Diego Céspedes • Director of The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo

Interview: Diego Céspedes • Director of The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo

“Everyone left out of the binary system gets heavily attacked”

CANNES 2025: The young Chilean filmmaker broaches issues such as dissident parenting, the upheaval caused by AIDS and LGBTI+ discrimination  

15/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Louise Hémon • Director of The Girl in the Snow

Interview: Louise Hémon • Director of The Girl in the Snow

"The experiment was to take a rational character, plunge her into irrational phenomena and see how far her mind would resist"

CANNES 2025: The French filmmaker talks about her first feature, the challenges of shooting a period film in winter and the unconscious forces of desire  

15/05 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight

The announcements made at Cannes' Marché du Film

The announcements made at Cannes' Marché du Film

CANNES 2025: An overview of acquisitions, sales, new films and more unveiled at the Cannes market, taking place from 14-22 May  

15/05 | Cannes 2025 | Marché du Film

Ismael Curbelo • Director, Lanzarote International Film Festival

Interview: Ismael Curbelo • Director, Lanzarote International Film Festival

“We are committed to cinema as a means to stimulate intelligence, emotions and collective reflection”

The Canarian event celebrates a quarter of a century, and to mark the occasion we spoke to its director, who shared details on some of its activities  

15/05 | Lanzarote 2025

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Industry Reports

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Karolina Sienkiewicz • Distributor, So FILMS - 14/05/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 14/05/2025
Karolina Sienkiewicz • Distributor, So FILMS
The founder of the distribution and production company based in Poland tells us about her career and the firm’s success with the national campaign for Flow

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A busy spring festival season awaits the European film industry. Cineuropa will continue to keep its readers up to date with the latest news and market insights, covering the buzziest events, including Cannes, Kraków, Karlovy Vary, Tribeca, Hot Docs, Annecy, Brussels, Munich and many others

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Women talk reshaping genre film at the Marché du Film - 15/05/2025

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 15/05/2025
Women talk reshaping genre film at the Marché du Film
CANNES 2025: At an event run in collaboration with Yes She Cannes, five women shared how they’re remoulding the genre landscape using radical creativity

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming - Industry leaders explore the shifting power dynamics in genre filmmaking at Cannes - 15/05/2025

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 15/05/2025
Industry leaders explore the shifting power dynamics in genre filmmaking at Cannes
CANNES 2025: A panel examined audience behaviour, marketing strategies and the data-driven forces transforming how genre films are made, marketed and consumed

Produce – Co-Produce... - Deirdre Levins • Producer, Fantastic Films - 14/05/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 14/05/2025
Deirdre Levins • Producer, Fantastic Films
Ireland’s Producer on the Move unpacks her career and her slate of projects, also sharing some advice for newcomers to the job

Produce – Co-Produce... - Francesca Andreoli • Producer, Cinedora - 13/05/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 13/05/2025
Francesca Andreoli • Producer, Cinedora
The Italian producer behind Vermiglio chatted with us about the importance of co-production and the project she’s bringing to Cannes

Produce – Co-Produce... - Magdelena Ilieva • Producer, Little Wing Productions - 13/05/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 13/05/2025
Magdelena Ilieva • Producer, Little Wing Productions
The Bulgarian producer and filmmaker shares some insights into how she manages to juggle producing and directing

Produce – Co-Produce... - Andi G Hess • Producer, Schubert - 13/05/2025

Produce – Co-Produce... – 13/05/2025
Andi G Hess • Producer, Schubert
We spoke to the Austrian producer about her background, her commitment to contributing to a diverse film landscape and the advantages of being based in her home country

Review: The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo

Review: The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo

CANNES 2025: The desert puts on its gala clothes in Diego Céspedes' first feature, a queer film in which desire, love and death intertwine in a baroque spectacle tinged with a western atmosphere  

15/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Erige Sehiri • Director of Promised Sky

Interview: Erige Sehiri • Director of Promised Sky

"In everyday life, we hide things, we don’t tell people everything, we don’t show everything"

