The winners of the 2020 TFL Audience Design Fund revealed

The winners of the 2020 TFL Audience Design Fund revealed

Two fiction films and one documentary have been granted distribution support by the TorinoFilmLab  

16/07 | Festivals | Awards | Italy

Hidden Away and Bad Tales triumph at the Italian Golden Globes

Hidden Away and Bad Tales triumph at the Italian Golden Globes

The foreign press deemed Giorgio Diritti’s movie to be Best Italian Film, also granting it the Best Cinematography Award; Best Director and Best Screenplay went to the D'Innocenzo brothers’ feature  

16/07 | Festivals | Awards | Italy

Frédéric Farrucci • Director of Night Ride

Interview: Frédéric Farrucci • Director of Night Ride

"The crime storyline is often just an excuse"

Frédéric Farrucci tells us about the genesis of his captivating feature debut, Night Ride, an atmospheric film noir centred on an illegal Chinese taxi driver in Paris  

16/07

The European film industry picks up the pace again

The European film industry picks up the pace again

A look at the measures being implemented by European countries' authorities in order to get shoots, gatherings and screenings in cinemas back on track after the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic  

16/07 | Europe

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Film Reviews

Night Ride - by Frédéric Farrucci - With his feature debut, Frédéric Farrucci proves himself to be a very promising talent thanks to an original and atmospheric film noir centred on a clandestine Chinese taxi driver in Paris
Night Ride
by Frédéric Farrucci
With his feature debut, Frédéric Farrucci proves himself to be a very promising talent thanks to an original and atmospheric film noir centred on a clandestine Chinese taxi driver in Paris
Summer of 85 - by François Ozon - François Ozon revisits the romantic passions of adolescence with the accuracy and great rawness of emotion that are characteristic of his mature and masterful filmmaking approach
Summer of 85
by François Ozon
François Ozon revisits the romantic passions of adolescence with the accuracy and great rawness of emotion that are characteristic of his mature and masterful filmmaking approach
Redemption of a Rogue - by Philip Doherty - Philip Doherty’s dark comedy world-premiered last week and was the biggest surprise of this year’s Galway Film Fleadh
Redemption of a Rogue
by Philip Doherty
Philip Doherty’s dark comedy world-premiered last week and was the biggest surprise of this year’s Galway Film Fleadh
Here Are the Young Men - by Eoin Macken - Eoin Macken's drama is based on Rob Doyle's book of the same name and stars three charismatic leads, played by Dean-Charles Chapman, Finn Cole and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo
Here Are the Young Men
by Eoin Macken
Eoin Macken's drama is based on Rob Doyle's book of the same name and stars three charismatic leads, played by Dean-Charles Chapman, Finn Cole and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo
Edelweiss Revolution - by Frédéric Baillif - Half-way between documentary and fiction, Frédéric Baillif’s work stays true to a “diverse” form of cinema
Edelweiss Revolution
by Frédéric Baillif
Half-way between documentary and fiction, Frédéric Baillif’s work stays true to a “diverse” form of cinema
The Castle - by Lina Luzyte - Lina Luzyte's third feature, screened at this year's Galway Film Fleadh, teeters between a coming-of-age story and a psychological drama
The Castle
by Lina Luzyte
Lina Luzyte's third feature, screened at this year's Galway Film Fleadh, teeters between a coming-of-age story and a psychological drama
Famosa - by Alessandra Mortelliti - Alessandra Mortelliti’s debut film is a dark fairy tale about a misunderstood, small-town teen following his dream of becoming a dancer
Famosa
by Alessandra Mortelliti
Alessandra Mortelliti’s debut film is a dark fairy tale about a misunderstood, small-town teen following his dream of becoming a dancer
Poster Boys - by Dave Minogue - Dave Minogue’s debut feature is a pleasant dramedy revolving around the relationship between a smart-arse child and his dysfunctional uncle
Poster Boys
by Dave Minogue
Dave Minogue’s debut feature is a pleasant dramedy revolving around the relationship between a smart-arse child and his dysfunctional uncle
The coronavirus crisis threatens European film

The coronavirus crisis threatens European film

We present an overview of the cancelled and postponed film events, the measures announced by the countries' institutions and the new VoD initiatives launched during the COVID-19 pandemic  

16/07 | Europe

The CNC grants an advance on receipts to Incroyable Mais Vrai by Quentin Dupieux

The CNC grants an advance on receipts to Incroyable Mais Vrai by Quentin Dupieux

The CNC will also be supporting films by Léa Mysius, Kaouther Ben Hania, Sébastien Marnier, Olivier Babinet, Renaud Barret, Davy Chou and Javier Rebollo, as well as four feature debuts  

