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TV Beats selects ten European series projects for its Co-Financing Market
07/10/2026 - Ten projects from across Europe will compete for the Council of Europe Series Co-Production Development Award, with the selection bringing together emerging voices and established producers
Review: Chemical Bond
07/10/2026 - Aurélien Peilloux’s dynamic debut feature film uses fiction to lift the veil on the ruthless underbelly of academic research associated with the pharmaceutical industry
Latvian cinema makes a strong showing at the Warsaw International Film Festival
07/10/2026 - The country is represented by four majority productions and two minority co-productions, including the world premieres of Linda Olte’s The Child and Reinis Kalviņš’s The Bog
EXCLUSIVE: Intramovies boards world sales on Agostino Ferrente’s Alice nella Città documentary Selfie – The Possible Lives
07/10/2026 - A decade after portraying the young people of Naples’ Rione Traiano neighbourhood in Selfie, the helmer returns to their stories by revisiting previously discarded footage
Review: Summer Meadow
07/10/2026 - Lisa Debauche and Naël Khleifi paint the portrait of a young woman torn apart by exile, who tries to rebuild her life far from other people by becoming a shepherdess in the Alps
Young Horizons Industry looks into curating connections with young audiences in a fragmented world
07/10/2026 - For its tenth edition, the Polish event took stock of this ongoing challenge through a series of in-depth talks and presentations
Tallinn Black Nights lifts the lid on its Official Competition
07/10/2026 - The main competitive strand of the 30th edition features 12 world premieres, while the jury will be chaired by two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Sir Christopher Hampton
Tallinn Black Nights unveils its First Feature Competition line-up
07/10/2026 - Twelve debut films from 19 countries will compete at this year’s festival, bringing together bold new voices and stories spanning drama, thriller, social realism and intimate character studies
Futura Cinema presents innovative projects at FilmFest Hamburg
07/10/2026 - The Creative Europe-supported initiative aims to explore and rethink the future of cinemas, and their relationship with local communities and audiences
Warsaw Co-Production Forum unveils 16 selected projects
06/10/2026 - Václav Kadrnka, Eglė Vertelytė and Maya Vitkova-Kosev’s new endeavours are among the ten projects in development and the six works in progress gracing the event
Thessaloniki’s Agora Crossroads Co-production Forum unveils a diverse slate of new projects
06/10/2026 - The 22nd edition of the forum brings together 14 projects from 15 countries spanning a range a themes, from contemporary topics to folk stories
Cédric Jimenez’s Johnny now in the final straight
06/10/2026 - Benjamin Voisin, Noée Abita, Nina Meurisse and Marie Colomb are toplining the biopic about singer Johnny Hallyday, a film steered by Chi-Fou-Mi and sold worldwide by StudioCanal
Review: Rain Dogs
06/10/2026 - Maxime Roy delivers a tragicomedy merrily oscillating between gritty social realism and madcap heist caper, following in the wake of three endearing ne’er-do-wells
Three films nominated for the Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films
06/10/2026 - Myrsini Aristidou’s Hold Onto Me, Lukas Dhont’s Coward and Markus Schleinzer’s Rose vie for the award given out by a jury of 100 film critics from 14 Arabic-speaking countries
FLIGHT brings independent cinema to Genoa
06/10/2026 - The seventh edition of Genoa’s International Film Exhibition will present 42 works from 21 countries, alongside tributes to Renato Berta, and Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet
Review: The Ideas
06/10/2026 - In his third feature, Fabian Stumm anthologises six stories about interpersonal relationships, steeped in his now-signature blend of irony, sensitivity and shrewd timing
The Cannes Film Festival Résidence unveils its selection
06/10/2026 - Anna Llargués Muñoz, Vytautas Katkus, Dorian Jespers, Sam Manacsa, Ananth Subramaniam and Agustina Sánchez Gavier are joining the prestigious Paris-based screenwriting support programme
Young Horizons Industry homes in on Polish animation
06/10/2026 - Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the country’s animation sector next year, the tenth edition of the event illustrated the growth and vitality of this particular industry
Review: Sevda
06/10/2026 - Swiss-Turkish director Ufuk Emiroğlu makes her fiction debut with a tale about a real-estate developer battling a professional dilemma while being confronted with a personal one
Review: Mila/Marija
06/10/2026 - Andrina Mračnikar tells the story of a young Carinthian Slovene woman who joins the anti-Nazi partisan resistance
La Gradiva takes home the Golden Puffin from Reykjavík
06/10/2026 - Marine Atlan’s Cannes prizewinner has snagged the festival’s top prize, while If Luck Will Come triumphed in the documentary competition
The best of recent German cinema set to be showcased in Paris
05/10/2026 - The 31st German Film Festival in Paris will run from 7 to 11 October with 13 features on the bill
Truly Naked triumphs at the Netherlands’ Golden Calves
05/10/2026 - Muriel d’Ansembourg’s film has picked up six awards, while the IDFA prizewinner My Word Against Mine won in the documentary category
A Place To Heal scores a hat trick at the Namur International Francophone Film Festival
05/10/2026 - Cédric Kahn’s new movie was awarded the Golden Bayard for Best Film, as well as the Junior Jury Prize and the BeTV Prize
The Czech Association of Film Industry goes under the microscope at Serial Killer
05/10/2026 - In a panel organised at the TV festival, the association’s chair Petr Tichý has shared some of the organisation’s objectives, emphases and aspirations
Serial Killer’s Monyová analysis demonstrates an ethics-driven approach to true-crime storytelling
05/10/2026 - A case study trained the spotlight on how the Czech series combines social impact with a thoughtful creative approach to its basis in the real life of the titular best-selling author
The Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival crowns No Rest for the Wicked with the Golden Octopus
05/10/2026 - Kasper Kalle’s film has scooped the top award at the 19th edition of the French genre festival; other European flicks such as The End of It and Good Boy were also rewarded
REPORT: European Work in Progress 2026
05/10/2026 - We zoom in on some of the winning projects presented during the industry event held from 28-30 September in Hamburg
Pierre Le Gall’s Flesh and Fuel triumphs at the 22nd edition of Zurich
05/10/2026 - The Guest, A Girl Unknown and Dua have taken home Special Mentions, while Mila/Marija went away clutching the Audience Award
The 12th edition of L’Atelier MFN opens its call for projects
02/10/2026 - The call for the fund supporting Italian features in post-production, including international co-productions, is open until 19 October; the finalists will be rewarded at the Milano Industry Days
BFI London gears up to unspool its industry activities
02/10/2026 - Among a host of other initiatives aimed at professionals, eight projects from UK- and Irish-based filmmakers feature in the showcase of works in progress
Shooting Locations Marketplace readies its sixth edition
02/10/2026 - The market showcasing locations for audiovisual shoots will take place in October in Valladolid, with professionals from 27 countries across four continents taking part
War on Screen gears up for action
02/10/2026 - The 14th edition of the only film festival dedicated to conflicts will take place in Champagne from 5 to 11 October, with Tarik Saleh as guest of honour
Jean-Baptiste Durand shooting L’homme qui avait peur des femmes
02/10/2026 - Steered by Insolence Productions and sold by Films Boutique, the director’s second feature after Junkyard Dog is toplined by Alexis Manenti and Nadia Tereszkiewicz
Andrina Mračnikar • Director of Mila/Marija
02/10/2026 - The Austrian director of Carinthian Slovenian descent discusses her latest film, about a young Slovenian partisan woman immersed in her anti-fascist fight before, during and after World War II
The seventh Explorer Konferenz trains the spotlight on creativity and innovation
02/10/2026 - The event held as part of FilmFest Hamburg Industry Days hosted a dozen talks by international experts
Fabian Stumm • Director of The Ideas
02/10/2026 - The German director breaks down his new movie, which thematically continues his tragicomic, ironic and touching explorations of interpersonal relationships
Levan Koguashvili • Director of Guria
02/10/2026 - The Georgian filmmaker tells us about his love of shooting in the provinces, combining actors with non-professionals, setting his story in the 1990s and establishing a specific tone
Review: The Last Resort
02/10/2026 - By zooming in on a Danish family on holiday, Maria Sødahl unflinchingly reflects the struggle between compassion and helplessness in the face of the refugee crisis
MIA puts finance, new formats and international co-production at the heart of its 12th edition
01/10/2026 - The market returns from 19-23 October with 104 selected projects from 43 countries, a new European Investment Hub and a focus on animation and serial storytelling
Review: The Roses of Marrakesh
01/10/2026 - Between a garden that needs protecting and a past that needs confronting, Ginevra Elkann portrays two women brought together by loneliness, love and unresolved family ties
Review: Eva
01/10/2026 - Emanuela Rossi delivers a psychological thriller suspended between fairy tale and mythology, turning eco-anxiety into a parable about the relationship between adults, nature and the future of children
Martin Gonda • Director of Flood
01/10/2026 - The Slovak director discusses his debut feature, which is the country’s Oscar submission, and how it revisits the forced displacement of Rusyn communities
The Seville European Film Festival unveils the official section of its 23rd edition
01/10/2026 - The Andalusian gathering, which will run from 6-14 November, has announced 15 competition titles and boasts a strong Spanish presence
The 13th Riga International Film Festival unveils its programme
01/10/2026 - The Latvian gathering will present nearly 100 films from 15-25 October, alongside its Baltic Sea-region competition and the RIGA IFF FORUM industry programme
Miguel Gomes’ Savagery starts production in Brazil
01/10/2026 - Shooting on the Portuguese Cannes winner’s dream project has begun in Bahia, and follows a historical conflict between an indigenous community and the Imperial Brazilian Army
Europa Distribution puts the focus on industry collaboration at San Sebastián
01/10/2026 - The network’s programme of workshops at the Spanish festival explored audience design, distribution and interprofessional collaboration
First Cut Lab Paris returns for a second edition, with the application period now open
01/10/2026 - Following a successful inaugural run, Tatino’s Paris-based editing consultancy will take place again in December; applications can be submitted until 28 October
Lover, Not a Fighter wins the Golden Kingfisher at Finále Plzeň
01/10/2026 - Martina Buchelová’s feature debut has taken home the festival’s Award for Best Film, while Pepa Lubojacki’s If Pigeons Turned to Gold prevailed in the documentary competition
The tenth Young Horizons Industry announces its award winners
01/10/2026 - The laureate of the new Best Pitch Award, presented by the Polish Film Institute, was the Danish animated series Pony Pony, which bewitched all of the accredited attendees
Cameras now rolling on Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas’ Le grand réveil
30/09/2026 - Toplined by Anthony Bajon and Benjamin Lavernhe and produced by Les Idiots and Tandem, the director’s second feature is a thriller focused on conspiracy theorists, sold by WTFilms
Review: Blind
30/09/2026 - Christian Johannes Koch and Barbara Kulcsar tell the story of a man who’ll do anything to prove his innocence and foil a dangerous conspiracy
Review: The Last Goodbye
