Interview
FilmNation building
FilmNation’s Glen Basner and Aaron Ryder reveal to Jeremy Kay their recipe for success: whip up commercial productions, add a sales roster from leading directors, and feed a network of international distribution partners
Most wanted
Stephen and Simon Cornwell, the sons of writer John le Carré, tell Screen why their company Ink Factory (with Rhodri Thomas) is following the models used by Unknown and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy to produce a slate of upscale thrillers with global appeal out of Europe
Independent streak
Steve Bersch leads the formidable Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions team, which has made its mark on numerous indie hits in recent years. He tells Screen what they will be looking for at Toronto.
Special relationship
UK marketing outfit FIVE33 has been making waves on both sides of the Atlantic. CEO Emily Castel talks about the company’s global ambitions.
Warp speeds ahead
UK production outfit Warp Films has a reputation for innovative, low-budget film-making. Now the 10-year-old company is shifting up a gear with international partners, bigger budgets and intriguing titles.
Where money finds talent
The film finance department at CAA is thriving as the agents work as strategic consultants to high-net-worth individuals, gaining investment for mid-range projects. Screen talks to Roeg Sutherland and Micah Green.
In their Element
Ireland’s Element Pictures is ramping up its international co-production activity and is increasing its focus on Irish distribution. As the firm marks its 10th anniversary, Screen talks to Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe and Lee Magiday
The world from Wilshire
UTA independent film group is using its international insight to connect film-makers to innovative financing partners. Screen talks to Rena Ronson and Rich Klubeck about comedies, co-productions and Cannes
Tarak Ben Ammar
Quinta Communications chief Tarak Ben Ammar talks about his role in the recent popular uprising in Tunisia and what he believes are the implications for the Arab entertainment business
The prize fighters
David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman, who together run Mandeville Films and Television, tell Jeremy Kay about the challenges of bringing two wildly different projects — The Fighter and The Muppets — to the screen
Taking the stage
Cross Creek Pictures, a new film fund backed by US oil and gas players, has jumped onto Hollywood’s radar with its first investment, Black Swan. Its president, Brian Oliver, tells Mike Goodridge the company’s gameplan
A new sphere
Launched at the AFM, the Hemisphere Media Capital fund is utilising Japanese partners to invest in studio films. Liz Shackleton talks to co-founder Jean-Luc De Fanti
Parallel lives
Arguably India’s biggest film star, Aamir Khan has had a prolific year as a producer, with Peepli Live named this year’s Indian Oscar submission. But he also chose to star in his latest production Dhobi Ghat and, Khan tells Mike Goodridge, he wants his fanbase to know what to expect when ...
World Exclusive
Nigel Sinclair and Guy East talk to Mike Goodridge about building Exclusive Media Group, now in its third year of operations, into a diversified global operation for the digital age
Exclusive's Nigel Sinclair and Guy East
Nigel Sinclair and Guy East talk to Mike Goodridge about building Exclusive Media Group, now in its third year of operations, into a diversified global operation for the digital age
Graham King
With two mega-budget films in production under a new deal at Sony Pictures and the launch of their own distribution outfit, FilmDistrict, Graham King and his business partner Tim Headington have become Hollywood’s most ambitious empire-builders.
Festival Scope
An online service is looking to help rights holders and festivals to take their films to a wider industry viewing base.
Ealing hands
One of the UK’s most commercially successful producers, Ealing Studios chief Barnaby Thompson has ambitious plans to bring a slate of big-budget commercial films to the independent marketplace. Geoffrey Macnab reports.
Profile: Vertigo Films
The success of StreetDance 3D has given UK producer-distributor Vertigo Films ambitions for larger-scale films. Wendy Mitchelltalks to Rupert Preston and James Richardson.
Profile: Razor Film
Roman Paul and Gerhard Meixner’s Razor Film has become one of the most prolific production houses in Europe. The principals tell Mike Goodridge how they got there.
A New Hope
George Lucas talks to Conor Dignam and a group of young film-makers about the technological changes revolutionising the film industry and how opportunity for all means the end of the studio system.
George Lucas Q&A
The Films Without Borders participants quiz George Lucas on the lessons learned from a lifetime in film
The content converters
Run by Mark Ordesky and Ileen Maisel, former senior production executives at New Line Cinema, with New Line stablemate Jane Fleming and documentary film-maker Lawrence Elman, Amber Entertainment is combining new film paradigms with old. The principals talked to Mike Goodridge.
