Watch on Cineuropa: Prisoners - Unforgettable Films on Our Fight for Freedom

Watch on Cineuropa: Prisoners - Unforgettable Films on Our Fight for Freedom

Eager to be inspired? Ten new films about our right to be free: enjoy them on our pages!  

18/09 | Watch on Cineuropa

Pablo Agüero • Director of Akelarre

Interview: Pablo Agüero • Director of Akelarre

"I steered clear of period-film clichés"

Pablo Agüero talks to us about his new film, Akelarre, the chronicle of a witch hunt that took place centuries ago, but the repercussions of which can still be clearly felt today  

18/09 | San Sebastián 2020 | Competition

Roberto Andò now shooting Il bambino nascosto

Roberto Andò now shooting Il bambino nascosto

Following on from Una storia senza nome, the Palermo-born director is shooting a new film in Naples, starring Silvio Orlando  

18/09 | Production | Funding | Italy

Review: Patria

Review: Patria

This extraordinary HBO series, based on the Fernando Aramburu novel, makes your blood run cold, is profoundly moving and serves as a reminder that violence is harmful to both victims and terrorists  

18/09 | San Sebastián 2020 | Special Screenings

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Rifkin's Festival - by Woody Allen - Woody Allen heads to San Sebastián, bringing with him his passion for travel, his neuroses and his love of (classic) film - a fantastical escape route which saves him from personal catastrophes
Rifkin's Festival
by Woody Allen
Woody Allen heads to San Sebastián, bringing with him his passion for travel, his neuroses and his love of (classic) film - a fantastical escape route which saves him from personal catastrophes
Lift Like a Girl - by Mayye Zayed - Mayye Zayed’s debut feature-length documentary centres on young women with dreams of becoming weightlifting champions
Lift Like a Girl
by Mayye Zayed
Mayye Zayed’s debut feature-length documentary centres on young women with dreams of becoming weightlifting champions
Downstream to Kinshasa - by Dieudo Hamadi - Dieudo Hamadi follows skilfully and respectfully in the footsteps of a group of survivors devastated by war and demanding reparations, in a documentary awarded the Cannes 2020 Official Selection Label
Downstream to Kinshasa
by Dieudo Hamadi
Dieudo Hamadi follows skilfully and respectfully in the footsteps of a group of survivors devastated by war and demanding reparations, in a documentary awarded the Cannes 2020 Official Selection Label
Monday - by Argyris Papadimitropoulos - Storming performances from Denise Gough and Sebastian Stan are at the heart of Argyris Papadimitropoulos's exhilarating Greek romance
Monday
by Argyris Papadimitropoulos
Storming performances from Denise Gough and Sebastian Stan are at the heart of Argyris Papadimitropoulos's exhilarating Greek romance
My Donkey, My Lover & I - by Caroline Vignal - Laure Calamy and Patrick the donkey steal the show in Caroline Vignal's funny and original comedy, a work awarded the Cannes Official Selection Label and which is soon to hit cinemas in France
My Donkey, My Lover & I
by Caroline Vignal
Laure Calamy and Patrick the donkey steal the show in Caroline Vignal's funny and original comedy, a work awarded the Cannes Official Selection Label and which is soon to hit cinemas in France
Transforming Tomorrow - by Dino Mustafic - In his AJB DOC prize-winning film, Bosnian director Dino Mustafić reveals how steel giant ArcelorMittal is supported by the local government in its illegal and environmentally hazardous operations
Transforming Tomorrow
by Dino Mustafic
In his AJB DOC prize-winning film, Bosnian director Dino Mustafić reveals how steel giant ArcelorMittal is supported by the local government in its illegal and environmentally hazardous operations
Spring Blossom - by Suzanne Lindon - Suzanne Lindon’s feature debut is a very refreshing film, packed with references yet original, about a Parisian teenager’s awakening to love
Spring Blossom
by Suzanne Lindon
Suzanne Lindon’s feature debut is a very refreshing film, packed with references yet original, about a Parisian teenager’s awakening to love
The Monopoly of Violence - by David Dufresne - David Dufresne delivers a powerful documentary dissecting the current philosophy behind law enforcement and questioning the legitimacy of the disproportionate use of violence
The Monopoly of Violence
by David Dufresne
David Dufresne delivers a powerful documentary dissecting the current philosophy behind law enforcement and questioning the legitimacy of the disproportionate use of violence
French sales agents ride high in Toronto in virtual fashion