30/09/2026 - Koldo Almandoz delivers a comedy with an existentialist streak, daring to poke fun at serious matters such as ageism and death itself
Proud and Friend triumph at Serial Killer
30/09/2026 - The series hailing from Poland and the Czech Republic, respectively, have taken home the festival’s top prizes, while the comedy show Cell Block B received a Special Mention
The ninth European Work in Progress announces its winners
30/09/2026 - Ten awards have been handed out at the Hamburg industry event, which presented 25 projects selected from among a record number of more than 270 applications
EXCLUSIVE: Cătălin Mitulescu completes post-production on his ensemble drama Indian Summer
30/09/2026 - The Bucharest-set film, starring Dan Condurache, Victoria Cociaș, Ada Condeescu and Alexandru Papadopol, follows intersecting lives over the course of 24 hours
Episode 91: Iván & Hadoum (Spain/Germany/Belgium)
29/09/2026 - The producers of the film by Ian de la Rosa are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their Eurimages-supported work
Eight projects selected for the TFL Italia – Boost IT Lab
29/09/2026 - TorinoFilmLab’s co-production programme will bring together eight teams from Italy, France, Brazil, Spain and Poland, who will take part in the TFL Meeting Event in November
CinÉast unveils the programme and juries for its 19th edition
29/09/2026 - From 9 to 25 October, the Luxembourg-based event dedicated to Central and Eastern European cinema will offer more than 120 screenings, with a focus on Bulgaria and seven films in competition
Astra Film Festival unveils its selection
29/09/2026 - From 17 to 25 October, the Sibiu-based Romanian documentary festival will present four competitive sections and more than 200 film-related events
The 59th edition of Sitges gets ready to kick off
29/09/2026 - The Catalonian festival once again descends on the eponymous seaside town in October for ten days of genre films, of all shapes and styles
EXCLUSIVE: Stéphane Marchetti shooting Malaterre
29/09/2026 - Manon Clavel, Philippe Rebbot and Sami Bouajila are toplining the filmmaker’s second feature, overseen by Blue Monday Productions
Ena Sendijarević now shooting The Possessed in Spain
29/09/2026 - The IFFR- and Locarno-awarded director is now working on her third feature, starring Ariane Labed, Suzy Bemba, Khalil Gharbia and Ji-Min Park, steered by Studio Ruba and shot in French
Doclisboa unveils the full programme for its 24th edition
29/09/2026 - The Portuguese documentary festival will screen 198 films between 15 and 25 October, with a total of 34 world premieres on the menu
Lun Sevnik wraps the shoot for his debut feature The Healers
28/09/2026 - The Slovenian filmmaker’s drama centres on a struggling spiritual healer who turns his young son into the focus of a growing belief in miraculous powers
Ingrid Pokropek • Director of The Illusions
28/09/2026 - The Argentinian filmmaker talks about her second feature, a co-production with Spain that has picked up the DALE! Award after taking part in the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum
Review: Florid
28/09/2026 - British director Billy Lumby’s feature debut is an in-depth exploration of mental illness, anchored by a superb performance by Jonathan Jules
Review: The World Before
28/09/2026 - In her second feature, Korean director Yoon Dan-bin tells a coming-of-age story that also works as a multigenerational portrait of a unique place
REPORT: Co-Production Forum & WIP @ San Sebastián 2026
28/09/2026 - Projects from Kosovo, Colombia, Mexico, Chile and Argentina have taken home awards; we take a closer look at these titles
Mike Leigh wins San Sebastián’s Golden Shell
28/09/2026 - Tender Loving Care has clinched the festival’s top prize, the Best Leading Performance Award for Kate O’Flynn as well as Best Screenplay
Mikel Gurrea • Director of Saints
28/09/2026 - The Basque filmmaker talks about his drama revolving around families, caregiving and heists, steeped in religious iconography and shot in his neighbourhood in Barcelona
European Arthouse Cinema Day invites cinemas worldwide to join its 11th edition - Industry / Market - Europe
Registration is now open for the international event, which will take place on 22 November, set to celebrate European film through screenings, special events and encounters with filmmakers
Interview: Nicole Garcia • Director of Milo - "We had to show Alice’s path towards Milo, and Milo’s path towards Alice" - San Sebastián 2026 – Competition
The French filmmaker talks us through the genesis of a film intertwining past and present which she sees as the starkest of her career
Interview: Massih Parsaei • Director of Lovers Sleep Alone - “Berlin became the film’s second character” - San Sebastián 2026 - New Directors
The Iranian-born, German-based filmmaker discusses male intimacy and the anxiety created by Europe’s increasingly hostile political climate
Interview: Javier Giner • Director of This Solitude - “This Solitude could almost be a film about exhaustion” - San Sebastián 2026 – Competition
The Basque filmmaker explains his emotional return to his hometown, his fondness for imperfect characters, and the political dimension of intimacy
Interview: Thomas Woodroffe • Director of Erratics - “The violence in those images also lies in the way they look at people” - San Sebastián 2026 - New Directors
The Chilean filmmaker talks about the violence inherent in archives and the need for cinema to resist formal standardisation
Alice nella Città turns the spotlight back onto younger generations - Rome 2026 - Alice nella Città
From coming of age to separating from parents and from friendship to memory, the youth-focused festival will shine a light on first feature films and guests, spearheaded by Barry Keoghan
The five finalists for the 17th Mario Verdone Award are unveiled - Lecce 2026 - Awards
The accolade reserved for an Italian first-time director will be handed out at the 27th Lecce European Film Festival, running from 7-14 November
Vojko Anzeljc is shooting Mary’s Resurrection - Production / Funding - Slovenia