The bigger picture
Blacklight Transmedia has ambitious plans to create original franchises that can be exploited across multiple platforms ? and has a rare first-look deal with Imagine Entertainment. Jeremy Kay reports.
Life in public
DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg talks to Mike Goodridge about the DWA business model, the attention the company pays to international distribution, the relationship with Paramount and the pressures of running a public company
Local films from a global giant
Fox Filmed Entertainment’s two-year-old local production unit, Fox International Productions (FIP), started the year with local hits in China and India. President Sanford Panitch tells Jeremy Kay about FIP’s expanding ambitions
The bridge builder
The veteran producer tells Jeremy Kay about his 100th film, partnering with Imagenation and why he wants to make connections between east and west
Choosing wisely
In the two years since it was founded, WestEnd Films has prospered in backing titles which have scored theatrical sales in a tough global marketplace. The principals talk to Geoffrey Macnab.
The new internationalist
With ambitious plans to build on Bavaria Film’s successful local film-production activities, the company’s head tells Martin Blaney why he believes international co-productions are the key to its future
Setting the pace
WME Global, the packaging, financing and distribution consultancy arm of William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, is paying close attention to new distribution models. Jeremy Kay speaks to division head Graham Taylor and his team.
Hitting a Homerun
Daniel Yun is galvanising the Singapore film community with his latest venture — Homerun Pictures. He tell Liz Shackleton how he is setting up film funds with China and Australia and launching an international sales outfit
Passion Projects
Passion Pictures’ John Battsek and Red Box Films’ Simon Chinn talk to Sarah Cooper about their new UK producing partnership formed for Oscar winner James Marsh’s next film
A French Legende
With new films from Olivier Dahan, Roselyne Bosch and Forest Whitaker in the pipeline, Alain Goldman — one of France’s leading producers — tells Nancy Tartaglione his recipe for international film-making
From Paris with love
Paris-based EuropaCorp has cemented its early standing as one of the world’s most prolific vertically integrated film outfits. Pierre-Ange Le Pogam talks to Mike Goodridge about the company he co-founded with Luc Besson, how it has achieved global profile from a distinctively French base and its next steps
A route to funding
Rebecca O’Brien, Ken Loach’s long-time producer, says raising film financing in the UK has became complicated and expensive. She talks to Sarah Cooper about why she turned to France to fund Loach’s latest project, Route Irish.
In the loop
At a time when the BBC’s prosperous film arm is one of the UK’s only stable ports of call for independent producers, its new creative director talks to Geoffrey Macnab about her editorial and commissioning strategy and her debut slate.
The Station agents
Berlin-based producer Egoli Tossell Film has comfortably ramped up its activities to focus on $10m-$22m international films, scoring initial success this autumn with Michael Hoffman’s The Last Station. Martin Blaney reports
Hollywood Middle East
Imagenation Abu Dhabi has laid the groundwork to become a major backer of international features, striking partnerships with three well-capitalised US independents to co-finance slates of films. Chief executive Edward Borgerding and COO Stefan Brunner talk strategy with Mike Goodridge
Chile heat
Oscar-winning Spanish director Fernando Trueba unveiled his first new dramatic feature in seven years, the Chile-set The Dancer And The Thief, at San Sebastian last month. Chris Evans reports
Imax Transformed
As exhibitors and studios alike strive to make the theatrical experience one worth leaving the house for, the long-struggling Imax Corp is finally finding its groove and is set to go into the black for the first time. Jeremy Kay spoke to CEO
The Eagle has landed
Duncan Kenworthy is one of the UK’s biggest producers, with three Richard Curtis blockbusters to his name - but he hasn’t produced a film since 2003.Matt Mueller caught up with him on the Hungarian location shoot of his long-cherished film, The Eagle Of The Ninth.
Distribution: A Love Story
Overture Films has emerged as one of the main ports of call for independent films looking for US distribution. Key executives Chris McGurk, Danny Rosett and Peter Adee talk to Mike Goodridge about their coming of age
Studio Braun in independent arena
Studio veteran Wolfgang Braun talks to Martin Blaney about the challenges of his new role as head of recently galvanized German distributor Kinowelt
The great entertainer
Ivan Reitman has directed some of the biggest comedies of the last 30 years,but he is more focused these days on producing films for the likes of hisson Jason and auteur Atom Egoyan, writes Denis Seguin.
All things bright and beautiful
As Bright Star prepares to open in cinemas around the world, its veteran Australian producer Jan Chapman tells Sandy George about her immersive and committed approach to film-making.