16/07 | Production | Funding | France

Moving Docs releases its report on documentary audiences in Europe

Moving Docs releases its report on documentary audiences in Europe

Key findings reveal a need for more documentaries on topics that interest young people, and for the increased availability of this content in cinemas outside urban centres  

16/07 | Industry | Market | Europe

The fourth Kids Kino Industry unveils its selection

The fourth Kids Kino Industry unveils its selection

The Kids Kino International Film Festival’s co-production forum for film and series projects for young audiences will run entirely online from 29 September-2 October  

16/07 | Industry | Market | Poland

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Interviews

We chatted to Stefan Malešević and Andrijana Sofranić Šućur, the director and producer of Usud, which was granted the KVIFF & MIDPOINT Development Award at Karlovy Vary
We chatted to Stefan Malešević and Andrijana Sofranić Šućur, the director and producer of Usud, which was granted the KVIFF & MIDPOINT Development Award at Karlovy Vary
We talked to Hungarian director Márk Bodzsár about Comrade Draculich and Jimi Hendrix’s Ford Mustang. Really
We talked to Hungarian director Márk Bodzsár about Comrade Draculich and Jimi Hendrix’s Ford Mustang. Really
Frédéric Farrucci tells us about the genesis of his captivating feature debut, Night Ride, an atmospheric film noir centred on an illegal Chinese taxi driver in Paris
Frédéric Farrucci tells us about the genesis of his captivating feature debut, Night Ride, an atmospheric film noir centred on an illegal Chinese taxi driver in Paris
We spoke to Hrönn Sveinsdóttir, managing director of Iceland’s only arthouse cinema Bíó Paradís and its distribution company, about their current situation
We spoke to Hrönn Sveinsdóttir, managing director of Iceland’s only arthouse cinema Bíó Paradís and its distribution company, about their current situation
We caught up with Sweden’s Joachim Hedén, the director of Breaking Surface, after its international premiere at Neuchâtel
We caught up with Sweden’s Joachim Hedén, the director of Breaking Surface, after its international premiere at Neuchâtel
We talked to Yuri Ancarani and Marco Alessi, the director and producer of the Venice-centred Atlantide, given the Eurimages Lab Project Award at this year’s KVIFF Eastern Promises
We talked to Yuri Ancarani and Marco Alessi, the director and producer of the Venice-centred Atlantide, given the Eurimages Lab Project Award at this year’s KVIFF Eastern Promises
Cineuropa met up with Ingibjörg Halldórsdóttir, co-founder of the Akranes-based Iceland Documentary Film Festival, who is busy preparing its second edition
Cineuropa met up with Ingibjörg Halldórsdóttir, co-founder of the Akranes-based Iceland Documentary Film Festival, who is busy preparing its second edition
CANNES NEXT: New community-driven platform Artinii aims to enhance distribution channels, and we talked to head of acquisitions Žofie Strachotová to discover more about its use of machine learning
CANNES NEXT: New community-driven platform Artinii aims to enhance distribution channels, and we talked to head of acquisitions Žofie Strachotová to discover more about its use of machine learning
Second filming session for Ilmar Raag’s Erik Stoneheart under way

Second filming session for Ilmar Raag’s Erik Stoneheart under way

The award-winning Estonian director is now shooting his new fiction film at Tallinn’s Haven Kakumäe Marina and in Toila  

16/07 | Production | Funding | Estonia/Luxembourg/Lithuania/Finland/Latvia

Nadav Lapid to chair the Giornate degli Autori jury at Venice

Nadav Lapid to chair the Giornate degli Autori jury at Venice

The Israeli director, who won the Golden Bear at Berlin, is to head up the jury composed of 27 young European film aficionados that will hand out the GdA Director’s Award  

15/07 | Venice 2020 | Giornate degli Autori

Sarajevo reveals Feature Competition jury line-up

Sarajevo reveals Feature Competition jury line-up

In addition to jury president Michel Hazanavicius, the jurors will include Carlo Chatrian, Jadranka Djokić, Srdan Golubović and Andrea Stavenhagen  

