All Comment articles – Page 7
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CommentCannes: sizing up the Competition
Screen’s chief film critic and reviews editor Fionnuala Halligan talks about the lack of screenings ahead of Cannes and what critics most want to see at the festival.
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CommentCannes: surprises and no-shows
With titles yet to be announced (up to three for Competition) Thierry Fremaux has presented an artistic selection which feels fresh and new, even though it’s anchored by exciting auteur ‘names’ – Audiard, Haynes, Villeneuve, Sorrentino, Van Sant.
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CommentBFI Film Academy: Opportunity Knocks
Nikki Christie, Head of Education & Skills at the BFI, writes here about working with Creative Skillset to support placement of outstanding young film talent into UK film companies.
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CommentHow 'Bypass' took the direct distribution route
Ahead of its release this weekend, Bypass producer Samm Haillay reveals the direct distribution strategy for the film – timed to precede the UK General Election.
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CommentThe art of 360-degree storytelling
This week the BFI hosted an industry forum exploring the creative possibilities of virtual reality (VR).
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CommentUK-China co-production treaty offers opportunities... and risk
The opportunities for UK film in China have been given a boost by the recent UK-China co-production treaty, but producers still face the risk that a film will not be approved, according to Jonathan Berger and Alastair Lorimer of law firm Harbottle & Lewis and Kevin Guo of TransAsia Lawyers.
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CommentOscars 2015: Who will win, who should win
Screen predicts who will walk away with the big awards on Sunday night - and how that may differ from who should win.
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CommentThe cruel reality of screenwriting credits
Kate McCullagh reveals the pitfalls and disputes behind securing a film screenwriting credit.
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CommentFour lessons from the global success of British films
Chris O’ Connor, British Consul General based in Los Angeles, on British strength in awards season.
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CommentThe value of The Imitation Game
Former CNN chairman Walter Isaacson on why Alan Turing was a human, not a machine.
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CommentWhy The Imitation Game is the most important and best picture of year
By Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google
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CommentBroadcast blues
The Berlinale’s European Film Market kicks off the year’s dealmaking for the European film industry in earnest.
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CommentIndie cinema: the big squeeze
With theatrical space for independent cinema being squeezed it is important to consider the complex process of interaction that leads to a cinemagoer buying a ticket, says Jonathan Olsberg
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CommentSelf-distributing Beyond Clueless in the UK
Producer Catherine Bray on the Beyond Clueless team’s strategy for self-distributing the crowd-funded doc.
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CommentIFFR Live: from Rotterdam to the world
I’m not sure what it felt like in Ljubljana or Dundee, but from Rotterdam the first IFFR Live screening of Jan-Willem van Ewijk’s drama Atlantic. was quite exciting.
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CommentRespect the producer
Precisely what a producer does is one of the murkiest questions in cinema.
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CommentSelma’s bad timing
The exclusion of Selma’s David Oyelowo from the Oscar nominations is more than a snub - it’s an injustice.
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CommentOscars 2015: nominations analysis
A day of big surprises confirmed Boyhood, Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel as front-runners for the best picture Oscar at the 87th Academy Awards.
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CommentLeave to Remain: the end of a long journey
Kate Cook and James Levison reflect on producing indie feature Leave to Remain, starring Toby Jones, the struggle to find an audience and an “impactful” distribution strategy.
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CommentWomen of substance
Wendy Mitchell reflects on women in film over the past 12 months and what to look forward to in 2015.