Meadows takes five
Film-maker Shane Meadows tells Sarah Cooper about his latest feature, Le Donk & Scor-Zay-Zee, shot over five days for a mere $75,000
One world
In just two years, Patrice Theroux has built E1 into a successful independent multi-territory distribution network thanks to choice acquisitions of both companies and films.
Making Neds
Seven years after he won the Golden Lion for his directorial debut, Peter Mullan is back in the director’s chair, filming Neds in Glasgow. He talks to ScreenDaily about the 1973-set story and its influences
Keeping the edge
The Fortissimo Films chief — now steering the company alone after his partner Wouter Barendrecht died earlier this year — tells Liz Shackleton how he and his team are adjusting their strategy in a tough international sales market
The Swiss connection
The Zurich Film Festival’s MD and artistic director talks to Martin Blaney about his other role, as managing director of production outfit Millbrook Pictures, which made a splashy debut with a $4.3m investment in Oliver Stone’s W.
One on One
Gore Verbinski
The American director reflects on the making of Rango, which recently won top honours at the Annie Awards and is up for an Academy Award.
Edwin
The director of the first Indonesian film to be selected for Berlin Competition talks about censorship and other animals in Indonesia.
James Hickey, Irish Film Board
While Ireland’s economy continues to suffer, its film sector remains a bright light. The Irish Film Board CEO about the growing ambitions of the Irish audiovisual industry
Diane Kruger
Diane Kruger stars as doomed French Queen Marie Antoinette in Berlinale opening night film, Farewell My Queen (sold by Elle Driver.)
Maja Milos
28-year-old Serbian writer-director Maja Milos’ debut feature Clip (Klip) has been the talk of Rotterdam. It was a polarising film drawing some praise and some outrage. “At least nobody is indifferent to the film,” Milos says.
Peter von Bagh
The Finnish director talks about his Rotterdam retrospective, the privilege of bringing great directors to the Midnight Sun Film Festival, and how very local films can be universal.
Woody Harrelson
Woody Harrelson tells Jeremy Kay how he prepared to play the policeman at the centre of Rampart.
Thomas McCarthy
Thomas McCarthy tells Jeremy Kay about using wrestling to explore middle-class life in Win Win.
Bart Layton and Dimitri Doganis, The Imposter
Ahead of their Sundance world premiere, the UK director and producer talk about the elusive truth in their film about a Frenchman who impersonated a missing Texas teenager.
Laura Bickford and Nicholas Jarecki, Arbitrage
Producer Laura Bickford and writer-director Nicholas Jarecki talk to Jeremy Kay about making $15m suspense drama Arbitrage, starring Richard Gere, which is generating buzz at Sundance.
Grégory Bernard, producer of Wrong
Grégory Bernard, the Paris-based producer of Quentin Dupieux’s Sundance contender Wrong, tells Screen about their new brand of English-language, French-style cinema.
Peter Baxter, Slamdance
The Slamdance festival director and co-founder talks about hot titles at the 2012 festival and the event’s growing digital presence year-round.
Harry Gregson-Williams
Harry Gregson-Williams talks to Ian Sandwell about composing the score for Arthur Christmas.
Zhang Yimou
The Flowers Of War director tells John Hazelton about balancing the Eastern and Western elements of one of China’s biggest-ever productions.
Michelle Williams
The actress tells Jeremy Kay how she avoided Marilyn Monroe’s “wiggles and winks” to focus on the character at the heart of the blonde bombshell in My Week With Marilyn.
Glenn Ficarra and John Requa
The Crazy, Stupid Love. co-directors talk about working with Steve Carell and keeping a story emotional.
Will Reiser
50/50 writer Will Reiser tells Jeremy Kay about seeing the funny side of cancer — and balancing laughter and tears.
Olivia Colman
The break-out star of Paddy Considine’s Tyrannosaur tells Louise Tutt why she enjoyed playing such a harrowing role.
Steven Zaillian
A-list screenwriter and a film-maker in his own right, Zaillian tells Screen how he adapted Stieg Larsson’s epic novel The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo into the pacy Sony Pictures movie.
Gary Oldman
To play the disenchanted spy hunter at the centre of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Gary Oldman went back to the classic novel and used its author, John le Carré, as a template.
Brad Pitt and Bennett Miller
Brad Pitt and Bennett Miller tell Jeremy Kay how Moneyball withstood several curveballs in development before leaving the dugout as an awards contender.
