Industry Report: Europe and the rest of the world
- What can Europe learn from the world's countless other film industries, and what can it offer them?
What can Europe learn from the world's countless other film industries, and what can it offer them?
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
“Clarifying the target audience of the film is the first step to success”
Li Ning • CEO, New Classics Media, producer and distributor
At the fifth Sino-European Project Lab in Beijing, we caught up with Li Ning, CEO of the successful Chinese entertainment group New Classics Media
“Chinese producers want to make sure that their movies resonate with the local audience”
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
“Successful films tell stories that the Chinese audience can relate to”
Jeffrey Chan • Producer and distributor, Bona Film Group
Bridging the Dragon met up with Jeffrey Chan, executive vice-president of Bona Film Group, one of the leading distribution and production companies in China
“The Chinese film industry is concentrating intensely on European content now”
Cai Gongming • Producer and distributor, Road Pictures
Road Pictures’ Cai Gongming chatted to us about the Chinese film market at the latest Bridging the Dragon event, which unspooled from 11-14 November in Beijing
“Commercially produced titles tend to fall short on the artistic front”
Nawara Shoukry • Cinema and distribution manager, Zawya Cinema and Distribution
At the Venice Film Festival, where she attended a training seminar organised by CICAE, we talked to Nawara Shoukry about film distribution in Egypt
"Run has been driving the renewal of the film industry in Ivory Coast"
Philippe Lacôte • Director
Cineuropa met up with Franco-Ivorian director Philippe Lacôte, who has just obtained an advance on earnings from the CNC for his second film, La Nuit des rois
Mohamed Ben Attia • Director
CANNES 2018: Tunisian filmmaker Mohamed Ben Attia talked to us about his new film, Dear Son, selected in the Directors' Fortnight
Wanuri Kahiu • Director
CANNES 2018: Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu talked to us about her film Rafiki, presented in this year's Un Certain Regard section
Meryem Benm'Barek • Director
CANNES 2018: Young Franco-Moroccan filmmaker Meryem Benm'Barek talked to us about her first feature, Sofia, awarded with the Best Screenplay prize in the Un Certain Regard
A.B. Shawky, Dina Emam • Director, producer
CANNES 2018: We met up with A.B. Shawky, whose first feature film, Yomeddine, has been awarded a place in this year’s Competition, and with the film's producer Dina Emam
Qumra readies its fourth edition
Doha, the Qatari capital, once again aims to become a meeting point for emerging and established professionals both from the region and from further afield
The fourth Bridging the Dragon Sino-European days draw to a close in Berlin
Bridging the Dragon co-hosted a series of activities with the EFM, aimed at connecting the European and Chinese film markets
"Art, film and culture also help in the fight against other stereotypes"
Hend Sabry • Actress
At the Cairo Film Festival, of which she was a sponsor, Cineuropa met up with actress Hend Sabry to talk about intercultural dialogue
“Europe must open up to Arab cinema”
Daniel Ziskind • Producer
Cineuropa met up with producer Daniel Ziskind at the Cairo Film Festival, giving us an opportunity to discover a booming market
“We can’t judge on the basis of religion or colour, or even nationality”
Ahmed El Fishawy • Actor
At Cairo, Cineuropa got the chance to meet Ahmed El Fishawy, the lead actor from Sheikh Jackson, who spoke about radicalisation and mutual understanding
“I feel that saying that some people lack humanity is not right”
Amr Salama • Director
At the Cairo Film Festival, Cineuropa talked to Amr Salama, the director of Sheikh Jackson, which premiered at Toronto and is the Egyptian entry for Best Foreign-language Film at the Oscars
“It is important to share our stories with the world”
Osamah Sami • Scriptwriter and actor
Cineuropa met up with Australian scriptwriter and actor Osamah Sami at the Cairo Film Festival to discuss whether cinema can change people’s mentalities
“The idea was to promote a constant East-West exchange”
Marco Müller and Jia Zhangke • Organisers, Pingyao Film Festival
The men behind the first edition of the Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival, Marco Müller and Jia Zhangke, discuss its “year zero”
"We ensure films gain recognition at festivals and that they have a strong marketing campaign"
Clément Magar • General Manager, IM Global's Beijing based subsidiary, Go Global
Beijing-based Clément Magar, of Go Global in China, discusses strategies for the distribution of European films in the Asian country
Industry - Europe/Latin America
EFADs and CAACI highlight the importance of strengthening Euro-Latino collaboration
The two bodies published a common statement on the promotion and preservation of film diversity and territoriality, in the light of the digital changes
