All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 23
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News“Our message is getting stronger”: Russian filmmakers spread the anti-war message
Younger filmmakers including Egor Abramenko and Philiip Yurev are speaking out.
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NewsRussian filmmakers speak out in growing numbers against the war in Ukraine
“An intellectual today in Russia cannot afford to be silent,” said Vladimir Mirzoev.
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NewsUkrainian director of Oscar entry ‘Bad Roads’ details arduous journey to safety
Natalya Vorozhbyt also called on Russian fiilmmakers to speak up in opposition to the invasion.
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NewsUkrainian filmmakers and execs put down cameras and pick up guns in fight for their country
“What we really need from Europe is help with lethal weapons,” said producer Volodymyr Yatsenko.
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NewsEye Filmmuseum director Sandra den Hamer to step down
Den Hamer, a former Rotterdam artistic director, has run the film culture institute for 15 years
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NewsDisney+ takes SVoD rights to ‘The Reason I Jump’ after renegotiations (exclusive)
Sales outfit MetFilm renegotiated rights with distributors to make deal happen.
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NewsSeptember Films adds Berlin competition title ‘Return To Dust’ to EFM haul (exclusive)
Other EFM acquisitions including ‘Rimini’, ’Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom’, ’Peter Von Kant’ and ’La Syndicaliste’.
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FeaturesHas the Noel Clarke controversy spurred the UK film and TV industry into meaningful change?
Industry experts explore the steps that have been taken to address the issues brought up by the Noel Clarke scandal, almost a year later.
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NewsOdin’s Eye hatches global deals for ‘Little Eggs: An African Rescue’ (exclusive)
Animated feature lands sales in Europe, Asia, Canada and the Middle East.
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NewsLi Ruijun’s ‘Return To Dust’ sells to France for m-appeal (exclusive)
Bidding war broke out for French rights.
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NewsFeminist remake of ‘People On Sunday’ in the works from Alice Agneskirchner (exclusive)
People On Sunday brought together Robert Siodmak, Edgar Ulmer, Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann early in their careers.
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NewsGo2Films enjoys busy EFM with slew of ‘Berenshtein’ sales (exclusive)
Pandastorm Pictures has taken German rights on Roman Shumunov’s Second World War doc-fiction.
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NewsTaskovski Films boards Berlin Panorama doc ‘Love, Deutschmarks And Death’ (exclusive)
The film looks at the music sub-culture of Germany’s Turkish guest workers
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NewsKirill Sokolov developing steamy Finnish sauna pic ‘To Banya’ (exclusive)
The Russian director’s ‘No Looking Back’ is benig sold by M-Appeal in the EFM.
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NewsNew Europe Film Sales enjoys flurry of deals on EFM slate (exclusive)
Spanish outfit scooped up rights to Aga Woszczyńska’s Toronto title Silent Land and Ukrainian director Valentyn Vasyanovych’s Reflection.
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FeaturesMatthijs Wouter Knol on his ambitious plans for the European Film Academy
Matthijs Wouter Knol, CEO of the European Film Academy, tells Geoffrey Macnab about some of the major changes and year-round initiatives he is planning for the organisation.
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NewsFilms Boutique unveils first deals on Maryam Touzani’s ‘The Blue Caftan’ (exclusive)
Touzani’s previous feature Adam premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard and was Morocco’s Oscar candidate.
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FeaturesThe Centrepiece interview: Leonine Studios CEO Fred Kogel on building a European powerhouse
Kogel discusses surviving the pandemic and his take on the future of theatrical distribution and windowing in the new streaming world.
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FeaturesAustrian filmmaker Ulrich Seidl on his Berlinale title ‘Rimini’: “All of my films are about unfulfilled longing”
Back in Berlin Competition with Rimini, Austrian filmmaker Ulrich Seidl confirms his reputation as a master of dark, comical films.
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NewsCoproduction Office seals major deals on Ulrich Seidl’s Golden Bear contender ‘Rimini’ (exclusive)
Deals have been done for the UK, Germany and Spain among other territories.