All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 56
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Features
MIPCOM: Swedish TV outfit Yellow Bird's flight plan
Swedish TV and film production company Yellow Bird is moving beyond its Nordic Noir roots with an ambitious slate mostly for the small screen.
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‘Iron Sky’ director crowdfunds for ‘reptilian Margaret Thatcher’
Finnish director Timo Vuorensola has taken to Indiegogo to fund an additional scene in forthcoming sequel Iron Sky The Coming Race.
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Ken Loach kicks off Film Fest Gent
British director’s Palme d’Or winning film opened the 43rd edition of the festival.
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Flanders NeXT: Family film 'Cloudboy' wins Works In Progress award
New Europe Film Sales is representing the Bel-Swe-Nor-NL co-production.
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Flanders NeXT: Cycling drama 'Coureur' wins pitch prize
The debut feature from Kenneth Mercken triumphed in a field of eight projects.
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'Godless' triumphs at Reykjavik fest
Bulgarian-Danish-French drama previously won festival awards in Locarno and Sarajevo.
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Netflix strikes global VoD deal for 'Burn Burn Burn'
EXCLUSIVE: Chanya Button’s debut feature getting theatrical release in UK via Verve Pictures. Director also talks new projects.
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Scandinavia: CEO changes at SF Studios, Goteborg, Film Vast
It has been a busy week in Scandinavia as new CEOs are appointed at SF Studios and the Goteborg Film Festival, and Film Vast’s popular CEO Tomas Eskildsson announced he will step down.
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Daniel Radcliffe eyes directorial debut
At his Zurich Film Festival masterclass, the 27-year-old British actor also spoke about his role in Greg McLean’s forthcoming Jungle.
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CPH PIX to welcome Davies, Schamus, Escalante, Mikkelsen
EXCLUSIVE: Copenhagen’s festival, in new autumn dates, will show a record 226 features kicking off with Doctor Strange.
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'Olli Maki' wins Golden Eye at Zurich Film Festival
Top brass at the 12th Zurich Film Festival have given the Golden Eye for international feature film to The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Maki, the debut feature by Juho Kuosmanen.
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Inaugural NeXT in Ghent to feature Michael R Roskam project
Roskam’s third feature The Racer And The Jailbird starring Matthias Schoenaerts will be among the line-up.
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Ewan McGregor on 'American Pastoral', Danny Boyle and directing again
McGregor’s directorial debut played at this week’s Zurich Film Festival.
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Oliver Stone: making 'Snowden' was a “desperate venture”
Maverick director discusses funding battle and says “evil” Hillary Clinton deserves “the [biopic] full treatment”.
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Zurich Summit: Snapchat, gaming, VR offer new creative opportunities
Technology represents new opportunities for the creative industries, but that doesn’t mean the robots are taking over.
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'Lion' team reveals journey behind emotional true story
Harvey Weinstein, Iain Canning and Garth Davis discuss Toronto hit which had its European premiere in Zurich on Thursday night [Sept 23].
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Comment
Zurich: Harvey Weinstein says Trump "appeals to the worst in us"
Harvey Weinstein talked Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton at the 12th Zurich Film Festival.
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Le Pacte joins Joachim Trier’s 'Thelma'
EXCLUSIVE: Trier kicks off Oslo shoot with Eili Harboe in lead role.
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Nordic funding goes to Langseth, Ostlund, Utoya massacre doc
Projects backed by Nordic funding bodies range from the next disaster film by the writers of The Wave to a documentary reconstructing the Utoya massacre.
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Features
Toronto interview: 'Occupied' director Erik Skjoldbjærg talks 'Pyromaniac'
Director discusses his sixth feature, which plays this week at TIFF.