Latest European news
Deborah Young leaves post as director of Taormina Film Fest
Film critic Deborah Young is leaving her post as director of the Taormina Film Fest after five years with the event.
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Dialogue of Cultures festival launches $40,000 grant
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Wild Bunch delves into Lou Ye's Mystery
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Renny Harlin ventures to Ural Mountains for Aldamisa thriller
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M-Appeal strikes Spanish deal for Baikonur
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Philip Seymour Hoffman in final talks for Corbijn's A Most Wanted Man
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Inside Pictures launches 2012 programme
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Gaumont explores vices with Paulette, Porn In The Hood
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Memento bites into Jim Mickle's We Are What We Are remake
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Bober's CoProduction Office blasts off with Meteora
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HanWay picks up Daniel Stamm thriller The Darkness
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French Critics Union honours The Minister
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Intouchables to open Rendez-Vous with French Cinema
Latest European reviews
Norway 2011
Naked ambition
With all eyes on Scandinavia to find the next lucrative international franchise, Norway is stepping into the frame.
Southern & Central Europe 2011
Rising Romania
Some of the world’s leading film-makers are scouting locations in a territory that is keeping busy despite having no financial incentives.
Russia 2011
France 2011
Paris when it sizzles
After one false start in 2006, Woody Allen has finally made a film in Paris, which has been selected to open Cannes this year. Melanie Goodfellow discovers how the master film-maker shot all over the city last summer
Italy 2011
Laughter therapy
How can international films make a mark at the Italian box office in 2011 when local films tackling timely subjects are dominating?
Spain 2011
Box office
Scandinavian box office 2011: Norway shows largest gains in Europe; Finland slips as local films lose market share
While Norwegian cinemas last year delivered the largest growth of the theatrical market in Europe, with admissions 5.7% up on 2010, and Swedish attendance went up by 3.7%, both Denmark and Finland registered a decline in ticket sales by 3% and 6.6%, respectively, according to 2011 statistics published by national film bodies.
Netherlands posts highest admissions since 1978
Buoyant box office sees increased admissions and better performances from Dutch films.
