Review: Smile

Review: Smile

Steffen Köhn's debut feature is an ambitious project in theory, but the final result is a chaotic potpourri full of clichés  

15/07 | Galway 2019

Review: A Beautiful Summer

Review: A Beautiful Summer

Pierre Creton gently weaves a compassionate work of fiction that has all the makings of a documentary, set in the heart of a small community brought together by circumstance  

15/07 | FIDMarseille 2019

Extra Ordinary wins big at the NIFFF

Extra Ordinary wins big at the NIFFF

Enda Loughman and Mike Ahern’s comedy horror triumphs at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, taking home two of the most sought-after awards  

15/07 | NIFFF 2019 | Awards

That’s a wrap on Isi & Ossi

That’s a wrap on Isi & Ossi

Oliver Kienle's third film is a romantic comedy that proves once again that opposites attract  

15/07 | Production | Germany

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Film Reviews

Jihad Jane - by Ciaran Cassidy - Ciaran Cassidy's first feature, an Irish-Dutch-Swedish co-production, tells the absurd story of two radicalised American women, Colleen LaRose and Jamie Paulin Ramirez
Jihad Jane
by Ciaran Cassidy
Ciaran Cassidy's first feature, an Irish-Dutch-Swedish co-production, tells the absurd story of two radicalised American women, Colleen LaRose and Jamie Paulin Ramirez
A Beautiful Summer - by Pierre Creton - Pierre Creton gently weaves a compassionate work of fiction that has all the makings of a documentary, set in the heart of a small community brought together by circumstance
A Beautiful Summer
by Pierre Creton
Pierre Creton gently weaves a compassionate work of fiction that has all the makings of a documentary, set in the heart of a small community brought together by circumstance
Extra Ordinary - by Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman - Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman’s film pays tribute to the great comedy horrors, enlivening them with refreshing black humour
Extra Ordinary
by Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman
Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman’s film pays tribute to the great comedy horrors, enlivening them with refreshing black humour
Cemetery - by Carlos Casas - This total, hypnotic immersion into the jungle, hot on the trail of the elephant graveyard, comes courtesy of Spanish filmmaker Carlos Casas, and his new work unveiled in competition at FIDMarseille
Cemetery
by Carlos Casas
This total, hypnotic immersion into the jungle, hot on the trail of the elephant graveyard, comes courtesy of Spanish filmmaker Carlos Casas, and his new work unveiled in competition at FIDMarseille
Staff Only - by Neus Ballús - BERLIN 2019: Catalan director Neus Ballús’ second feature skilfully intertwines the coming-of-age story of a young girl with the intricate layers of its post-colonial setting
Staff Only
by Neus Ballús
BERLIN 2019: Catalan director Neus Ballús’ second feature skilfully intertwines the coming-of-age story of a young girl with the intricate layers of its post-colonial setting
Wild Rose - by Tom Harper - TORONTO 2018: In Tom Harper's film, Jessie Buckley delivers an exhilarating performance as an ex-convict who dreams of country-music stardom
Wild Rose
by Tom Harper
TORONTO 2018: In Tom Harper's film, Jessie Buckley delivers an exhilarating performance as an ex-convict who dreams of country-music stardom
A Bump Along the Way - by Shelly Love - Shelly Love's debut feature is an entertaining comedy, bolstered by a lively performance by Northern Irish actress Bronagh Gallagher
A Bump Along the Way
by Shelly Love
Shelly Love's debut feature is an entertaining comedy, bolstered by a lively performance by Northern Irish actress Bronagh Gallagher
Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway - by Miguel Llansó - Spain’s Miguel Llansó pays homage to the afrofuturism of Nollywood cinema with his extraordinary science-fiction satire on capitalism and the fear of artificial intelligence
Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway
by Miguel Llansó
Spain’s Miguel Llansó pays homage to the afrofuturism of Nollywood cinema with his extraordinary science-fiction satire on capitalism and the fear of artificial intelligence
Review: Jihad Jane

Review: Jihad Jane

Ciaran Cassidy's first feature, an Irish-Dutch-Swedish co-production, tells the absurd story of two radicalised American women, Colleen LaRose and Jamie Paulin Ramirez  

15/07 | Galway 2019

Luca Guadagnino soon to begin filming HBO series We Are Who We Are

Luca Guadagnino soon to begin filming HBO series We Are Who We Are

The first clapperboard on the 8-episode drama series produced by Italy’s Wildside for HBO and Sky, heralding the TV debut of the Call Me By Your Name director, will slam at the end of July in Veneto  

