Review: Piggy

Review: Piggy

Carlota Martínez Pereda dabbles in Carrie mythos, delivering the kind of film that will put you off Spanish holidays for life

28/01 | Sundance 2022 | Midnight

The Lithuanian Film Tax Incentive’s figures kept rising in 2021

The Lithuanian Film Tax Incentive’s figures kept rising in 2021

In its eighth year, the financial initiative has again broken success records by increasing its number of international participants as well as that of film projects taking advantage of it

28/01 | Production | Funding | Lithuania

The Norwegian government sets aside 65 million Norwegian crowns to support productions hit by the coronavirus crisis

The Norwegian government sets aside 65 million Norwegian crowns to support productions hit by the coronavirus crisis

With this provision, the Norwegian Film Institute reintroduces and enhances the schemes "Production 2" and "Corona-related production guarantee"

28/01 | Industry | Market | Norway

CEE Animation Workshop picks 12 projects

CEE Animation Workshop picks 12 projects

Three feature films, three TV series, five short films and one TV special, plus four participants without projects, have been selected for the 2022 edition

28/01 | CEE Animation Forum 2022

Industry Reports

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - A new media chronology in France - 25/01/2022

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 25/01/2022
A new media chronology in France
The revision of film exploitation windows sees Canal+ move to six months after theatrical release, streamers to 15 or 17 months and free-to-air TV channels to 22 months

Film Festival Trends
FOCUS
As the world faces uncertainty during this new phase of the pandemic and industry events struggle to take place in a physical format, Cineuropa continues to keep a close eye on the most recent developments in the European audiovisual sector and provide extensive coverage of the most highly anticipated festivals, including Sundance, Rotterdam, Göteborg and, of course, the Berlinale. Read our latest stories here.

Documentary - Matteo Frittelli • Producer of Il Giardino che non c’è - 28/01/2022

Documentary – 28/01/2022
Matteo Frittelli • Producer of Il Giardino che non c’è
The producer of the company Alto Piano talks about the importance of memory as a renewal, and about the distribution of art documentaries

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - The Writers Lab for women screenwriters over 40 launches in Europe - 27/01/2022

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 27/01/2022
The Writers Lab for women screenwriters over 40 launches in Europe
Fremantle and HBO Max Nordic support the initiative that was first launched in the US and later expanded to the UK

Produce – Co-Produce... - At the Malta Film Week, panellists explore the country’s different funding options - 26/01/2022

Produce – Co-Produce... – 26/01/2022
At the Malta Film Week, panellists explore the country’s different funding options
Production bursaries, an attractive cash-rebate programme covering up to 40% of eligible expenses and a highly skilled workforce are just some of the benefits of filming in Malta

European Policy - What level of financial contributions from platforms to creations? - 26/01/2022

European Policy – 26/01/2022
What level of financial contributions from platforms to creations?
The French reference at the heart of a European progress report on the transposition of the AVMS Directive at a conference organised by the CNC

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - The impact of superhero movies on the European box office - 26/01/2022

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 26/01/2022
The impact of superhero movies on the European box office
European cinema group UNIC reported that Spider-Man: No Way Home earned around €93 million in UK and Ireland and €48.5 million in France

Market Trends - The European Audiovisual Observatory publishes a new report on media ownership in Europe - 20/01/2022

Market Trends – 20/01/2022
The European Audiovisual Observatory publishes a new report on media ownership in Europe
The study highlights how the SVoD race and the COVID-19 pandemic are boosting an M&A spree throughout Europe

Co-Production Podcast

Episode 23: Captain Volkonogov Escaped (Russia/Estonia/France) - 20/12/2021

20/12/2021
Episode 23: Captain Volkonogov Escaped (Russia/Estonia/France)
The producers of Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 22: Queens (France/Belgium/ Morocco/Netherlands) - 17/12/2021

17/12/2021
Episode 22: Queens (France/Belgium/ Morocco/Netherlands)
The producers of Yasmine Benkiran's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 21: My Fairy Troublemaker (Luxembourg/Germany) - 16/12/2021

16/12/2021
Episode 21: My Fairy Troublemaker (Luxembourg/Germany)
The producers of Caroline Origer's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 20: Titina (Norway/Belgium) - 16/12/2021

16/12/2021
Episode 20: Titina (Norway/Belgium)
The producers of Kajsa Næss' film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 19: Inside (Greece/Germany/Belgium) - 09/12/2021

09/12/2021
Episode 19: Inside (Greece/Germany/Belgium)
The producers of Vasilis Katsoupis's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 18: The Delegation (Poland/Israel/Germany) - 08/12/2021

