All Features articles – Page 114
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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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Features"It was like a real battlefield": making South Korean box office hit ‘Escape From Mogadishu’
South Korea’s Oscar submission is based on the true story of how enemies came together to flee Somalia’s 1991 civil war.
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FeaturesRed Sea’s Shivani Pandya on the “great vibe” of the first edition despite logistical hiccups and a no-show artistic director
Former managing director of Dubai International Film Festival has been a driving force behind the new festival.
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FeaturesLaurie Anderson describes what she loves about virtual reality filmmaking
Anderson is the jury head of the Red Sea Immersive strand at the Saudia Arabian festival.
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FeaturesRed Sea jury president Giuseppe Tornatore gives his first impressions of Saudia Arabia
“They’ve set everything on fire,” said the Italian director.
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Features‘Rupture’ director Hamzah Jamjoom on his love of using genre films to smuggle in social commentary
The Saudi filmmaker’s debut film shot in Romania, standing in for London.
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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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FeaturesAwards whispers: UK-based Oscar, Bafta voters reveal their early favourites
Screen International’s annual Awards Whispers series launches for the 2021-2022 awards season.
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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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Features“Getting the call ignited something like hope in me”: how making ‘Communion’ saved its team from despair
‘Communion’ is screening in competition at the Red Sea International FIlm Festival
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FeaturesWord of mouth is driving cinemagoing in Saudi, says Muvi Cinemas executive
Homegrown exhibitor currently owns and runs just under half of Saudi Arabia’s 420 screens.
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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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FeaturesAmpas international feature film committee co-chairs on why the category is “increasingly relevant”
Co-chairs Susanne Bier and Rajendra Roy are singing the praises of streaming.
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Features“Never take no for an answer,” says groundbreaking Saudi filmmaker Haifaa Al Mansour
Saudi Arabia’s first female filmmaker is a guest of honour at the Red Sea International Film Festival.
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FeaturesHow Egyptian director Samir Nasr turned censorship issues into opportunity to make Red Sea title ‘Sharaf’
When an Eygptian shoot proved impossible, the director elevated the local story to an Arab one.
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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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FeaturesJordanian director Bassel Ghandour on his forbidden-relationship drama ‘The Alleys’
Ghandour’s debut directorial feature is showing at the Red Sea film festival.
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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‘Spencer’ director Pablo Larrain on making an “upside-down fairy tale” about Princess Diana
Far from a slice of safe British heritage cinema, Spencer offers a distinctively authored take on the unravelling of a royal marriage.