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All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 38
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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.
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FeaturesIDFA’s DocLab is taking audiences to existential dance classes and online discos
Caspar Sonnen, IDFA’s head of new media, has been inspired by how interactive artists have been reacting to the pandemic.
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FeaturesHow IDFA is supporting new international documentary talent
The IDFAcademy has moved online to nurture the careers of 60 emerging and directors.
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NewsUK documentary filmmaking booms in pandemic year
Are non-fiction films easier to finance and produce in 2020?
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NewsIDFA opens with a show of online international solidarity
Directors were beamed in from around the world to join artistic director Orwa Nyrabia in an Amsterdam cinema.
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FeaturesUK film financiers discuss what investors will be looking for in 2021
Six leading figures from UK independent film discuss the key issues of a challenging year.
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NewsIDFA opening filmmaker Arami Ullón: ”Parts of Paraguay don’t react to any sort of art”
The Swiss-based director looks at the changing ways of life of the Ayoreo people in Paraguay.
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Features“2020 lets us re-think the core of what we do,” says IDFA’s Orwa Nyrabia
Syrian filmmaker turned festival director talks about the importance of cinema screenings at IDFA’s hybrid edition.
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NewsWhy executives from Snap, Google and HP are tuning into this year’s IDFA DocLab Forum
Yorinde Segal talks about the second edition of the new media-focused DocLab Forum.
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NewsIDFA’s online industry Forum aims to be more accessible than ever to international decision makers
IDFA industry head Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen says moving Forum online was only way to keep it global this year.
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FeaturesHow is the documentary sector coping with the chaos that is 2020?
International filmmakers and executives speak to Screen about keeping going during the pandemic.
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FeaturesWhy a new relationship with public funding is boosting the Russian film industry
Exhibitors are looking for a lucrative January to make up for the losses of 2020.
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NewsGravitas takes US rights to Australian thriller ‘Sweet River’ (exclusive)
The film is being sold at AFM by Reason8 Films.