The Slovenian filmmaker's bittersweet comedy stars Katarina Čas and Klemen Slakonja as two former lovers who meet again when one of them is dead
Review: Saints - San Sebastián 2026 - Competition
Mikel Gurrea’s sophomore feature peers into the hidden world of a gang stealing religious art, as seen through the eyes of his muse, Victoria Luengo
The fifth Creative Investors’ Conference explores a changing sales and distribution landscape - San Sebastián 2026 – San Sebastián Industry
Two San Sebastián-hosted discussions provided insights into the challenges in sales as well as ways of confronting extant distribution challenges via a TVoD solution
EXCLUSIVE: Teaser for San Sebastián entry The French Teacher - San Sebastián 2026
World-premiering in Horizontes Latinos, the sophomore feature by Brazilian filmmaker Ricardo Alves Jr portrays a woman trapped in a world of intolerance and fanaticism
GoCritic! launches call for participants in new season of writing and video journalism workshops - GoCritic! – Animateka 2026/Anifilm Liberec 2027/Animafest Zagreb 2027/Fest Anča 2027
Ten participants will be selected for workshops in film journalism and criticism, including a video component, at four member festivals of the Animation Festival Network
UP! expands across the Baltics for its second edition - Baltic Pitching Forum 2026
The Emerging Producers Training Programme will bring together 15 participants from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in Vilnius from 5-9 October, alongside the Baltic Pitching Forum
Valeska Grisebach’s The Dreamed Adventure wins the top prize at the 44th Golden Rose Film Festival - Golden Rose 2026 – Awards
First-time filmmaker Viktor Ivanov and directorial duo Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov have also emerged among the major winners at this edition
The Finnish Film Affair celebrates fiction, documentary and genre projects by handing out seven awards - Finnish Film Affair 2026 – Awards
The 15th edition of Finland’s leading international film and TV industry event has honoured projects including Halima, 11 Hours and Darkness Counts
Interview: Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi • Directors of La bola negra - “Queer stories aren’t niche; they’re much bigger than that” - San Sebastián 2026
The Spanish directorial duo talk about their film’s major international success, their connection with young audiences, and the value of telling a story about love and memory
Review: Lovers Sleep Alone - San Sebastián 2026 - New Directors
The first feature by Iranian-born, German-based filmmaker Massih Parsaei is an austere yet delicately crafted portrait of an immigrant’s solitary life in Berlin
Review: Milo - San Sebastián 2026 – Competition
Nicole Garcia hits the mark with a film carried by a dazzlingly sombre Marion Cotillard who plays a mother trying to reconnect with a son she barely knows
The Institute of Documentary Film selects nine projects for the Docs Beyond programme - Institute of Documentary Film 2026
The first edition of the training initiative will support Czech-based documentary teams in developing audience outreach or impact strategies for their films
Interview: Hristo Simeonov • Director of My Father’s Shoes - “There is something about forgiving a person in death, and accepting them” - San Sebastián 2026 – New Directors
The Bulgarian first-time director reveals the real absurdist story behind his tender feature, and elaborates on the creative process of transferring life on screen
Review: This Solitude - San Sebastián 2026 - New Directors
Javier Giner’s debut feature is a portrait of two damaged souls whose break-up acts as the catalyst that causes all their wounds to bleed
The Door-to-Door Bookstore sequel starts filming - Production / Funding - Germany/Italy
Ngo The Chau returns to direct Christoph Maria Herbst and Yuna Bennett in the sequel to the 2024 German box-office hit, with Désirée Nosbusch joining the cast
Review: Pray for Us
24/09/2026 - Daniel Monzón returns to depict a life devoid of freedom, but now from the perspective of a female teenager brutalised by the Catholic-Francoist regime
West of England launches £4.5 million Greenlight West production fund - Production / Funding - UK
The new non-recoupable fund, aiming to boost regional spending, employment and skills development, will offer grants of up to £500,000 to film and TV productions
Interview: Malika Rabahallah • Festival director, FilmFest Hamburg - “Cinema can’t solve the world’s problems, but it can help us understand them differently – and perhaps better” - Hamburg 2026
FilmFest Hamburg's director speaks about the themes of this year’s programme, the aim of its industry events and the role of film festivals in the modern age
Interview: Susanne Kovács, Anne Marie Engtoft Meldgaard • Director and protagonist of Techplomacy - “Europe can compete with the USA and China by delivering great technology rooted in different values” - Zurich 2026
We get a break-down of this documentary following Denmark’s tech ambassador during her work, as she goes from Silicon Valley to international summits
Nightborn and The Danish Woman win the top honours at the Freyas Awards - Festivals / Awards - Finland
Hanna Bergholm’s film and Benedikt Erlingsson’s series have been named Outstanding Nordic Film and Series, respectively, at the first edition of the Helsinki-based awards
San Sebastián’s industry programme doles out its prizes - San Sebastián 2026 – San Sebastián Industry/Awards
Projects by Val Jashari, Ekain Albite, Juan Sebastián Mesa and Alfonso García are among the winners of this year’s Co-Production and WIP strands
Review: Tender Loving Care - San Sebastián 2026 – Competition
What is potentially Mike Leigh’s last film is a spirited ode to both the good and the bad in life, told through the eyes of two sanguine social workers
Michel Hazanavicius’ The Third Hand now in post-production - Production / Funding - France
François Civil, Bérénice Bejo, Rebecca Marder and Michel Fau lead the cast of this silent, colour fantasy feature film produced by Les Compagnons du Cinéma and sold by Goodfellas
