for emerging talents
Cineuropa met up with director Filippo Meneghetti at Unifrance’s 22nd Rendez-vous with French Cinema to discuss Two of Us
Cineuropa met up with director Filippo Meneghetti at Unifrance’s 22nd Rendez-vous with French Cinema to discuss Two of Us
Cineuropa caught up with Greek video artist-turned-director Janis Rafa, who is back at IFFR with her feature debut, Kala azar, following her short Requiem to a Shipwreck
Cineuropa caught up with Greek video artist-turned-director Janis Rafa, who is back at IFFR with her feature debut, Kala azar, following her short Requiem to a Shipwreck
We spoke to German director Harald Bergmann on the occasion of the world premiere of his documentary Vorzeit – In Praise of Greece at the Hellas Filmbox Berlin festival
We spoke to German director Harald Bergmann on the occasion of the world premiere of his documentary Vorzeit – In Praise of Greece at the Hellas Filmbox Berlin festival
Spaniard Juan Rodrigáñez is finally releasing his second feature, Rights-of-Man, in his home country after presenting it at festivals such as Gijón, Málaga, Cinespaña in Toulouse and FIDMarseille
Spaniard Juan Rodrigáñez is finally releasing his second feature, Rights-of-Man, in his home country after presenting it at festivals such as Gijón, Málaga, Cinespaña in Toulouse and FIDMarseille
Neubau wins the top Max Ophüls Prize

Neubau wins the top Max Ophüls Prize

German director Johannes Maria Schmit's first feature has been handed the Award for Best Feature at this year's Max Ophüls Prize Festival  

27/01 | Max Ophüls Prize 2020 | Awards

Review: Kala azar

Review: Kala azar

In her feature debut, Janis Rafa proves you don’t need Mad Max to go post-apocalyptic  

27/01 | IFFR 2020 | Tiger Competition

Anne Paulicevich and Frédéric Fonteyne • Directors of Working Girls

Interview: Anne Paulicevich and Frédéric Fonteyne • Directors of Working Girls

“We wanted to explore a female form of heroism”

We met with Anne Paulicevich and Frédéric Fonteyne to talk about their film Working Girls, selected in the IFFR  

27/01 | IFFR 2020 | Voices Limelight

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Eden - by Ágnes Kocsis - Rotterdam 2020 - Big Screen Competition
Eden
by Ágnes Kocsis
Rotterdam 2020 - Big Screen Competition
Desterro - by Maria Clara Escobar - Rotterdam 2020 - Tiger Competition
Desterro
by Maria Clara Escobar
Rotterdam 2020 - Tiger Competition
My Mexican Bretzel - by Nuria Giménez - Rotterdam 2020 - Bright Future Competition
My Mexican Bretzel
by Nuria Giménez
Rotterdam 2020 - Bright Future Competition
Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness - by Massoud Bakhshi - Sundance 2020 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness
by Massoud Bakhshi
Sundance 2020 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition
This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection - by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese - - Sundance 2020 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition - Rotterdam 2020 - Bright Future
This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese

Sundance 2020 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Rotterdam 2020 - Bright Future
Review: Valley of Souls

Review: Valley of Souls

The first fiction feature by the Colombian director living in Belgium Nicolás Rincón Gille is an epic memorial tale following in the tracks of the Colombian Civil War  

24/01 | IFFR 2020 | Voices

Vita da Carlo to be Carlo Verdone’s first Amazon series

Vita da Carlo to be Carlo Verdone’s first Amazon series

The popular Italian actor-director will play himself in ten episodes that revolve around tics, neuroses and entertaining anecdotes from everyday life; Filmauro is producing for Amazon Studios  

24/01 | Television | Italy

Review: Identifying Features

Review: Identifying Features

The first feature film by Mexico’s Fernanda Valadez is a very well-directed road movie, following a mother in search of her missing son who disappeared en route to the US  

