All Features articles – Page 389
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FeaturesPeter Strickland
Screen talks to British director Peter Strickland, who is in Edinburgh this week for the world premiere of his second feature Berberian Sound Studio.
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FeaturesAndrew Cripps and Richard Gelfond, IMAX
Imax CEO Richard Gelfond and new EMEA president Andrew Cripps talk to Wendy Mitchell about their blockbuster summer ahead and the international territories that could see the most growth.
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FeaturesD-Cinema advances push exhibitors to invest
With digital transition of the world’s 130,000 cinema screens expected to be complete in the major territories by 2015, technology suppliers are lining up the next big technical advance with which to entice further investment from exhibitors.
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FeaturesKarlovy Vary Q&A: Marek Najbrt (Director), Polski Film
The film, exploring the boundaries of reality and fiction, offers a different style than other Czech productions.
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FeaturesThe Sweeney
After years in development, Vertigo’s big-screen feature version of iconic seventies TV series The Sweeney has arrived (eOne is releasing in the UK on September 12), complete with fast cars, bank robberies and Ray Winstone and Ben Drew as crime busting duo Regan and Carter.
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FeaturesBombay Sapphire Gin & Tribeca Film Festival to discover the most imaginative filmmakers
Find out more about the Bombay Sapphire Imagination Series short film competition, with a script by Oscar winner Geoffrey Fletcher (pictured). Entries are open until Aug 1.
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FeaturesChina faces up to Hollywood competition
There was much hand-wringing at last week’s Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) about how local films are suffering following the widening of China’s import quotas for foreign films.
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FeaturesKarlovy Vary Q&A: Jan Jakub Kolski, To Kill A Beaver
Polish Film To Kill A Beaver is an intense and raw tale of a soldier undertaking a mysterious mission while holed up in an abandoned farm. There he has a torrid encounter with a young girl and it soon becomes apparent all is not what it seems.
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FeaturesKarlovy Vary Q&A: Alicia Cano – El Bella Vista
Receiving its world premiere in the Karlovy Vary Documentary Competition section, El Bella Vista is a quirky yet moving documentary about Uruguayan brothel El Bella Vista, its transvestite inhabitants and the small village community that wants to remove them and change the brothel into a Catholic School.
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FeaturesOpening night of the Edinburgh International Film Festival
The 66th edition of the EIFF opened last night with the UK premiere of Killer Joe, attended by director William Friedkin and actress Gina Gershon.
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FeaturesLUFF's growing crop for 2012
On the eve of this year’s London UK Film Focus (LUFF), running June 25-28, the organisers are in upbeat mood.
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FeaturesJacqueline Hurt, Olswang
Jacqueline Hurt talks about the role of the lawyer in film financing deals, the rise in the number of sales companies and the film policy review.
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FeaturesSuited and rebooted
How do you go about updating a classic franchise? Ian Sandwell looks at the latest reboot set to hit our screens this summer, Sony’s The Amazing Spider-Man
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FeaturesThe new deal
Market activity in Cannes was boosted by debut companies and the return of equity, but deals were less exuberant than in 2011. By Jeremy Kay
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FeaturesYoung at heart
The Karlovy Vary International film festival (June 29-July 7) may be entering its 47th edition, but the platform it offers to debut film-makers and its youthful popularity show it has not lost its edge.
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FeaturesEdinburgh's revival?
After a 2011 edition plagued with problems, the Edinburgh International Film Festival is back this year with an eclectic line-up and a renewed focus on British and upcoming talent. Screen talks to the festival’s new artistic director Chris Fujiwara - and the industry - about how the 66th edition (June ...
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FeaturesPaul Haggis
Screen talks to Paul Haggis about his new feature, Third Person, which is being backed by Belgian outfit Corsan.
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FeaturesFestival of Mediterranean Film, Split, Croatia
Audiences and attendees at the fifth Festival of Mediterranean Film, Split, Croatia, June 2 - 8.
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FeaturesTransilvania International Film Festival, Cluj, Romania
Winners and attendees at the Transilvania International Film Festival, 1 - 10 June, 2012.
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FeaturesKVIFF 2012: Forum of Independents
World premieres include Miroslav Momčilović’s Death of a Man In The Balkans.