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All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 2
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FeaturesEFM 2025: The buzz titles from Italy, Nordics and rest of the world
Screen highlights the buzz titles ready to entice international buyers at the 2025 European Film Market (EFM), which runs February 13-19.
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FeaturesUK indie distributors look ahead to 2025: “I’m more optimistic than I have been in years”
After the turbulence of the post-pandemic period, many see new opportunities in the marketplace.
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NewsConnext to relaunch as Flanders Film Days with new projects from Lukas Dhont, Felix van Groeningen, Teodora Ana Mihai (exclusive)
The film-focused event will showcase fiction, documentary and animation projects by Flemish companies and talents.
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NewsMarcelo Caetano’s Cannes Critics Week title ‘Baby’ closes UK theatrical deal (exclusive)
Film about a young man abandoned by his parents who turns to sex work on the streets of Sao Paolo is sold by M-Appeal.
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NewsBFI delegation of disabled UK filmmakers attends Rotterdam
Inaccessability of festivals prompted British Film Institute to take a delegation of four UK-based disabled filmmakers to IFFR Pro.
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NewsFrom cannibal horror to AI dystopias: industry execs on IFFR Pro’s standout 2025 projects
Screen talks to sales execs and producers about the project hightlights at this year’s CineMart and Darkoom.
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NewsIndonesian director Mouly Surya on ‘This City Is A Battlefield’: “I was trying to push the boundaries”
Filmmaker’s latest closes International Film Festival Rotterdam this weekend.
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NewsIncredible Film adds Dutch romantic comedy ‘About Women’ to EFM slate (exclusive)
Film is produced by Millstreet Films, the makers of hit Dutch series Máxima, and forms part of Incredible’s EFM slate.
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Features“We took VHS culture for granted”: Alex Ross Perry on his Rotterdam world premiere ‘Videoheaven’
US director’s latest forms part of IFFR’s focus on VHS and video stores.
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NewsNetherlands Film Fund’s Sandra den Hamer on the revival of the Dutch industry: “We are on the way up”
With several titles at Rotterdam and a growing market share for local films, den Hamer says industry is moving forward after several difficult years.
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NewsFilm Harbour boards ‘The Dialogue Police’ following Gothenburg premiere (exclusive)
Susanna Edwards-directed documentary follows specialised unit of police officers.
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NewsThe rise of the Netherlands as a co-production player: “What you see is what you get with the Dutch”
Leading Dutch producers on why they are increasingly working internationally with co-production partners.
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NewsVideo culture comes into focus at Rotterdam: “We all grew up in the VHS period”
Programmer and curator Olaf Möller on the festival’s retrospective of VHS culture and rental stores, ’Hold Video In Your Hands.
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NewsIFFR Pro’s Marten Rabarts explains why he believes the Dutch make the best co-producers
Raberts was appointed in the autumn to head of International Film Festival Rotterdam’s industry strand.
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NewsMichiel ten Horn on his Rotterdam opener ‘Fabula’: “It’s between comedy, crime and fantasy”
Film centres on a small-time petty crook played by Fedja van Huêt, star of Oscar winning ’Dutch movie Character’.
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NewsItalian sales agency Luminalia launches with Rotterdam and Toronto titles (exclusive)
Tommaso Priante previously worked at companies including Coproduction Office and Decker Distribution.
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NewsEpsilon Film unveils ‘Lassie And The Wild Bear’ ahead of EFM (exclusive)
Shooting is likely to take place this summer.
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NewsAlign raises $120m Take Two fund to invest in international film and TV (exclusive)
The financiers has backed three Sundance titles: Jimpa, The Thing With Feathers and Rabbit Trap.
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NewsBerlin competition title ‘Dreams (Sex Love)’ lands Japan deal; first English-language trailer unveiled (exclusive)
Dreams is the final part of Dag Johan Haugerud’s Sex, Love, Dreams trilogy.
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NewsTrio of anticipated Sundance docs head to Autlook Filmsales (exclusive)
Khartoum, Coexistence, My Ass!, and How To Build A Library will screen in the World Documentary Competition in Park City.