15/07 | Sarajevo 2020 | Jury

Future Frames

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Valhalla - by Fenar Ahmad - Finnish release July 17
Valhalla
by Fenar Ahmad
Finnish release July 17
Berlin Alexanderplatz - by Burhan Qurbani - Berlinale 2020 - Competition - German release July 16
Berlin Alexanderplatz
by Burhan Qurbani
Berlinale 2020 - Competition
German release July 16
The Father - by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov - Karlovy Vary 2019 - Crystal Globe for Best Film - Polish release July 17
The Father
by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov
Karlovy Vary 2019 - Crystal Globe for Best Film
Polish release July 17
Saint Maud - by Rose Glass - Toronto 2019 – Midnight Madness - Norwegian release July 17and Polish release July 31
Saint Maud
by Rose Glass
Toronto 2019 – Midnight Madness
Norwegian release July 17and Polish release July 31
Arab Blues - by Manele Labidi - Venice 2019 - Giornate degli Autori - Norwegian and Finnish releases July 17, Italian release July 19, German release July 30
Arab Blues
by Manele Labidi
Venice 2019 - Giornate degli Autori
Norwegian and Finnish releases July 17, Italian release July 19, German release July 30
The Manetti brothers are on set for Daniele Misischia’s Il Mostro della cripta

The Manetti brothers are on set for Daniele Misischia’s Il Mostro della cripta

Having completed the long-awaited Diabolik, brothers Marco and Antonio Manetti are now producing a horror comedy on behalf of Mompracem, directed by a former colleague of theirs  

14/07 | Production | Funding | Italy

Review: Here Are the Young Men

Review: Here Are the Young Men

Eoin Macken's drama is based on Rob Doyle's book of the same name and stars three charismatic leads, played by Dean-Charles Chapman, Finn Cole and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo  

15/07 | Galway 2020

Review: Night Ride

Review: Night Ride

With his feature debut, Frédéric Farrucci proves himself to be a very promising talent thanks to an original and atmospheric film noir centred on a clandestine Chinese taxi driver in Paris  

15/07 | Films | Reviews | France

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Film Reviews

Meky - by Šimon Šafránek - Šimon Šafránek’s documentary portrait of Miroslav “Meky” Žbirka is a pleasant, if unspectacular, journey through Czechoslovak pop-music history
Meky
by Šimon Šafránek
Šimon Šafránek’s documentary portrait of Miroslav “Meky” Žbirka is a pleasant, if unspectacular, journey through Czechoslovak pop-music history
Sleep - by Michael Venus - In Michael Venus’ feature debut, whatever you do, don’t… fall… asleep. And this time, Freddy Krueger has nothing to do with it
Sleep
by Michael Venus
In Michael Venus’ feature debut, whatever you do, don’t… fall… asleep. And this time, Freddy Krueger has nothing to do with it
The Best Years - by Gabriele Muccino - Gabriele Muccino homes in once again on his beloved middle-class characters, confirming his filmmaking skill and directorial prowess with a story about love and friendship over the course of 40 years
The Best Years
by Gabriele Muccino
Gabriele Muccino homes in once again on his beloved middle-class characters, confirming his filmmaking skill and directorial prowess with a story about love and friendship over the course of 40 years
The Salt of Tears - by Philippe Garrel - BERLINALE 2020: In his usual personal style — romantic, bare and suggestive — Philippe Garrel intertwines a discovery of the different facets of love with a father-son relationship
The Salt of Tears
by Philippe Garrel
BERLINALE 2020: In his usual personal style — romantic, bare and suggestive — Philippe Garrel intertwines a discovery of the different facets of love with a father-son relationship
The Wanderer - by Miguel Mejias - Miguel Mejías’ first feature film adopts an intimate and reflective tone in a tale of a thirty-year-old entomologist’s journey north in search of identity
The Wanderer
by Miguel Mejias
Miguel Mejías’ first feature film adopts an intimate and reflective tone in a tale of a thirty-year-old entomologist’s journey north in search of identity
Tout Simplement Noir - by Jean-Pascal Zadi, John Wax - Jean-Pascal Zadi and John Wax deliver an energetic and politically incorrect comedy, mixing together political engagement and offbeat humour, about the place of black people in French society
Tout Simplement Noir
by Jean-Pascal Zadi, John Wax
Jean-Pascal Zadi and John Wax deliver an energetic and politically incorrect comedy, mixing together political engagement and offbeat humour, about the place of black people in French society
The 8th - by Aideen Kane, Lucy Kennedy, Maeve O'Boyle - The documentary, directed by trio Maeve O’Boyle, Lucy Kennedy and Aideen Kane, focuses on the recent “Repeal the 8th” campaign in Ireland and opened this year’s Galway Film Fleadh
The 8th
by Aideen Kane, Lucy Kennedy, Maeve O'Boyle
The documentary, directed by trio Maeve O’Boyle, Lucy Kennedy and Aideen Kane, focuses on the recent “Repeal the 8th” campaign in Ireland and opened this year’s Galway Film Fleadh
Breaking Surface - by Joachim Hedén - Sweden’s Joachim Hedén presents his first genre film - claustrophobes beware!
Breaking Surface
by Joachim Hedén
Sweden’s Joachim Hedén presents his first genre film - claustrophobes beware!
Review: Redemption of a Rogue

