All Q&A articles – Page 41

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    Hopscotch Features: John Collee, Frank Cox, Troy Lum and Andrew Mason

    2012-05-24T09:41:00Z

    Fledgling production company Hopscotch Features is quickly fulfilling its mission to make films in Australia with international reach. Sandy George talks to the four partners.

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    Candida Brady

    2012-05-23T15:06:00Z

    UK journalist turned film-maker Candida Brady’s first feature documentary Trashed follows Jeremy Irons on a world tour as he discovers issues surrounding waste. The film screened out of competition in Cannes.

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    Thomas Vinterberg

    2012-05-20T06:30:00Z

    Some 14 years after Festen, Thomas Vinterberg is back in Competition at Cannes with his latest drama, The Hunt. It’s been a long road back, he tells Mike Goodridge.

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    Wayne Blair

    2012-05-18T09:52:00Z

    Australian director Wayne Blair is in Cannes for the world premiere of his feelgood feature debut The Sapphires, which screens out of competition

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    Brandon Cronenberg

    2012-05-18T09:36:00Z

    Brandon Cronenberg, son of David, makes his feature directorial debut with Antiviral in Un Certain Regard, about a man who sells celebrity diseases to the obsessed public. TF1 handles sales.

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    Sanford Panitch

    2012-05-18T07:05:00Z

    Fox International Productions president Sanford Panitch tells Jeremy Kay about lessons learned from the company’s 40 films in three years, and its plans for English-language European co-productions.

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    Rufus Norris

    2012-05-16T14:14:00Z

    Acclaimed UK theatre director Rufus Norris talks about his directorial debut Broken which is the opening film of Critics’ Week.

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    Clifford Werber

    2012-05-16T07:03:00Z

    Clifford Werber of Fluent Entertainment talks about the company’s studio-aligned equity finance model for local-language films, and its new deal with Sony. Jeremy Kay reports.

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    Amanda Nevill

    2012-05-14T11:01:00Z

    BFI head Amanda Nevill talks through the thinking behind the BFI’s new five-year plan.

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    Sergei Yershov

    2012-05-11T09:22:00Z

    The CEO talks about the unusual but successful business model of US and Russia-based distributor VolgaFilm. Andreas Wiseman reports.

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    Alix Tidmarsh, Andy Byatt, Amberjack Films

    2012-05-09T14:35:00Z

    Alix Tidmarsh and Andy Byatt’s new UK production company will make ambitious, entertaining films with a message, with the first project to come out of the company set to be the $20m Dolphin: A 3D Adventure, being sold by Salt at Cannes.

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    Geoffrey Fletcher

    2012-05-04T10:07:00Z

    Precious screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher talks about his latest collaboration with Bombay Sapphire on a new short film competition.

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    Martin Carr and Neil Thompson, Formosa Films

    2012-05-04T10:04:00Z

    The producers talk about their EIS experiences and their busy slate.

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    Clifford Werber, Fluent Entertainment

    2012-05-03T06:23:00Z

    The Fox and Warner Bros veteran talks about a studio-aligned equity finance model for local-language films.

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    Fred Schepisi

    2012-04-26T06:11:00Z

    The New York- and Melbourne-based director talks about The Eye of The Storm, his first Australian film in 22 years.

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    Donald Rice

    2012-04-19T07:28:00Z

    The writer-director talks about his Tribeca-bound feature directorial debut, Cheerful Weather For The Wedding.

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    Paul Webster

    2012-04-19T06:13:00Z

    The veteran UK producer talks about Salmon Fishing In The Yemen’s audience appeal; Jason Statham’s new side in Hummingbird; and Joe Wright’s inventive take on Anna Karenina.

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    Lee Hirsch

    2012-04-05T10:39:00Z

    Fresh from the successful limited release of Bully in the US, director Lee Hirsch talks to Screen about his childhood battle with bullying, the filming of his documentary and the ratings fight with the MPAA.

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    Roland Joffe

    2012-04-05T06:32:00Z

    Screen talks to the veteran director about the challenges of shooting Singularity and looking ahead to forthcoming films including The Archbishop And The Antichrist.

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    Werner Herzog

    2012-03-29T16:29:00Z

    Werner Herzog discusses Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life, working with US stars and future projects.