The Arab Critics’ Award for European Films unveils shortlist - Europe
A total of 25 titles from across Europe vie for the prize presented by European Film Promotion and the Arab Cinema Center, set to be announced in El Gouna
The 19th Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival is ready to unspool - Production / Funding - France
The gathering will showcase genre productions across its competitions and special sections, while nine European projects will be presented at the 4th Eurogenre professional meetings
Sylvelin Måkestad's The Smuggler comes out on top at Nordisk Panorama - Nordisk Panorama 2026 – Awards
Swedish productions have won the majority of the prizes, while in the industry strand, Ejner Benedict Seidelin got the ARTE European Talent Development Award for Lost at Sea
Review: Erratics - San Sebastián 2026 - New Directors
In his feature debut, Chile's Thomas Woodroffe offers an evocative revisiting of the footage filmed by Paul Castelnau in Tierra del Fuego in the early 20th century
Interview: Marlene Emilie Lyngstad • Director of Cute - “This character did not choose what he is attracted to, but he has to learn how to live with it" - San Sebastián 2026 – New Directors
The Norwegian director discusses her first feature and how to create empathy without neglecting a sense of responsibility
Interview: Naëmi Ada • Director of Body of Glass - “There is always a lot of truth in every untruth she creates” - San Sebastián 2026 - New Directors
The German filmmaker discusses her feature debut, the boundary between performance and truth, and the visibility of violence
Interview: Kostadin Bonev • Director of She Who Remains - “I find powerful the transformation of a young woman who changes her identity to survive and is forced to live in someone else’s skin” - Golden Rose 2026
The Bulgarian director discusses his adaptation of René Karabash’s novel, and the challenge of turning a novel without much dialogue into a screenplay
Review: The Lost Children of Tuam - Toronto 2026 – Centrepiece
Frank Berry’s sober docu-drama follows an amateur historian’s investigation into a Galway children’s home, resulting in devastating findings
Interview: Anna E Dziedzic • Head, Young Horizons Industry - “We want to remain specialised and create an environment where people can meet, exchange ideas and find opportunities to work together” - Young Horizons Industry 2026
As Young Horizons Industry celebrates its tenth anniversary, its new head outlines her vision for the Warsaw-based forum
Interview: Roberto Bueso • Director of El mal padre - “I try not to slip into either coldness or mawkishness” - San Sebastián 2026 - Competition
The Spanish filmmaker, who is competing for the Golden Shell, tackles issues such as toxic fatherhood, the fear of becoming like one’s parent and the dizzying prospect of procreation
The Spanish government continues to support the audiovisual sector - San Sebastián 2026 - San Sebastián Industry
At the San Sebastián International Film Festival, it has been confirmed that aid will continue to be distributed at a time of extraordinary development and success for the country’s industry
The Panorama of European Cinema faces an uncertain future ahead of its 39th edition - Festivals / Awards - Greece
The Athens-based festival is seeking support after the withdrawal of long-standing European funding, with FIPRESCI and the European Film Academy among those backing its continuation
Interview: Andrew Haigh • Director of A Long Winter - “As a viewer, I love feeling like I'm allowed into the film’s world” - Toronto 2026 – Special Presentations
The British director chats to us about the dreamy landscape of his haunting new film set in the wintry Colorado Rocky Mountains
Connecting cottbus unveils its project line-up - Cottbus 2026 – Connecting Cottbus
The selected works hail from 17 countries, with 63% of them being helmed by female filmmakers
Review: What Remains - San Sebastián 2026 – Competition
Yeşim Ustaoğlu crafts a film at once profound and prosaic, realistic and poetic, in the form of a road movie painting a portrait of a woman in search of restorative freedom
Review: Growth of the Soil - San Sebastián 2026 – Competition
Hans Petter Moland’s new feature is a rural wilderness-set epic on the lives of a couple marked by deep personal and societal changes
Review: My Father’s Shoes - San Sebastián 2026 - New Directors
Bulgarian filmmaker Hristo Simeonov’s debut is a gentle portrait of a young woman attempting to recover an integral part of herself while mourning an ever-present absence
Review: El mal padre - San Sebastián 2026 – Competition
Roberto Bueso portrays the fraught relationship between an absent father and his children, whom he brings together in a bid for a belated reconciliation
Jean-Christophe Meurisse shooting La fête est finie - Production / Funding - France
Vincent Lacoste, Pauline Clément, Karin Viard and Benjamin Lavernhe are toplining this Mamma Roman production, set to be sold by Playtime
Elise Jalladeau appointed as the new executive director of Eurimages - Industry / Market - Europe
The general director of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival will take over the leadership of the Council of Europe’s film fund on 1 October, succeeding Susan Newman Baudais
Interview: Javier Ruiz Caldera • Director of 5 More Minutes - “I find it stimulating, as a director and as a viewer, that the same film can elicit such different emotions” - San Sebastián 2026 - Competition
The Catalonian filmmaker dissects aspects of his new work, such as its cocktail of genres, the festival world’s disdain for comedies and how hard it is to make sense of today’s world
The Old Oak, Trillion and A River’s Gaze win the Golden Pumpkins at Storyland - Festivals / Awards - Slovenia
The Slovenian gathering has wrapped its inaugural edition after screening a total of 54 films at different venues
Eight animated series compete for Council of Europe's Series Co-Production Development Award at CEE Animation Forum - CEE Animation 2026