Review: Redemption of a Rogue

Philip Doherty’s dark comedy world-premiered last week and was the biggest surprise of this year’s Galway Film Fleadh  

15/07 | Galway 2020

Review: Edelweiss Revolution

Review: Edelweiss Revolution

Half-way between documentary and fiction, Frédéric Baillif’s work stays true to a “diverse” form of cinema  

15/07 | Films | Reviews | Switzerland

Slovakia registered an uptick in film productions and theatrical distribution in 2019

Slovakia registered an uptick in film productions and theatrical distribution in 2019

2019 was a successful year for Slovak cinema overall, continuing the positive trend established before the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic  

15/07 | Industry | Market | Slovakia

Interviews

We caught up with Laurent Dutoit, of distribution company Agora Films, to discuss the main challenges of the Swiss market and the current situation
We caught up with Laurent Dutoit, of distribution company Agora Films, to discuss the main challenges of the Swiss market and the current situation
Icelandic director Brúsi Ólason talked to us about his short film Dalia, which will screen as part of this year’s EFP Future Frames
Icelandic director Brúsi Ólason talked to us about his short film Dalia, which will screen as part of this year’s EFP Future Frames
We met up with Franco-Canadian director Guillaume de Fontenay whose feature film debut Sympathy for the Devil is presented this week at the Galway Film Fleadh
We met up with Franco-Canadian director Guillaume de Fontenay whose feature film debut Sympathy for the Devil is presented this week at the Galway Film Fleadh
We met with Belgian director Véro Cratzborn whose first feature film Into Dad’s Woods is being released in France and Belgium in these early weeks of July
We met with Belgian director Véro Cratzborn whose first feature film Into Dad’s Woods is being released in France and Belgium in these early weeks of July
We chatted to Anaïs Emery, the co-founder and artistic director of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, as she was about to wrap her last edition in charge
We chatted to Anaïs Emery, the co-founder and artistic director of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, as she was about to wrap her last edition in charge
Emil Simeonov, of Bulgarian distribution company Pro Films, explains to us the situation of the market in their country
Emil Simeonov, of Bulgarian distribution company Pro Films, explains to us the situation of the market in their country
German director Constanze Klaue talked to us about her short film Lychen 92, screening as part of this year’s EFP Future Frames
German director Constanze Klaue talked to us about her short film Lychen 92, screening as part of this year’s EFP Future Frames
We talked to Polish director Tadeusz Łysiak, whose short film The Dress will screen as part of this year’s EFP Future Frames
We talked to Polish director Tadeusz Łysiak, whose short film The Dress will screen as part of this year’s EFP Future Frames
Hrönn Sveinsdóttir • Distributor, Bíó Paradís

Interview: Hrönn Sveinsdóttir • Distributor, Bíó Paradís

“There was a big response from the community and Bíó Paradís will be reopening this September”

We spoke to Hrönn Sveinsdóttir, managing director of Iceland’s only arthouse cinema Bíó Paradís and its distribution company, about their current situation  

14/07 | /Iceland

Czech box office down by 55%

Czech box office down by 55%

Local cinemas have yet to bounce back following the disruption caused by COVID-19  

14/07 | Box Office | Czech Republic

Joachim Hedén • Director of Breaking Surface

Interview: Joachim Hedén • Director of Breaking Surface

“I never really considered Breaking Surface as a diving movie, about divers or for divers”

We caught up with Sweden’s Joachim Hedén, the director of Breaking Surface, after its international premiere at Neuchâtel  

14/07 | NIFFF 2020

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Summer of 85 - by François Ozon - Cannes 2020 - Official Selection - French release July 14 and Belgium release July 15
Summer of 85
by François Ozon
Cannes 2020 - Official Selection
French release July 14 and Belgium release July 15
The Salt of Tears - by Philippe Garrel - Berlinale 2020 - Competition - French release July 14
The Salt of Tears
by Philippe Garrel
Berlinale 2020 - Competition
French release July 14
The Best Years - by Gabriele Muccino - Italian release July 15
The Best Years
by Gabriele Muccino
Italian release July 15
Petrov's Flu - by Kirill Serebrennikov
Petrov's Flu
by Kirill Serebrennikov
Bait - by Mark Jenkin - Berlinale 2019 - Forum - Danish release July 16
Bait
by Mark Jenkin
Berlinale 2019 - Forum
Danish release July 16

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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