All Q&A articles – Page 45

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    Venice 2011: Ami Caanan Mann

    2011-09-10T15:55:00Z

    Director Ami Caanan Mann’s second directorial effort, Texas Killing Fields is an elegant crime thriller inspired from a real life crime phenomenon known as the Killing Fields, an area outside a small Texas town where nearly 60 bodies were dumped.

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    Toronto 2011: Guy Maddin

    2011-09-10T10:17:00Z

    Iconic Canadian director Guy Maddin is presenting his latest mind-bending opus Keyhole here as a Special Presentation.

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    Toronto 2011: Michael Winterbottom

    2011-09-09T08:27:00Z

    The prolific English director returns to TIFF (where he has shown many of his films, including 2010’s The Trip), with his first India-set film, Trisha.

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    Toronto 2011: Gary Hustwit

    2011-09-09T08:24:00Z

    The New York City-based director is in Toronto to present the world premiere of his city design documentary Urbanized, the third film is his design trilogy after Helvetica and Objectified.

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    Moira Buffini

    2011-09-08T13:01:00Z

    As Ruby Films’ Jane Eyre opens in UK cinemas this weekend, the film’s screenwriter Moira Buffini speaks to Screen about the pleasure - and pressure - of adapting a much loved-classic.

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    Toronto 2011: Nick Broomfield

    2011-09-08T09:02:00Z

    British documentary film-maker Nick Broomfield talks to Jeremy Kay about the challenges of making Sarah Palin - You Betcha! which world premieres in Toronto.

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    David Cronenberg

    2011-09-02T10:22:00Z

    David Cronenberg talks about the lure of Freud and Jung in his new film A Dangerous Method.

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    Kate Ogborn and Lisa Marie Russo

    2011-09-01T12:15:00Z

    Producers Kate Ogborn and Lisa Marie Russo joined forces in 2009 to form their production company Fly Films. They chat to Screen about their upcoming projects, their passion for artists and the benefits of working in a pair.

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    Wei Te-sheng, director of Warrior of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale

    2011-09-01T12:06:00Z

    The Taiwanese filmmaker talks about the unique financing and production process of his Venice competition film Warrior of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, which is billed as the biggest-ever Taiwanese production.

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    Lucky McKee

    2011-08-25T10:39:00Z

    American director Lucky McKee talks to Screen about the controversy surrounding his latest film, The Woman, writing with Jack Ketchum, and why he really wants to make a romantic comedy.

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    Maryam Keshavarz

    2011-08-25T10:35:00Z

    Writer and director Maryam Keshavarz talks about Circumstance, her directorial debut that stars newcomers Nikohl Boosheri, Sarah Kazemy and Reza Sixo Safai. The film premiered at Sundance earlier this year where it won the audience award.

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    Heather Stewart, BFI

    2011-08-18T13:52:00Z

    The new creative director of public programme at the BFI talks to Screen about the changing role of the BFI and her long term plans for the organisation.

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    Mike Downey and Sam Taylor

    2011-08-18T12:06:00Z

    F&ME producers Mike Downey and Sam Taylor talk about the new projects on their slate, plans for expansion and why having an international outlook is the key to their success.

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    Brunson Green

    2011-08-11T09:13:00Z

    Producer Brunson Green of Harbinger Pictures talks to Jeremy Kay about adapting international bestseller The Help into an Academy Award hopeful.

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    Michael Axelgaard and Matthew Holt

    2011-08-04T11:04:00Z

    The director and writer/producer duo talk about their debut feature Hollow, a found-footage horror film that has just received its world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal.

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    Zhang Weiping

    2011-07-28T12:07:00Z

    The Beijing-based producer talks about Zhang Yimou’s upcoming Heroes Of Nanking, starring Christian Bale, which FilmNation is handling internationally.

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    Galt Niederhoffer

    2011-07-21T11:49:00Z

    Producer Galt Niederhoffer talks to Jeremy Kay about Robot & Frank, starring Frank Langella and Liv Tyler, the first feature to come out of new venture Park Pictures Features.

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    Beeban Kidron

    2011-07-14T11:25:00Z

    UK film director Beeban Kidron tells Screen why she believes the fate of the future of cinema may lie with FILMCLUB, the after-school film club charity of which she is deputy chair. 

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    Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley, Number 9 Films

    2011-07-07T10:28:00Z

    Number 9 producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen talk to Screen about Mike Newell’s adaptaiton of Great Expectations and the challenges of running an independent production company in the UK.

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    Nuno Bernardo

    2011-07-07T10:13:00Z

    Cross-platform producer Nuno Bernardo talks to Screen about the opportunites afforded by transmedia and his work on Noel Clarke comedy The Knot.