Buddy, Bugs, Didi and the Magical Garden, Finding Home, Illogical Adult World, Little Big Ones, Mould and Pebbi vie for the award
Cineuropa will lead an Another Story workshop at Festival dei Popoli’s Future Campus - Popoli 2026
The film-criticism workshop will take place during Florence’s documentary gathering, running from 31 October to 8 November; registration is open until 15 October
Review: February, Seven Days - San Sebastián 2026 - New Directors
The debut feature by German-Ukrainian filmmaker Tatjana Moutchnik delicately and sagely portrays the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on a family
Review: Cute - San Sebastián 2026 – New Directors
Norway’s Marlene Emilie Lyngstad makes her feature debut with a bold, radical, empathetic and disarming exploration of a highly thorny issue
Review: Brace Your Heart - Toronto 2026 – Platform
Amanda Kernell’s third feature places a young Sámi woman’s struggle for independence at the heart of a restrained tale of love, trauma and resilience
Review: Wild, Wild East - Toronto 2026 – Platform
Jan Holoubek turns Nazi-occupied Poland into a wintry western-noir whose strong performances help to make up for its occasionally ponderous pace
Baltic adaptations of Cesc Gay’s The People Upstairs wrap production - Production / Funding - Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania
The Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian versions of the Spanish comedy have been filmed in their respective languages, all in the same locations across Riga and Vilnius
Toronto explores how French-language series can scale without losing authenticity - Toronto 2026 - TIFF: The Market
Producers and broadcasters from France and Quebec argued that international finance can give ambitious series greater scale – but only when cross-border elements grow organically from the story
La Bola Negra claims Toronto’s People’s Choice Award - Toronto 2026 – Awards
Angh wins the Platform Prize; other European co-productions such as Brace Your Heart, Elsinore and Ancestors are also in the winners list
Review: Krux - San Sebastián 2026 – Competition
In her feature debut, set at the end of World War II, Tony Vahl creates a heady sense of quiet terror around the story of a village encouraged to mass suicide by local leaders
Review: Arne Goes to Space - Toronto 2026 – Discovery
Lars Vega’s feature debut turns an alien landing in northern Sweden into a gleefully silly, deadpan tale of brotherhood, mortality and household chores
Review: 5 More Minutes - San Sebastián 2026 - Competition
Javier Ruiz Caldera directs from a screenplay by comedian and actor Berto Romero, built on repetitive sequences that push its protagonists into extraordinary situations
Mia Hansen-Løve shooting If Love Should Die - Production / Funding - France/Ireland/Spain/Norway/United Kingdom/Sweden/Germany
Renate Reinsve leads the cast of the French director’s new English-language feature film, which draws on the production prowess of seven European countries and is being sold by Goodfellas
Bobby Prod, BBC, Folivari International and Gao Shan Pictures win this year’s Tributes at the Cartoon Forum - Cartoon 2026 – Cartoon Forum
The winners were unveiled at the Toulouse-based pitching and co-production forum, which also introduced a new sustainability prize
Review: The Smell of Apples - Toronto 2026 – Platform
John Trengove takes us into the heart of Apartheid-era South Africa with his third feature, homing in on the perspective of an Afrikaner military family
Review: Body of Glass - San Sebastián 2026 - New Directors
The excellent directorial debut by German dancer Naëmi Ada is a fearless and emotional thriller that grips viewers from start to finish
Review: Idda - Toronto 2026 - Platform
Irene Dionisio’s second feature turns a reunion between two childhood friends into a delicate, visually assured study of memory, distance and the strange ways in which affection survives change
Review: The Bad Son - San Sebastián 2026 – Competition
Spanish actor Jaime Lorente makes his directorial debut with an intimate story about inherited trauma and the struggle to escape a tragic fate
Review: Ghost Song - San Sebastián 2026 – Competition
Fatih Akin’s Hamburg-set bittersweet tragedy-fantasy wears its heart on its sleeve, turning a supernatural teen fairy-tale romance into something more
Warsaw unveils the full programme for its 42nd edition - Warsaw 2026
The Polish gathering will screen 190 titles from 9-18 October, with 30 films competing across its International Competition and 1–2 Competition
Film Fest Gent presents a bumper programme - Ghent 2026
The 53rd edition of the festival will unspool in the Flemish city between 7 and 18 October, showcasing a line-up of over 100 feature films
Rome gears up for the 12th edition of MIA - MIA 2026
The Italian industry event, unspooling from 19-23 October, has selected 67 projects from among more than 530 submissions received from 82 countries
Review: Masc - Toronto 2026 – Platform
Bertil Nilsson’s feature debut is a slyly comic study of a young man negotiating his neurodiversity, masculinity and queerness
Review: A Long Winter - Toronto 2026 – Special Presentations
Another masterfully told ghost story by Andrew Haigh follows a mysterious disappearance during a winter in 1950s Colorado
Review: In Alaska - Toronto 2026 - Special Presentations
In Jaap van Heusden and Vinnie Karetak’s chilly and tense survival thriller, an Inuk teenager is pursued by an FBI agent after an accidental pipeline attack
Review: Head to Head - Toronto 2026 - Discovery
Ghasideh Golmakani’s debut turns a film shoot into a realist, absurdly comic confrontation with patriarchy, censorship and the gendered politics of representation
Katrin Ruus shooting her debut feature, Night Journeys - Production / Funding - Estonia
The story follows a freelance journalist struggling with the death of his son as he tries to find his way back to love and life
Review: Salvation - Toronto 2026 – Discovery
Tom Nicoll’s darkly comic debut feature examines how online life coaching turns borrowed hope into a ruinous business model
