🏆 Robin Petré's Only on Earth wins Best Nordic Documentary at Nordisk Panorama. It explores the interaction between humans & nature in Southern Galicia. Teenage Life Interrupted by Åse Svenheim Drivenes, a film about adolescent chronic pain, received an Honorable Mention. cineuropa.org/472476

🆕 Cyprus reinforces its audiovisual strategy with the €25 million Olivewood plan. Moreover, as part of the country’s audiovisual incentive scheme, the Finance Ministry has released €3.3 million in subsidies for international films and series. cineuropa.org/484074

"Colonialism is a bit of a tricky word because the types of colonies we’re seeing are different these days. It’s the economy which engages in colonisation now." - French director Claire Denis about her #SanSebastián competition entry The Fence: cineuropa.org/484045

🗣️ "Germany is one of the biggest markets in Europe. A lot in this market depends on how especially the major players – with the public television stations being by far the biggest – behave." - Fabian Massah, Head of Filmfest Hamburg Industry Days cineuropa.org/484077

"It was very draining to build a film on top of another film that never came to be. But being able to adapt to change is essential in documentary filmmaking." 🧙⛰️ - Finland's Otso Tiainen about his film Shadowland, currently screening at Nordisk Panorama cineuropa.org/484078

🗨️ "I don’t think we are going in the right direction as humanity. I think that, unfortunately, Kafka as a prophet will become relevant again." - Filmmaker Agnieszka Holland, director of Franz #interview cineuropa.org/484072

Cineuropa journalists are covering the 73rd San Sebastián Film Festival live with reviews, interviews, market reports & more. ✨🎦 #SanSebastián2025 Follow our festival report here to stay up-to-date with the latest news: cineuropa.org/484085

👁️‍🗨️ "The film is gentle at its core, using warmth & a certain softness to shape its characters' world." - Read the #review of Emilie Thalund’s debut feature Weightless, which screened at the New Directors strand of the San Sebastián International Film Festival. cineuropa.org/484070

👀 Haiti picks Bruno Mourral's Kidnapping Inc. as its contender for Best International Feature Film at the #Oscars2026. The comedy thriller is a Haitian-French-Canadian coproduction. #AcademyAwards ✨🇭🇹 #cinema cineuropa.org/482180

✨ #cinema Georgia sends George Sikharulidze's Panopticon into the race for the Best International Feature Film Award at the 98th Oscars, scheduled to take place in Hollywood on 15 March 2026. 🎞️ Find all candidates with European participation here: cineuropa.org/482180

🇮🇹🎬 Italy submits Francesco Costabile's Familia as its contender for Best International Feature Film at the 2026 #AcademyAwards. The picture is based on Luigi Celeste's autobiography It Won't Be Like This Forever and treats subjects such as domestic violence. #Europeanfilm cineuropa.org/482180

📽️🇱🇹 Lithuania picks The Southern Chronicles by Ignas Miškinis as its contender for Best International Feature Film at the #Oscars2026. #AcademyAwards ✨ #Europeancinema cineuropa.org/482180

🆕🇬🇱 The film Walls - Akinni Inuk by Nina Paninnguaq Skydsbjerg & Sofie Rørdam is Greenland's submission for Best International Feature Film at the 2026 Academy Awards. #Oscars2026 The doc portrays a woman incarcerated for attempted murder whose case is opened for review. cineuropa.org/482180

🚨 #OPENCALL The East Doc Platform 2026 launched its call for documentary projects. Are you currently working on a creative documentary project from Central and Eastern Europe? 📅 Submissions are open for projects in all stages of development until 14 November here: dokweb.net/activities/e...

💬 "I see potential in increasing the presence of the foreign industry at the festival, as Gdynia can be an important platform for meeting Polish cinema." - Joanna Łapińska, the Artistic director of Gdynia Film Festival #filmfestivals #Europeancinema cineuropa.org/483934

As a part of Toronto International #FilmFestival, the CBC Centre hosted one of the Buyers in Focus panels on 6 September. Moderated by Davide Abbatescianni, the session brought together acquisition executives to discuss how distributors can adapt to an evolving marketplace. cineuropa.org/483892

🎬 Julie R Ølgaard & Esben Tønnesen’s thriller-drama The Perfect Lie now filming in Copenhagen. The pic, being sold by REinvent and staged by HitHero Productions, centres on manipulation, power and broken illusions. Read more here: cineuropa.org/483899

