All Features articles – Page 15
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FeaturesAsghar Farhadi on screening his films in Iran and a third Oscar bid with ’A Hero’
”My first aim is always to show my films in my country.”
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FeaturesWhy using animation was a "liberating process" for 'Flee' director Jonas Poher Rasmussen
The film is up for international feature, documentary and animation awards.
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FeaturesRenate Reinsve almost quit TV and film before starring in 'The Worst Person In The World'
Screen talks to Norway’s Renate Reinsve about playing the complex woman at the heart of Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person In The World.
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Features“It was extremely painful to write, but joyful to shoot,” says director Paolo Sorrentino of ‘The Hand Of God’
Screen talks to Paolo Sorrentino and key collaborators about realising a nostalgic vision.
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FeaturesIn conversation: David Lowery, composer Daniel Hart on “strange and slippery” ‘The Green Knight’
The writer/director and composer of ‘The Green Knight’ talk inspirations and their decade-long collaboration.
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Features‘The Tragedy Of Macbeth’ star Kathryn Hunter on the “internal nightmare” of playing all three witches
The actress talks crows, crutches and Covid.
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Features“I didn’t even tell my agent until we wrapped”: Simon Rex on his clandestine ‘Red Rocket’ role
Simon Rex belatedly finds himself in the limelight following an up-and-down, all-over-the-map professional career.
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Features"My secret is, just obey your crazy": Jeymes Samuel on directing ‘The Harder They Fall’
‘The Harder They Fall’ director details his journey from self-funded shorts to $90m Netflix budgets.
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FeaturesCelebrity biographical documentaries take centre stage this awards season
This year’s documentary category sees a rich field of films taking a celebrity individual as their subject.
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FeaturesHow a group of firms owned by US media giants have shaken up the feature documentary space
Discovery+, National Geographic and CNN Films are making and buying relatively commercial documentaries.
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NewsHany Abu Assad on raising awareness around sexual harassment in ‘Huda’s Salon’
The Bethlehem-set thriller makes MENA debut in competition at the Red Sea International Film Festival.
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NewsLebanese director Michel Kammoun on shooting ‘Beirut Hold’em’ with a "large cast and a small budget"
’Beirut Hold ’em’ Kammoun’s his second feature following 2006’s ‘Falafel’
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FeaturesAndrea Arnold on her first documentary ‘Cow’: “It makes me want to take risks”
”Sometimes the more the audience have to work, the more cinematic it is.”
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FeaturesIn conversation: Maria Schrader, Dan Stevens talk sci-fi romance ‘I’m Your Man’
Director Schrader looked to the UK’s Stevens — in his first lead role in German — to play a lifelike robot. The pair discuss classic screwball comedies and the collision of human and machine.
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FeaturesIn conversation: Sebastian Meise and Franz Rogowski on the "unbelievable" true story behind ‘Great Freedom’
Director Meise had lead actor Rogowski in mind when writing ’Great Freedom’. The two men talk about crash dieting, Covid interruptions and Germany’s notorious Paragraph 175 law.
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FeaturesIn conversation: Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Hidetoshi Nishijima on adapting ‘Drive My Car’ for screen
The director and lead actor speak about the challenges of adapting author Haruki Murakami for the screen and the future of the Japanese industry.
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FeaturesIn conversation: Valdimar Johannsson, Noomi Rapace on creating a "divine moment" in ‘Lamb’
The director and star talk about getting back to nature, Nordic folktales and the mysterious newborn at the heart of this genre-bending thriller.
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FeaturesIn conversation: Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Tilda Swinton on Colombian mystery drama ‘Memoria’
The celebrated Thai filmmaker and the Oscar-winning actress discuss their unique collaboration ’Memoria’, which was filmed largely in Spanish in a country foreign to both of them.
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FeaturesFinnish director Aku Louhimies on telling a story of female desire in ‘The Wait’
Actress/writer Inka Kallén stars in the adaptation of a classic novel, which will premiere at Tallinn Black Nights.
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FeaturesRising Icelandic filmmaker Tinna Hrafnsdóttir talks about her directorial debut ‘Quake’
Icelandic psychological mystery is premiering at Estonia’s Black Nights Film Festival.