Film Festivals Archives - Celluloid Junkie

KIFF Expands Sunny Bunny to Found Kyiv’s First Queer International Film Festival

Just days before he launched Ukraine’s first LGBTQIA+ film festival this month, Celluloid Junkie spoke to organiser Bohdan Zhuk about history, culture, and Russia’s efforts to oppress another generation. With everything that’s going on, what’s the main agenda, I ask. “We’re taking back our legacy,”…

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…

Justine Triet won the Palme d'Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival for "Anatomy of a Fall"

Cannes Announces Awards for 76th Annual Festival

The 2023 Festival de Cannes came to a conclusion on Saturday, 27 May, when the jury for this year’s main competition selections announced the winners for several categories, awarding the Palme d’Or, the event’s top prize, to “Anatomy of a Fall” from director Justine Tri…

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…

EFM Got Down to IRL Business in Berlin

The European Film Market’s online editions for 2021 and 2022 did surprisingly good business, but it was with hugs and handshakes that the EFM came back to IRL action, celebrated this year with a rather spiffy grey fabric tote. In hindsight, the real work of the EFM this year might be said to be more…

Berlin Film Festival Hesitantly Embraces Glitz and Glamour

The first of the year’s big European film festivals, the Berlinale attracts lovers of art house and European cinema as well as those enamoured with film history, politics and documentaries. Those with a taste for serious cinema – the kind that points to problems, highlights emotions and shines…

2023 Sundance Film Festival Acquisitions

The Deal With Sundance 2023 Acquisitions

Each year the annual film sales and acquisitions cycle is kicked off in January by the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, followed swiftly by the Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale) and its accompanying European Film Market in February. Sundance itself has long been used as a barometer for the…

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…

The Future Comes Into Focus at Cinema Vision 2030

Europe has a new cinema conference well worth paying attention to. The second annual Cinema Vision 2030 was held in Berlin on 15 February, on the eve of the city’s Berlinale film festival. The one-day event boasted a wealth of international speakers, topics and sessions that tackled the challenges b…