24/01 | Sundance 2020 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

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Film Reviews

Asymmetry - by Masa Neskovic - In her feature film debut, Belgrade director Maša Nešković recounts three moments in a couple’s story, whose destiny is reflective of Serbian society itself
Asymmetry
by Masa Neskovic
In her feature film debut, Belgrade director Maša Nešković recounts three moments in a couple’s story, whose destiny is reflective of Serbian society itself
The Breitner Commando - by Abdel Raouf Dafri - Intense violence, cruelty, ideals and betrayals run rife in screenwriter-cum-director Abdel Raouf Dafri’s first feature film, which follows a commando on a mission at the height of the Algerian War
The Breitner Commando
by Abdel Raouf Dafri
Intense violence, cruelty, ideals and betrayals run rife in screenwriter-cum-director Abdel Raouf Dafri’s first feature film, which follows a commando on a mission at the height of the Algerian War
Light from the Chocolate Factory - by Dag Johan Haugerud - Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud channels Éric Rohmer and the French New Wave in this excellent comedy of morals and music
Light from the Chocolate Factory
by Dag Johan Haugerud
Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud channels Éric Rohmer and the French New Wave in this excellent comedy of morals and music
Marek Edelman... And There Was Love in the Ghetto - by Jolanta Dylewska - This subtle and moving documentary about romance in the Warsaw Ghetto, as told by a witness and recorded by Jolanta Dylewska, has been screened at Trieste
Marek Edelman... And There Was Love in the Ghetto
by Jolanta Dylewska
This subtle and moving documentary about romance in the Warsaw Ghetto, as told by a witness and recorded by Jolanta Dylewska, has been screened at Trieste
The Weeping Woman - by Jayro Bustamante - VENICE 2019: In his third feature, presented in Giornate degli Autori, Jayro Bustamante tells the story of the Guatemalan genocide using the codes of the ghost movie
The Weeping Woman
by Jayro Bustamante
VENICE 2019: In his third feature, presented in Giornate degli Autori, Jayro Bustamante tells the story of the Guatemalan genocide using the codes of the ghost movie
1917 - by Sam Mendes - Director Sam Mendes and cinematographer Roger Deakins have created a stunning continuous-shot dash into enemy territory during World War I
1917
by Sam Mendes
Director Sam Mendes and cinematographer Roger Deakins have created a stunning continuous-shot dash into enemy territory during World War I
Les Misérables - by Ladj LY - CANNES 2019: With his first fiction feature, Ladj Ly paints an intense and impactful portrait of the relations between police and young people in the Paris suburbs
Les Misérables
by Ladj LY
CANNES 2019: With his first fiction feature, Ladj Ly paints an intense and impactful portrait of the relations between police and young people in the Paris suburbs
The Personal History of David Copperfield - by Armando Iannucci - Armando Iannucci surprises with this remarkably madcap adaptation of the much-loved Charles Dickens novel
The Personal History of David Copperfield
by Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci surprises with this remarkably madcap adaptation of the much-loved Charles Dickens novel
Review: Te quiero, imbécil

Review: Te quiero, imbécil

Laura Mañá uses humour to portray the crisis of the modern-day heterosexual male, caught between archaic values and new social expectations, mainly of a sentimental kind  

24/01 | Films | Reviews | Spain

Arte France Cinéma throws its weight behind Tarik Saleh’s Boy from Heaven

Arte France Cinéma throws its weight behind Tarik Saleh’s Boy from Heaven

The upcoming opus by Albert Serra and the feature debut by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet will also be co-produced by the French-German channel’s film arm  

24/01 | Production | Funding | France

REPORT: When East Meets West 2020

REPORT: When East Meets West 2020

We profile the winning projects of the co-production forum that was held during the 2020 edition of Trieste’s When East Meets West  

