My Screen Life: The BFI’s Ama Ampadu on growing up with Spike Lee films and her love of music
She is senior production and development executive at the BFI Filmmaking Fund.
Producer Agustin Almodovar on brother Pedro’s ‘Bitter Christmas’: “This is his most experimental film to date”
“Pedro can take risks as an artist, but as a producer I won’t take any financial gambles,” El Deseo’s Agustin Almodovar tells Screen.
Gaga president Satomi Odake talks Koreeda at Cannes and boosting the appeal of film
The established producer and distributor is also making moves into North America.
Word of Mouth - Reclaim The Frame’s Melanie Iredale listens to her nieces, reads Autostraddle and keeps up with new Irish cinema
“Where it’s a queer film, I’ll always look for a queer perspective if I can get one”.
Emilie Bujès explains how Visions du Réel is reflecting a shifting documentary landscape
Festival’s outgoing artistic director talks AI, doc funding challenges and the importance of events like VdR.
Andergraun Films’ Montse Triola on why she believes it is a good time for risk-taking filmmaking
Barcelona-based Triola is the longtime collaborator of auteur Albert Serra.
Cinema United head Michael O’Leary on eve of CinemaCon: “We’re bullish on the future”
President and CEO talks upgrades, box office hits, Paramount-WBD merger.
SXSW London’s Anna Bogutskaya on deepening the festival’s relationship with the UK industry
“I don’t know what’s in the water but Kazakhstan is absolutely incredible,” she says of an emerging territory.
Why Nigeria's Kunle Afolayan believes YouTube is key to the future of African filmmaking
Afolayan is a leading proponent of the New Nigerian Cinema movement, with credits including Netflix hit ’Aníkúlápó’.
“Destabilisation is exciting,” says Willa’s Elizabeth Woodward of the opportunities in US distribution
Willa’s business model is to combine traditional financing with philanthropic grants.
UK filmmaker, TV writer and novelist Helen Walsh is making waves with her second film ‘On The Sea’
The BFI Flare and Edinburgh premiere is Walsh’s follow-up to 2015’s ’The Violators’.
“I got distracted,” says John Wilson of making ‘The History Of Concrete’ rather than fixing his leaking basement
‘The History Of Concrete’ is making its European premiere at CPH: Dox this week.
‘American Doctor’ director Poh Si Teng explains why she spent her life savings on making the Gaza doc
“This is all the money I saved for you,” the director told her daughter at CPH: Dox this week.
