European Film Market Gears Up for Online Edition With Hot Co-Production Titles, New Platform Structure

Taking the reins at the Berlinale’s European Film Market after the departure of the long-serving Matthijs Wouter Knol, who left last year to run the European Film Academy, was never going to be easy. Throw an ongoing pandemic into the mix, which has upended traditional industry interactions and shut down international travel, and the role overseeing one of the world’s most important film events looked even more challenging.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentThe European Film Market, which is being staged as a virtual event from March 1-5, is to arrange screenings of films selected as part of the Berlin Film Festival lineup in movie theaters in four cities around the world.The initiative, running under the banner “EFM Goes Global,” will see physical screenings for distributors in Tokyo for the Asian market, Melbourne for Oceania, São Paulo for South America, and Mexico City for Central America.

Sofia Kourtesis has announced her new EP ‘Fresia Magdalena’ – you can hear the track ‘La Perla’ below.Set for release on March 19 via the Ninja Tune imprint Technicolour, the Berlin-based Peruvian artist’s new release follows on from her breakout February 2020 EP ‘Sarita Colonia’.Speaking about ‘La Perla’, which you can hear below, Kourtesis said: “Although I’ve sampled my own voice before, this is the first time I’ve really sung on a track.

Six former winners of the Berlin International Film Festival's Golden Bear for best film will make up the jury for this year's event.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentThe Berlin Film Festival has unveiled the International Jury for its 71st edition.The jury will comprise Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, Israeli director Nadav Lapid, Romania director Adina Pintilie, Hungary director Ildikó Enyedi, Italian director Gianfranco Rosi and Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić.As previously announced, the festival will take place in two stages this year, due to the pandemic.

Lena Dunham and Mandy Patinkin have a new movie in the works!

Berlinale Series, the television industry event that runs alongside Berlin's International Film Festival, has unveiled its 2021 lineup, highlighting some of the world's best new small-screen drama.

The Berlin Film Festival has unveiled the six titles that will take part in the latest edition of Berlinale Series. The shows will screen online during the first week of March when the European Film Market runs, and the team are currently discussing plans for presenting some of the shows during the festival’s planned summer event.

Naman Ramachandran Asia Argento (“Agony”), Golshifteh Farahani (“Extraction”) and Jim Sarbh (“Made in Heaven”) star in the voice cast of Ishan Shukla’s animated feature “Schirkoa,” production on which begins in the spring.The voice cast also includes Soko (“Little Fish”) and Arish Ahmad Khan aka King Khan, front man of Berlin-based garage rock and psychedelic soul band King Khan and the Shrines, with filmmaker Gaspar Noe (“Climax”) and actor-musician Piyush Mishra (“Sanju”) appearing as VO

European Film Promotion (EFP) and the Sundance Film Festival have announced their first-ever collaboration, which will see European films and talent in the spotlight at the 2021 festival, set for January 28 —February 3.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentEuropean Film Promotion, a network of film agencies and institutes from 37 European countries, and the Sundance Film Festival have kicked off their first ever collaboration. The partners have launched an online showcase, Europe! Hub at Sundance, that puts the spotlight on the European films premiering in competition at the festival (Jan.

Cosha has dropped her new song ‘Lapdance From Asia’, which features guest vocals from Shygirl – listen to the collaborative track below.The Irish vocalist and songwriter’s first track of 2021 was co-written with Zack Sekoff and Mura Masa in LA and follows on from her 2020 singles ‘No Kink In The Wire’ and ‘Berlin Air’.‘Lapdance From Asia’, which is the latest preview of Cosha’s forthcoming and soon-to-be-announced project (which is set for release in the summer), sees Cosha teaming up with

IO Interactive has unveiled a new launch trailer for Hitman 3 ahead of the game’s release on January 20.The explosive video features never-seen-before in-game cutscenes and locations, such as Berlin’s seedy nightclubs, the neon-lit streets of Chongqing and Argentina’s luscious vineyards.The cinematic clip puts the game’s six locations on full display, featuring never-before-seen shots of the recently revealed locations, as well as Agent 47’s diverse arsenal of assassination tactics that range

Berlin's European Film Market has revealed details of its plans for its first all-digital market, to be held from March 1-5, 2021. The 2021 EFM will be held alongside the online-only version of the 71st Berlin International Film Festival.

The Berlin International Film Festival’s European Film Market (EFM) has confirmed details for how its online incarnation will work March 1-5.

Ben Croll Speaking at a panel organized as part of UniFrance’s Rendezvous With French Cinema market on Tuesday, festival directors Vanja Kaludjercic of Rotterdam, Carlo Chatrian of Berlin, and Mickaël Marin of Annecy made clear that in order to survive this challenging moment their events needed to adapt.For one thing, they needed to separate their identities from a calendar constantly subject to upheaval.“Festivals aren’t a date anymore,” summarized panel moderator Michael Gubbins.

The European Shooting Stars, an annual list of the top 10 new acting talents coming out of Europe, unveiled its 2021 roster on Tuesday.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentEuropean Film Promotion has revealed the 10 actors who will take part in the 24th edition of European Shooting Stars.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentEuropean Film Promotion’s flagship program, European Shooting Stars, which helps launch emerging actors onto the world stage, and has boosted the careers of actors like Carey Mulligan, Alicia Vikander, Riz Ahmed and George MacKay, has had to transform into an entirely digital format this year.Instead of being presented to the industry, press and public in person at a series of events during the Berlin Film Festival, as in previous editions