CANNES 2025: The French-Tunisian filmmaker explains the intentions which fed into her second fiction feature film which revolves around three migrant women brought together by circumstance in Tunis  

15/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Review: The Girl in the Snow

Review: The Girl in the Snow

CANNES 2025: Set in 1900 in a tiny, very isolated mountain hamlet in the middle of winter, Louise Hémon's first feature film is highly original and atmospheric  

15/05 | Cannes 2025 | Directors' Fortnight

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Episode 76: The Girl with the Needle (Denmark/Poland/Sweden) - 08/05/2025

08/05/2025
Episode 76: The Girl with the Needle (Denmark/Poland/Sweden)
The producers of the film by Magnus von Horn are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 75: Vermiglio (Italy/France/Belgium) - 25/03/2025

25/03/2025
Episode 75: Vermiglio (Italy/France/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Maura Delpero are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 74: Crossing (Sweden/ Denmark/France/Turkey/Georgia) - 20/03/2025

20/03/2025
Episode 74: Crossing (Sweden/ Denmark/France/Turkey/Georgia)
The producers of the film by Levan Akin are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 73: Flow (Latvia/France/Belgium) - 10/12/2024

10/12/2024
Episode 73: Flow (Latvia/France/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Gints Zilbalodis are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 72: Wishing on a Star (Italy/Slovakia/Czech Republic/Austria/Croatia) - 28/11/2024

28/11/2024
Episode 72: Wishing on a Star (Italy/Slovakia/Czech Republic/Austria/Croatia)
The producers of the film by Peter Kerekes are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 71: Superluna (Italy/Belgium) - 14/11/2024

14/11/2024
Episode 71: Superluna (Italy/Belgium)
The producers of the film by Federico Bondi are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 70: Robot Dreams (Spain/France) - 27/06/2024

27/06/2024
Episode 70: Robot Dreams (Spain/France)
The producers of the film by Pablo Berger are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Episode 69: Black Tea (France/ Mauritania/ Luxembourg/ Taiwan/ Côte d'Ivoire) - 30/04/2024

30/04/2024
Episode 69: Black Tea (France/ Mauritania/ Luxembourg/ Taiwan/ Côte d'Ivoire)
The producers of the film by Abderrahmane Sissako are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support

Women talk reshaping genre film at the Marché du Film

Women talk reshaping genre film at the Marché du Film

CANNES 2025: At an event run in collaboration with Yes She Cannes, five women shared how they’re remoulding the genre landscape using radical creativity  

15/05 | Cannes 2025 | Marché du Film

Industry leaders explore the shifting power dynamics in genre filmmaking at Cannes

Industry leaders explore the shifting power dynamics in genre filmmaking at Cannes

CANNES 2025: A panel examined audience behaviour, marketing strategies and the data-driven forces transforming how genre films are made, marketed and consumed  

15/05 | Cannes 2025 | Marché du Film

Review: Death Does Not Exist

Review: Death Does Not Exist

CANNES 2025: Félix Dufour-Laperrière’s fantasy animation follows a band of young revolutionaries aiming to overturn both the elite and mortality itself  

15/05 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight

GoCritic! Feature: “That’s What She Said, Vol. 2”

GoCritic! Feature: “That’s What She Said, Vol. 2”

We take a look at the second instalment of the Animation Festival Network’s compilation of shorts by female filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe  

15/05 | GoCritic! | Anifilm Liberec 2025

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Photogalleries

Cannes 2025 – Photogalleries - 13/05/2025

13/05/2025
Cannes 2025 – Photogalleries
The international film industry is gathering again on the Croisette for a packed edition of the Cannes Film Festival and its Marché du Film, unspooling from 13-24 May. Discover the festival highlights in our exclusive photo galleries

Berlinale 2025 – Photogalleries - 13/02/2025

13/02/2025
Berlinale 2025 – Photogalleries
The Berlin International Film Festival returns for its 75th edition, the first under the direction of Tricia Tuttle, from 13-23 February. Check out the festival highlights in our exclusive photogalleries

