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David Hasselhoff

David Hasselhoff took to the beach in Cannes this week, this time for business meetings not for Baywatch duty.

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Amit Kumar, Monsoon Shootout

Leon Forde talks to Amit Kumar about his feature debut Monsoon Shootout, which screens in Cannes as a Midnight Screening.

Terry Gilliam, The Zero Theorem

Jeremy Kay talks to Terry Gilliam about his latest feature The Zero Theorem, which just wrapped production in Romania.

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Jeremy Thomas, Last Emperor 3D

Andreas Wiseman talks to Jeremy Thomas about the 3D conversion of Bernardo Bertolucci’s feature, which screens in Cannes Classics.

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Marcel Ophuls, Ain’t Misbehavin

Andreas Wiseman talks to the great documentarian Marcel Ophuls about his new film Ain’t Misbehavin and returning to the Croisette after 20 years.

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Mark Cousins, A Story of Children and Film

Michael Rosser talks to Mark Cousins about his latest documentary, which has its world premiere in Cannes Classics tonight [May 3].

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Nicolas Winding Refn: playing God

Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives started as a fight movie and morphed into a twisted tale of a mother-son relationship. Wendy Mitchell talks to the Danish writer-director about his anticipated follow-up to Drive.

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Alain Attal: first blood

It all began in a restaurant for the producer of Guillaume Canet’s Cannes title Blood Ties. Alain Attal tells Melanie Goodfellow about his US debut.

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Lara Thompson, eOne: buying power

eOne is one of the industry’s most significant buyers. Andreas Wiseman speaks to EVP of filmed entertainment Lara Thompson about the company’s Cannes acquisition strategy.

Case study: Bullhead

The challenges of producing and distributing Belgian drama Bullhead [pictured] were discussed by Savage Film producer Bart Van Langendonck and Celluloid Dreams boss Hengameh Panahi. The pair spoke to Screen at the Les Arcs European Film Festival.

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Anurag Basu

Anurag Basu talks to Screen about Barfi!, India’s official entry for consideration in the Academy Awards’ Best Foreign Language Film category.

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Ibrahim El Batout, Winter Of Discontent

Ibrahim El Batout talks to Screen about his latest film Winter of Discontent.

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Tripling up on talent

XYZ Films’ Nate Bolotin, Nick Spicer and Aram Tertzakian talk about their busy company,which is building on the global success of The Raid [pictured]. Jeremy Kay reports

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Richard Gere

Richard Gere could be in line for his first Oscar nomination for his portrayal of a conflicted financial executive and family man in Arbitrage.

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John Gatins

Screenwriter John Gatins tells Jeremy Kay about his marathon struggle to write the screenplay that triggered arguably the finest performance of Denzel Washington’s career

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Caper crusader

It took producer Mike Lobell more than a decade to get Gambit into production, traversing a range of potential backers, film-makers and stars before aligning the Coen brothers, Michael Hoffman, Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz. He tells Jeremy Kay why it has been an ‘amazing education’

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Raising Embargo

A bumper 2012 has seen the UK production company’s films at Berlin, Cannes, Locarno, Edinburgh and Toronto. Screen talks to the company’s founders about their projects from Nick Love’s The Sweeney to Paul Andrew Williams’ forthcoming Miss You Already.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

Against all odds

When the financing on Stephen Frears’ new drama Lay The Favorite, starring Bruce Willis, fell apart twice, producers Paul Trijbits and Anthony Bregman faced a race against time to re-assemble and refinance the project and keep the director and all the cast on board.

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

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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

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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 ...

The Way Back

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

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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

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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.

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Festival Scope

An online service is looking to help rights holders and festivals to take their films to a wider industry viewing base.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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George Lucas Q&A

The Films Without Borders participants quiz George Lucas on the lessons learned from a lifetime in film

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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Hirokazu Kore-eda, Like Father, Like Son

Jean Noh talks to Hirokazu Kore-eda about his latest feature, which premieres in Competition at Cannes.

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Paul Wright, For Those In Peril

Wendy Mitchell talks to Paul Wright about his debut feature For Those In Peril, which premieres in Critics’ Week.