Tony Vahl • Director of Krux
18/09/2026 - The writer-director shares her approach to her dark debut feature, an entanglement of moral dilemmas in a rural German village at the end of World War II
Alejandra Guimerà, Marc Crehuet • Creators of In vitro
18/09/2026 - The team behind the series talk, among other things, about assisted reproduction, inspirations drawn from close to home, creating life and family diversity
Finále Plzeň takes the pulse of new Czech film and television productions - Finále Plzeň 2026
The 39th edition of the national audiovisual showcase will screen more than 100 works, including around 20 premieres and previews
Saint-Jean-de-Luz opens its arms to young talents - Saint-Jean-de-Luz 2026
The line-up for the 13th edition of the Basque festival, unspooling 3 to 9 October, features 10 debut or sophomore features premiering in France
All About Corinne to open the 41st Namur International French Film Festival - Namur 2026
Unspooling 30 September to 4 October, the festival will host a feature film competition, a first feature films competition and a handful of previews
Review: After Elena - Toronto 2026 – Centrepiece
Shawn Garry’s sophomore feature explores grief and family tensions as a widower struggles to rebuild his life after his wife’s death
The Batumi International Arthouse Film Festival gears up for its 25th edition - Batumi 2026
The gathering will feature 76 films across seven sections and an industry programme showcasing eight new Georgian projects
The 23rd Reykjavík International Film Festival unveils its full programme - Reykjavík 2026
Iceland’s largest film festival will open with the Everest documentary The Last First: Winter K2, while nine features will compete for the Golden Puffin
Ilmar Raag’s A Girl from Tallinn in post-production - Production / Funding - Estonia/Ukraine/Bulgaria
The six-part mystery-thriller unfolds in Tallinn and Kyiv across two timelines, as a decades-old murder investigation drags the past back into the present
Review: The Idiot(s) - Toronto 2026 – Special Presentations
Aimee Lou Wood is resplendent as Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s wife, Anna, in a new her-story biopic by Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert
Review: What Lies Between Us - Toronto 2026 – Discovery
Amalie Næsby Fick cuts deep with a nuanced and highly entertaining psychological thriller threading together a mother’s complicity, disbelief and pursuit of justice
European Work in Progress announces the 25 projects selected for its ninth edition - European Work in Progress 2026
The German event, which will once again take place in Hamburg as part of FilmFest Hamburg Industry Days, received over 270 applications this year
Review: Lemonade - Toronto 2026 – Centrepiece
Documentarian Kim Bartley’s fiction debut sheds light on the Irish foster-care system with a tender coming-of-age story starring Barry Keoghan
Yesim Ustaoğlu • Director of What Remains
16/09/2026 - The Turkish filmmaker sheds light on her new movie, centred on a woman who takes to the road to try to find herself
EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for San Sebastián New Directors entry Erratics - San Sebastián 2026 - New Directors
The debut feature by Thomas Woodroffe, a co-production involving Chile, France and Argentina, stars French actor Denis Lavant
Review: Elsinore - Toronto 2026 – Special Presentations
In Simon Stone’s poignant biopic, Andrew Scott gives an award-worthy performance as an ailing actor playing Hamlet
Sovereignty must extend from land to screen, Arctic Indigenous storytellers say at Toronto - Toronto 2026 - TIFF: The Market
Professionals linked the growing geopolitical focus on the region to questions of creative control, arguing that collaborations led by natives must generate ownership, skills and lasting value
Review: Where the River Begins - Toronto 2026 - Centrepiece
Juan Andrés Arango’s film tells the story of a native Emberá woman who, after fleeing paramilitary violence, journeys from Bogotá back toward her rainforest homeland
Pedro B Abreu shooting Olguța and Her Millionaire Grandpa - Production / Funding - Romania
The adaptation of Alex Moldovan’s bestselling children’s novel follows a rebellious 12-year-old girl who meets her wealthy grandfather for the first time
Amanda Kernell • Director of Brace Your Heart
16/09/2026 - The Swedish director shares some thoughts on her creative journey and whether there is any shared DNA between her latest film and her prior works
REPORT: Baltic Sea Docs 2026 - Baltic Sea Docs 2026
We zoom in on all of the winning projects presented at the Riga-based forum, which celebrated its 30th anniversary this year
Miguel Alexandre’s Queen Silvia to world-premiere at MIPCOM CANNES - Production / Funding - Germany/Sweden
The six-part drama about the romance between Sweden’s Queen Silvia and King Carl Gustaf will screen as a special world premiere
REPORT: Cartoon Forum 2026 - Cartoon 2026 – Cartoon Forum
We take a closer look at six of the animated projects being presented at this year’s Cartoon Forum, running in Toulouse from 14-17 September
Seriesly Berlin announces its pitch award winners - Seriesly Berlin 2026 – Awards
The Man Behind a Mask, Hands Up and I AM GOD have taken the top honours in the two sections of Seriesly Berlin Pitches
European cinemas report exceptional summer as box-office momentum continues into second half of 2026 - Box Office - Europe
EMEA box office was up 88% year on year in August, with several European markets recording their strongest summer results in years
Heidi Elise Christensen, Cecilia Lidin, Karrar Al-Azzawi, Sam Groves, Lucile Bourliaud • Executive director and programmers, Nordisk Panorama
15/09/2026 - The executive director and programmers of Nordisk Panorama discuss the process of curation, and the key issues facing the documentary and shorts industries
Hanaël El Yousfi • Director of The Daughters of Abraham
15/09/2026 - The French filmmaker explains why she wanted to tackle the divide between two communities which actually have a great deal in common