San Sebastian 2024 – Photogalleries - 23/09/2024

23/09/2024
San Sebastian 2024 – Photogalleries
The San Sebastián International Film Festival cements its position on the global festival circuit with its 72st edition, which is unspooling from 20-28 September. Check out our exclusive photo galleries

Venice 2024 – Photogalleries - 27/08/2024

27/08/2024
Venice 2024 – Photogalleries
After the media storm triggered by last year's SAG-AFTRA strike, the global film community is back on the Lido for the 81st Venice Film Festival, unspooling from 28 August-7 September. Discover the festival highlights and the international stars walking the red carpet in our exclusive photo galleries

Cannes 2024 – Photogalleries - 14/05/2024

14/05/2024
Cannes 2024 – Photogalleries
The international film industry is gathering again on the Croisette for a packed edition of the Cannes Film Festival and its Marché du Film, unspooling from 14-25 May. Discover the festival highlights in our exclusive photo galleries

Berlinale 2024 – Photogalleries - 15/02/2024

15/02/2024
Berlinale 2024 – Photogalleries
The Berlin International Film Festival returns for its 74th edition, the last under the direction of Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek, from 15-25 February. Check out the festival highlights in our exclusive photogalleries

San Sebastián 2023 – Photogalleries - 25/09/2023

25/09/2023
San Sebastián 2023 – Photogalleries
The San Sebastián International Film Festival cements its position on the global festival circuit with its 71st edition, which is unspooling from 22-30 September. Check out our exclusive photo galleries

Venice 2023 – Photogalleries - 01/09/2023

01/09/2023
Venice 2023 – Photogalleries
After the media storm triggered by the SAG-AFTRA strike, the global film community is back on the Lido for the 80th Venice Film Festival, unspooling from 30 August-9 September. Discover the festival highlights and the international stars walking the red carpet in our exclusive photo galleries

Review: Two Prosecutors

Review: Two Prosecutors

CANNES 2025: Sergei Loznitsa returns to fiction with a relentless, masterfully staged tale of communist justice at the height of Stalinist terror  

15/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Review: Promised Sky

Review: Promised Sky

CANNES 2025: Erige Sehiri wins viewers over with an incredibly human film, placing focus on three women from sub-Saharan Africa living in Tunis and developing a growing awareness of the world  

14/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Robin Campillo • Director of Enzo

Interview: Robin Campillo • Director of Enzo

"We wanted to show what was inside this teenager's heart, an explosion of colour, light and sensuality"

CANNES 2025: The French filmmaker talks about the genesis of Laurent Cantet's last project, a film about the enigma of adolescence  

14/05 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight

Reviews

Sound of Falling - by Mascha Schilinski

Sound of Falling
by Mascha Schilinski
CANNES 2025: With her second feature, German director Mascha Schilinski broadens the possibilities of period filmmaking

Two Prosecutors - by Sergei Loznitsa

Two Prosecutors
by Sergei Loznitsa
CANNES 2025: Sergei Loznitsa returns to fiction with a relentless, masterfully staged tale of communist justice at the height of Stalinist terror

The Girl in the Snow - by Louise Hémon

The Girl in the Snow
by Louise Hémon
CANNES 2025: Set in 1900 in a tiny, very isolated mountain hamlet in the middle of winter, Louise Hémon's first feature film is highly original and atmospheric

Reedland - by Sven Bresser

Reedland
by Sven Bresser
CANNES 2025: Sven Bresser makes a haunting and disturbing film about an old reed cutter obsessed with solving a murder mystery

Death Does Not Exist - by Félix Dufour-Laperrière

Death Does Not Exist
by Félix Dufour-Laperrière
CANNES 2025: Félix Dufour-Laperrière’s fantasy animation follows a band of young revolutionaries aiming to overturn both the elite and mortality itself

Enzo - by Laurent Cantet, Robin Campillo

Enzo
by Laurent Cantet, Robin Campillo
CANNES 2025: In directing the last film by the late Laurent Cantet, Robin Campillo weaves a subtle tale of a teenager in search of his place in the world