Kenneth Branagh
The actor-director tells Leon Forde about recreating Laurence Olivier’s on-set relationship with Marilyn Monroe in My Week With Marilyn.
Steve McQueen
The Shame director tells Screen why he made a film about one of society’s biggest taboos.
Christopher Plummer
Christopher Plummer tells Screen about playing the septuagenarian widower who comes out of the closet in Beginners and why casting is the key for a good director.
Thomas Langmann
Thomas Langmann, the French producer of The Artist, War Of The Buttons and Patrice Leconte’s upcoming 3D animation The Suicide Shop, tells Melanie Goodfellow about arriving as a complete unknown to shoot his tribute to classic cinema in Los Angeles
Ralph Fiennes
It is more than a year since he locked his directorial debut Coriolanus, and Ralph Fiennes is keen for it to be in front of audiences, he tells Mike Goodridge
Charlize Theron
The actress tells Screen about staying true to the complex, self-absorbed woman at the heart of Young Adult.
Kathleen Kennedy
Tintin producer Kathleen Kennedy talks about a collaboration between two Oscar-winning directors that involved half a million hours of animation work.
Jean Dujardin
The Artist star talks about how he soaked up the ‘mythical’ atmosphere in Hollywood, where the film was shot
Carlos Saldanha
Rio director Carlos Saldanha tells Jeremy Kay about putting the city’s carnival spirit on screen.
Glenn Close
Glenn Close first played Albert Nobbs on stage nearly 30 years ago. She speaks to Screen about how she ‘put skin in the game’ to bring the project to the screen as producer, financier and star.
Michelle Yeoh
Michelle Yeoh immersed herself in the life of Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi for The Lady and persuaded Luc Besson to direct.
Alexander Payne
Alexander Payne, the writer-director of The Descendants, describes his ability to draw humour from dark moments in a wide ranging interview conducted by Screen editor Mike Goodridge at the BFI London Film Festival.
Valerie Donzelli
The French film-maker talks about Oscar contender Declaration Of War and her third feature, in production now.
Gotham In Progress organisers
This year marks the first Gotham In Progress, a new industry initiative of New York and Paris-based Black Rabbit Films and New Horizons Association (which runs the New Horizons International Film Festival and the American Film Festival).
Mads Brugger, director of The Ambassador
Danish journalist/filmmaker Brugger goes undercover with a diplomatic passport to expose corruption in the Central African Republic.
Mary McGuckian and Larry Mullen Jr
Elnaz Toussi caught up with McGuckian and Mullen Jr to chat about their collaboration on the The Man On The Train, which Tribeca Film has just released on VOD in the US.
Gary Tarn
British film-maker Gary Tarn will be attending the upcoming Copenhagen International Documentary Festival (CPH:DOX) for the world premiere of his second feature The Prophet, a contemporary reworking of Kahlil Gibran’s 1923 book.
Ron Howard
Ron Howard will drop in to the AFM this week to rally support among buyers for Rush, a rare foray into the independent space for the director of hits like The Da Vinci Code, A Beautiful Mind and Apollo 13.
Anubhav Sinha
The Mumbai-based director talks to Screen about sci-fi movie Ra.One, starring Shah Rukh Khan,which is being released worldwide this week on more than 3,500 screens.
David Puttnam
After his recent FDA keynote speech, Lord Puttnam spoke to Screen about some of the current challenges facing the British film industry.
Vivek Oberoi
The Bollywood star talks about his first film as producer, Watch Indian Circus, which scooped the audience award at last week’s Busan International Film Festival.
Peter Morgan
The writer talks about LFF opening night film 360 and his upcoming Formula 1 project Rush.
Andrew Eaton
The Revolution Films producer talks about LFF opening night film 360 and Ron Howard’s upcoming Formula 1 project Rush.
Caroline Norbury and John Newbigin
Screen talks to Creative England CEO Caroline Norbury and chair John Newbigin about the complex process behind the formation of the new regional body and their plans for the future of the organisation.
Kelvin Wu
The Hong Kong-based CEO of Legendary East talks about the new joint venture between Inception producer Legendary Entertainment and Chinese partners.
Toronto 2011: Matthew Goode
Matthew Goode stars in Jonathan Teplitzky’s Burning Man, playing a father dealing with tragedy who is struggling to put his life back in order.
