All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 26
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NewsRising Palestine-UK director developing ‘Soon We Will All Be History Here’ with Jordanian Film Fund
Saeed Taji Farouky’s doc feature ’A Thousand Fiires’ set in Myanmar, is screening in the international competition of IDFA.
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NewsMarco Bellocchio describes how ‘Marx Can Wait’ has brought his family back together
The documentary is screening in the Masters section of IDFA.
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NewsSergei Loznitsa talks new projects at IDFA, including latest dramatic feature (exclusive)
Ukrainian director has two films screeninig at IDFA including ‘Mr Landsbergis’ in competition.
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Features“We cannot have another year like this,” say doc sales agents at IDFA
Cautious distributors, slimmed-down festivals and dwindling funders are cause for concern.
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NewsIDFA DocLab head on Facebook woes, the “messy metaverse” and how to make living as a VR filmmaker
DocLab is now in its 15th year.
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NewsGo2 Films add buzzy IDFA title ‘Housewitz’ to international sales slate
Oeke Hoogendijk’s film is premiering in the Envision competition.
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FeaturesOeke Hoogendijk explains how she convinced her agoraphobic mother to feature in ‘Housewitz’
The Dutch documentary director is debuting two very different films at IDFA.
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FeaturesIDFA Bertha Fund head: “Whenever there is a rise in applications, it comes from Latin America”
Isabel Arrate Fernandez, head of the Bertha Fund, on why applications doubled in 2020.
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FeaturesLouis Hothothot on how IDFA opening film ‘Four Journeys’ brought him back to his family
The film tells the story off how China-born Hothothot was an illicit second child during China’s one-child era.
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NewsOrwa Nyrabia on the direction in which he is steering International Film Festival Amsterdam
The IDFA festival director talks projects, backers and the tyranny of the 90-minute film-making trope.
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NewsHow IDFA will go ahead as an in-person event despite Netherlands’ partial lockdown
Artistic director Orwa Nyrabia confirmed that less than 1% of the expected 2,000 industry delegates have cancelled their trips.
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NewsNetflix exec reveals Swiss production ambitions for the streamer
Streaming executive Wolf Osthaus addressed producers at the Geneva Digital Market.
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NewsIDFA’s Bertha Fund to significantly increase support for doc features (exclusive)
The Bertha Fund supports filmmakers from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Oceania region.
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Features“It’s tough out there”: UK crew shortage reaching crisis point, say indie producers
As the UK’s production boom continues unabated, the shortage of skilled crew is raising alarm across the industry.
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FeaturesHow Geneva film festival is attracting fresh visions and high-profile talent
New festival director Anaïs Emery discusses the return of the event and a mission to get audiences back into cinemas.
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NewsRotterdam reveals first titles for in-person 2022 festival
The full line-up will be announced on December 20.
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NewsBeta Cinema secures deals on crime caper ‘Diabolik’, ‘The Tuesday Club’, ‘Hinterland’ (exclusive)
The German sales company has done a raft of deals on its autumn slate
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FeaturesWhat does AFM hold for Russia’s independent producers and distributors?
Russia’s independents enter AFM feeling buoyed by strong projects and festival showings, but also an air of caution.
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NewsLuminescence’s animated tale ‘Pinocchio: A True Story’ hooks US, UK, France deals (exclusive)
The film has gone to Grindstone Entertainment Group for the US.
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FeaturesAFM 2021: The buzz titles from Europe
Titles include ’Medusa Deluxe’, ’Notre Dame On Fire’, ‘Lamb’ and ‘The Stranger’.