All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 69
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NewsLasseter wows Cannes with Pixar, Disney footage
John Lasseter, animation guru and Chief Creative Officer at both Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios, gave a special presentation of the companies’ upcoming slate in Cannes today.
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NewsCopenhagen Film Fund eyeing another Working Title project
The Copenhagen Film Fund is in talks for another project with Working Title, after they recently collaborated on The Danish Girl by Tom Hooper.
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NewsGood news for women in film in Norway, Sweden
In a Cannes year where women (from their shoes to their films) have been making headlines, the Norwegians and Swedes are quietly celebrating some big gains in gender equality in their film industries.
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NewsBFI opens up co-pro development funding
EXCLUSIVE: Fund will earmark £250,000 per year of its existing funding toward support for co-productions at the development stage.
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CommentHitchcock and Truffaut: Meeting of the minds
Truffaut or Hitchcock? How about both. Kent Jones’ Hitchcock/Truffaut, premiering in Cannes Classics and sold by Cohen Media Group, will be a must see for any true cinephile in Cannes.
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FeaturesMagnus von Horn, 'The Here After'
The Sweden-born, Poland-based director talks about his debut feature in Directors Fortnight.
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CommentAndrew Morgan: Fashioning a new business model
Andrew Morgan talks about his Cannes Market premiere The True Cost, executive produced by Livia Firth.
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CommentMary McGuckian talks Eileen Gray
Nearly 40 years after her death, 2015 looks like the year of Eileen Gray, the designer, modernist and architect behind E1027.
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CommentGrimur Hákonarson, Rams
The Icelandic director talks about his Un Certain Regard selection, set in a remote farming community.
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FeaturesJoachim Trier, 'Louder Than Bombs'
Norwegian director Joachim Trier tells Wendy Mitchell about his first English-language feature, Louder Than Bombs, a father-son drama that elevates him into Cannes Competition
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News'Memories On Stone', 'Chinese Mayor' lead RiverRun prizes
David Gordon Green returns to his alma mater to present Manglehorn; local newcomers impress with Homeless feature.
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CommentStanley Nelson talks burden of history, power of crowdfunding
RiverRun honoree talks about crowdfunding support for theatrical launch of The Black Panthers: Vanguard Of The Revolution.
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CommentAn Appalachian 'Journey'
One of the audience hits at this year’s RiverRun International Film Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina is Chris Gallaway’s documentary The Long Start To The Journey.
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News'The Elite', 'Virgin Mountain' win in Copenhagen
Thomas Daneskov’s low-budget DIY drama The Elite (Eliten) has won the New Talent Grand PIX at Copenhagen’s CPH PIX.
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News‘Elite’ showcases Denmark’s new DIY spirit
A number of emerging Danish filmmakers are embracing a new DIY attitude, as evidenced by some exciting debuts at Copenhagen’s CPH PIX festival this week. It might not be an identifiable new wave, but it marks a new ethos.
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CommentThe sound of CPH PIX
A Bob Hund concert and a Foley demonstration show Copenhagen’s embrace of sound work.
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NewsiRep explores digital age for documentaries
Lagos, Nigeria’s iRep, one of Africa’s few documentary-specific film festivals, has closed its fifth anniversary edition showing more than 40 films curated around themes and issues in Africa.
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NewsCPH PIX mourns Thure Munkholm
Copenhagen’s CPH PIX is mourning the death of its head of programming Thure Monkholm, who has died at the age of 36.
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NewsSeyi Babatope shooting Nollywood’s first family film
EXCLUSIVE: Director also plans to shoot sequel to When Love Happens in London later this year.
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News'Bridgend', 'Madding Crowd' to bookend CPH PIX
Copenhagen’s CPH PIX (April 9-22) will be bookended by films from two Danish directors shooting in the UK – Jeppe Ronde’s Welsh teen suicide drama Bridgend [pictured] and Thomas Vinterberg’s Thomas Hardy adaptation, Far From The Madding Crowd.