All Features articles – Page 247
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FeaturesHow Louis Theroux’s 'My Scientology Movie' conquered cinemas
Theroux, director John Dower and producer Simon Chinn tell Screen about making their “ambitious cinematic documentary”.
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Features'Fantastic Beasts': why the New York sets were mostly built in Watford
Legendary Harry Potter production designer Stuart Craig tells us how he built the world of Fantastic Beasts.
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Features2016 at the Russian box office: Hollywood fare dominates
The Russian box office is booming, but local films aren’t getting a look in.
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Features2016 Italy box office report: homegrown comedies underperform
A local comedy raised some cheer, although most struggled with younger audiences.
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FeaturesJohn Battsek talks Oscar-winning documentary career, future projects
What does it take to produce award-winning documentaries year after year? Two-time Oscar winner John Battsek talks to Geoffrey Macnab about story, scale and the one rule of financing he sets himself.
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Features2016 Nordic box office report: Local films hold their own
As is the case in recent years, Nordic audiences have continued to champion local films, often over Hollywood blockbusters.
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FeaturesThe story behind awards hopeful autism doc 'Life, Animated'
Making a documentary about how classic Disney movies helped a young autistic boy engage with the world proved a huge creative challenge for director Roger Ross Williams.
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Features'OJ: Made In America' director on the politics behind his epic historical doc
OJ: Made In America is a prime awards-season contender, an eight-hour exploration of OJ Simpson’s rise and fall filtered through the history of Los Angeles’ African American community.
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Features'Weiner' directors talk aftermath of political scandal doc
Filmed and released before the denouement of this tumultuous year in US politics, the makers of documentary Weiner tell Tom Grater what drew them to disgraced New York politician Anthony Weiner.
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FeaturesHow 'The Eagle Huntress' soared to the Oscar doc shortlist
Documentary film-maker Otto Bell tells Melanie Goodfellow how Morgan Spurlock helped to transform his debut feature about one Mongolian girl’s daring quest into an awards hopeful.
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FeaturesTom Ford 'Nocturnal Animals' interview: "I have a certain fear of the studio system"
Tom Ford reveals why his need for total creative control led him to self-fund second feature Nocturnal Animals.
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Features2016 Spain box office report: local hits lead to buoyant year
A strong local offering led to a excellent year at the Spanish box office.
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Features2016 Germany box office report: Local hits but year-on-year slump
It was the worst performance in five years for locally produced films in the first nine months of the year.
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FeaturesFrance box office report 2016: admissions up, arthouse struggles
It has been a tough year for arthouse pictures both from France and abroad.
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FeaturesGarth Davis, Iain Canning and Dev Patel on a "serendipitous" journey
The director, producer and star of TWC’s awards-season contender Lion discuss the challenges of shooting in India and Australia.
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FeaturesZhang Yimou looking to make history with 'The Great Wall'
The director hopes ‘The Great Wall’ will be the first China-US co-production to achieve worldwide success.
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FeaturesAcademy CEO Dawn Hudson talks diversity, new voting rules a year on from #OscarsSoWhite
A year on from #OscarsSoWhite, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences CEO Dawn Hudson tells Matt Mueller about the organisation’s diversity push and new initiatives.
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FeaturesDubai Q&A: Deepak Rauniyar on Nepalese drama 'White Sun'
Rauniyar tells Udita Jhunjhunwala about the renaissance in Nepali cinema following a period of civil war.
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FeaturesDubai Q&A: Iman Kamel talks 'Egyptian Jeanne d’Arc'
The Egyptian film-maker talks to Melanie Goodfellow about her creative documentary, which chronicles her country’s revolution and premier in DIFF’s Muhr Feature competition.
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FeaturesDubai Q&A: Ali F Mostafa and Rami Yasin on dystopian thriller 'The Worthy'
Emirati film-maker Ali F Mostafa and producer Rami Yasin talk to Melanie Goodfellow about The Worthy, which played in DIFF’s Muhr Emirati competition