08/12/2021
Episode 18: The Delegation (Poland/Israel/Germany)
The producers of Asaf Saban's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 17: Disco Boy (France/Italy/Poland/Belgium) - 03/12/2021

03/12/2021
Episode 17: Disco Boy (France/Italy/Poland/Belgium)
The producers of Giacomo Abbruzzese's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 16: About Joan (France/Germany/Ireland) - 02/12/2021

02/12/2021
Episode 16: About Joan (France/Germany/Ireland)
The producers of Laurent Larivière's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Review: Rotzloch

Review: Rotzloch

Maja Tschumi’s first captivating feature film sees us catapulted without a net between the walls of a refugee centre where four young people are trying to rebuild their lives

28/01 | Solothurn 2022

Review: The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future

Review: The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future

Ecology meets biker ghosts meets dairy farms in Francisca Alegría's film that's pleasantly wacky until it runs out of gas

28/01 | Sundance 2022 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Review: The Island

Review: The Island

Anca Damian revisits the meeting of Robinson Crusoe and Friday in a lavish, political, symbolic and poetic animated work. A contemporary and timeless visual whirlwind

28/01 | IFFR 2022 | Big Screen Competition

Series review: Christian

Series review: Christian

In the new Sky Original series, Edoardo Pesce plays a suburban slugger who gets stigmata on his hands and starts performing miracles

28/01 | Series | Reviews | Italy

Photogalleries

Cinémamed 2021 – Photogalleries - 02/12/2021

02/12/2021
Cinémamed 2021 – Photogalleries
Organised from 2-12 December, the Mediterranean Brussels film festival is back to its physical format and ready to celebrate the best European and Mediterranean films. Among the directors presented, Marco Bellocchio, Nabil Ayouch, Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, Clara Roquet, Tony Gatlif, Jonas Carpignano and many others. Check out our photogalleries here

Black Nights 2021 – Photogalleries - 13/11/2021

13/11/2021
Black Nights 2021 – Photogalleries
One of the most prestigious gatherings of the Nordic-Baltic region, the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival is set to brighten the dark Estonian winter from 12-28 November with a raft of new independent titles and a rich line-up of industry events. Discover this year’s festival highlights in our exclusive photogalleries

Lecce 2021 – Photogallery - 09/11/2021

09/11/2021
Lecce 2021 – Photogallery
Unspooling from 6-13 November, Lecce European Film Festival is finally back to its physical format and ready to celebrate the best European titles of the year. Check out our photogalleries here

Cinemed 2021 – Photogallery - 23/10/2021

23/10/2021
Cinemed 2021 – Photogallery
One of the most important showcases of Mediterranean cinema, the 43rd edition of Montpellier's Cinemed ran from 15-23 October. Discover this year's festival highlights in our exclusive photogallery

Rome 2021 – Photogalleries - 17/10/2021

17/10/2021
Rome 2021 – Photogalleries
The 16th edition of Rome Film Fest, running from 14-24 October, presented 23 new titles in its main competition. Discover our exclusive photogalleries from some of this year's red carpets

MIA 2021 – Photogalleries - 17/09/2021

17/09/2021
MIA 2021 – Photogalleries
The 2021 edition of MIA, Italy's premier market converging all the segments of the audiovisual industry, unspooled from 13-17 October. Discover our exclusive photogalleries from the conversation with US director Joe Russo and the panel "The Future State of the Film Industry"

Venice 2021 – Photogalleries - 16/09/2021

16/09/2021
Venice 2021 – Photogalleries
Discover our photo coverage from this year's Venice Film Festival: some exclusive memories from Giornate degli Autori and Mostra's star-studded red carpets

Wet Sand, Pas de deux and Beautiful Minds win big at the Solothurn Film Festival

Wet Sand, Pas de deux and Beautiful Minds win big at the Solothurn Film Festival

Films by Elene Naveriani, Elie Aufseesser and Bernard Campan were chosen to represent the crème de la crème of Swiss cinema

28/01 | Solothurn 2022 | Awards

Matteo Frittelli • Producer of Il Giardino che non c’è

Interview: Matteo Frittelli • Producer of Il Giardino che non c’è

“We wanted a film that projected the past onto the present”

The producer of the company Alto Piano talks about the importance of memory as a renewal, and about the distribution of art documentaries

28/01 | /Italy/France

Manuel Arija • Director of Ultrainnocence

Interview: Manuel Arija • Director of Ultrainnocence

“I liked the fact that it recalls a 1970s aesthetic”

We talked to the director about his cinematic quest for a divine presence, which is set to premiere at this year's Slamdance