Promised Sky - by Erige Sehiri

Promised Sky
by Erige Sehiri
CANNES 2025: Erige Sehiri wins viewers over with an incredibly human film, placing focus on three women from sub-Saharan Africa living in Tunis and developing a growing awareness of the world

Adam's Sake - by Laura Wandel

Adam's Sake
by Laura Wandel
CANNES 2025: After her highly acclaimed debut feature, Laura Wandel has made a name for herself with this visceral portrait of a nurse struggling against the powerlessness of the institution

Review: Sound of Falling

Review: Sound of Falling

CANNES 2025: With her second feature, German director Mascha Schilinski broadens the possibilities of period filmmaking  

14/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Lanzarote International Film Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary

Lanzarote International Film Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary

Between 15 and 24 May, the event will offer a selection of national and international fiction, animation, documentary, children's and Canarian short films  

14/05 | Lanzarote 2025

Review: Endless

Review: Endless

Umberto Contarello’s fiction debut is a melancholy autobiographical tale exuding the humour and moods of Paolo Sorrentino’s films, who co-wrote and produced the movie  

14/05 | Films | Reviews | Italy

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Interviews

Robin Campillo • Director of Enzo

Robin Campillo • Director of Enzo
CANNES 2025: The French filmmaker talks about the genesis of Laurent Cantet's last project, a film about the enigma of adolescence

Julien Rejl • General Delegate, Directors’ Fortnight

Julien Rejl • General Delegate, Directors’ Fortnight
The General Delegate of the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight discusses the 2025 selection and clarifies the debate on its editorial line

Ava Cahen • General Delegate, Critics’ Week

Ava Cahen • General Delegate, Critics’ Week
The General Delegate of the Cannes Critics’ Week breaks down her 2025 selection

Diego Céspedes • Director of The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo

Diego Céspedes • Director of The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo
CANNES 2025: The young Chilean filmmaker broaches issues such as dissident parenting, the upheaval caused by AIDS and LGBTI+ discrimination

Louise Hémon • Director of The Girl in the Snow

Louise Hémon • Director of The Girl in the Snow
CANNES 2025: The French filmmaker talks about her first feature, the challenges of shooting a period film in winter and the unconscious forces of desire

Ismael Curbelo • Director, Lanzarote International Film Festival

Ismael Curbelo • Director, Lanzarote International Film Festival
The Canarian event celebrates a quarter of a century, and to mark the occasion we spoke to its director, who shared details on some of its activities

Erige Sehiri • Director of Promised Sky

Erige Sehiri • Director of Promised Sky
CANNES 2025: The French-Tunisian filmmaker explains the intentions which fed into her second fiction feature film which revolves around three migrant women brought together by circumstance in Tunis

Asif Kapadia • Director of 2073

Asif Kapadia • Director of 2073
The British filmmaker discusses his latest, dystopian hybrid movie that mixes the fictionalised diary of a ghost with real-life footage from Gaza, India, China, the USA and the UK

Review: Paternal Leave

Review: Paternal Leave

Alissa Jung’s debut film sidesteps rhetoric but is too hesitant when exploring the relationship between a teenage girl and the father she never knew, played by Luca Marinelli  

14/05 | Films | Reviews | Germany/Italy

Cannes recognises the intuition of Les Arcs’ Industry Village

Cannes recognises the intuition of Les Arcs’ Industry Village

The Croisette is showcasing five feature films previously singled out by the Alpine festival, whose next edition will unspool between 13 and 20 December with Greek cinema stealing the limelight  

14/05 | Cannes 2025/Sponsored

Asif Kapadia • Director of 2073

Interview: Asif Kapadia • Director of 2073

“I'm an optimist – but I also see what's going on, so I’d say I’m very much a realist, too”

The British filmmaker discusses his latest, dystopian hybrid movie that mixes the fictionalised diary of a ghost with real-life footage from Gaza, India, China, the USA and the UK  

