All articles by Geoffrey Macnab
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NewsArchive-based ‘Trains’ wins best film at IDFA 2024
The jury acclaimed the “bold and inventive” use of archive.
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NewsSudan-Egyptian doc ‘Dry Sky’ wins best pitch at IDFA Forum
Best rough cut was awarded to Do You Love Me, an archive-based movie about Beirut.
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NewsMediawan Rights’ Arianna Castoldi on building an auteur-driven documentary slate
Castolid explains why Mediawan has created a doc strand at a tough time for the genre.
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NewsThere’s a crisis in self-censorship by documentary institutions, says IDFA debate
Risk averse festivals and buyers are proving a major hurdle for political films, hears IDFA’s ’Finding the Compass’ session.
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NewsJourneyman Pictures adds ‘Love & Trouble’ to its IDFA slate (exclusive)
Amy Hardie’s feature doc is about a couple who deal with past trauma when their baby’s cries trigger PTSD.
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FeaturesThe hot market titles to look out for at IDFA 2024
Screen profiles a selection of key titles available across IDFA.
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NewsKoen Van Bockstal to step down as CEO of Flanders Audiovisual Fund
Van Bockstal cites health reasons for his departure.
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FeaturesHow IDFA’s DocLab is pushing the boundaries of documentary and reality
DocLab’s Caspar Sonnen on why this year’s theme is ‘This Is Not A Simulation’
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FeaturesRecord entries, big budgets and new funders: How the IDFA Forum for creative docs is shaping up
Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen, IDFA’s head of industry, says she was surprised by the sheer number of entries this year.
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Features“Documentary film has always been annoying to authorities,” says IDFA’s Orwa Nyrabia
The artistic director is embracing issues from AI to global politics in his final edition that opens today.
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NewsReally Local Group calls on more support for UK’s indie cinemas amid Catford Mews closure
The cinema’s landlord, Lewisham Council, closed the cinema citing non-payment of rent by the Really Local Group.
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NewsUK exhibitors sound alarm over incoming tax increases and wage rises
Clare Reddington, CEO of the Watershed, is dismayed there are no exemptions for smaller organisations.
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FeaturesGrowth mindset: Calculus Capital’s John Glencross explains what he looks for from UK production companies
Five years after entering the UK screen industries, Glencross reflects on how Calculus’ investments in six indie production companies are performing.
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NewsSola Media’s animated feature ‘A Sloth Story’ scores US deal (exclusive)
Blue Fox is planning a theatrical release early next year.
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NewsSandra Hüller comedy ‘Two To One’ lands UK deal (exclusive)
The film is a true story based on an East German bank heist in 1990.
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NewsAnimated features ‘Mimi & Harold’, ‘Brave Heart Yakari’ fly for Epsilon (exclusive)
The German sales outfit is attending AFM in Las Vegas this week.
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FeaturesAFM 2024: The buzz titles from Europe
As AFM attendees settle into their new Las Vegas home,Screen profiles a selection of key titles, at various stages of production, available across the market.
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FeaturesIn profile: the eight projects selected for DOK Leipzig’s 2024 DOK Preview International
The selected projects have already made an impact at other European development and training initiatives
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NewsReservoir Docs adds ‘Mrs Robinson’, ‘Green Is The New Red’ to its slate (exclusive)
Films focus on Ireland’s first female president and environmental violence in Latin America
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NewsM-appeal scores US deal on Tallinn-bound queer drama ‘Streets Of Glória’ (exclusive)
The film is the sophomore feature of Brazilian filmmaker Felipe Sholl