Festival favourites, upcoming premieres and Czech co-productions will represent the 2020-2021 season of domestic cinema
NENT Group’s streaming service Viaplay set to expand into five new markets by 2023 – Distribution / Releases / Exhibitors – Sweden
The Nordic platform is due to launch in the UK, Canada, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, aiming to reach 12 million subscribers by the end of 2025
Sabine Boss and Pierre Monnard sign their names to the new SRF series Neumatt – Production / Funding – Switzerland
Produced by Zurich’s Zodiac Pictures together with Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF), the series is created by Marianne Wendt based on an idea by Petra Volpe
Interview: Lucía de la Torre • Festival programmer, Calvert Journal Film Festival – “Our main goal is to give a platform to independent filmmakers from Eastern Europe and Central Asia” – /UK
We took the opportunity to speak to the programmer of the Calvert Journal Film Festival about this year’s line-up, the gathering’s side initiatives and its mission
The Nordisk Panorama announces its winners – Festivals / Awards – Sweden
Sweden has come out on top in the main categories after the festival’s triumphant return to a live format
The 39th Golden Rose Film Festival to present 12 Bulgarian features in competition – Golden Rose 2021
A further 15 titles will duke it out in the shorts competition, while the Open Horizons parallel section includes six other films
Interview: Alina Grigore • Director of Blue Moon – “I was the only girl in my village who was able to pursue further education” – San Sebastián 2021 – Competition
The writer-director chatted with Cineuropa about dysfunctional families, going back to her village with an education, and the difference between a psychological rhythm and logical storytelling
Interview: Lucile Hadzihalilovic • Director of Earwig – “This film is in the head of a man who is lost” – San Sebastián 2021 – Competition
The third feature by the French director is her first in English; its European premiere is taking place in competition at San Sebastián, where Cineuropa spoke to her
Interview: Paweł Łoziński • Director of The Balcony Movie – “I wanted to check if I could reverse the roles and not be someone who chases people with a camera, but instead wait for them to come to me” – Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2021
Cineuropa sat down with the established Polish director to discuss his latest ouevre, which was awarded in Locarno’s Semaine de la Critique and was recognised at Millennium Docs Against Gravity
Review: Undercover – San Sebastián 2021 – Competition
In his usual thrilling anti-spectacular style, Thierry de Peretti delves into the grey zones of the war against drugs, following in the wake of an inside man and an investigative journalist