All Features articles – Page 271
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FeaturesTiger directors : Marilia Rocha, 'Where I Grow Old'
Debut from Brazilian director explores two women who go in search of a better life.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Pablo Lamar, 'Last Land (La Última Tierra)'
Paraguayan filmmaker Pablo Lamar’s explains why he wants spectators to watch his contemplative debut feature Last Land on the big screen only.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Pieter-Jan De Pue, 'The Land Of The Enlightened'
Pieter-Jan De Pue, whose debut feature The Land Of The Enlightened screens in Rottedam’s Tiger competition, first visited Afghanistan after leaving film school.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Babak Jalali, 'Radio Dreams'
Iranian film-maker Babak Jalali talks about working with Metallica’s Lars Ulrich and Iranian singer-songwriter Mohsen Namjoo on the set of comedy Radio Dreams, set to world premiere in the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s competition on Monday (Feb 1).
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FeaturesCan the UK film industry meet the diversity challenge?
Long before the #OscarsSoWhite furore ignited, the British Film Institute had thrown down the gauntlet to the film industry with its new and extended diversity standards. Are the provisions on their own enough to bring more varied faces and stories to UK screens and meeting rooms?
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FeaturesDavid Farrier, Dylan Reeve – 'Tickled'
When New Zealand journalist stumbled upon the world of competitive endurance tickling he was intrigued and made enquires to the person who seemed to be in charge, Jane O’Brien. Then things got dark in the Sundance documentary.
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FeaturesKenneth Lonergan, 'Manchester By The Sea'
Arguably the most acclaimed film in Sundance, Kenneth Lonergan’s Premieres selection packs a punch and sparked a $10m US buy from Amazon Studios that will include a theatrical launch most likely during awards season.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Elisabeth Subrin, 'A Woman, A Part'
After an intensive three-and-a-half year pre-production period, writer-director Elisabeth Subrin brings her feature debut A Woman, A Part to the 45th International Film Festival Rotterdam, where it will receive its world premiere in the Hivos Tiger Awards Competition.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Prabda Yoon, 'Motel Mist'
Prabda Yoon’s directorial debut Motel Mist - world premiering in the IFFR 45th Hivos Tiger Awards Competition - is the perfect summary of his prolific career.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Felipe Guerrero, 'Oscuro Animal'
Colombian director Felipe Guerrero explains why he cut out dialogue in his debut feature Oscuro Animal, which receives its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) today (Jan 29).
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FeaturesSpotlight: Getting into LaZona
Local hits Spanish Affair and Spanish Affair 2 have given LaZona Films the confidence to expand into television, producer Gonzalo Salazar-Simpson tells Elisabet Cabeza.
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Features'Ex Machina': rise of the machine
As Alex Garland’s Ex Machina vies for five Baftas and two Oscars, the film-makers look back on its production and debate the pros and cons of an international release strategy that saw the sci-fi film become a sleeper hit in the US. Mark Salisbury reports.
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FeaturesSandy Powell: the dress maker
UK costume designer Sandy Powell has four Bafta and Oscar nominations this year for her work on Cinderella and Carol. She talks to Tiffany Pritchard.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Fiona Tan, 'History's Future'
The filmmaker reveals the challenge of making her debut feture.
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FeaturesMads Matthiesen, Denmark's next top 'Model'
Mads Matthiesen made a splash with his 2012 debut Teddy Bear. The Danish director talks to Wendy Mitchell about his English-language follow-up, The Model, which screens at Goteborg and Rotterdam.
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Features'Trumbo': from blacklist to shortlist
Bryan Cranston, the Oscar and Bafta-nominated star of Trumbo, talks to Jeremy Kay about digging deep to find the truth behind one of Hollywood’s screenwriting greats.
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Features'The Big Short': prophets of loss
Producers Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner and director Adam McKay of The Big Short tell Elbert Wyche how they made an entertaining, informative film about the build-up to the calamitous global banking meltdown.
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FeaturesAwards countdown: Bound for glory
With just two weeks to go until the Baftas on February 14, we are into the final stretch of awards season.
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FeaturesThe angels and their outfits
London costume house Angels has made and supplied outfits to hundreds of films, from Lawrence Of Arabia to Maggie Smith’s muddy boots in The Lady In The Van. As Bafta is poised to honour the company, Sarah Cooper meets the family of Angels.
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FeaturesAndrew Haigh: the time of his life
UK writer-director Andrew Haigh reflects on a whirlwind year for 45 Years, his disappointment Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay missed out on Bafta nominations, and upcoming projects Lean On Pete and an Alexander McQueen biopic. Michael Rosser reports.