All Features articles – Page 51
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FeaturesFilm Fest Gent pairs 25 composers with 25 filmmakers for ambitious 50th anniversary project
For its 50th anniversary, Film Fest Gent brought together 25 leading composers and 25 filmmakers for its ambitious 2x25 project. Screen talks to contributors Rachel Portman, Daniel Pemberton and Terence Davies, while the festival heads consider the event’s unique place in the film calendar
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FeaturesWhat are the pros and cons of AI for the independent film sector?
Indie filmmakers are concerned the streaming platforms’ AI-driven algorithms are pushing their movies to the margins – but others welcome the time- and labour-saving opportunities.
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FeaturesNew festival director at Korea’s DMZ Docs talks revamped edition and fresh vision
The 15th edition will open with Maite Alberdi’s ‘The Eternal Memory’.
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FeaturesTIFF spotlight: David Yates on swapping ‘Harry Potter’ for opioid drama ‘Pain Hustlers’
After 15 years in JK Rowling’s Wizarding World, Yates was keen to get back to the type of work that saw him noticed by Hollywood in the first place.
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FeaturesThe US streamer squeeze: Why Europe is taking on the SVoDs
Screen reports on a struggle that has major implications for European film funding — and why the UK is taking a different approach.
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FeaturesWhat impact is Israel’s political turmoil having on the country’s film industry?
As protests continue against the government, Ari Folman, Nadav Lapid and other film professionals consider what it could mean for local filmmakers.
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FeaturesVenice 2023 standout titles: the hits and misses
Here are the hits (and misfires) of 10 days on the Lido, according to Screen’s critics.
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FeaturesTIFF spotlight: The story behind ‘City Of Wind’, the first Mongolian film to play at both Toronto and Venice
Director Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir’s feature debut City Of Wind explores life as a young Mongolian in the modern world.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Charades’ CEO Yohann Comte on working between Paris and Tallinn and the evolving sales landscape
“Finally, the theatrical experience is driving the business again”
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FeaturesTIFF Spotlight: Lone Scherfig on shooting ‘The Movie Teller’ in Chile’s Atacama desert
The Danish filmmaker’s latest project was shot in Chile’s Atacama desert
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FeaturesTIFF spotlight: Moritz Mohr and Zainab Azizi on the long road to Midnight Madness entry ‘Boy Kills World’
Boy Kills World stars Bill Skarsgard as deaf-mute martial artist killing machine on revenge mission.
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FeaturesTIFF spotlight: why it took 20 years for Tarsem to make honour killing story ‘Dear Jassi’
“The whole thing was as Indian as you can get; out of chaos you get all of this.”
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FeaturesTIFF spotlight: ‘Wicked Little Letters’ filmmakers on bringing a 1920s poison-pen letters scandal to life
Screen speaks to the film’s director Thea Sharrock and producers Ed Sinclair and Graham Broadbent.
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FeaturesTIFF spotlight: See-Saw’s production ‘One Life’ showcases the wartime heroics of Nicholas Winton
One Life tells the story of Nicholas Winton, a stockbroker who rescued hundreds of children from Nazi Germany
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FeaturesToronto’s robust line-up shows Indigenous cinema is healthy - and growing
Toronto’s Indigenous roster “hits a lot of different genres that we don’t normally see in Indigenous films”.
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FeaturesTIFF spotlight: Ladj Ly talks new film ‘Les Indésirables’ and turning anger into art
Four years after his explosive debut feature Les Misérables, Ladj Ly returns with follow-up Les Indésirables. The French filmmaker speaks to Screen.
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FeaturesSix hot upcoming film projects from Vietnam
An eclectic mix of commercial and arthouse titles by established and rising Vietnamese filmmakers are in the pipeline.
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FeaturesHow the Vietnam film industry is booming even in the face of censorship
Vietnam is on track to become a dynamic content market in Southeast Asia, with a booming production sector, a boost in box office and international awards
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FeaturesThe journey of Cannes award-winner ‘Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell’ by Vietnam’s Pham Thien An
Director Pham Thien An and producer Jeremy Chua discuss their Cannes Camera d’Or winner.
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FeaturesJudith Godrèche on why she has turned to TV to make a feminist satire of her film career
The French actress has created, written, directed and starred in the six-part ‘Icon Of French Cinema’ for A24 and Arte.