French sales agents ride high in Toronto in virtual fashion

New projects and sales deals have notably been struck by Pathé International, StudioCanal, mk2 Films, Kinology, Charades, Memento, Playtime, Indie Sales, Luxbox and Pulsar Content  

18/09 | Toronto 2020

Florian Hoffmann is preparing Stille Post

Florian Hoffmann is preparing Stille Post

The drama will centre on a Berlin schoolteacher of Kurdish origins  

18/09 | Production | Funding | Germany

Odesa focuses on Ukrainian films and introduces its Visions programme

Odesa focuses on Ukrainian films and introduces its Visions programme

The 11th edition of the leading Ukrainian gathering will feature seven national titles, while films with a distinctive visual narrative are being selected for the new section  

18/09 | Odesa 2020

Nacho Álvarez • Director of My Heart Goes Boom!

Interview: Nacho Álvarez • Director of My Heart Goes Boom!

"This film is an homage to the Italian diva"

Uruguay’s Nacho Álvarez makes his directorial debut with My Heart Goes Boom!, a musical produced by Spain and Italy, featuring the popular hits of pop star Raffaella Carrà  

18/09 | San Sebastián 2020 | RTVE Screenings

The European Film Factory: Film Education 2.0

The European Film Factory: Film Education 2.0

Ten European heritage films are available online, free of charge and in eight languages for students aged 11 - 18 years and for teachers in all member countries of Creative Europe  

18/09 | Europe

Review: Rifkin’s Festival

Review: Rifkin’s Festival

Woody Allen heads to San Sebastián, bringing with him his passion for travel, his neuroses and his love of (classic) film - a fantastical escape route which saves him from personal catastrophes  

18/09 | San Sebastián 2020 | Out of Competition

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Nicolas Maury discusses his transition to film direction via My Best Part, which was awarded the Cannes Official Selection Label and has now been presented in Toronto’s Industry Selects line-up
Nicolas Maury discusses his transition to film direction via My Best Part, which was awarded the Cannes Official Selection Label and has now been presented in Toronto’s Industry Selects line-up
French filmmaker Emmanuel Mouret decodes Love Affairs(s) , a work awarded the Cannes 2020 Official Selection Label which is soon to hit French cinemas
French filmmaker Emmanuel Mouret decodes Love Affairs(s) , a work awarded the Cannes 2020 Official Selection Label which is soon to hit French cinemas
VENICE 2020: We chatted with Pietro Castellitto about his debut work The Predators , awarded the Best Screenplay trophy in the Orizzonti section
VENICE 2020: We chatted with Pietro Castellitto about his debut work The Predators , awarded the Best Screenplay trophy in the Orizzonti section
VENICE 2020: In Conference, Russia's Ivan I Tverdovskiy depicts a controversial commemoration of the 2002 terrorist attack on the Dubrovka Theatre in Moscow
VENICE 2020: In Conference, Russia's Ivan I Tverdovskiy depicts a controversial commemoration of the 2002 terrorist attack on the Dubrovka Theatre in Moscow
VENICE 2020: Serbia's Ivan Ikić presents his second feature Oasis, which tells the story of a love triangle within the walls of an institution for young people with special needs
VENICE 2020: Serbia's Ivan Ikić presents his second feature Oasis, which tells the story of a love triangle within the walls of an institution for young people with special needs
VENICE 2020: We chatted with Carlo S Hintermann about his first fiction feature, The Book of Vision, produced by Terrence Malick
VENICE 2020: We chatted with Carlo S Hintermann about his first fiction feature, The Book of Vision, produced by Terrence Malick
VENICE 2020: Ameen Nayfeh talks about his feature debut, 200 Meters, a film that tells of the harsh lives of Palestinians divided by a wall
VENICE 2020: Ameen Nayfeh talks about his feature debut, 200 Meters, a film that tells of the harsh lives of Palestinians divided by a wall
Uruguay’s Nacho Álvarez makes his directorial debut with My Heart Goes Boom!, a musical produced by Spain and Italy, featuring the popular hits of pop star Raffaella Carrà
Uruguay’s Nacho Álvarez makes his directorial debut with My Heart Goes Boom!, a musical produced by Spain and Italy, featuring the popular hits of pop star Raffaella Carrà
Review: Lift Like a Girl