📢 #OPENCALL GoCritic!, the training programme for emerging film journalists & critics, launches the call for participants for its new season: Ten participants will be selected for workshops at four member festivals of the Animation Festival Network. Find out more here: cineuropa.org/483869

🆕 DR, Mediatoon Distribution and Creative Conspiracy win this year’s Tributes at #Cartoon Forum. The winning firms were voted for by participants attending the Toulouse-based pitching and co-production forum for animated series. Details: cineuropa.org/483963

👁️‍🗨️ "There’s a boldness & playfulness here that ultimately make the film quietly compelling. There are some laugh-out-loud moments [...], as well as a few instances of more subtle contemplation amidst the brashness." 🌳 Read the review of Eugène Green’s The Tree of Knowledge here: cineuropa.org/483962

🎬 It's a wrap for the second #SerieslyBerlin (15-18 September)! 🏆 Winners of the Seriesly Pitch Awards include the Finnish-Swedish mystery-romance Ville Hilda (created by Roosa Toivonen & Inka Hietala), and the horror-sitcom The People We Eat (by Ilaria Fravolini). cineuropa.org/483975

The 41st Warsaw International Film Festival (10-19 October) announces its ambitious line-up! ✨👀 Among other things, the audience can look forward to unique experiences such as #Cinema in the Clouds & a special film-music concert dedicated to composer Michał Lorenc. More here: cineuropa.org/483973

❕ #EXCLUSIVE Cineuropa's Fabien Lemercier shares first details about Virgil Vernier’s new film, Hidden Hills: The director’s 4th feature will be shot exclusively in Los Angeles & a short sequence will be unveiled in the upcoming European Work in Progress in Hamburg. cineuropa.org/483972

❗ #OPENCALL The 16th When East Meets West (Trieste, 18-20 January) opens its calls for entries. This edition will introduce a Films x Games Connection Hub, designed to explore creative intersections between audiovisual & interactive media. More here: www.wemw.it And here: cineuropa.org/483889

📡 #OPENCALL LIM | Less is More, the European programme known for its innovative approach to screenwriting, evolves into LIM² & opens its 2026 call for projects. The project aims to support emerging European producers & story editors with their feature film projects. lim-lessismore.eu/how-to-apply

🆕🇩🇰 David Borenstein & Pavel Talankin's Mr. Nobody Against Putin is the Danish submission for Best International Feature Film at the 2026 Academy Awards. #cinema #Oscars2026 It documents how a school is increasingly becoming a propaganda tool during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

👀🇵🇹 Portugal picks Margarida Cardoso's Banzo as its contender for Best International Feature Film at the #Oscars2026. #AcademyAwards ✨ #Europeanfilm cineuropa.org/482180

🇺🇦🎥 Ukraine submits Mstyslav Chernov's 2000 Meters to Andriivka as its contender for Best International Feature Film at the 2026 Academy Awards. The doc won Sundance's World Cinema Directing Award. #Oscars2026 #Europeanfilm cineuropa.org/482180

🆕🇪🇸 Óliver Laxe's Sirāt is the Spanish submission for Best International Feature Film at the 2026 Academy Awards. #cinema #Oscars2026 The roadmovie won the Jury Prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

✨ #cinema Poland sends Agnieszka Holland's biographical drama Franz into the race for the Best International Feature Film Award at the 98th Oscars, scheduled to take place in Hollywood on 15 March 2026. 🎞️ Find all candidates with European participation here: cineuropa.org/482180

📽️ Montenegro picks Nikola Vukčević's Tower of Strength as its contender for Best International Feature Film at the #Oscars2026. #AcademyAwards ✨ #Europeanfilm cineuropa.org/482180

Bosnia and Herzegovina chooses Jasmila Žbanić's Blum – Masters of Their Own Destiny as its contender for Best International Feature Film at the #Oscars2026. 🎬 #AcademyAwards #cinema cineuropa.org/482180

France submits Jafar Panahi's thriller It Was Just an Accident as its contender for Best International Feature Film at the 2026 Academy Awards. 🎬 #Oscars2026 The film is an Iranian-French-Luxemburgish coproduction. cineuropa.org/482180

📢 There is still time to apply for the Paolo Sorrentino Lab: In Argentina until 21 September! In December 2025 50 filmmakers will gather in Patagonia to create short films under Sorrentino’s mentorship, surrounded by landscapes that seem to exist outside of time. ➡️ playlabfilms.com/en/creators-...

