All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 61
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NewsBellander leaves Tre Vanner for StellaNova
The production exec was most recently a producer on Swedish box office hit A Man Called Ove.
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NewsBenedict Cumberbatch boards Buddhism doc
EXCLUSIVE: Benedict Cumberbatch will narrate Marc J Francis and Max Pugh’s feature documentary about Thich Nhat Hanh.
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NewsKeanu Reeves joins comedy series 'Swedish Dicks'
EXCLUSIVE: Reeves reunites with his former Constantine co-star Peter Stormare in the Viaplay original series.
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NewsCar racing sequel 'Borning 2-On Ice' gets Nordisk Fond backing
The racing sequel received the fund’s biggest grant in its latest round.
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NewsUN thriller, transgender drama among Swedish Film Institute grantees
Fares Fares thriller The Nile Hilton Incident gets top grant of $1.3m while Ben Kingsley and Theo James thriller also among those backed.
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News'Letter To The King' director Zaman plans Armenia story
EXCLUSIVE: Letter To The King and Before Snowfall director Hisham Zaman has two films in post and plans to shoot in Armenia in 2017.
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NewsJames Schamus: Gulf can learn from China's box-office boom
James Schamus delivers masterclass in Doha, touching on the need to build a movie-going culture in the Gulf and how Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon established the modern international blockbuster.
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NewsJames Schamus working on projects from 'micro' to 'quite huge'
EXCLUSIVE: Former Focus Features executive James Schamus is building a busy but bespoke slate at his new company Symbolic Exchange, including a TV project with European partners.
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NewsQumra's class of 2015 see boost for their films
As Qumra kicks off its second edition with 33 new projects selected (see the full list here), here are updates from several projects selected for the inaugural edition in 2015.Degrade, Arab and Tarzan Abunasser’s story of 12 women in a Gaza hair salon, was selected for ...
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NewsQumra kicks off in Doha with key industry in attendance
Netflix, Sundance and EFM are among new delegates attending the second edition of the DFI’s Qumra.
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Comment'London Has Fallen' interns hail "life-changing" experience
Lionsgate teamed up with charity Films Without Borders to offer internships on the Gerard Butler-starring sequel.
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NewsAlexander Payne’s 'Downsizing' gets Norwegian grant
Downsizing and The Snowman receive Norway’s new Incentive Scheme grants, with the latter securing $4.6m.
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NewsIceland’s Stockfish showcases hot works-in-progress
Animation, TV adaptations and documentaries among highlighted projects.
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NewsTheo James, Ben Kingsley head to Copenhagen for corruption thriller
EXCLUSIVE: Copenhagen Film Fund backs Per Fly’s Backstabbing For Beginners.
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Comment'Sicario' composer: get music into the DNA of a film
Oscar nominee Johann Johannsson spoke about collaborating with Denis Villeneueve on a panel at Stockfish Film Festival .
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NewsLouis & Nolan shoot for the moon
EXCLUSIVE: Maipo Film is now readying the third film in the animated Louis & Nolan franchise, Louis & Nolan: Mission To The Moon.
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NewsSteve Box to helm 'Moomins' series
Box, who won an Oscar for The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, will direct a new series based on the classic childrens’ animation.
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NewsSchamus, Oppenheimer join Qumra
Event also announces numerous industry attendees for 2016 edition.
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NewsTruenorth, Mystery pact for eight-strong slate
EXCLUSIVE: Icelandic companies plan joint slate of Icelandic and English-language films including Óskar Jónasson’s Habeus Corpus.
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NewsDenmark's Profile Pictures readies 'Darkland' shoot
Denmark’s Profile Pictures, which launches its debut feature Shelley [pictured] at Berlin, will next month begin shooting Darkland - a masked avenger story set in a gang environment in Copenhagen.