Review: Lift Like a Girl

Mayye Zayed’s debut feature-length documentary centres on young women with dreams of becoming weightlifting champions  

18/09 | Toronto 2020 | TIFF Docs

Review: Falling

Review: Falling

Viggo Mortensen's directorial debut is being feted at San Sebastián, where the actor-director is receiving a Donostia Award for Lifetime Achievement  

18/09 | San Sebastián 2020 | Donostia Award Screenings

Nordisk Panorama Film Festival encourages audiences to take some well-deserved Lady Time

Nordisk Panorama Film Festival encourages audiences to take some well-deserved Lady Time

Based in Malmö, Sweden, the 31st edition of the festival will unspool online, with a select few in-person events  

17/09 | Festivals | Awards | Sweden

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Simple Passion - by Danielle Arbid - Cannes 2020 - Official Selection - San Sebastian 2020 - Competition
Simple Passion
by Danielle Arbid
Cannes 2020 - Official Selection
San Sebastian 2020 - Competition
Akelarre - by Pablo Agüero - San Sebastian 2020 - Competition
Akelarre
by Pablo Agüero
San Sebastian 2020 - Competition
Limbo - by Ben Sharrock - Cannes 2020 - Official Selection - Toronto 2020 - Discovery - San Sebastian 2020 - New Directors
Limbo
by Ben Sharrock
Cannes 2020 - Official Selection
Toronto 2020 - Discovery
San Sebastian 2020 - New Directors
Another Round - by Thomas Vinterberg - Cannes 2020 - Official Selection - Toronto 2020 - Special Presentations - San Sebastian 2020 - Competition - Danish release September 24
Another Round
by Thomas Vinterberg
Cannes 2020 - Official Selection
Toronto 2020 - Special Presentations
San Sebastian 2020 - Competition
Danish release September 24
Summer of 85 - by François Ozon - Cannes 2020 - Official Selection - San Sebastian 2020 - Competition
Summer of 85
by François Ozon
Cannes 2020 - Official Selection
San Sebastian 2020 - Competition
Review: The Whale from Lorino

Review: The Whale from Lorino

Maciej Cuske's thought-provoking observational documentary on the life of the Chukchi ethnic group in the northeast of Siberia was one of the prizewinners at Millennium Docs Against Gravity  

17/09 | Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2020

Odesa’s Film Industry Office gears up for a digital edition

Odesa’s Film Industry Office gears up for a digital edition

The industry platform is showcasing upcoming Ukrainian productions and offering professionals a specialised session on film promotion  

17/09 | Odesa 2020 | Film Industry Office

Martin Hawie and Laura Harwarth are readying Die Zukunft ist ein einsamer Ort

Martin Hawie and Laura Harwarth are readying Die Zukunft ist ein einsamer Ort

The thriller will star Lucas Gregorowicz, Katharina Schüttler and Denis Moschitto  