28/01 | Slamdance 2022

Reviews

Utama - by Alejandro Loayza Grisi

Utama
by Alejandro Loayza Grisi
Alejandro Loayza Grisi crafts a highly promising, existentialist and mystical first feature film about a family of three Quechua Indians against the spectacular backdrop of the Bolivian Altiplano

Klondike - by Maryna Er Gorbach

Klondike
by Maryna Er Gorbach
Taking place in eastern Ukraine in the early days of the Donbas war, Maryna Er Gorbach’s poetic and imaginative film evokes the surreal atmosphere of a peculiar conflict

Piggy - by Carlota Martínez Pereda

Piggy
by Carlota Martínez Pereda
Carlota Martínez Pereda dabbles in Carrie mythos, delivering the kind of film that will put you off Spanish holidays for life

The Island - by Anca Damian

The Island
by Anca Damian
Anca Damian revisits the meeting of Robinson Crusoe and Friday in a lavish, political, symbolic and poetic animated work. A contemporary and timeless visual whirlwind

The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future - by Francisca Alegria

The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future
by Francisca Alegria
Ecology meets biker ghosts meets dairy farms in Francisca Alegría's film that's pleasantly wacky until it runs out of gas

Broadway - by Christos Massalas

Broadway
by Christos Massalas
A thriller blending romance and social realism, Christos Massalas’ hybrid first feature film follows a small community of pickpockets living in Athens

You Won't Be Alone - by Goran Stolevski

You Won't Be Alone
by Goran Stolevski
In Goran Stolevski’s atmospheric, yet a tad too Terrence Malick-y, feature debut, witches really are everywhere

My Emptiness and I - by Adrián Silvestre

My Emptiness and I
by Adrián Silvestre
Adrián Silvestre returns to fiction by portraying the misadventures of Raphäelle Perez, a French trans girl who has spent years searching for her identity and a well-rounded life… But haven’t we all?

Review: Broadway

Review: Broadway

A thriller blending romance and social realism, Christos Massalas’ hybrid first feature film follows a small community of pickpockets living in Athens

27/01 | IFFR 2022 | Big Screen Competition

Adrián Silvestre • Director of My Emptiness and I

Interview: Adrián Silvestre • Director of My Emptiness and I

“People today are treated like commodities on the market”

Following his second feature, Sediments, the Spanish filmmaker continues to explore the conflicts of transexual identity in his new film

27/01 | IFFR 2022 | Big Screen Competition

Review: À ciel ouvert

Review: À ciel ouvert

Charlie Petersmann's latest feature film gives us a behind-the-scenes look at a pharaonic construction site that seems to swallow up everything and everyone

27/01 | Solothurn 2022

Interviews

Hanna Bergholm • Director of Hatching

Hanna Bergholm • Director of Hatching
In her new work, the Finnish director addresses every girl’s biggest fears – and a weird creature hiding in the closet is not the worst of them

Matteo Frittelli • Producer of Il Giardino che non c’è

Matteo Frittelli • Producer of Il Giardino che non c’è
The producer of the company Alto Piano talks about the importance of memory as a renewal, and about the distribution of art documentaries

Manuel Arija • Director of Ultrainnocence

Manuel Arija • Director of Ultrainnocence
We talked to the director about his cinematic quest for a divine presence, which is set to premiere at this year's Slamdance

Yllka Gashi • Actress in Hive

Yllka Gashi • Actress in Hive
Cineuropa's editor-in-chief, Domenico La Porta, had a chat with lead actress Yllka Gashi about the impact of the film and what an Academy Award nomination would mean to all of the women who are still facing social and cultural adversity in the world

Adrián Silvestre • Director of My Emptiness and I

Adrián Silvestre • Director of My Emptiness and I
Following his second feature, Sediments, the Spanish filmmaker continues to explore the conflicts of transexual identity in his new film

Morgane Dziurla-Petit • Director of Excess Will Save Us

Morgane Dziurla-Petit • Director of Excess Will Save Us
The French director offers an unusual insight into the daily life of a small village in Northern France and, more specifically, that of an extraordinary family

László Csuja and Anna Nemes • Directors of Gentle

László Csuja and Anna Nemes • Directors of Gentle
The Hungarian filmmakers’ drama about a couple of bodybuilders is an intimate portrait that truly lives up to its title

Christian Tafdrup • Director of Speak No Evil

Christian Tafdrup • Director of Speak No Evil
In the Danish director’s new film, there is such a thing as being too polite for your own good

Petty Thieves comes out on top at When East Meets West

Petty Thieves comes out on top at When East Meets West

The debut project by Mate Ugrin has received the Film Center Serbia Development Award at the 12th, hybrid edition of the Italian co-production forum