“I wanted to focus on the private life of the refugees”
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun • Director
TORONTO 2017: We caught up with Chad’s Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, whose new film, A Season in France, has just world-premiered in the Special Presentations section
“In China, we don’t talk about sex”
Vivian Qu • Director
VENICE 2017: In Angels Wear White, Vivian Qu, the only female director in the main competition at Venice, lifts the lid on society’s dirty secrets
Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza • Director
VENICE 2017: Colombian director Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza brings the Giornate degli Autori to a close in Venice with his Candelaria, which he talks to us about
Pengfei • Director
VENICE 2017: Chinese director Pengfei is back in Venice's Giornate degli Autori with his sophomore feature, The Taste of Rice Flowers
"I'm not crazy about filming, and nor is it the most interesting thing in the world to me"
Lucrecia Martel • Director
Argentinian director Lucrecia Martel talked to us about her new film, Zama, and about how it fits in with the rest of her body of work and her idea of cinema
Shirin Neshat • Director
VENICE 2017: Iranian artist Shirin Neshat talks about her new film Looking for Oum Kulthum, in competition in the Giornate degli Autori
Pen-ek Ratanaruang • Director
VENICE 2017: Thai filmmaker Pen-ek Ratanaruang is presenting Samui Song, his new film co-produced with Germany and Norway, as the opening film of the Giornate degli Autori
"There are a lot of young talents in Africa today"
Philippe Lacôte • Director
CANNES 2017: Cineuropa met up with French-Ivorian filmmaker Philippe Lacôte after the workshop on French-speaking countries organised by the CNC
“It is the right time to start co-productions between Iran and Europe”
Reza Mirkarimi • Director, Fajr International Film Festival
Iranian filmmaker Reza Mirkarimi has been working as the director of the Fajr IFF in Tehran since 2015. Cineuropa chatted to him at the gathering about how the festival has changed over the years
"Shooting in LA is like being in another world”
Fabrice du Welz • Director
Cineuropa caught up with Belgian director Fabrice du Welz, who is back with his American production, Message from the King, at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
“Hypocrisy is everywhere, not only in the Muslim world”
Maysaloun Hamoud • Director
We met up with Maysaloun Hamoud, the young Palestinian director of In Between, which hits Italian screens on 6 April and is released in France on 12 April
Just Film Festival, a link between China and Europe
Ma Heliang, Yang Fengwei • Founders, Just Film Festival
Cineuropa met up with Ma Heliang and Yang Fengwei, two of the founders of the Just Film Festival, the first genre festival in China, which is open to European movies
“One thing that I'm sure I'll never do is deliver messages through cinema”
Asghar Farhadi • Director
Asghar Farhadi spoke to the press at Doha's Qumra about both his recent Oscar win and the Spanish project he has in the works, produced by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem
Doha, a crossroads for world cinema
The third edition of the Doha Film Institute’s gathering for emerging and established international film-industry players will take place from 3-8 March
Europe and Latin America come together at the EFAD/CACI meetings at Cinélatino
Nine Latin American countries and eight European ones were represented at the event, which took place from 15-16 March in Toulouse during the film festival
Report indicates shifting and expanding media industries in Middle East
One of the findings' highlights: France plays a central role in independent Arab film
Cinema's new voices make themselves heard in Doha
The second edition of Qumra, organised by the Doha Film Institute, kicks off today in the Qatari capital
Qumra: Breaking new ground in the audiovisual market
Cineuropa presents the second part of the report on the successful Qumra international gathering that took place in Doha from 6-11 March
Qumra: A new audiovisual market model?
We present part one of a special report from the Qumra international gathering in Doha, where 30 film projects will benefit from the experience of international film-industry experts
Asia: A new focal point for Hollywood film studios
With its strong economy and increasing numbers of cinema venues, Asia is fast becoming an Eldorado for Hollywood film studios and a market that the Americans are determined to conquer, at whatever the cost.
Will China be the El Dorado of World Cinema?
With 2 billion euros of box office sales in 2012 Chinese cinema has climbed the global rankings. But despite now being the second largest film market in the world, it is still lagging far behind the 8.1 billion euros sales of the US. Does annual growth of over 30% make for a promising market?
