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.
Why the trajectory of CPH:DOX opener ‘Mariinka’ changed with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Director Pieter-Jan De Pue explains the invasion altered the fates of the four brothers the film was following.
CPH:DOX’s Niklas Engstrøm and Katrine Kiilgaard on how the 2026 edition will try to make sense of the world
The leading doc festival opens on March 11.
Why John Carney struggled to finance ‘Power Ballad’ until Paul Rudd joined
The comedy drama made its world premiere at the Dublin film festival this weekend.
Dublin film festival’s Grainne Humphreys on the young audiences packing out the 2026 event
The festival closes on March 1 with the world premiere of John Carney’s ‘Power Ballad’.
Glasgow Film Festival’s Paul Gallagher on how he hopes to expand the event
Gallagher wants to make more of the filmmakers, producers, sales agents and distributors who will be in town.
Sata Cissokho on how Berlin's World Cinema Fund is bringing together Global South filmmakers with Euro producers
WCF support goes directly to the local production rather than the European minority co-producer.
Building a hit: how ‘The Housemaid’ cleaned up for Lionsgate UK
“The audience for female-skewing films is underserved,” says head of motion picture group Marie-Claire Benson.
‘Lady’ director Olive Nwosu on her filmmaking inspirations, next projects
Nwosu aims for ”a body of work that looks at the world from a modern African lens.”