Toronto 2011: Fernando Meirelles
Fernando Meirelles’ 360 explores the mystery of coincidence and personal connection set against an international backdrop and boasts a diverse ensemble which includes Anthony Hopkins, Rachel Weisz, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Jamel Debbouze, Moritz Bleibtreu, Ben Foster and Johannes Krisch.
Toronto 2011: Simon Davidson
After presenting three short films at TIFF, Canadian director Simon Davidson returns to the festival after a six-year hiatus with his first feature film, The Odds.
Toronto 2011: Tamer Ezzat
Egyptian filmmakers Tamer Ezzat, Ayten Amin and Amr Salama each direct one part of Tahrir 2011: The Good, The Bad And The Politician, a documentary about the ongoing Egyptian revolution featuring portraits of local activists, policemen and former president Hosni Mubarak.
Venice 2011: Ami Caanan Mann
Director Ami Caanan Mann’s second directorial effort, Texas Killing Fields is an elegant crime thriller inspired from a real life crime phenomenon known as the Killing Fields, an area outside a small Texas town where nearly 60 bodies were dumped.
Toronto 2011: Guy Maddin
Iconic Canadian director Guy Maddin is presenting his latest mind-bending opus Keyhole here as a Special Presentation.
Toronto 2011: Michael Winterbottom
The prolific English director returns to TIFF (where he has shown many of his films, including 2010’s The Trip), with his first India-set film, Trisha.
Toronto 2011: Gary Hustwit
The New York City-based director is in Toronto to present the world premiere of his city design documentary Urbanized, the third film is his design trilogy after Helvetica and Objectified.
Moira Buffini
As Ruby Films’ Jane Eyre opens in UK cinemas this weekend, the film’s screenwriter Moira Buffini speaks to Screen about the pleasure - and pressure - of adapting a much loved-classic.
Toronto 2011: Nick Broomfield
British documentary film-maker Nick Broomfield talks to Jeremy Kay about the challenges of making Sarah Palin - You Betcha! which world premieres in Toronto.
David Cronenberg
David Cronenberg talks about the lure of Freud and Jung in his new film A Dangerous Method.
Kate Ogborn and Lisa Marie Russo
Producers Kate Ogborn and Lisa Marie Russo joined forces in 2009 to form their production company Fly Films. They chat to Screen about their upcoming projects, their passion for artists and the benefits of working in a pair.
Wei Te-sheng, director of Warrior of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
The Taiwanese filmmaker talks about the unique financing and production process of his Venice competition film Warrior of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, which is billed as the biggest-ever Taiwanese production.
Lucky McKee
American director Lucky McKee talks to Screen about the controversy surrounding his latest film, The Woman, writing with Jack Ketchum, and why he really wants to make a romantic comedy.
Maryam Keshavarz
Writer and director Maryam Keshavarz talks about Circumstance, her directorial debut that stars newcomers Nikohl Boosheri, Sarah Kazemy and Reza Sixo Safai. The film premiered at Sundance earlier this year where it won the audience award.
Heather Stewart, BFI
The new creative director of public programme at the BFI talks to Screen about the changing role of the BFI and her long term plans for the organisation.
Mike Downey and Sam Taylor
F&ME producers Mike Downey and Sam Taylor talk about the new projects on their slate, plans for expansion and why having an international outlook is the key to their success.
Brunson Green
Producer Brunson Green of Harbinger Pictures talks to Jeremy Kay about adapting international bestseller The Help into an Academy Award hopeful.
Michael Axelgaard and Matthew Holt
The director and writer/producer duo talk about their debut feature Hollow, a found-footage horror film that has just received its world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal.
Zhang Weiping
The Beijing-based producer talks about Zhang Yimou’s upcoming Heroes Of Nanking, starring Christian Bale, which FilmNation is handling internationally.
Galt Niederhoffer
Producer Galt Niederhoffer talks to Jeremy Kay about Robot & Frank, starring Frank Langella and Liv Tyler, the first feature to come out of new venture Park Pictures Features.
Beeban Kidron
UK film director Beeban Kidron tells Screen why she believes the fate of the future of cinema may lie with FILMCLUB, the after-school film club charity of which she is deputy chair.
Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley, Number 9 Films
Number 9 producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen talk to Screen about Mike Newell’s adaptaiton of Great Expectations and the challenges of running an independent production company in the UK.
Nuno Bernardo
Cross-platform producer Nuno Bernardo talks to Screen about the opportunites afforded by transmedia and his work on Noel Clarke comedy The Knot.
