Festivals: Berlin / EFM
BLIND COP 2 Exclusive: Chroma Picks up North American Rights to Indie Action-Comedy
When an influx of illegal weapons trafficking explodes onto the scene, a grieving blind police officer must purge the city streets or risk mass chaos breaking loose.
IZZI: ORPHAN's Isabelle Fuhrman And GotG's Michael Rooker to Star in Possession Thriller
Here is another one to place on your radar, an upcoming possession thriller called Izzi. Deadline is reporting that sales have launched at EFM for the flick that is set to star Isabelle Fuhrman, from the Orphan franchise, and Michael...
Berlinale 2026: Exclusive IVAN & HADOUM Poster Premiere
Spanish filmmaker Ian de la Rosa will unveil his debut feature Iván & Hadoum in the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival. Set against the stark, plastic-covered greenhouses of Almería, the film traces a love story that unfolds...
ASCENDANT: Uncharted Boards Sales For Cult Horror Thriller Starring Richard Brake
With Berlin/EFM only days away announcements of sales partnerships are coming in hot and fast. News comes from Uncharted Entertainment as they have joined cult horror thriller Ascendant as their intenational sales agent. This new flick is currently is...
IN A VIOLENT NATURE 2: Paris Sales Group Charades to Take Slasher Horror Sequel to EFM
Variety has reported this morning that French sales outfit Charades has come on board the slasher horror sequel, In A Violent Nature 2, and will present it to buyers during EFM in Berlin. The sequel ... brings back Ry...
Berlinale 2026: Exclusive THE RIVER TRAIN Poster Premiere
An austere yet intuitive debut, the film observes childhood not as innocence lost but as a state of restless transit, where movement, solitude, and imagination quietly collide.
PSYCHONAUT Trailer: Fizz-e-Motion Boards Sci-fi Thriller For Sales at Berlinale/EFM
Fizz-e-Motion has come on board as the sales agent for science-fiction thriller Psychonaut, starring Fiona Dourif (Chucky, "The Pitt").
EFM Frontières Focus: New Co-production Program to Launch at EFM in 2026
Variety has reported that our friends at Frontières are teaming up with the European Film Market, held during Berlinale Film Festival every February, to launch a new program for 2026. It will be called EFM Frontières Focus and it...
Berlinale 2025 Review BLUE MOON: Lyricist Lorenz Hart at a Crossroads
Richard Linklater's new film follows lyricist Lorenz Hart as he tries to salvage his career. Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, and Andrew Scott star.
Berlinale 2025 Review: LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS Merges Irreverent Humor with Queer Sci-Fi Coming of Age
Leela Varghese and Emma Hough Hobbs directed the funniest film of this year's Berlinale, a campy queer coming-of-age space opera.
Berlinale 2025 Review: 1001 FRAMES Exposes Power, Performance, and Control
Mehrnoush Alia's audition thriller examines the blurred boundaries between artistic authority and coercion in an Iranian take on a casting couch.
Berlinale 2025 Review: REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND Dissects the Eurospy Genre
Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani continue their deconstruction of genre cinema in a visual rollercoaster, consisting of formal pyrotechnics and a disorienting narrative.
Berlinale 2025 Review: WHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU, Subtle Shifts and Social Barriers in Hong Sangsoo's Latest
Hong Sangsoo's latest film continues his exploration of fleeting social encounters, using his signature minimalism to dissect class, artistic ambition, and underlying tensions within intimate spaces.
Berlinale 2025 Review: DREAMS (SEX LOVE), Shapeshifting Coming-of-Age Examines Desire Across Three Generations
Dag Johan Haugerud examines the fluid boundaries between love, desire, and memory in a film where language shapes both personal discovery and intergenerational reflection.
Berlinale 2025 Review: KONTINENTAL '25, Between Docu-Essay and Dramedy, Romanian Punk Neorealism
Radu Jude's latest film continues his engagement with social critique in exploration of guilt, complicity, and systemic inertia while returning to the stripped-down aesthetics of his earlier works.
Berlinale 2025 Review: TIMESTAMP, School During War in Ukraine
Kateryna Gornostai's powerful documentary considers how the Ukrainian war affects schoolchildren.
Berlinale 2025 Review: PA-GWA / THE OLD WOMAN WITH THE KNIFE, Assassin Finds Herself Targeted
Min Kyu-dong's film stars Lee Hye-young in the story of an assassin who finds herself targeted after a botched hit.
Berlinale 2025 Review: CONFIDANTE, Power and Morality Collide in Chamber Thriller
Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti craft a restrained chamber thriller, merging socio-political inquiry with genre filmmaking to explore agency, entrapment, and power dynamics within the confines of an erotic call center in late-1990s Turkey.
Berlinale 2025 Interview: THE LONGING Director Toshizo Fujiwara Talks Social Realism, Mentorship, and Learning From Each Other
Toshizo Fujiwara is leaning forward in his Zoom window as I speak, listening intently and smiling in recognition. We’re discussing the warmth that he demonstrates towards people in his filmmaking, and the more that he shares, the more the rhythms...
Berlinale 2025 Review: GIRLS ON WIRE, Gangsters Pursue Stunt Double and Her Cousin
Wen Qi shines as a stuntwoman chased by a drug ring.
