Observatory
Thirty stories spanning film, festivals and technical innovation: cinematography, cameras, lenses, lighting and emerging workflows. Every brief links to its original source.
Green Film Lab will bring 21 professionals from ten countries to Rome from 21 to 23 October to embed sustainability in the development of audiovisual productions and co-productions. Sessions will cover planning, Green Film certification and the sustainability manager's role through work on six projects, including Radu Jude's new Italian-Romanian co-production.
Read at CineuropaCinekid for Professionals has recognised three European projects for young audiences with targeted support for development, post-production and audience research. The Island of Nose received €20,000 from Eurimages, Finger Thief secured €5,000 in post-production services and Matey won €9,000 of consultancy to study audience responses during script development.
Read at CineuropaThe European Film Academy has selected 68 features for the first stage of the 2027 European Film Awards: 45 fiction films, 15 documentaries and eight animated works represent 40 countries. The Academy's 5,700 members will vote on the nominations ahead of the 16 January ceremony in Athens, with 25 titles directed or co-directed by women.
Read at CineuropaAfter an eight-week shoot, Riccardo Milani has moved into post-production on Salute!, a comedy set in a small hospital in Molise and starring Antonio Albanese and Virginia Raffaele. Simone D'Onofrio is the cinematographer on the Our Films and PiperFilm production, which is due in Italian cinemas on 25 December.
Read at CineuropaGreta Gerwig has presented Narnia: The Magician's Nephew as an IMAX-scale spectacle, with a $280 million budget and a story centred on the birth of C.S. Lewis' world. Netflix will give the film a wide theatrical release from 12 February 2027 before streaming it on 2 April, a significant reversal of the platform's usual model.
Read at Associated PressJavier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo have turned a $15 million Spanish film, shot on 35mm and tracing three queer lives across several eras, into one of the international season's central titles. After sharing Cannes' directing prize and winning Toronto's audience award, the film is receiving a 46-day theatrical exclusive from Netflix, the platform's longest cinema window to date.
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Updated 17 October 2026