All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 35
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FeaturesAndrei Konchalovsky talks splitting opinion in Russia with Oscar entry 'Dear Comrades!'
Andrei Konchalovsky’s Dear Comrades! may depict a brutal and tragic event of the Soviet era, but it offers a nuanced portrait of those times — as the veteran Russian filmmaker tells Screen.
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FeaturesOscars international feature race: the documentary contenders
A year after Honeyland snagged two Oscar nominations, a number of high-profile documentaries have set their sights on the international film category.
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NewsDutch distributor Contact Film to close after 30 years
Virus crisis hits film distributor of art house hits including ‘Honeyland’.
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NewsRussian director Vitaly Mansky explains anti-government underwear protest
He said that “everyone in Russia” knew why he had been pictured with the underpants.
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NewsEuropean buyers line up for ‘Pirates Down The Street’ (exclusive)
Pim van Hoeve directs the Dutch live-action family film.
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NewsFilms Boutique acquires hot Sundance doc ‘The Most Beautiful Boy In The World’ (exclusive)
The film is about the shy teenager who starred in Luchino Visconti’s ’Death In Venice’ in 1971.
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FeaturesWhy 2021 could be a good year for UK distributors and the filmmakers they support
Evidence the sector is well-positioned to thrive in a post-pandemic, SVoD-driven market.
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NewsCurzon boss calls for UK government funding as campaign launches to support all UK cinemas
Philip Knatchbull says Curzon Cinemas has not qualified for any support to date.
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NewsAltitude scores hat-trick of awards contenders for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Sundance winner ‘Minari’ leads acquisitions of festival hits.
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NewsElysian appoints head of theatrical distribution, picks up Cannes 2020 title
Nick McKay joins to head up a planned release slate of 10-12 films a year.
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NewsNew Marv CEO Zygi Kamasa talks film slate expansion, TV and distribution ambitions
“What we want to do is expand Marv studios beyond the typically very successful one film a year.”
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NewsUK industry pays tribute to former Warner Bros, FDA executive Frank Pierce
David Puttnam leads tributes to “gentleman distributor”.
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NewsLionsgate UK head of acquisitions Nick Manzi set to leave company
His departure follows the exits of Zygi Kamasa and Nicola Pearcey.
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NewsUK distributors, exhibitors react to government’s controversial tier system in England
The UKCA is lobbying MPs for a change in the tier 3 rules to allow cinemas to open.
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FeaturesVitaly Mansky says he wanted to show the human side of a Soviet leader in ‘Gorbachev. Heaven’
’Gorbachev. Heaven’ has played in competition at IDFA this month.
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NewsSticking to the script could be “death of documentary”, says Gianfranco Rosi
The ‘Notturno’ director talked about the discovery in his filmmaking process during an IDFA masterclass.
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Features‘Til Kingdom Come’ director Maya Zinshtein on the odd connection between Kentucky, Trump and Israel
’Til Kingdom Come is produced by the Oscar-winning John Battsek.
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NewsCineworld secures $750m financial injection, plans to reopen in 2021
The exhibitor’s 660 sites in the UK and the US are all closed.
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NewsIDFA Forum awards go to projects from Colombia, Lebanon, UK/Canada
Online edition of IDFA Forum wraps as juries give out awards to Alis, We Are Inside and Inside: A Journey Into The World Of Outsider Artist Judith Scott.
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NewsUK, France among deals for Russian Oscar submission ‘Dear Comrades!’ (exclusive)
Andrei Konchalovsky’s historical drama won the special jury prize in Venice.