17/09 | Production | Funding | Germany

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Film Reviews

Love Affair(s) - by Emmanuel Mouret - CANNES 2020: Emmanuel Mouret trials and skilfully succeeds at a new recipe for decrypting the complexity of the love choices we make, a very subtle exploration awarded the Official Selection Label
Love Affair(s)
by Emmanuel Mouret
CANNES 2020: Emmanuel Mouret trials and skilfully succeeds at a new recipe for decrypting the complexity of the love choices we make, a very subtle exploration awarded the Official Selection Label
My Best Part - by Nicolas Maury - Nicolas Maury moves into film direction with panache, delivering a melancholy comedy that’s both funny and moving about an anxious, jealous actor struggling with his uniqueness and discontentment
My Best Part
by Nicolas Maury
Nicolas Maury moves into film direction with panache, delivering a melancholy comedy that’s both funny and moving about an anxious, jealous actor struggling with his uniqueness and discontentment
Ghosts - by Azra Deniz Okyay - VENICE 2020: Turkish director Azra Deniz Okyay breaks out with an excellent debut film featuring a cross-cutting narrative, a deserving winner of the International Film Critics’ Week Grand Prize
Ghosts
by Azra Deniz Okyay
VENICE 2020: Turkish director Azra Deniz Okyay breaks out with an excellent debut film featuring a cross-cutting narrative, a deserving winner of the International Film Critics’ Week Grand Prize
A Good Man - by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar - Touching on a very delicate subject, Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar explore with great empathy the desire for children of a trans man incredibly played by Noémie Merlant
A Good Man
by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
Touching on a very delicate subject, Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar explore with great empathy the desire for children of a trans man incredibly played by Noémie Merlant
Notturno - by Gianfranco Rosi - VENICE 2020: The most meticulous of cinematic artists, Gianfranco Rosi, takes an intricate, compassionate and poetic look at daily life along the Middle Eastern front line
Notturno
by Gianfranco Rosi
VENICE 2020: The most meticulous of cinematic artists, Gianfranco Rosi, takes an intricate, compassionate and poetic look at daily life along the Middle Eastern front line
Shorta - by Anders Ølholm, Frederik Louis Hviid - VENICE 2020: Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Ølholm offer up a rock-hard Danish crime story with social commentary to match, taking few prisoners and showing minimal mercy
Shorta
by Anders Ølholm, Frederik Louis Hviid
VENICE 2020: Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Ølholm offer up a rock-hard Danish crime story with social commentary to match, taking few prisoners and showing minimal mercy
New Order - by Michel Franco - VENICE 2020: Michel Franco makes an audacious, unremitting and brutal critique of inequality and its relationship to violence
New Order
by Michel Franco
VENICE 2020: Michel Franco makes an audacious, unremitting and brutal critique of inequality and its relationship to violence
Pieces of a Woman - by Kornél Mundruczó - VENICE 2020: Kornél Mundruczó's new film is a decent character study, and its strength mainly stems from the performances of the three great leads
Pieces of a Woman
by Kornél Mundruczó
VENICE 2020: Kornél Mundruczó's new film is a decent character study, and its strength mainly stems from the performances of the three great leads
Michael Stejskal • Distributor, FilmLaden

Interview: Michael Stejskal • Distributor, FilmLaden

“We need better ways to find funding mechanisms which are a real help”

We spoke to the managing director of Austrian distribution company FilmLaden, Michael Stejskal, about the complexities of the country’s market  

17/09 | /Austria

Review: Downstream to Kinshasa

Review: Downstream to Kinshasa

Dieudo Hamadi follows skilfully and respectfully in the footsteps of a group of survivors devastated by war and demanding reparations, in a documentary awarded the Cannes 2020 Official Selection Label  

17/09 | Toronto 2020 | Special Screenings

Odesa moves online but goes ahead with its Potemkin Stairs screening

Odesa moves online but goes ahead with its Potemkin Stairs screening

The 11th edition of Ukraine’s biggest film event will run from 25 September-3 October  

