Doha festival director Fatma Hassan Alremaihi talks about the vision for this year’s ambitious event
”Presenting challenging films with thoughtful framing” is the festival’s mission, says Alremaihi.
‘Lala & Poppy’ filmmakers on bringing the transgender love story to screen
Veteran Indian producer Bobby Bedi and director Kaizad Gustad are behind the feature, which premieres at IFFI.
Philippines billiards drama ‘Bilyarista’ defies the odds to premiere at IFFI
Written and directed by Phil Giordano, it follows a young girl living in the slums of Manila.
Why the filmmakers of Norwegian romantic drama ‘My First Love’ believe the set was” the nicest one ever”
Mari Storstein’s debut fiction feature is now making its world premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights film festival.
"We enable filmmakers to tell creative stories on their own terms,” says IDFA Bertha Fund’s Selin Murat
Selin Murat, former IDFA markets manager, took over the IDFA Bertha Fund earlier this year.
Why Victor Kossakovsky wants ‘Trillion’, about a woman throwing tiny objects into the sea, to only be seen in cinemas
”Documentary as a form of art will exist only when we respect image, not story,” he says.
UK director Samuel Abrahams on mockumentary ‘Lady’, casting Sian Clifford and ‘Saltburn’ comparisons
The mockumentary screens in the first feature competition at Tallinn Black Nights.
“No one stands alone,” says IDFA’s industry head of the festival’s sense of community
Ask Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen, head of industry at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), about the mood among professionals on the eve of this year’s industry programme (November 15-19) and she says there is some wariness but also ” incredible passion” within the sector.
Tallinn industry head Marge Liiske talks rising costs, tackling AI and the importance of children’s films
The industry programme runs November 14-23.
How Sam Pressman is continuing his father’s legacy with a global film slate
Sam is the son of Ed Pressman, the late independent producer who championed the early careers of Oliver Stone, Terrence Malick and Kathryn Bigelow.
“European cinema must broaden its genre range,” says Seville head Manuel Cristóbal
Cristóbal says the Seville European Film Festival is a place where producers come to find out what exhibitors can sell,
John Skoog on why Denis Lavant was the right man to play an iconic Swedish figure in ‘Redoubt’
‘Redoubt’ is based on the true story of man who fortified his house and community against the threat of Soviet invasion during the Cold War.
It’s much more difficult to sell spec scripts now, says ‘American Beauty’ and ‘Six Feet Under’ writer Alan Ball
”I’m not sure any of the people who are greenlighting projects, film or TV, are willing to stick their neck out on something brand new/”
