All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 78
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NewsCPH:DOX to open with Iron Curtain doc
CPH:DOX will open on Nov 5 with the world premiere of Anders Ostergaard’s 1989.
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CommentA new adventure for the Moomins
Tove Jansson’s niece Sophia is part of the team behind a new Moomins feature film (playing at the BFI London Film Festival) that draws on the spirit and style of the author’s classic comic strips.
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NewsHospital Club unveils film and TV honorees
Finalists include Clio Barnard, Alison Owen and Susanna White [pictured], Benedict Cumberbatch, Penny Woolcock, and Pippa Harris.
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Newsro*co launches portal Simple Cinema
Public can host screenings of documentaries using new site.
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NewsSANAD backs nine projects
Abu Dhabi Film Festival’s development and post-production fund awards $500,000 per year.
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NewsAgile launches new development initiative
Screenwriters will write micro-budget ideas for director Max Myers.
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NewsUK production wraps shoot in Cape Verde
BAFTA nominee Robbie McCallum makes feature debut on drama Atlantic Heart.
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FeaturesIceland: Hot talent - a cool dozen
Despite local budget cuts, Iceland’s directors and producers are preparing a slew of exciting projects. Wendy Mitchell talks to 12 of the country’s top talents.
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FeaturesIceland: Baltasar Kormakur & Agnes Johansen, RKV Studios
Film-maker Baltasar Kormakur and his producing partner Agnes Johansen talk to Wendy Mitchell about building RVK Studios, a Reykjavik firm that has global ambitions while staying true to its local roots.
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FeaturesTERRITORY FOCUS: Iceland
Iceland has seen a recent Hollywood boom with projects such as Noah, Game Of Thrones and The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, and local talents are also thriving despite funding challenges. Wendy Mitchell looks at the filmic draw of this unique island nation.
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NewsOnes Below begins shoot with Poesy, Morrissey
David Farr’s psychological thriller starts shooting with Clemence Poesy, David Morrissey, Stephen Campbell Moore and Laura Birn.
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NewsDoha backs 21 projects from 14 countries
The Doha Film Institute has unveiled the spring recipients from its film grants programme, backing 21 projects from 14 countries.
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FeaturesMikkel Norgaard, The Absent One
The Fantastic Fest world premiere is a Danish crime thriller that offers a big scale and more complex topics than the first film in the Department Q series, The Keeper of Lost Causes.
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NewsFilmmakers launch new Iceland festival
A group of film industry veterans is launching a new film festival in Iceland, Stockfish Film Festival.
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News'Montenegro' team plan Berlin TV series
EXCLUSIVE: Alex Holdridge and Linea Saasen, the writer/directors in Toronto with Meet Me in Montenegro, are now writing an ambitious TV series to be set in 1945 post-war Berlin.
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FeaturesOlivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, Samba
The French directing duo follow up their huge hit Intouchables with Samba, starring Omar Sy as an African immigrant in Paris who falls in love with his immigration worker.
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NewsIFFR Live! to kick off with Atlantic
EXCLUSIVE: European cinemas and VOD platforms to host films simultaneously with Rotterdam festival launches.