27/01 | Trieste 2022 | WEMW/Awards

IFFR’s CineMart is all set for its 39th edition

IFFR’s CineMart is all set for its 39th edition

The important Dutch co-production market will welcome 28 projects from around the globe, including five immersive experiences

27/01 | IFFR 2022 | IFFR Pro

The Writers Lab for women screenwriters over 40 launches in Europe

The Writers Lab for women screenwriters over 40 launches in Europe

Fremantle and HBO Max Nordic support the initiative that was first launched in the US and later expanded to the UK

27/01 | Industry | Market | Europe

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Girl Picture - by Alli Haapasalo

Girl Picture
by Alli Haapasalo
Sundance 2022 - Audience Award World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Broadway - by Christos Massalas

Broadway
by Christos Massalas
Rotterdam 2022 - Big Screen Competition

Klondike - by Maryna Er Gorbach

Klondike
by Maryna Er Gorbach
Sundance 2022 - Directing Award World Cinema Dramatic Competition

EAMI - by Paz Encina

EAMI
by Paz Encina
Rotterdam 2022 - Tiger Competition

A criança - by Marguerite de Hillerin, Félix Dutilloy-Liégeois

A criança
by Marguerite de Hillerin, Félix Dutilloy-Liégeois
Rotterdam 2022 - Tiger Competition

Splendid Isolation - by Urszula Antoniak

Splendid Isolation
by Urszula Antoniak
Rotterdam 2022 - Compétition Big Screen

Kung Fu Zohra - by Mabrouk el Mechri

Kung Fu Zohra
by Mabrouk el Mechri
Rotterdam 2022 - Big Screen Competition

The Island - by Anca Damian

The Island
by Anca Damian
Rotterdam 2022 - Big Screen Competition

Review: Three Minutes – A Lengthening

Review: Three Minutes – A Lengthening

Bianca Stigter's documentary sheds light on the tragic destiny of Nasielsk's Jewish community through a short 16 mm home movie accidentally found in a closet

27/01 | Sundance 2022 | Spotlight

EXCLUSIVE: Hallvar Witzø’s feature debut, Everybody Hates Johan, ready for release

EXCLUSIVE: Hallvar Witzø’s feature debut, Everybody Hates Johan, ready for release

The comedy, penned by Erlend Loe and staged by Nordisk Film, centres on a blaster living in Titran, a small town on the windswept ridgeline of Trøndelag

27/01 | Production | Funding | Norway

Clermont-Ferrand goes ahead with in-person edition of festival

Clermont-Ferrand goes ahead with in-person edition of festival

The world's biggest short film festival and market begins on Friday with strict protocols in place

27/01 | Shorts | France

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Reviews

The Mission - by Tania Anderson

The Mission
by Tania Anderson
Young Mormons head to Finland in Tania Anderson’s doc, intent on following Cinderella’s mother’s advice at all costs: “Have courage and be kind”

Three Minutes - A Lengthening - by Bianca Stigter

Three Minutes - A Lengthening
by Bianca Stigter
Bianca Stigter's documentary sheds light on the tragic destiny of Nasielsk's Jewish community through a short 16 mm home movie accidentally found in a closet

Gentle - by Anna Eszter Nemes, László Csuja

Gentle
by Anna Eszter Nemes, László Csuja
Hungarian directors László Csuja and Anna Nemes deliver an intensely physical fiction film telling the painful and moving tale of a bodybuilding champion and her coach

Calendar Girls - by Maria Loohufvud, Love Martinsen

Calendar Girls
by Maria Loohufvud, Love Martinsen
Maria Loohufvud and Love Martinsen’s good-natured Swedish documentary feels way too familiar, and not just because of that title

Hatching - by Hanna Bergholm

Hatching
by Hanna Bergholm
Leave it to Hanna Bergholm’s Finnish oddity to announce there is another Birdman in town

Industry Reports

Documentary – 28/01/2022

Matteo Frittelli • Producer of Il Giardino che non c’è

The producer of the company Alto Piano talks about the importance of memory as a renewal, and about the distribution of art documentaries

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 27/01/2022

The Writers Lab for women screenwriters over 40 launches in Europe

Fremantle and HBO Max Nordic support the initiative that was first launched in the US and later expanded to the UK

Produce – Co-Produce... – 26/01/2022

At the Malta Film Week, panellists explore the country’s different funding options

Production bursaries, an attractive cash-rebate programme covering up to 40% of eligible expenses and a highly skilled workforce are just some of the benefits of filming in Malta

European Policy – 26/01/2022

What level of financial contributions from platforms to creations?

The French reference at the heart of a European progress report on the transposition of the AVMS Directive at a conference organised by the CNC

Film Reviews

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