12/07 | Television | Italy/US

Stand Up! enters post-production

Stand Up! enters post-production

In his third feature as a director and lead actor, Timo Jacobs plays a stand-up comedian who is brought down – in all senses  

15/07 | Production | Germany

GoCritic! Interview: Vladimír Smutný • Recepient of the KVIFF President Award

GoCritic! Interview: Vladimír Smutný • Recepient of the KVIFF President Award

“Sometimes I wonder whether things have got better or worse”

We interviewed one of the leading Czech directors of photography who received the KVIFF President Award at this year's festival  

13/07 | GoCritic! | Karlovy Vary 2019

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Cineuropa sat down with the director of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, Anaïs Emery, to discuss the gathering itself and the state of genre cinema
Cineuropa sat down with the director of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, Anaïs Emery, to discuss the gathering itself and the state of genre cinema
We chatted to Spanish director Miguel Llansó after he premiered his new feature Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway in Neuchâtel
We chatted to Spanish director Miguel Llansó after he premiered his new feature Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway in Neuchâtel
Bulgarian duo, fresh from their Crystal Globe win at Karlovy Vary, discuss the offbeat comedy's main themes and inspirations
Bulgarian duo, fresh from their Crystal Globe win at Karlovy Vary, discuss the offbeat comedy's main themes and inspirations
We chatted with the Chilean filmmaker in Karlovy Vary, where he premiered his intimate first feature
We chatted with the Chilean filmmaker in Karlovy Vary, where he premiered his intimate first feature
We interviewed one of the leading Czech directors of photography who received the KVIFF President Award at this year's festival
We interviewed one of the leading Czech directors of photography who received the KVIFF President Award at this year's festival
We chatted to Slovenian filmmaker Damjan Kozole, whose latest film, Half-Sister, world-premiered in competition at this year's Karlovy Vary
We chatted to Slovenian filmmaker Damjan Kozole, whose latest film, Half-Sister, world-premiered in competition at this year's Karlovy Vary
Czech filmmaker Martin Mareček talked to us about Over The Hills, which was world-premiered in the Documentary Competition at Karlovy Vary
Czech filmmaker Martin Mareček talked to us about Over The Hills, which was world-premiered in the Documentary Competition at Karlovy Vary
HBO mini-series The Sleepers was presented out of competition at Karlovy Vary, and we met up with its director Ivan Zachariáš to discuss it
HBO mini-series The Sleepers was presented out of competition at Karlovy Vary, and we met up with its director Ivan Zachariáš to discuss it
Review: A Bump Along the Way

Review: A Bump Along the Way

Shelly Love's debut feature is an entertaining comedy, bolstered by a lively performance by Northern Irish actress Bronagh Gallagher  

15/07 | Galway 2019

Christian Petzold filming Undine

Christian Petzold filming Undine

The movie will portray Undine as a history graduate who works as a guide in modern-day Berlin  

15/07 | Production | Germany/France

A Bump Along the Way and Extra Ordinary triumph at the Galway Film Fleadh

A Bump Along the Way and Extra Ordinary triumph at the Galway Film Fleadh

Irish comedies have won big at this year's Fleadh, while Patrick Wang's A Bread Factory scooped the Award for Best International Film  

15/07 | Galway 2019 | Awards

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Persona non grata - by Roschdy Zem - French release July 17
Persona non grata
by Roschdy Zem
French release July 17
Wild Rose - by Tom Harper - Spanish release July 12 and French release July 17
Wild Rose
by Tom Harper
Spanish release July 12 and French release July 17
Staff Only - by Neus Ballús - Berlinale 2019 - Panorama - French release July 17
Staff Only
by Neus Ballús
Berlinale 2019 - Panorama
French release July 17
Roads - by Sebastian Schipper - Tribeca 2019 - International Narrative Competition - French release July 17
Roads
by Sebastian Schipper
Tribeca 2019 - International Narrative Competition
French release July 17
Yuli – The Carlos Acosta Story - by Icíar Bollaín - San Sebastian 2018 - Jury Award for Best Screenplay - French release July 17
Yuli – The Carlos Acosta Story
by Icíar Bollaín
San Sebastian 2018 - Jury Award for Best Screenplay
French release July 17
GoCritic! Interview: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov • Directors of The Father

GoCritic! Interview: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov • Directors of The Father

