Davide Abbatescianni, Author at Celluloid Junkie

By DavideAbbatescianni

European Producers and Public Funders Discuss How to Attract Audiences Back to Arthouse Cinemas

On 19 May, Cannes’ Marché du Film hosted a panel discussion titled “Producers, Films and Audiences: How to Connect the Dots” and moderated by Tamara Tatishvili, of MEDICI. In detail, the conversation focused on the important role of producers in both understanding audience development and creating j…

Cannes Panel Talks European BO Crisis; the Missing Links Between Industry and Audience

On May 20, Cannes’ Marché du film hosted its traditional morning conference, organized by the European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO). The second part of the event saw a panel discussion moderated by the EAO’s Head of Department for Market Information Gilles Fontaine. The conversation focused on the…

Cannes’ Marché du Film Panel Surveys State of Post-Pandemic EU28 Box Office

On 19 May, the Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film hosted the European Audiovisual Observatory’s annual FOCUS conference covering the key trends of the EU28 box office (the European Union member states + the UK). The event saw the participation of the Observatory’s reps Gilles Fontaine, Mart…

EFM Industry Sessions - Surfing the Waves: Audience Building in a New Period of Changes (credit: Davide Abbatescianni)

EFM Panel Surveys Exhibition and Distribution in the Current Post-pandemic Phase

On 19 February, the event hall of the Berlin’s Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation hosted a panel titled “Surfing the Waves: Audience Building in a New Period of Changes,” organized by the European Film Market (EFM) in partnership with Europa Distribution and moderated b…

International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023

The Distribution Potential of Non-mainstream Titles Takes Centre Stage at Rotterdam

On 29 January, the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Pro, the IFFR’s industry strand, hosted a closed-door talk titled “Distribution Potential – Exploring Your Possibilities.” In particular, the conversation focused on the struggle of non-mainstream movies to get the recognition they des…

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2022 ran from 11-27th November 2022

The Current State of Distribution and Exhibition in the Baltic Region

The only A-list competitive festival in the Nordic-Baltic region, the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, has seen its European prominence dramatically growing over the last few years. As well as the main competition, the Estonian gathering hosts several “sidebar” meetings and a dedicated industry p…

Visibility for Diversity - Venice Production Bridge

Diversity and Arthouse Films Take Center Stage at Venice Production Bridge

On September 2, the Hotel Excelsior’s Spazio Incontri hosted a panel discussion titled “Visibility for Diversity – Promotional Strategies for Arthouse Cinema,” as part of this year’s Venice Production Bridge at the Venice Film Festival (August 31-September 10). The talk was moderated by Screen…

Sustainable Screens - Venice Production Bridge

Venice Production Bridge Highlights How Italian Cinemas Are Going Green

On 7 September, Hotel Excelsior’s Spazio Incontri hosted the sixth edition of the Sustainable Screens conference as part of this year’s Venice Production Bridge. The event focused on the best green practices in film, from production to theatrical distribution. Moderated by journalist Marco Gisotti,…

Kevin B. Lee and Hito Steyerl at the 75 Locarno Film Festival

Kevin B. Lee Talks Future Challenges of Film Exhibition, Attention Economics at Locarno

During this year’s Locarno Film Festival (3-13 August), in Switzerland, Celluloid Junkie caught up with Kevin B. Lee, Professor for the Future of Cinema and the Audiovisual Arts at Lugano’s Università della Svizzera Italiana. We met the lecturer and video essayist after he took part in a one-hour co…

Moderator Antoine Khalife, Saudi producer and director Aymen Khoja and Egyptian writer and producer Mohammed Hefzy

The State of Arab and Saudi Cinema Takes Center Stage at Cannes’ Marché du Film

On 21 May, the Marina Stage of Cannes’ Marché du Film hosted a conference organized by the Saudi Arabia Film Commission. The event, moderated by Antoine Khalife, explored the current state of Arab and Saudi Cinema and saw the participation of Mecca-born producer and director Aymen Khoja (“Rupture”)…