All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 42
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NewsBFC boss predicts UK screen industries will be worth £6bn by 2024
“We can bounce back in an ever better space than we were in March,” said Adrian Wootton.
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Features‘Enfant Terrible’ director Oskar Roehler on older casting and Fassbinder’s mystique
He also talks shooting in a studio and incurring the wrath of the Fassbinder Foundation.
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NewsNetherlands Film Festival launches 40th edition with nationwide cinema push
Hybrid edition has shifted industry showcase online.
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News£650m UK-Ireland box-office deficit due to blockbuster absence, say distribution experts
“A very similar picture to the territories we would compare ourselves to.”
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NewsCameras roll on ‘Mothering Sunday’ as UK industry welcomes “single biggest indemnity fund in the world”
“Without it we wouldn’t be filming,” said producer Elizabeth Karlsen.
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Derek Cianfrance and Lenny Abrahamson on their love of George Romero and Mike Leigh
”I think delusion is your friend as an artist.”
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FeaturesHalle Berry reflects on Oscar win, changing industry attitudes in TIFF talk
Her directorial debut ‘Bruised’ has been bought by Netflix in a $19m deal.
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FeaturesKornel Mundruczo on making his English-language debut with ‘Pieces Of A Woman’
The Hungarian filmmaker, now based in Berlin, received advice from Martin Scorsese in an exec producer role.
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NewsM-Appeal sells ‘The Man With The Answers’ to US, UK (exclusive)
The summer road movie is a Cyprus-Greece-Italy co-production.
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NewsFilms Boutique scores sales on buzzy Venice title ‘Dear Comrades!’ (exclusive)
Andrei Konchalovsky’s feature played in Competition on the Lido.
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NewsEurimages overhaul designed to bring quicker, fairer funding decisions
“We were basically victims of our own expansion,” said Roberto Olla.
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NewsReason8 sells ‘Joy Womack: The White Swan’ to US (exclusive)
Documentary follows the first American woman to sign a contract with the Bolshoi Ballet.
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NewsAs DDA celebrates its 50th anniversary, Dennis Davidson is taking the leap into production
The veteran publicist looks back on 50 years in the business.
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News‘Pieces Of A Woman’ director Kornel Mundruczó, EFA join Hungarian arts freedom protests
Mundruczó wore a #FREESZFE t-shirt on Saturday.
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FeaturesLuca Guadagnino pays tribute to Venice, looks forward to San Sebastian
The director premiered his new documentary ’Salvatore: Shoemaker Of Dreams’ in Venice
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NewsArthouse challenges examined during Venice Production Bridge panel
The effects of Covid-19 on the sector could be long-lasting, panellists warned.
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Features‘Hopper/Welles’ producer Filip Jan Rymsza talks reviving another Orson Welles film
Rymsza returns to Venice, two years after debuting ‘lost’ Welles film ‘The Other Side Of The Wind’.
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NewsSpeaking in Venice, Oliver Stone reveals the “anger that fuels me”
US filmmaker discussed his career with an audience at the Venice Film Festival.
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NewsVenice conference reveals evidence of VoD explosion during pandemic
“It’s not all about Netflix anymore,” said Guy Bisson of data firm Ampere Analysis.
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NewsPedro Almodovar declares cinema the “antidote” to lockdown
Spanish filmmaker claimed releasing his films on streaming platforms would sever contact with his audiences.