All Comment articles – Page 7
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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.
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CommentSerial storytelling
It’s remarkable that during the season of big awards films, the story that most people I know are genuinely buzzing about is the tale of Hae Min, Adnan and Jay.
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CommentThe Interview's cancellation is a 'calamity' for Sony
US Editor Jeremy Kay analyses the effects of Sony’s decision to pull The Interview from release after threats from hackers.
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CommentDubai welcomes back Bollywood
Ear-splitting screams welcomed the cast and crew of Bollywood film Welcome Back, who are filming in Dubai, and dropped in to speak to guests at DIFF.