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All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 9
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NewsThe Playmaker boards Sandra Hüller starrer ‘Two To One’, releases first look image (exclusive)
Comedy joins Munich-based sales agents EFM slate alongside female driven action thriller Early Birds.
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NewsSola Media boards ‘The Lost Tiger’, the first animated feature directed by an Indigenous woman (exclusive)
‘The Lost Tiger’ is directed and co-written by Chantelle Murray.
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Features‘American Symphony’: Matthew Heineman talks funding challenges and the dramatic finale
Best known for documentaries in conflict zones, Matthew Heineman competes for a Bafta with a film about musician Jon Batiste and his wife Suleika Jaouad.
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NewsVue CEO Tim Richards on how company has been “to hell and back”, personally lost him “eight figure” sum (exclusive)
A confident Tim Richards now believes the company is “in the strongest position of any exhibitor” right now.
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FeaturesHow can Dutch films and talent find greater international success?
Netherlands Film Fund’s Sandra Den Hamers spotlights upcoming titles and the Fund’s new strategy.
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FeaturesFrom ‘Full Metal Jacket’ to ‘Head South’: IFFR opening director Jonathan Ogilvie charts his eclectic career
The New Zealand-born, Australia director of ‘Head South’ describes receating 1970s Christchurch for his autobiographical coming of age story.
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FeaturesHow IFFR’s Focus marries a lively mix of 1970s Chilean films, Italy’s Manetti brothers and Hong Kong provocateur Scud
The aim is to bring the films of such gleefully iconoclastic filmmakers to a wider interenational audience.
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Features30 European films to tempt festival directors in 2024
Including new features by Tom Tykwer, Paz Vega, Paolo Sorrentino, Cecilia Verheyden and Baltasar Kormakur.
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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.