All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 7
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FeaturesWim Wenders on representing Japan in the Oscar race with ‘Perfect Days’: “It was a totally unexpected thing"
Although thrice nominated (for documentary feature), Wim Wenders has never won an Oscar. Could Japanese drama Perfect Days change his fortunes? Screen talks to the revered German filmmaker
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NewsInternational industry signs letter in support of Christian De Schutter following ousting from Flanders Image
They claim the Flemish cultural sector will now suffer without De Schutter’s expertise and international contacts.
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NewsLeading Georgian filmmakers boycott state-backed National Film Centre
Directors and producers are putting trust instead in independent organisation The Georgian Film Institute
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NewsProducer defends Palestinian director of BBC Storyville project after IDFA speech row
Mohammed Almughanni used the phrase ‘From the river to the sea’ while on stage at IDFA Forum.
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NewsUkraine’s Odesa film festival to take place in Kyiv in 2024
Organisers hope international industry and press will attend.
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Features"This business needs a shake-up": outgoing FDA president David Puttnam calls for radical change in UK industry
On the eve of his retirement as president of the Film Distributors’ Association, David Puttnam calls for radical change in the industry.
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Features“I realised we needed to film everything”: the story behind ‘20 Days In Mariupol’
The world watched in horror at footage despatched by Associated Press journalist Mstyslav Chernov, as Russia besieged and bombarded the city of Mariupol in February 2022.
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NewsOmniplex head optimistic for 2024 as Irish exhibitor buys five Empire sites in the UK
The acquisition is part of the Irish exhibitor’s ambitious expansion plans.
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NewsWhat makes TorinoFilmLab tick for arthouse filmmakers and industry attendees?
Behind the scenes at the talent development lab-meets-industry market.
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NewsIDFA head Orwa Nyrabia to organise symposium to help festivals navigate turbulent political times
The documentary festival has experienced protests, open letters and film withdrawals this week.
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Features“We screen 440 hours of new content a year:” How Al Jazeera is becoming a major documentary player
“We are a bridge between filmmakers to the north and to the south.”
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FeaturesJoe Houlberg Silva explains how his debut feature doc ‘Ozogoche’ took flight
’Ozogoche’, a world premiere at IDFA, is about a species of sandpiper bird and the community who live around their lake.
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News“We made this film to be shown,” says Palestinian director of IDFA competition title ‘Life Is Beautiful’
“Standing here and talking about my film is the only way I can feel I am doing something,” said Mohamed Jabaly.
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NewsPeriscoop swoops on five docs at IDFA for the Netherlands
Periscoop is run by San Fu Maltha and Bruno Felix.
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NewsPeter Greenaway talks ‘Lucca Mortis’ starring Dustin Hoffman, living in the Netherlands and his eccentric concerns
Greenaway is being honoured at this week’s IDFA festival in Amsterdam.
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NewsNeon distribution head Elissa Federoff delivers upbeat doc forecast in IDFA keynote
“We have seen titles doing the best they’ve ever done before in this ‘unhealthy’ marketplace.”
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NewsPalestine Film Institute welcomes latest statement from IDFA
Festival statement followed a PFI statement lambasting IDFA’s earlier statement.
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NewsUS ‘Billy Elliot’-style doc ‘Call Me Dancer’ sells to Toei for Japan for First Hand Films (exclusive)
First Hand Films is at IDFA with a busy slate including portmanteau project ’The Ten Commandments’.
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NewsPalestine Film Institute urges withdrawal of films from IDFA following response to opening-night protest
The PFI has issued a petition demanding IDFA acknowledge the festival’s earlier statement ”unjustly criminalises Palestinian voices and narratives”.
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NewsIDFA responds to open letter condemning inclusion of Russian film in programme
The letter said: “To continue providing space for representatives of the Russian cultural sector on international platforms means to normalize the unequal circumstances in which filmmakers in Russia and Ukraine live and work today.”