"The basis of the story was something very sad, which could happen to anyone. That's why we decided to try to tell it in a funnier way"

Bulgarian duo, fresh from their Crystal Globe win at Karlovy Vary, discuss the offbeat comedy's main themes and inspirations  

14/07 | GoCritic! | Karlovy Vary 2019

GoCritic! Interview: Felipe Ríos • Director of The Man of the Future

GoCritic! Interview: Felipe Ríos • Director of The Man of the Future

"A daughter who doesn't succeed in connecting with her father can serve as an example of how a society works"

We chatted with the Chilean filmmaker in Karlovy Vary, where he premiered his intimate first feature  

14/07 | GoCritic! | Karlovy Vary 2019

Samuele Rossi to shoot GlassBoy in September

Samuele Rossi to shoot GlassBoy in September

The new project by the Tuscan director-screenwriter will be a modern-day fairy tale based on Fabrizio Silei’s children’s book Il Bambino di Vetro  

12/07 | Production | Italy/Switzerland/Austria

Film Reviews

Never Look Away - by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck - VENICE 2018: Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck returns with a film inspired by the life of the German artist Gerhard Richter, aimed at an audience born after the fall of the Berlin Wall
Never Look Away
by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
VENICE 2018: Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck returns with a film inspired by the life of the German artist Gerhard Richter, aimed at an audience born after the fall of the Berlin Wall
Yuli – The Carlos Acosta Story - by Icíar Bollaín - SAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: Icíar Bollaín directs a biopic on Carlos Acosta, achieving little more than a conventional portrait of an unconventional life, short on risk and narrative arabesques
Yuli – The Carlos Acosta Story
by Icíar Bollaín
SAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: Icíar Bollaín directs a biopic on Carlos Acosta, achieving little more than a conventional portrait of an unconventional life, short on risk and narrative arabesques
Roads - by Sebastian Schipper - Sebastian Schipper's follow-up to Victoria is a standard coming-of-age road movie with a refugee-crisis angle
Roads
by Sebastian Schipper
Sebastian Schipper's follow-up to Victoria is a standard coming-of-age road movie with a refugee-crisis angle
Scythe Hitting Stone - by Anja Kreis - Anja Kreis’ graduation film may be the finest discovery in the Transilvania IFF competition
Scythe Hitting Stone
by Anja Kreis
Anja Kreis’ graduation film may be the finest discovery in the Transilvania IFF competition
The Hole in the Ground - by Lee Cronin - First-time director Lee Cronin explores a mother’s love for her son in this contemporary horror
The Hole in the Ground
by Lee Cronin
First-time director Lee Cronin explores a mother’s love for her son in this contemporary horror
Only You - by Harry Wootliff - Harry Wootliff’s debut feature takes a conventional romance and morphs it into a tale about childless couples
Only You
by Harry Wootliff
Harry Wootliff’s debut feature takes a conventional romance and morphs it into a tale about childless couples
Diego Maradona - by Asif Kapadia - CANNES 2019: In this documentary of two halves, Asif Kapadia pits the loveable, vulnerable Diego against the less endearing public figure of Maradona
Diego Maradona
by Asif Kapadia
CANNES 2019: In this documentary of two halves, Asif Kapadia pits the loveable, vulnerable Diego against the less endearing public figure of Maradona
The Little Comrade - by Moonika Siimets - Moonika Siimets' well-executed first feature employs a child’s perspective to focus on Soviet oppression in Estonia at the beginning of the 1950s
The Little Comrade
by Moonika Siimets
Moonika Siimets' well-executed first feature employs a child’s perspective to focus on Soviet oppression in Estonia at the beginning of the 1950s
Review: Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway

Review: Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway

Spain’s Miguel Llansó pays homage to the afrofuturism of Nollywood cinema with his extraordinary science-fiction satire on capitalism and the fear of artificial intelligence  

12/07 | NIFFF 2019

Review: Extra Ordinary

Review: Extra Ordinary

Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman’s film pays tribute to the great comedy horrors, enlivening them with refreshing black humour  

12/07 | NIFFF 2019

SIAE data reveals a sharp contraction in the 2018 Italian film market

SIAE data reveals a sharp contraction in the 2018 Italian film market

For the first time in over a decade, no Italian films figured among the top 10 highest grossing films in Italy  