24/01 | Trieste 2020 | WEMW

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Interviews

UniFrance’s new managing director, Daniela Elstner, examines the new challenges involved in promoting French cinema abroad in a rapidly changing distribution context
UniFrance’s new managing director, Daniela Elstner, examines the new challenges involved in promoting French cinema abroad in a rapidly changing distribution context
We chatted with the director of the Solothurn Film Festival, Anita Hugi, about the strengths of a gathering which is so crucial to Swiss film
We chatted with the director of the Solothurn Film Festival, Anita Hugi, about the strengths of a gathering which is so crucial to Swiss film
We talked to Dr Huw Jones, lecturer in Film at the University of Southampton, about how he developed Moving Docs’ survey on documentary audiences in Europe
We talked to Dr Huw Jones, lecturer in Film at the University of Southampton, about how he developed Moving Docs’ survey on documentary audiences in Europe
We chatted to the artistic director of the Göteborg Film Festival, Jonas Holmberg, to discuss plans for the gathering, both big and small
We chatted to the artistic director of the Göteborg Film Festival, Jonas Holmberg, to discuss plans for the gathering, both big and small
We spoke to Serbian filmmaker Marija Stojnić about her documentary Speak So I Can See You, centred on Radio Belgrade
We spoke to Serbian filmmaker Marija Stojnić about her documentary Speak So I Can See You, centred on Radio Belgrade
Cineuropa talked to Marcin Krzyształowicz, director of Mister T., already a subject of some controversy in its home country, Poland, where it is set to be released on Christmas day
Cineuropa talked to Marcin Krzyształowicz, director of Mister T., already a subject of some controversy in its home country, Poland, where it is set to be released on Christmas day
Cineuropa braved the snow to talk to director Nathalie Biancheri about Nocturnal at the Les Arcs Film Festival
Cineuropa braved the snow to talk to director Nathalie Biancheri about Nocturnal at the Les Arcs Film Festival
We met with Biljana Tutorov, founder and head of programme of Women Doc Accelerator, after the vibrant sophomore year of the initiative
We met with Biljana Tutorov, founder and head of programme of Women Doc Accelerator, after the vibrant sophomore year of the initiative
The series Bang Bang Baby is in pre-production for Amazon Prime Video

The series Bang Bang Baby is in pre-production for Amazon Prime Video

The first Italian Amazon Original fiction series, created by Andrea di Stefano, will be a crime series set in 1980s Milan, featuring a teenage protagonist  

24/01 | Television | Italy

Festival Scope presents a selection of films from IFFR 2020

Festival Scope presents a selection of films from IFFR 2020

Audiences online will get the chance to discover​ 15 titles from the Bright Future section on the same day as they are screened at the festival  

24/01 | IFFR 2020

The Berlinale to open with My Salinger Year

The Berlinale to open with My Salinger Year

The 70th edition of the German festival will kick off with a Sigourney Weaver starrer  

24/01 | Berlinale 2020

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

La fortalezaby Jorge Thielen Armand - Rotterdam 2020 - Tiger Competition
La fortalezaby Jorge Thielen Armand
Rotterdam 2020 - Tiger Competition
Kala azar - by Janis Rafa - Rotterdam 2020 - Tiger Competition
Kala azar
by Janis Rafa
Rotterdam 2020 - Tiger Competition
Nasir - by Arun Karthick - Rotterdam 2020 - Tigers Competition
Nasir
by Arun Karthick
Rotterdam 2020 - Tigers Competition
The Year of the Discovery - by Luis López Carrasco - Rotterdam 2020 - Tiger Competition
The Year of the Discovery
by Luis López Carrasco
Rotterdam 2020 - Tiger Competition
Charter - by Amanda Kernell - Sundance 2020 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Charter
by Amanda Kernell
Sundance 2020 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Industry Reports

03/12/2019

The 13th IDFA DocLab new-media programme announces its winners

Prizes for Best Digital Storytelling and Best Immersive Non-fiction Experience were awarded to the crème de la crème of this year’s projects at IDFA DocLab

26/11/2019

God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya wins the first Arab Critics’ Award for European Films

The joint initiative between European Film Promotion and the Arab Cinema Center, aiming to promote European cinema to the Arab world, handed out its award at the Cairo Film Festival

29/10/2019

Europa Distribution explains why together is better at Rome's MIA

The network held its 13th Annual Conference during Rome's market, gathering around sixty of its members to discuss the latest evolutions in the European distribution market

Film Reviews

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