🎬 The 27th edition of connecting cottbus (coco) announces the projects featured for its 27th East-West co-production market. The line-up is as diverse as can be, spanning genres from neo-noir and satirical sci-fi to vampire romance and queer drama. Find out more here: cineuropa.org/483872

France's Martin Provost has been filming his 9th feature #film, Demain je tombe amoureux, in Dieppe since 1 September. The story centres on Émile, a literature professor on the verge of retirement, who finds out that his wife has left. 📚💕 cineuropa.org/483811

‼️ #Streaming platform Rakuten TV presented the results of a study entitled "Unlocking New Audiences". The report analyses new #television viewing habits in Spain, France, Germany & Italy. One of its main findings: 44% of respondents no longer watch linear television. cineuropa.org/483808

🔜 Europa Distribution & San Sebastian International Film Festival continue their long-standing cooperation. For the gathering's 2025 edition, they will host an exclusive workshop on script analysis & audience engagement led by Finnish distributor Hanna Lajunen. cineuropa.org/483814

✨ The 18th ANIMASYROS International #Animation Festival will unspool from 22-28 September. Cineuropa's Vassilis Economou shines a light on the programme, which explores the theme Animated Cosmos. One highlight will be the presence of Oscar-nominee Bill Plympton. cineuropa.org/483809

🆕🔎 The latest report published by the European #Audiovisual Observatory (EAO) highlights persistent gender imbalance behind the camera in #Europeancinema: It finds that gender parity in film production should be reached by 2047 if all roles are considered together. More: cineuropa.org/483838

💬 "We can work together with the Filmfest Hamburg’s Explorer Konferenz & with the festival’s industry department. The switch offers the possibility to make a much broader event, with more colleagues from the industry than before." - Torsten Frehse, CEO, European Work in Progress cineuropa.org/483839

📽️ "BLON stands out in the Baltic & Nordic scene as a bridge between animation, games & digital art – less of a traditional film festival, more a creative playground. It offers a platform for regional talent." - Laura Almantaitė, Festival director of Lithuania's BLON Festival: cineuropa.org/483816

"Successful co-productions depend on three interlinked factors: creative chemistry, financial structure & trust. [This] involves both partners feeling that their cultural identity & editorial input are respected." - Kate O’Connor, Executive chair of #Animation UK ▶️ Interview: cineuropa.org/483812

💻 "The series shines a highly sensitive spotlight on the stories of three young people whose lives take a sudden turn when their virtual selves clash with reality." - Read Alfonso Rivera's review of the new Spanish series Sense FilTRES, which was shot entirely in Catalan: cineuropa.org/483837

📽️ We are launching our brand-new European Networks series, a series of articles on the most influential organisations protecting & promoting European cinema. In the first article, we present Europe International, an exchange platform for European sales agents. ⭐ cineuropa.org/483669

‼️ EXCLUSIVE: Cineuropa has the first details of the mystery series Who’s Burning Now?, a German-Swiss show blending supernatural drama with Alpine folklore. The 8x45-minute project will be pitched to international buyers at Seriesly Berlin (15-18 September). cineuropa.org/483763

This year's #CartoonForum is currently running in Toulouse until 18 September. Before the event's start Cineuropa's Davide Abbatescianni sat down with general director Annick Maes to discuss Fill the Gap, a new initiative designed to help producers get projects off the ground. cineuropa.org/483500

💬 "It was important for the film to have something universal. We wanted audiences to be able to find elements that we all recognise from our own families." - Filmmaker Joscha Bongard about his film Babystar cineuropa.org/483660

✨ #cinema North Macedonia sends Tamara Kotevska's The Tale of Silyan into the race for the Best International Feature Film Award at the 98th Oscars, scheduled to take place in Hollywood on 15 March 2026. 🎬 Find all candidates with European participation here: cineuropa.org/482180

🇸🇰 Slovakia picks Tereza Nvotová's Father as its contender for Best International Feature Film at the 2026 Academy Awards. 🎬 #Oscars2026 cineuropa.org/482180