All Q&A articles
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FeaturesTallinn’s industry head looks forward to presenting projects, talking AI and debating funding sources
The Tallinn industry programme closed attendance applications early for the first time.
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NewsAcademy CEO Bill Kramer on internationalising the US awards body
As part of the drive, the Student Academy Awards are being held in London tonight for the first time.
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Features‘Eno’ director on the film’s innovative generative AI engine and how it could work on streaming
Sundance title ‘Eno’ plays a different version each time the film screens.
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FeaturesDrew Simon of FilmNation label Infrared talks early strategy: “I want to make clutter-busters” (exclusive)
“We saw an opportunity to deliver action movies, comedy movies, thrillers, sci fi and horror.”
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FeaturesMara Gourd-Mercado on developing CPH:DOX’s industry activities
Documentary festival’s new head of industry and training talks raising money and creating a safe space for discussions.
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Features“Does life have a purpose?”: Max Kestner ponders the themes of his CPH:DOX opener ‘Life And Other Problems’
“If science says ‘communities are not real’, I would try to argue against it.”
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News‘Thelma’ director Josh Margolin on Sundance “ode” to his grandmother, what June Squibb told Richard Roundtree
Premieres selection screens again on Saturday night, throughout the week.
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NewsXYZ Films execs talk “milestone” Sundance with two docs from ambitious division, tease Bigfoot project (exclusive)
Skywalkers: A Love Story, Never Look Away both premiere on Thursday.
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FeaturesKetchup Entertainment CEO Gareth West talks ‘Memory’, shift into distribution
”We will be driven by whatever is good in the marketplace each year.”
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Features“Be kind, attentive, and not an asshole”: Industry@Tallinn’s Marge Liiske sets the tone for Black Nights platform
Industry head Marge Liiske talks bringing new participants to the platform, and continued high costs.
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FeaturesTallinn director Tiina Lokk on running a festival amid global conflicts: “I have to be ready for everything”
Lokk talks about global tensions around Gaza; plus how she programmed Banksy for the opening night.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Elevation Pictures’ Laurie May on cold plunges, Bono, and the book she gives to staff
”We’re hybrid but I love when we’re in the office because you just want that energy.”
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FeaturesTIFF CEO Cameron Bailey: ‘We will remind the industry why movies matter and why independent film matters’
Head of North America’s largest film festival on strike impact, line-up highlights, what makes TIFF unique.
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NewsPressman Film CEO Sam Pressman and Matthew Tierney talk filmmaking and AI
“The only way to really understand what it is is to play with it.”
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FeaturesThe Dardenne brothers talk upcoming projects, diversity at Cannes and return to cinemas
The two-time Palme d’Or winners are in South Korea with ‘Tori And Lokita’.
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Features“We make filmmakers feel less lonely”, says new Jeonju Project head Park Taejoon
The Korean producer worked with Bong Joon Ho on ‘Mother’ and ‘Snowpiercer’.
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FeaturesFremantle’s global drama CEO Christian Vesper outlines “nascent” film strategy
In 2023, Fremantle expects to surpass the 100 series and 17 films it made last year.
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FeaturesSundance breakout Chloe Domont on ‘Fair Play’: “I wanted to reckon with unresolved feelings from my past”
Director talks ”unsettling link between female empowerment and male fragility”, finance jargon, next project.
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Features“British filmmakers should resist becoming homogenised by the US streamers,” says Carol Morley
The UK director is at the Black Nights festival with new film ‘Typist Artist Pirate King’.
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FeaturesTallinn Black Nights director Tiina Lokk on creating an international festival on a tight budget
Founder and long-time festival director talks crisis guidelines, budget boost and a new section.