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All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 8
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FeaturesEuropean cinemas focus: how continental exhibitors are getting creative to boost audiences
Screen International takes the pulse of European exhibition, including reports from France, Spain, Italy, Denmark and Germany.
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FeaturesThe Centrepiece interview: Cineworld CEO Eduardo Acuna on bankruptcy recovery, ticket prices and 2024 slate
Last July, Eduardo Acuna stepped into one of the biggest jobs in cinema when he took the helm of Cineworld.
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News“You’re always on time. You’re always polite”: Why Ema Ryan Yamazaki directed ‘The Making Of A Japanese’
The Japanese doc director turned her camera on a Japanese elementary school,
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NewsFilipino doc director Ramona S Diaz on why she will release ‘And So It Begins’ herself at home
Diaz has tangled with the ruling Marcos family before, with the former first lady trying to prevent the release of ‘Imedia’ in 2003.
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NewsDag Johan Haugerud’s ‘Sex’ seduces European buyers (exclusive)
The Norwegian relationship drama debuted in Berlin’s Panorama.
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NewsPalestinian documentary project ‘If These Stones Could Talk’ wins Thessaloniki industry award
Documentary festival’s Agora industry event unveils 2024 prize winners.
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FeaturesWhy being compact and friendly works for Agora, the industry programme of Thessaloniki Docs
The focus is on introducing projects from southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean region to the international industry.
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NewsThessaloniki doc festival responds to weekend attack on trans people with a “loud and clear message of tolerance”
The festival has introduced the Citizen Queer programme this year to celebrate Greece’s recent legalisation same-sex marriage.
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FeaturesHow Qumra’s “core idea” has sustained the project incubator through its 10th edition
“We wanted a place where filmmakers would be inspired and would be able to progress their films.”
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NewsBerlinale doc ‘Favoriten’ scores key deals for Autlook (exclusive)
The fly-on-the-wall film follows a class of kids over a three-year period at a high school in Vienna.
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FeaturesThessaloniki’s doc festival’s Orestis Andreadakis on this month’s event
There are fils celebraing 50 years of modern Greek democracy and a new Citizen Queer programme.
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News‘Birdman’ sound designer Martin Hernandez details upcoming Netflix project ‘The Master Of Monarchs’
The documentary series follows an environmental activist murdered in 2020 for standing up to organised crime groups.
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NewsFrench director Leos Carax says it is “easier to take money from producers you don’t like”
Carax discussed his upcoming mid-length film C’est pas moi in Qumra.
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FeaturesUK film committee chair Caroline Dinenage on tax credits, streamer levies and cinema quotas
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee has been looking into the challenges facing the independent film and high-end TV industry.
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FeaturesWhy it’s boom time for theatrical re-releases of classic films
The success of the re-release market is also spawning more documentaries about filmmakers like Berlin title ‘Made In England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger’.
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NewsOdin’s Eye hatches deals on ‘Little Eggs: A Frozen Rescue’ (exclusive)
Dazzler sets UK theatrical release for Match 29.
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NewsUK producer David P Kelly joins Sergei Paradjanov doc hybrid
Director Zara Jian shooting material at Berlinale for ’I Will Revenge This World With Love’.
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NewsGeorgian film industry dispute reaches Berlin (exclusive)
Two rival organisations are insisting on their right to be representing Georgian cinema in the festival.
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NewsHarvey Keitel to star in futuristic drama ‘Milarepa’ (exclusive)
The film is produced by Italy’s L’Altrofilm and the US’ Orwo Studios.
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NewsIs the Berlinale eyeing a move from Potsdamer Platz? (exclusive)
It has long been rumoured but is a move really on the cards? Screen investigates.