All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 28
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NewsMalou Reymann’s ‘A Perfectly Normal Family’ moves into Benelux (exclusive)
The film, inspired by the director’s own life, is about a girl whose relationship with her father changes when he transitions from male to female.
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NewsLouverture Films teams up with US producer Karin Chien (exclusive)
Joslyn Barnes and Chien’s first collaboration is an upcoming installation project by Academy Award nominee RaMell Ross.
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NewsLevelK boards English-language family adventure ‘Faunutland’ (exclusive)
Marcus Ovnell directs from a script he wrote with Jenny Lampa. The pair also produce for Sweden’s Phelecan Films.
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NewsYellow Affair boards Berlinale selection ‘Kids Run’ (exclusive)
Barbara Ott writes and directs.
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NewsTrine Dyrholm to star in Charlotte Sieling’s historical epic ‘Margrete – Queen Of The North’
The big-budget production will start shooting on March 2, with a premiere planned for spring 2021.
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NewsNine out of 10 UK film, TV workers experienced mental health problem, study reveals
Film & TV Charity raising £3m for urgent industry-led, two-year action plan to address issues.
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NewsCinephil picks up Victor Kossakovsky’s ‘Gunda’ ahead of Berlinale premiere (exclusive)
Farm animal documentary to screen in Berlin’s new Encounters competition.
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NewsWoody Harrelson, Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean to star in Ruben Östlund’s ‘Triangle Of Sadness’
BBC Films and BFI are backing the new film from the Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker.
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NewsNostradamus report predicts chaotic future for global film and TV industries
Annual report into the future of the screen industries and was unveiled at the Goteborg Film Festival.
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NewsNorway’s ‘Beware Of Children’ wins world’s largest film prize in Goteborg
Buzzy works-in-progress presentations include Lamb from Iceland and The Innocents from Norway.
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NewsSyndicado boards Rotterdam premiere ‘Meanwhile On Earth’ (exclusive)
Funerary industry doc directed by Carl Olsson.
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NewsREinvent boards sales for Swedish horror ‘The Other Side’ (exclusive)
Pre-sales to begin at Berlin’s European Film Market.
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NewsSF Studios shuts in-house sales division as it pacts with REinvent
SF Studios International will close this week.
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Features“It would be complicated for a transgender woman to go back and play a man”: Malou Reymann on casting ‘A Perfectly Normal Family’
Malou Reymann’s ‘A Very Normal Family’ is screening at both IFFR and Goteburg.
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FeaturesHow North Macedonia’s ‘Honeyland’ has already made Oscar history
Oscar nominated in both the documentary and international feature categories, Honeyland has made its makers and its country of origin — North Macedonia — proud.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Göteborg festival’s Jonas Holmberg on his love of Jacques Demy
The artistic director of Göteborg Film Festival on leaving the cinema as a changed person, annual trips to Bergman’s island and his pride in a gender-equal programme.
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NewsAlma Pöysti to play Moomins creator Tove Jansson in biopic ‘Tove’ (exclusive)
The film is set in the 1940s and 50s.
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NewsPicture Tree boards Finnish drama ‘Helene’ starring Laura Birn (exclusive)
Directed by Antti Jokkinen, the biopic is about Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck.
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Features42 European films to tempt festival directors in 2020
The hot productions from France, Benelux, Nordics, Italy, Germany, Spain, Greece, Central and Eastern Europe, and Russia.
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NewsGoteborg film festival to kick off gender-balanced programme with ‘Psychosis In Stockholm’
50% of its programme will be comprised of films directed by women.