Geoffrey Macnab
Geoffrey Macnab covers the UK for Screen.
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Asmae El Moudir lines up first fiction feature ‘Holy Cow’ (exclusive)
El Moudir won the Best Director award in Un Certain Regard last year with her documentary The Mother of All Lies.
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Ido Abram appointed artistic director of Netherlands Film Festival
Dutch industry veteran will work alongside business director Marjolijn Bronkhuyzen.
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Media Luna strikes multi-territory deal on ‘Perdida - Lost Sofia’ (exclusive)
Paris-based Factoris Films buys rights.
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Francesca Archibugi to direct ‘The Italian Chapel’ for Blue Horizon, Greenboo Production (exclusive)
The long-gestating project has revived thanks to the new UK tax credit.
- Features
South Africa is aiming to become a global player in the film and TV sector
South Africa is hoping to entice even more international production partners with its wide range of benefits, both financial and creative.
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Cannes Market brings in measures to alleviate Palais access bottlenecks
Long lines caused frustration over first four days.
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“Systemic racism and prejudice” hampering some international co-productions, says EAVE
There are calls from the Think Tank members for coproduction treaties to be radically revised and rewritten.
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Amsterdam comedy club ‘Boom Chicago’ that launched Seth Meyers and Jordan Peele, to get the doc treatment (exclusive)
Dutch filmmakers Sanne Kortooms and Marte Visser are at the helm.
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Rungano Nyoni talks feeling the pressure with her second film ‘On Becoming A Guinea Fowl’
The feature is showing in Cannes Un Certain Regard
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Key Benelux buyer laments high prices (exclusive)
Pim Hermeling is head of Benelux-based September Films.
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IDFA director unveils festivals symposium to address era of protest
“We need to examine our position so that we are not just relics of the past, protectors of conservative world views,” said Orwa Nyrabia.
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Sergei Loznitsa gears up to shoot Stalin-era drama ’Two Prosecutors’ (exclusive)
Film based on a novel by little known Russian writer Georgy Demidov.
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Claire Simon developing Annie Ernaux feature (exclusive)
The feature doc will look at the reaction of high school and university students to Ernaux’s work.
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Cannes Film Festival welcomes resilient Ukrainian industry
Against heavy odds, fictional films are being made in Ukraine.
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Vue, Andy Paterson, Dimension Studios team for Virtual Circle slate of UK features (exclusive)
Tim Richards’ Vue will release the films directly into its cinemas.
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Cannes 2024: buzz titles from Italy, Spain and the Nordics
As the 2024 Cannes Marche du Film kicks off, Screen highlights the buzz titles ready to entice international buyers.
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Liselot Verbrugge’s Film Harbour sales outfit lines up for vaccine doc ‘Pavilion 6’ (exclusive)
Goran Dević’s Pavilion 6 is a lighthearted look at queuing for a Covid-19 vaccine.
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Cannes Critics’ Week title ‘Baby’ heads to North America (exclusive)
M-Appeal is handling the film by Brazilian director Marcelo Caetano.
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Palestinian-Israeli doc ‘No Other Land’ heads to key territories including UK-Ire, Spain and France (exclusive)
Autlook Filmsales is handling the title that won the Panorama audience award at the Berlinale.
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DNEG 360 and Cambridge Picture Company reveal first project sci-fi thriller ‘Humanoid’ (exclusive)
It is being produced by Ivan Mactaggart’s UK outfit Cambridge Picture Company.