Djo Munga
Djo Munga’s Viva Riva! is one of the first features in decades to shoot in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and has just been released in the US through Music Box.
Adam May, Vision 3
The co-director of London based 3D services company Vision 3 talks about working on projects from Pirates to Horrid Henry, the challenges facing the 3D market and why he’d love to see a Mike Leigh film in 3D.
Peter Strickland
The British director talks about shooting his second feature, Berberian Sound Studio, a psychological horror starring Toby Jones and set in an sleazy Italian film studio.
Santosh Sivan
The Indian director talks about his new project, Urumi, a period fantasy epic which is being made in English, Hindi and Malayalam versions.
Jedd Wider and Todd Wider
The documentary producers talk about financing hard-hitting documentaries, the importance of social campaigns, and their latest film Semper Fi, which plays this week at SilverDocs.
Michael Kaplan
Screen talks to the famed costume designer who has worked on Fight Club, Blade Runner, Flashdance, Burlesque and Mission: Impossible 4.
Mike Lerner
The founder of London-based Roast Beef Productions talks to Screen about his latest feature doc, Danfung Dennis’s Sundance winning Hell And Back Again, which will jointly premiere at Sheffield Doc/Fest and the EIFF.
Carey Fitzgerald
21 years after she founded sales company High Point, Carey Fitzgerald talks to Screen about adapting to change, moving into UK distribution and the secrets of survival.
Ellen Chenoweth
The acclaimed US casting director talks to Screen about the Actors Studio, working with the Coen brothers and unearthing Hailee Steinfeld.
Mario Gianani
Italian producer Mario Gianani talks to Screen about getting his lucky break and working with Bernardo Bertolucci on his upcoming project Io E Te.
Karl Markovics
Screen talks to actor-turned director Karl Markovics, whose directorial debut Breathing picked up the Europa Cinemas Label in Cannes last week.
Rebecca Daly
Irish director Rebecca Daly’s feature debut The Other Side Of Sleep played in Cannes’ Directors Fortnight. She talks to Screen about her inspirations, shooting in Ireland and sleepwalking.
Liza Johnson
Artist turned film-maker Liza Johnson makes her feature debut with Return, a portrait of her hometown in Ohio starring Linda Cardellini, Michael Shannon and Tim Blake Nelson, which is screening in Cannes’ Directors Fortnight.
Pablo Giorgelli
Argentinian director Pablo Giorgelli’s first feature Las Acacias is screening in Cannes’ Critics Week.
Sean Durkin
Director Sean Durkin returns to Cannes with Sundance hit Martha Marcy May Marlene after winning Best Short at Directors’ Fortnight last year.
Julia Leigh
Cannes Meet The Debutants: Acclaimed Australian novelist Julia Leigh makes her debut with Competition title Sleeping Beauty.
Runar Runarsson
Cannes Meet The Debutants: Screen talks to the Volcano director about sunken ships and his elderly coming-of-age story.
Marie-Claude Poulin and Pierre Even
Montreal-based Item 7 partners Marie-Claude Poulin and Pierre Even have worked on independent features such as C.R.A.Z.Y. and The Hurt Locker. They are in pre-production gearing up to shoot Komona in the Congo jungle this summer.
Xavier Marchand and Victor Loewy
Momentum president Xavier Marchand and Alliance Films CEO Victor Loewy discuss the success of The King’s Speech, the pay TV market and the virtual print fee.
Shekhar Kapur
The director of Elizabeth: The Golden Age talks about producing documentary, Bollywood, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, which is screening in official selection at Cannes.
Don Carmody
Screen sat down with the veteran producer on the set of his 100th feature, Silent Hill II, now shooting in Toronto.
Giuseppe Capotondi
Commercials and video director Giuseppe Capotondi talks to Screen about his debut feature The Double Hour, recently released in the US.
Mark Tonderai
Director Mark Tonderai talks to Screen about buzz horror House At The End Of The Street, starring Jennifer Lawrence.
Alexandra McGuinness
The Dublin-born, London-based first-time feature director talks about her Tribeca world premiere Lotus Eaters and her next projects.
Ignacio Nunez
Producer Ignacio Nunez talks about the making of Roland Joffe’s Spanish Civil War film There Be Dragons, which stars Charlie Cox, Wes Bentley and Olga Kurylenko.
Rob Wilkerson
The CEO of Target Media talks about the importance of consumer research, squeezed P&A budgets, and how new technology can benefit film campaigns.