14/05 | Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2025

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Sirât - by Oliver Laxe

Sirât
by Oliver Laxe
Cannes 2025 - Competition

Two Prosecutors - by Sergei Loznitsa

Two Prosecutors
by Sergei Loznitsa
Cannes 2025 - Competition

Amrum - by Fatih Akin

Amrum
by Fatih Akin
Cannes 2025 - Cannes Première

Urchin - by Harris Dickinson

Urchin
by Harris Dickinson
Cannes 2025 - Un Certain Regard

A Magnificient Life - by Sylvain Chomet

A Magnificient Life
by Sylvain Chomet
Cannes 2025 - Special Screenings

Renoir - by Chie Hayakawa

Renoir
by Chie Hayakawa
Cannes 2025 - Competition

The Phoenician Scheme - by Wes Anderson

The Phoenician Scheme
by Wes Anderson
Cannes 2025 - Competition

The Love That Remains - by Hlynur Pálmason

The Love That Remains
by Hlynur Pálmason
Cannes 2025 - Cannes Première

Deirdre Levins • Producer, Fantastic Films

Interview: Deirdre Levins • Producer, Fantastic Films

“Any film you develop as a producer is a creative risk”

Ireland’s Producer on the Move unpacks her career and her slate of projects, also sharing some advice for newcomers to the job  

14/05 | Producers on the Move 2025

Luis Galindo and Ángel M Chivite’s El convento currently in post-production

Luis Galindo and Ángel M Chivite’s El convento currently in post-production

The horror-thriller based on a real-life case that unfolded in the 18th century is toplined by Nahia Bergasa, María Mercado and Ana Álvarez, among other actresses  

14/05 | Production | Funding | Spain/Uruguay/Italy

Review: Reedland

Review: Reedland

CANNES 2025: Sven Bresser makes a haunting and disturbing film about an old reed cutter obsessed with solving a murder mystery  

14/05 | Cannes 2025 | Critics’ Week

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Reviews

Leave One Day - by Amélie Bonnin

Leave One Day
by Amélie Bonnin
CANNES 2025: Amélie Bonnin delivers a staggering work of emotional simplicity, an organic musical whose local roots resonate universally

Obscure Night – "Ain't I a Child?" - by Sylvain George

Obscure Night – "Ain't I a Child?"
by Sylvain George
In the final chapter of his touching trilogy about migration, Sylvain George and his protagonists arrive in the city of Paris where splendour flirts with misery

Endless - by Umberto Contarello

Endless
by Umberto Contarello
Umberto Contarello’s fiction debut is a melancholy autobiographical tale exuding the humour and moods of Paolo Sorrentino’s films, who co-wrote and produced the movie

The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo - by Diego Céspedes

The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo
by Diego Céspedes
CANNES 2025: The desert puts on its gala clothes in Diego Céspedes' first feature, a queer film in which desire, love and death intertwine in a baroque spectacle tinged with a western atmosphere

Paternal Leave - by Alissa Jung

Paternal Leave
by Alissa Jung
Alissa Jung’s debut film sidesteps rhetoric but is too hesitant when exploring the relationship between a teenage girl and the father she never knew, played by Luca Marinelli

Industry Reports

Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – 15/05/2025

Women talk reshaping genre film at the Marché du Film

CANNES 2025: At an event run in collaboration with Yes She Cannes, five women shared how they’re remoulding the genre landscape using radical creativity

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 15/05/2025

Industry leaders explore the shifting power dynamics in genre filmmaking at Cannes

CANNES 2025: A panel examined audience behaviour, marketing strategies and the data-driven forces transforming how genre films are made, marketed and consumed

Produce – Co-Produce... – 14/05/2025

Deirdre Levins • Producer, Fantastic Films

Ireland’s Producer on the Move unpacks her career and her slate of projects, also sharing some advice for newcomers to the job

Distribution, Exhibition and Streaming – 14/05/2025

Karolina Sienkiewicz • Distributor, So FILMS

The founder of the distribution and production company based in Poland tells us about her career and the firm’s success with the national campaign for Flow

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