All Features articles – Page 307
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FeaturesGianluca Chakra, Front Row Filmed Entertainment
Middle East distributor Gianluca Chakra talks about the local penchant for action and horror movies and how he is pinning his hopes on iTunes.
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FeaturesSteven Knight, Locke
Writer-director Steven Knight tells Adam Woodard about a unique on-screen and off-screen journey with Locke, the Tom Hardy drama shot over just eight nights.
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FeaturesVentana Sur: LatAm spreads its wings
In the six years Ventana Sur has been running, the Buenos Aires market has become an essential platform for making global connections with Latin America. This year’s edition had plenty to offer, says Jeremy Kay.
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FeaturesWim Wenders & Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, The Salt of the Earth
Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado tell Elbert Wyche how they had to beat their own egos on documentary The Salt of the Earth.
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FeaturesXavier Dolan, Mommy
At the age of 25, Xavier Dolan has already made five features. He tells John Hazelton why Mommy is illustrative of the kind of storytelling he’s most interested in and why he finds the female psyche so compelling.
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FeaturesRichard Linklater, Boyhood
Writer-director Richard Linklater was surprised by how emotional he found shooting Boyhood, his ballad of family life. Jeremy Kay reports.
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FeaturesThe hunt for Best Picture
The best picture nominations race is on the final lap. Jeremy Kay analyses the contenders.
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FeaturesBennett Miller & Jon Kilik, Foxcatcher
Director Bennett Miller and producer Jon Kilik reveal why Foxcatcher - their murderous story of class, power and brotherly love - was so many years in the making. Jeremy Kay reports.
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FeaturesAndré Singer, Night Will Fall
André Singer talks to Melanie Goodfellow about his powerful Holocaust documentary, Night Will Fall, which has a groundbreaking broadcast launch on January 27.
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FeaturesPaul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice director Paul Thomas Anderson talks to Andreas Wiseman about ego, fear and the real Joaquin Phoenix.
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FeaturesFadel Almheiri, Abood Kandaishan
Emirati filmmaker Fadel Almheiri explains to Melanie Goodfellow how nostalgia for a bygone way of life in the UAE inspired his tragicomic Abood Kandaishan.
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FeaturesMario G. Haddad, Empire International
Mario G. Haddad, CEO of pan-Arab distributor Empire International, talks to Melanie Goodfellow about the Gulf theatrical market, as well as plans for the pan-Arab launch of Emirati feature From A To B.
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FeaturesWaleed Al Shehhi, Dolphins
Emirati filmmaker Waleed Al Shehhi tells Melanie Goodfellow about his passion for Andrei Tarkovsky and how he finally faced his fears and shot his debut feature Dolphins.
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FeaturesNujoom Al Ghanem, Nearby Sky
Emirati filmmaker Nujoom Al Ghanem talks to Liz Shackleton about how she worked with trail-blazing camel owner Fatima Ali Alhameli and building a film industry in the Emirates.
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FeaturesChaitanya Tamhane, Court
Chaitanya Tamhane talks to Liz Shackleton about making his debut feature Court, which won two prizes at this year’s Venice Film Festival.
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FeaturesRashid Masharawi, Letters From Al Yarmouk
Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi talks to Melanie Goodfellow about his documentary capturing life in the besieged Yarmouk refugee camp on the edge of Damascus.
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FeaturesIWC Award helps Gulf cinema to grow
Now in its third year, the IWC Filmmaker Award is fast becoming an effective launchpad for projects from filmmakers in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.
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FeaturesCreativity is GREAT reception
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge toasted the British creative industries at the private work collective NeueHouse in Manhattan on December 9 hosted by the British Ambassador to the US Sir Peter Westmacott and the British Consul General to New York Danny Lopez.Launched in 2012, the GREAT campaign promotes British ...
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FeaturesKhadija Al-Salami, I Am Nojoom, Age 10 And Divorced
Yemeni director Khadija Al-Salami tells Melanie Goodfellow about her struggle to bring the issue of child brides to the big screen in I Am Nojoom, Age 10 And Divorced.
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FeaturesAli Mostafa, From A To B
Emirati director Ali Mostafa talks to Melanie Goodfellow about his pan-Arab road movie From A to B, which screens in his hometown of Dubai on Thursday as part of DIFF’s Arabian Nights line-up.