All Q&A articles – Page 4
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: UK composer Daniel Pemberton talks biggest mistake and ‘Spider-Verse 2’
The Oscar-nominated film composer discusses his messy studio, the upsides of the pandemic and being mistaken for Owen Wilson.
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FeaturesVisions du Réel’s Emilie Bujès talks meeting the challenge of a second pandemic edition
Artistic director Emilie Bujès reveals the struggles and fresh alliances that have come out of hosting a second edition during the virus crisis.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: New Zealand festival director Marten Rabarts on watching whales from his office
The globetrotting film exec turned festival director reflects on a year spent grounded and his formative influences.
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FeaturesScreen awards team debates this year’s Bafta race and who is poised to triumph
Screen’s UK awards team takes the measure of this year’s Bafta film nominations, predicts the winners and looks forward to the 2022 awards.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Israeli producer Ram Bergman talks ‘Knives Out’ spin-off
US-based producer discusses his filmmaking partnership with Rian Johnson and approach to professional mistakes.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Italian producer Alessia Polli’s under-the-radar TV
Transforming a text, admiring Sally Potter and doing contemporary dance to unwind.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Oscar-nominated producer Lynette Howell Taylor
”I would direct it — no way would I leave that in the hands of someone else!”
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FeaturesScreen craft: DoP Tobias A Schliessler on the photos that inspired ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
“We had the cameras in this small room hiding behind a piano.”
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FeaturesScreen craft: Erik Messerschmidt on rebuilding Old Hollywood through the cinematography of ‘Mank’
“By the time [David Fincher] approaches you, he can see how the film would be laid out in his head.”
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FeaturesScreen craft: DoP Mandy Walker on ‘Mulan’ battle scenes, Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis film
“With Yifei Lui’s stunts, we were able to capture her reactions in real time.”
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FeaturesScreen craft: the documentary skills that helped Newton Thomas Sigel shoot Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’
”Today cinematographers have so many more tools than we had when I began.”
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: German producer Fabian Gasmia on persuading his peers to take up yoga
Gasmia on his love for the Berlinale, Euphoria and long walks with his daughter.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Curtis Brown’s Nish Panchal on what he learnt from starting out at BBC Film
”I have always said I’m going to look like Jeff Goldblum when I’m older.”
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FeaturesSXSW’s Janet Pierson on building a festival after “devastating” 2020
”We had to turn away a lot of very, very strong films.”
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FeaturesRotterdam industry head Marit van den Elshout: “We like to break down barriers”
The head of IFFR Pro talks about the need to keep the programme lean and accessible.
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FeaturesRebecca Hall on her Sundance directing debut ‘Passing’: “Identity is hopelessly complex”
”I know that this film was something that I had to do.”
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FeaturesPascual Sisto on Sundance entry ‘John And The Hole’: “Cannes Label… shone a light on the film”
Spanish filmmaker adopted ”realistic, contemporary take on a fable”.
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FeaturesSian Heder on directing Sundance entry ‘CODA’: ‘I learned to sign really fast out of necessity’
Philippe Rousselet, Patrick Wachsberger produced crowd-pleaser.
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FeaturesWhy directing Sundance entry ‘The Most Beautiful Boy In The World’ was like ‘peeling an onion’
Swedish filmmakers Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri discuss the life of former Death In Venice child star Björn Andrésen.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Mike Goodridge talks setting up a production company during the pandemic
Goodridge was formerly editor of Screen International and CEO of Protagonist Pictures.