17/09 | Odesa 2020

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Interviews

Pablo Agüero talks to us about his new film, Akelarre, the chronicle of a witch hunt that took place centuries ago, but the repercussions of which can still be clearly felt today
Pablo Agüero talks to us about his new film, Akelarre, the chronicle of a witch hunt that took place centuries ago, but the repercussions of which can still be clearly felt today
We spoke to the managing director of Austrian distribution company FilmLaden, Michael Stejskal, about the complexities of the country’s market
We spoke to the managing director of Austrian distribution company FilmLaden, Michael Stejskal, about the complexities of the country’s market
Cineuropa sat down with Cinekid new director Heleen Rouw to talk about the forthcoming edition in the context of the pandemic
Cineuropa sat down with Cinekid new director Heleen Rouw to talk about the forthcoming edition in the context of the pandemic
VENICE 2020: Bruce LaBruce returns to the Giornate degli Autori with Saint-Narcisse, in which the sacred and the blasphemous collide, redefining the traditional concept of family
VENICE 2020: Bruce LaBruce returns to the Giornate degli Autori with Saint-Narcisse, in which the sacred and the blasphemous collide, redefining the traditional concept of family
We talked to Dumitru Budrala, the president and founder of the Astra Film Festival, about how outdoor screenings are an effective way to rejuvenate one’s audience
We talked to Dumitru Budrala, the president and founder of the Astra Film Festival, about how outdoor screenings are an effective way to rejuvenate one’s audience
VENICE 2020: We chatted with Alessandro Rossellini, the director of The Rossellinis, an Italian-Latvian co-production presented in competition at Venice’s International Critics’ Week
VENICE 2020: We chatted with Alessandro Rossellini, the director of The Rossellinis, an Italian-Latvian co-production presented in competition at Venice’s International Critics’ Week
VENICE 2020: Simone Marcelli talks to us about his film Occident Express, which features footage of the stage play of the same name written by Stefano Massini
VENICE 2020: Simone Marcelli talks to us about his film Occident Express, which features footage of the stage play of the same name written by Stefano Massini
VENICE 2020: Artists and stage performers Flavia Mastrella and Antonio Rezza present their new cinematic work, Samp, in the Giornate degli Autori
VENICE 2020: Artists and stage performers Flavia Mastrella and Antonio Rezza present their new cinematic work, Samp, in the Giornate degli Autori
Review: Monday

Review: Monday

Storming performances from Denise Gough and Sebastian Stan are at the heart of Argyris Papadimitropoulos's exhilarating Greek romance  

17/09 | Toronto 2020 | Industry Selects

Nicolas Maury • Director of My Best Part

Interview: Nicolas Maury • Director of My Best Part

"As Cocteau used to say: too much is just about enough for me"

Nicolas Maury discusses his transition to film direction via My Best Part, which was awarded the Cannes Official Selection Label and has now been presented in Toronto’s Industry Selects line-up  

17/09 | Toronto 2020 | Industry Selects

36 projects selected for DOK Leipzig's DOK Co-Pro Market

36 projects selected for DOK Leipzig's DOK Co-Pro Market

The 16th edition of the industry event will take place completely online on 26 and 27 October, with four awards due to be given out to the best projects  

17/09 | DOK Leipzig 2020 | DOK Industry

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Beginning - by Dea Kulumbegashvili - Cannes 2020 - Official Selection - Toronto 2020 - Discovery - San Sebastian 2020 - Competition
Beginning
by Dea Kulumbegashvili
Cannes 2020 - Official Selection
Toronto 2020 - Discovery
San Sebastian 2020 - Competition
Ane - by David Pérez Sañudo - San Sebastian 2020 - New Directors
Ane
by David Pérez Sañudo
San Sebastian 2020 - New Directors
Spagat - by Christian Johannes Koch - San Sebastian 2020 - New Directors
Spagat
by Christian Johannes Koch
San Sebastian 2020 - New Directors
Courtroom 3H - by Antonio Méndez Esparza - San Sebastian 2020 - Competition
Courtroom 3H
by Antonio Méndez Esparza
San Sebastian 2020 - Competition
In the Dusk - by Sharunas Bartas - San Sebastian 2020 - Competition
In the Dusk
by Sharunas Bartas
San Sebastian 2020 - Competition

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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