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  • Dior And I
    Features

    Andy Whittaker & Anna Godas, Dogwoof

    2014-12-19T09:00:00Z

    UK distributor Dogwoof Films is celebrating a decade of championing its socially conscious films across multiple platforms. Company founders Andy Whittaker and Anna Godas tell Geoffrey Macnab about their vision.

  • Alicia Vikander on set of Testament of Youth with director James Kent
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    Alicia Vikander, Testament Of Youth

    2014-12-19T09:00:00Z

    Alicia Vikander tells Wendy Mitchell about doing Vera Brittain justice in Testament Of Youth and finding roles of emotional substance.

  • Mike Leigh
    Features

    Mike Leigh, Mr. Turner

    2014-12-19T09:00:00Z

    Mike Leigh talks to John Hazelton about raising finance, going digital and the importance of research in creating three-dimensional and historically accurate characters for his latest feature, Mr. Turner.

  • Ruben Ostlund
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    Ruben Ostlund, Force Majeure

    2014-12-19T09:00:00Z

    Ruben Ostlund, the Swedish director of Force Majeure, tells Tiffany Pritchard about his lengthy casting process, the Titanic myth and his love of YouTube.

  • Evangelion 3.33
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    Hideaki Anno, Evangelion

    2014-12-19T09:00:00Z

    Japanese animator and creator of the Evangelion series, Hideaki Anno, talks to Liz Shackleton about the joys of destruction.

  • Daoud Abdel Sayed
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    Daoud Abdel Sayed, Out Of The Ordinary

    2014-12-16T14:28:00Z

    Egyptian filmmaker Daoud Abdel Sayed talks to Liz Shackleton about working with child actors and tackling the supernatural in his latest film, Out Of The Ordinary, which is premiering at DIFF.

  • Jan-Wllem Van Ewijk
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    Jan-Willem van Ewijk, Atlantic

    2014-12-16T13:08:00Z

    Dutch director Jan-Willem van Ewijk explains to Melanie Goodfellow how a passion for windsurfing in Morocco was the inspiration for his film Atlantic.

  • Toni El Massih
    Features

    Toni El Massih, VOX Cinemas

    2014-12-15T09:57:00Z

    Toni El Massih, director of distribution and film content at pan-Arab exhibitor VOX Cinemas, talks to Melanie Goodfellow about programming screens in the region.

  • electricity agyness deyn
    Features

    The spark of Electricity

    2014-12-14T10:33:00Z

    Director Bryn Higgins and star Agyness Deyn talk about bringing a unique young woman to life in British drama Electricity.

  • Bikas Mishra
    Features

    Bikas Mishra, Four Colours

    2014-12-13T15:43:00Z

    Bikas Ranjan Mishra talks Liz Shackleton through the five-year development and production journey behind his debut feature, Four Colours (Chauranga).

  • Hisham Zaman
    Features

    Hisham Zaman, Letter To The King

    2014-12-12T09:31:00Z

    Oslo-based Hisham Zaman tells Liz Shackleton how he managed to pull together his second feature, Letter To The King, while developing his debut Before Snowfall, and how he won the Dragon award at Goteborg film festival two years in a row.

  • Gianluca Chakra
    Features

    Gianluca Chakra, Front Row Filmed Entertainment

    2014-12-12T09:17:00Z

    Middle East distributor Gianluca Chakra talks about the local penchant for action and horror movies and how he is pinning his hopes on iTunes.

  • Steven Knight on set of Locke with Tom Hardy
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    Steven Knight, Locke

    2014-12-12T09:00:00Z

    Writer-director Steven Knight tells Adam Woodard about a unique on-screen and off-screen journey with Locke, the Tom Hardy drama shot over just eight nights.

  • The Salt of the Earth
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    Wim Wenders & Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, The Salt of the Earth

    2014-12-12T09:00:00Z

    Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado tell Elbert Wyche how they had to beat their own egos on documentary The Salt of the Earth.

  • André Singer
    Features

    André Singer, Night Will Fall

    2014-12-12T09:00:00Z

    André Singer talks to Melanie Goodfellow about his powerful Holocaust documentary, Night Will Fall, which has a groundbreaking broadcast launch on January 27.

  • Fadel Almheiri
    Features

    Fadel Almheiri, Abood Kandaishan

    2014-12-12T05:43:00Z

    Emirati filmmaker Fadel Almheiri explains to Melanie Goodfellow how nostalgia for a bygone way of life in the UAE inspired his tragicomic Abood Kandaishan.

  • Mario G. Haddad
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    Mario G. Haddad, Empire International

    2014-12-12T04:52:00Z

    Mario G. Haddad, CEO of pan-Arab distributor Empire International, talks to Melanie Goodfellow about the Gulf theatrical market, as well as plans for the pan-Arab launch of Emirati feature From A To B.

  • Waleed Al Shehhi
    Features

    Waleed Al Shehhi, Dolphins

    2014-12-12T04:31:00Z

    Emirati filmmaker Waleed Al Shehhi tells Melanie Goodfellow about his passion for Andrei Tarkovsky and how he finally faced his fears and shot his debut feature Dolphins.

  • Nujoom Al Ghanem
    Features

    Nujoom Al Ghanem, Nearby Sky

    2014-12-12T04:25:00Z

    Emirati filmmaker Nujoom Al Ghanem talks to Liz Shackleton about how she worked with trail-blazing camel owner Fatima Ali Alhameli and building a film industry in the Emirates.

  • Chaitanya Tamhane
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    Chaitanya Tamhane, Court

    2014-12-11T16:15:00Z

    Chaitanya Tamhane talks to Liz Shackleton about making his debut feature Court, which won two prizes at this year’s Venice Film Festival.