All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 117
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FeaturesLouise Vesth, Zentropa Films
Zentropa producer Louise Vesth, who is busy readying Lars von Trier’s controversial Nymphomaniac, as well as kicking off a new series of crime thrillers with The Keeper Of Lost Causes, speaks to Wendy Mitchell.
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NewsStealth Media boards Ben Hopkins' Epic
EXCLUSIVE: Stealth Media Group has come on board to handle international sales for Ben Hopkins’ Epic, now shooting in Georgia.
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NewsTrustNordisk kicks off pre-sales on new Lukas Moodysson film
Story is about three teenage girls in 1980s Stockholm.
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NewsJane Campion to lead Cannes short jury
Jane Campion will head the Cinéfondation and Short Film Jury of the 66th Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsNick Taussig, Paul Van Carter set up UK production company
EXCLUSIVE: The pair, which had been at Revolver/Gunslinger, kick off Salon Pictures with slate including James Nunn LA-set thriller, Churchill project, teen thriller and bare-knuckle fighting biopic.
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CommentSong For Marion comes home
It was something of a homecoming for Song for Marion writer/director Paul Andrew Williams and producer Ken Marshall as they brought the film back to County Durham, where it shot.
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NewsNew Europe takes on sales for Porterfield's Darker
Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales has taken on worldwide rights to Matt Porterfield’s I Used To Be Darker, which premiered in Sundance’s NEXT programme and will screen in the Berlinale’s Forum section.
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NewsBAFTA and ICO launch theatrical screenings of nominated shorts
Package will launch April 12 at London’s ICA.
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NewsSotomayor, Klimiewicz pact for short film
Dominga Sotomayor [pictured], one of last year’s Rotterdam Tiger winners for Thursday Till Sunday, is co-writing and co-directing a new short film, The Time Before, with European Film Award winner Katarzyna Klimiewicz.
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NewsCuracao festival starts new regional competition
As it heads into its second year, the Curacao International Film Festival Rotterdam is starting a new competition for emerging talents from region around the Caribbean Sea.
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NewsUK producers in Rotterdam Lab offer thriller Sirocco, adaptation Bed
As the 13th edition of the Rotterdam Lab gets underway tomorrow (Jan 26), a number of British producers are discussing projects including a new thriller written by Donkey Punch’s David Bloom, feature documentary Driven, and Warp Films’ adaptation of David Whitehouse’s Bed.
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CommentRotterdam: Hearing new African voices
New York-based film-maker Jeremy Teicher talks about his Senegal-set Tall As The Baobab Tree.
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CommentRotterdam opens with a bang...and a Bastard
A stylish local film, opening night speeches that were (gasp!) entertaining and a cloud installation get the 42nd IFFR started in style.
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FeaturesMichael Noer, Northwest
Michael Noer’s Northwest, which premieres at Rotterdam and Göteborg, explores life in a crime-ridden Copenhagen neighbourhood. The director tells Wendy Mitchell about the search for truth in his characters.
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NewsKate Gerova departs Soda to join Birds Eye View
Birds Eye View founder and chief executive Rachel Millward will continue at helm; organisation eyes international expansion and more industry involvement.
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NewsK5 takes on Sundance picks Mother of George and Narco Cultura
K5 continues close ties with producers Parts & Labor.