One on One
Hopscotch Features: John Collee, Frank Cox, Troy Lum and Andrew Mason
Fledgling production company Hopscotch Features is quickly fulfilling its mission to make films in Australia with international reach. Sandy George talks to the four partners.
Candida Brady
UK journalist turned film-maker Candida Brady’s first feature documentary Trashed follows Jeremy Irons on a world tour as he discovers issues surrounding waste. The film screened out of competition in Cannes.
Thomas Vinterberg
Some 14 years after Festen, Thomas Vinterberg is back in Competition at Cannes with his latest drama, The Hunt. It’s been a long road back, he tells Mike Goodridge.
Wayne Blair
Australian director Wayne Blair is in Cannes for the world premiere of his feelgood feature debut The Sapphires, which screens out of competition
Brandon Cronenberg
Brandon Cronenberg, son of David, makes his feature directorial debut with Antiviral in Un Certain Regard, about a man who sells celebrity diseases to the obsessed public. TF1 handles sales.
Sanford Panitch
Fox International Productions president Sanford Panitch tells Jeremy Kay about lessons learned from the company’s 40 films in three years, and its plans for English-language European co-productions.
Rufus Norris
Acclaimed UK theatre director Rufus Norris talks about his directorial debut Broken which is the opening film of Critics’ Week.
Clifford Werber
Clifford Werber of Fluent Entertainment talks about the company’s studio-aligned equity finance model for local-language films, and its new deal with Sony. Jeremy Kay reports.
Amanda Nevill
BFI head Amanda Nevill talks through the thinking behind the BFI’s new five-year plan.
Sergei Yershov
The CEO talks about the unusual but successful business model of US and Russia-based distributor VolgaFilm. Andreas Wiseman reports.
Alix Tidmarsh, Andy Byatt, Amberjack Films
Alix Tidmarsh and Andy Byatt’s new UK production company will make ambitious, entertaining films with a message, with the first project to come out of the company set to be the $20m Dolphin: A 3D Adventure, being sold by Salt at Cannes.
Geoffrey Fletcher
Precious screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher talks about his latest collaboration with Bombay Sapphire on a new short film competition.
Martin Carr and Neil Thompson, Formosa Films
The producers talk about their EIS experiences and their busy slate.
Clifford Werber, Fluent Entertainment
The Fox and Warner Bros veteran talks about a studio-aligned equity finance model for local-language films.
Fred Schepisi
The New York- and Melbourne-based director talks about The Eye of The Storm, his first Australian film in 22 years.
Paul Webster
The veteran UK producer talks about Salmon Fishing In The Yemen’s audience appeal; Jason Statham’s new side in Hummingbird; and Joe Wright’s inventive take on Anna Karenina.
Donald Rice
The writer-director talks about his Tribeca-bound feature directorial debut, Cheerful Weather For The Wedding.
Roland Joffe
Screen talks to the veteran director about the challenges of shooting Singularity and looking ahead to forthcoming films including The Archbishop And The Antichrist.
Lee Hirsch
Fresh from the successful limited release of Bully in the US, director Lee Hirsch talks to Screen about his childhood battle with bullying, the filming of his documentary and the ratings fight with the MPAA.
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog discusses Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life, working with US stars and future projects.
