All Interview articles – Page 22
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NewsNew Cannes Critics’ Week artistic director Ava Cahen talks first selection
Cahen discusses love of American indie cinema, choice of Korean police thriller Next Sohee as closing film and being section’s youngest-ever artistic director.
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NewsCannes head Thierry Fremaux talks 2022 line-up, Tom Cruise, refusal to boycott Russian artists
The festival, running May 17-28, marks its 75th edition against the backdrop of two-year pandemic and war in Ukraine.
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NewsBFI chair Tim Richards on his new board and priorities for the 10-year plan (exclusive)
Richards will serve as BFI chair until 2024.
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FeaturesIndia’s S.S. Rajamouli on filming hit ‘RRR’ in Ukraine, next project with Mahesh Babu
Period action drama has topped $100m at the worldwide box office.
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FeaturesThe BFI, BBC Film and Film4 heads on why their roles in UK indie film are more vital than ever
BFI Film Fund’s Mia Bays, BBC Film’s Eva Yates and Film4’s Daniel Battsek and Ollie Madden discuss their key priorities amid myriad challenges.
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FeaturesSpanish sales agent Feel Content: “AVoD is becoming more significant”
Madrid-based sales agent performs strongly in Latin America and Europe.
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FeaturesJuan Miguel del Castillo on giving voice to victims of violence in Spanish thriller ‘Unfinished Affairs’
Second feature from the Spanish filmmaker premieres at Malaga Film Festival.
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FeaturesSyrian filmmaker Anas Khalaf on his Qumra feature project ‘The Photographer’
‘The Photographer’ is the second in a planned trilogy about the Syrian conflict following ‘The Translator’ in 2020.
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FeaturesHow the fight against fake news fuelled Imanol Uribe’s Malaga title ‘What Lucia Saw’
The Spanish thriller is being sold by Latido Films.
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FeaturesSpanish sales outfit Filmax: “Italy is a particularly active market for us”
The venerable Spainsh studio is widening its scope beyond the genre films with which it made its name.
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FeaturesThe Centrepiece interview: Sister’s Jane Featherstone on the future of drama in an age of anxiety
Featherstone is one of the UK’s pre-eminent TV drama producers with hits including ’Chernobyl’, ’Humans’ and ’Broadchurch’ to her name.
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FeaturesIbon Cormenzana on his Spanish mountaineering drama ‘Beyond The Summit’
Cormenzana was inspired by the world view of sky runners such as .Kilian Jornet
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NewsDamien Ounouri on his Algerian costume drama and Cannes hopeful ‘The Last Queen’
The feature is being showcased as a work in progress at Qumra this week.
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News“Don’t lose hope” - Qumra mentors Talal Derki, Tala Hadid, Annemarie Jacir offer words of wisdom
Award-winning filmmakers are helpin filmmakers develop their projects at the Doha Film Institute’s Qumra event.
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FeaturesSpanish sales agent Begin Again Films: “We are expanding our activity in Asia”
Begin Again Films focuses on arthouse fare.
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FeaturesRithy Panh on the joy he finds in mentoring rising filmmakers
The Cambodian documentarian is the lead mentor at this year’s Doha Film Institute’s Short Documentary Lab.
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Features‘Hellbound’ producer Climax Studio’s CEO on the rise of Korea’s TV and film industry
Seungmin Byun reveals his plans for one of South Korea’s leading drama production companies and reflects on the rise of the Korean TV and film industry
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Features‘I am a film critic under fire in Ukraine’: one writer’s diary of her experience
Natalia Serebryakova was a film critic at the Berlinale less than one month ago.
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FeaturesAdeel Akhtar on how ‘Ali & Ava’ finally allows him the leading man spotlight
After years of eye-catching supporting roles in film and TV, Adeel Akhtar finally takes on a title role in Clio Barnard’s Bradford-set romance.
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FeaturesInside the colourful neo-noir world of Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’
Behind-the-scenes crew reveal the in-depth creative process which led to Guillermo del Toro’s fairground-set noir thriller.