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CommentComment: Venice 2024 - The Films Are All Right
Panic over a paucity of films due to the Hollywood strikes was papered-over by artistic director Alberto Barbera’s suavely-executed line-up
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FeaturesComment: the Independent Film Tax Credit is a victory for the UK industry
With the UK independent film industry getting a vote of confidence, what will emerge as the result of this victory?
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CommentComment: Cannes' 2023 selection was inspired but festival struggled with logistics
You can be too successful, as Cannes discovered in its 76th edition.
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CommentComment: Old and new filmmakers to rub shoulders at appealing Cannes 2023
Exciting voices take their place in Competition alongside familiar names.
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CommentGuest comment: “Why are so few Black people in positions of power in the arthouse film PR sector?”
Mia Farrell is a freelance film PR, working between the UK and US.
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CommentAwards race comes into sharp focus as the dust settles on Venice and Toronto
With just a few high-profile releases left to come, some sure-fire contenders for best picture have made their presence felt.
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CommentComment: our chief film critic’s five key takeaways from Cannes 75
Screen reviewed every title in Official Selection, Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week.
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CommentComment: Johnny Depp shows honorary awards need a rethink
”This system of arbitrary honours has to change. It isn’t working, it isn’t accountable and, in certain cases, it’s causing pain.”
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CommentComment: Cannes 2021 was a triumph for Spike Lee’s jury
The jury recognised all the better pictures in the 24-film line-up, and made a statement by awarding the top prize to ‘Titane’.
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CommentComment: Cannes selects a muscular line-up for comeback edition
“Only Fremaux would field that precise selection of films, that quixotic mix of directors.”
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CommentGuest comment: Global Screen Fund will help UK talent export their films overseas, says Oliver Dowden
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden shares his thoughts on the UK’s Global Screen Fund (GSF), the first strand of which is launching next week.
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CommentGuest comment: Use tax credit to promote greater diversity in the UK film industry
The diversity of this year’s Bafta and Oscar nominations is welcome, but how does the UK industry make the change permanent?
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NewsComment: Berlin grins and bears it
An arthouse-orientated Berlin line-up could ultimately reveal some pleasant surprises.
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CommentComment: Sundance Online has set a new industry gold standard
It was different, certainly, but vibrant and full of the Park City spirit with a feeling of wider – in a way more democratic – access.
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CommentComment: Film business should kick off 2021 by knuckling down to reality
Every sector rallied last year to the best of its ability in a constantly twisting scenario.
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CommentComment: It is time to rethink the awards season conversation
The rules have changed and attitudes could do with a makeover too.
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NewsComment: Has Cineworld really got no option but to close all its UK and Ireland cinemas?
If the company displayed more “pandemic pragmatism” it could look very different.
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CommentComment: The film industry needs to pull together if it is to survive this pandemic
The September festivals mostly provided a morale boost but, as cinema closures prove, storms lie ahead.
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FeaturesComment: A “Damascene moment” for Venice
This year’s line-up looks very global, very arthouse, and very welcome.
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CommentComment: John Boyega is a hero, says Lucasfilm. They’re right.
As the pictures from London’s Black Lives Matter protest attest, Boyega’s dazzling star quality has grown over the years.