11/07 | Box Office | Italy

Interviews

Martin Dušek and Ondřej Provazník, the Czech directing duo behind Old-Timers, shown out of competition at Karlovy Vary, discuss their film with us
Martin Dušek and Ondřej Provazník, the Czech directing duo behind Old-Timers, shown out of competition at Karlovy Vary, discuss their film with us
Cineuropa talked to debutant Czech filmmaker Michal Hogenauer about his movie A Certain Kind of Silence, the banality of evil, genre filmmaking and minimalism
Cineuropa talked to debutant Czech filmmaker Michal Hogenauer about his movie A Certain Kind of Silence, the banality of evil, genre filmmaking and minimalism
We interviewed Italian filmmaker Nazareno Manuel Nicoletti, who presented his newest title Up To Down in the Documentary Competition of Karlovy Vary
We interviewed Italian filmmaker Nazareno Manuel Nicoletti, who presented his newest title Up To Down in the Documentary Competition of Karlovy Vary
We interviewed the professionals participating in the MIDPOINT Feature Launch Script Consultancy workshop that took place as part of the KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days
We interviewed the professionals participating in the MIDPOINT Feature Launch Script Consultancy workshop that took place as part of the KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days
Director Marian Valev talks to us about his first feature film, Bad Girl, on the occasion of its screening at the 12th edition of Rome’s Festa del cinema bulgaro
Director Marian Valev talks to us about his first feature film, Bad Girl, on the occasion of its screening at the 12th edition of Rome’s Festa del cinema bulgaro
We caught up with Romanian director Andrei Cohn, whose second feature, Arrest, was shown in the East of the West competition at Karlovy Vary
We caught up with Romanian director Andrei Cohn, whose second feature, Arrest, was shown in the East of the West competition at Karlovy Vary
We chatted to Kosovar filmmaker Lendita Zeqiraj, whose feature debut, Aga's House, world-premiered in the East of the West section of the KVIFF and picked up a Special Mention from the FEDEORA jury
We chatted to Kosovar filmmaker Lendita Zeqiraj, whose feature debut, Aga's House, world-premiered in the East of the West section of the KVIFF and picked up a Special Mention from the FEDEORA jury
At the KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days of the 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, we interviewed the winners of the MIDPOINT Feature Launch programme
At the KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days of the 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, we interviewed the winners of the MIDPOINT Feature Launch programme
Bora Dagtekin preparing his return with Das perfekte Geheimnis

Bora Dagtekin preparing his return with Das perfekte Geheimnis

The director of the blockbusting Suck Me Shakespeer trilogy is back with a new, star-studded comedy, set to be released in Germany on 31 October  

12/07 | Production | Germany

screen.brussels supporting the mysterious new film by Stephan Streker

screen.brussels supporting the mysterious new film by Stephan Streker

For its tenth session, the Brussels regional investment fund is backing the new movie by the Belgian director, which is currently being shot shrouded in the utmost secrecy  

12/07 | Funding | Belgium

Wallimage backing the new film by Bouli Lanners

Wallimage backing the new film by Bouli Lanners

The Walloon investment fund will throw its weight behind the Belgian director’s first English-language effort, which is being staged by Versus Production  

12/07 | Funding | Belgium

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

The Hole in the Ground - by Lee Cronin - Sundance 2019 - Spotlight - Spanish release July 19
The Hole in the Ground
by Lee Cronin
Sundance 2019 - Spotlight
Spanish release July 19
Scythe Hitting Stone - by Anja Kreis - French release July 17
Scythe Hitting Stone
by Anja Kreis
French release July 17
Diego Maradona - by Asif Kapadia - Cannes 2019 - Out of Competition - Spanish release July 12
Diego Maradona
by Asif Kapadia
Cannes 2019 - Out of Competition
Spanish release July 12
The Golden Glove - by Fatih Akin - Berlinale 2019 - Competition - Italian release July 11
The Golden Glove
by Fatih Akin
Berlinale 2019 - Competition
Italian release July 11
An Impossible Love - by Catherine Corsini - Spanish release July 12
An Impossible Love
by Catherine Corsini
Spanish release July 12

Industry Reports

10/07/2019

Europa Distribution towards the future of digital marketing

The distributors network held a workshop dedicated to online marketing during the KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days at Karlovy Vary

27/06/2019

A focus on Switzerland by Europa Distribution

The European distributors network sheds some light on the situation of independent film distribution in the country

17/01/2019

Paul Brett • Producer, Flying Tiger

The Chinese Bridging the Dragon market met up with Paul Brett, head of Flying Tiger, one of China's leading media-market research companies for the entertainment industry

Film Reviews

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