Canada modernises co-production treaties with UK and Spain - Toronto 2026 - TIFF: The Market
The two agreements replace frameworks dating back to 1975 and 1985, updating Canada’s production ties with two key European partners for the digital era
Norway and the Netherlands pitch incentives and production muscle at Toronto - Toronto 2026 – TIFF: The Market
The two national film commissions highlighted how cash rebates, experienced crews and accessible locations are broadening their appeal to international shoots
Michal Hogenauer shoots psychologically charged young-adult drama Around the Fire - Production / Funding - Czech Republic
The film sees a taboo encounter between a twenty-something counsellor and a 14-year-old boy ignite a volatile struggle involving desire and manipulation
Europa Distribution to explore audience design at San Sebastián - San Sebastián 2026 - San Sebastián Industry
The members of the network will participate in a workshop centred on new approaches to the development of audience engagement strategies
San Sebastián hosts the fifth Creative Investors’ Conference - San Sebastián 2026 - San Sebastián Industry
The festival will once again organise several discussions on the hot topics of the film industry as well as the Zinemaldia Startup Challenge
Tom Adjibi • Director of This Is Not a French Film
15/09/2026 - We chat to the filmmaker and actor, whose debut feature is a docufiction that probes the latent (or not) racism that feeds into our imaginations
Ilya Khrzhanovsky • Director of Dau
15/09/2026 - VENICE 2026: The director of the controversial project describes how this surprising new instalment came about and once again emphasises his support for Ukraine in the war against Russia
Marco Bechis • Director of Back to Buenos Aires
15/09/2026 - VENICE 2026: The Italian director explains the highly topical reasons that led him to return to the subject of the military dictatorship in Argentina
Visar Morina’s Shame and Money triumphs at the 18th PriFest - PriFest 2026 – Awards
Belkis Bayrak has collected the Award for Best Director for Gülizar, while Astrit Kabashi and Ujkan Hysaj took home the acting gongs
CEE Animation Workshop opens its 2027 call for projects - CEE Animation 2027
The ninth edition of the year-long training programme will support 12 animated projects through four modules, with applications open until 15 October
Review: The Daughters of Abraham - Toronto 2026 – Discovery
Hanaël El Yousfi delivers a bold and vibrant, feminist debut feature film about emancipation and the deceptive, ossified boundaries of communitarianism
KMBO to receive the Best International Innovation Distribution Award at the International Film Distribution Summit - Hamburg 2026 - Filmfest Hamburg Industry Days
The French independent distributor's founder and CEO Vladimir Kokh will collect the award during the Hamburg-based event
Léa Domenach • Director of A Man’s Skin - “The film deals with tough themes, but it’s all wrapped in champagne bubbles”
VENICE 2026: The French director talks about her queer and feminist musical comedy set in the 15th century, which questions identity, desire and social roles
Tommaso Landucci • Director of Children of the Monkey
14/09/2026 - VENICE 2026: The young Italian filmmaker talks to us about his approach to the challenges faced by a family with a disabled child
Slovak Pop Up announces five projects for its eighth edition - Pop Up Residencies 2026
The Bratislava-based development programme continues to support filmmakers across generations, formats and cinematic approaches, while welcoming three international residents in 2026
The ninth edition of Serial Killer gets ready to unspool - Serial Killer 2026
This year’s television event will take place over six days and features a large number of series based on true stories
Zurich reveals the full programme for its 22nd edition - Zurich 2026
The latest iteration of the Swiss festival will see 14 films in each of the fiction and documentary competitions vie for a Golden Eye Award and CHF 25,000
Review: Guria - Venice 2026 – Venice Spotlight
VENICE 2026: Levan Koguashvili stops at nothing to deliver humour – and hazelnuts – in this film showing a world that’s still catching up
The 30th Baltic Sea Docs announces its winners - Baltic Sea Docs 2026 – Awards
Eight awards have been handed out at the Riga-based forum, which brings together filmmakers from the Baltic Sea region, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus
Walter Fasano • Director of Nino – A Film About Nino Rota
14/09/2026 - VENICE 2026: The Italian helmer speaks about his main subject and about finding new possibilities within a sometimes-rigid documentary form
Roan Johnson, Davide Pavanello • Directors of Rider
12/09/2026 - VENICE 2026: In the rap odyssey directed by Roan Johnson and Davide Pavanello, music becomes dialogue
LIVE: The awards of the 83rd Venice Film Festival - Venice 2026 - Awards
VENICE 2026: The winning films are being unveiled at the festival's closing ceremony
Alina Şerban • Director of I Matter
12/09/2026 - VENICE 2026: The Romanian director discusses how she goes about bringing light into the world, even when it stems from pain
Review: Until the Day Ends - Venice 2026 – Orizzonti
VENICE 2026: Jelena Maksimović signs one of the most visually distinctive entries in the Orizzonti sidebar, a semi-allegorical film set amidst Serbia’s ongoing student protests
Venice announces the winners of its parallel awards - Venice 2026 - Awards
Hirokazu Koreeda’s Look Back, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s Naza, and Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love are among the most-awarded titles
Review: A Man's Skin - Venice 2026 – Giornate degli Autori
VENICE 2026: With her second feature, Léa Domenach ushers audiences into a queer, feminist fairy tale set in the 15th century yet perfectly attuned to the present
Review: Back to Buenos Aires - Venice 2026 - Competition
VENICE 2026: Marco Bechis revisits his memories of imprisonment in a clandestine military jail during Argentina’s dictatorship through this taut, cathartic film