All Production articles – Page 31
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NewsChilean star Alfredo Castro signs on for Matías Rojas Valencia’s ‘Patas de Perro’ (exclusive)
Rojas Valencia’s third film following ‘Roots’ and ‘A Place Called Dignity’ is based on the 1960 novel by Chilean writer Carlos Droguett
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NewsFilmax unveils Hugo Stuven’s thriller ‘El Nido’; celebrates 70th anniversary at San Sebastian
Spanish sales, distribution, exhibition and production outfit has a line-up of 16 titles in different stages of production.
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NewsThomasin McKenzie, Bill Nighy, James Norton lead IVF film ‘Joy’ for Netflix, Pathe with production underway (exclusive)
Script by Jack Thorne, about the world’s first IVF baby.
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NewsUK's Warner Bros Studios Leavesden to expand and become DC Studios production hub
Ten new sound stages will boost production capacity by 50%.
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FeaturesHow the UK built a winning wave of female arthouse filmmakers
Luna Carmoon’s ‘Hoard’, Mahalia Belo’s ‘The End We Start From’ and Janis Pugh’s ‘Chuck Chuck Baby’ join a long list of heralded debuts.
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FeaturesAnimation and AI: useful tool or existential threat?
“It’s presenting a lot of new opportunities… but it’s going to be disruptive.”
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NewsCanada-based TV executive tipped for top job at Screen Australia (exclusive)
Australia-born Deirdre Brennan is understood to be the choice to replace Graeme Mason.
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NewsWavelength opens London office, names Dan Bowen UK managing director (exclusive)
Bowen produced Nick Cave documentary 20,000 Days On Earth.
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FeaturesWhat are the pros and cons of AI for the independent film sector?
Indie filmmakers are concerned the streaming platforms’ AI-driven algorithms are pushing their movies to the margins – but others welcome the time- and labour-saving opportunities.
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NewsA24’s ‘Past Lives’, TIFF sales package ‘Plane 2: Stowaway’ secure SAG-AFTRA interim agreements
Celine Song’s awards contender is one of the most acclaimed films of the year.
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NewsWelsh government sells Cardiff’s Seren Studios to Great Point Studios
Great Point Media has leased the studio since 2020.
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NewsIndie producers at TIFF voice packaging fears amid SAG-AFTRA interim agreement logjam
“This isn’t just an American strike; it’s a global strike.”
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NewsModern Films’ Eve Gabereau, ‘Flee’ producer Monica Hellstrom selected for ACE Producers Network (exclusive)
Some 18 producers from 17 countries will attend workshops throughout 2023 and 2024.
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FeaturesTIFF Spotlight: Lone Scherfig on shooting ‘The Movie Teller’ in Chile’s Atacama desert
The Danish filmmaker’s latest project was shot in Chile’s Atacama desert
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FeaturesTIFF spotlight: Moritz Mohr and Zainab Azizi on the long road to Midnight Madness entry ‘Boy Kills World’
Boy Kills World stars Bill Skarsgard as deaf-mute martial artist killing machine on revenge mission.
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FeaturesTIFF spotlight: See-Saw’s production ‘One Life’ showcases the wartime heroics of Nicholas Winton
One Life tells the story of Nicholas Winton, a stockbroker who rescued hundreds of children from Nazi Germany
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NewsBectu criticises lack of support for struggling UK crews from US streamers, studios and UK government
With no end to the strikes in sight, there has been little industry enthusiasm for paying out-of-work crew.
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FeaturesRhombus Media head Niv Fichman talks TIFF premiere ‘Seven Veils’, lifelong friendship with Atom Egoyan
Canadian indie veteran also has The Sympathizer for HBO in the works.
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FeaturesFfilm Cymru’s outgoing CEO Pauline Burt on decentralising UK film: “We’ve got quite a way to go”
The Welsh film agency supports films such as ‘Chuck Chuck Baby’ with approximately £5m a year.
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NewsUK producer Paul Trijbits launches joint venture with French outfit Magical Society
The outfit’s first commission is six-part BBC One thriller ’Vidree’, with feature films also in the pipeline.