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Pulse Films: Hits factory

UK production and distribution outfit Pulse Films is growing its production output at an impressive rate.

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Q&A: David Arnold, composer

At Sundance London, James Bond composer David Arnold talked about his big break, discovering music for Independence Day in his dreams and if he’ll return to the 007 franchise.

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Q&A: Jeff Nichols, director, Mud

Following a screening of Mud at Sundance London, director Jeff Nichols talked deleted scenes, inspirations, that ending and how he is turning to sci-fi for his next film.

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Steph Green, director, Run & Jump

Leon Forde talks to the Oscar-nominated director about her feature debut Run & Jump, which world premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival

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Luc Déry and Kim McCraw, micro_scope

The founders of Montreal’s micro_scope tell Melanie Goodfellow how their production outfit draws on the city’s rich talent base to achieve international reach

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Thierry Fremaux, Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival artistic director Thierry Fremaux announced the Official Selection for the 66th edition on Thursday (April 18). He talked to ScreenDaily afterwards about the selection, why he doesn’t think micro-budget filmmaking is the way forward and Lars von Trier.

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Ariel Vromen, The Iceman

The director talks to Tyler Pukatch about his inspiration for The Iceman, the key to finding the right cast and his fascination with the real-life assassin.

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Gabe Cowan and John Suits, New Artists Alliance

Jeremy Kay talks to the co-founders of the Los Angeles-based company whose Cheap Thrills won an audience award at this year’s SXSW.

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Rob Thomas, Veronica Mars

Michael Rosenkrantz talks to Rob Thomas about his congested inbox, exhaustion and the responsibility to fans of the super-sleuth Veronica Mars.

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Julian Levin, Canana

Mexico’s Canana is having a banner 2013 with its biggest production, a new deal with Participant and a joint venture with IM Global. Wendy Mitchell talks to CEO Julian Levin about how the company grows while maintaining its incubator vibe.

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Hossein Amini

The screenwriter of Drive and Snow White And The Huntsman talks about his lengthy career in this excerpt from FilmCraft: Screenwriting.

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Starbuck: Ken Scott, Patrick Huard

Ken Scott, director of sperm donor comedy Starbuck, speaks about the forthcoming US remake and actor Patrick Huard reflects on the success of the original.

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Phil McNally, Dreamworks Animation

The self-proclaimed “Captain of 3D” talks to Tyler Pukatch about Dreamworks’ plans for the inaugural 3D Creative Summit at the BFI in London from March 27-28.

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Chris Parks, Vision3: "3D has come a long way"

The co-founder of Vision3 talks to Ian Sandwell about working on Jack the Giant Slayer, Gravity and the use of 3D as a storytelling tool.

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Lina Rodriguez and Brad Deane, Senoritas

The writer-director and producer talk about crafting their story of a young Bogota woman finding her place in the world.

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Ken Loach, The Spirit of '45

Ken Loach talks to Andreas Wiseman about his new documentary The Spirit of ‘45.

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Claude Lanzmann: Record of the ages

Documentary maker Claude Lanzmann speaks to Michael Rosser about his new film, an honorary Golden Bear and his appreciation of Quentin Tarantino

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Louise Vesth, Zentropa Films

Zentropa producer Louise Vesth, who is busy readying Lars von Trier’s controversial Nymphomaniac, as well as kicking off a new series of crime thrillers with The Keeper Of Lost Causes, speaks to Wendy Mitchell.

Park Chan-wook, Stoker

Park Chan-wook talks to Jean Noh about adapting to Hollywood and bringing his unique style to his first English-language film.

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Aaron Gilbert, A Single Shot

Canadian producer-financier Aaron Gilbert talks to Jeremy Kay about Berlin entry A Single Shot, his stable of film companies and upcoming projects.

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David Harewood and Richard Akel: Robeson

Homeland star David Harewood talks to Jeremy Kay about new biopic Robeson.

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Agnieszka Holland, Burning Bush

The Polish director talks to Geoffrey Macnab about her three part drama series for HBO Europe.

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Jeremy Thomas, Kon-Tiki

Oscar-winning UK producer Jeremy Thomas tells Leon Forde about his mission to bring epic adventure Kon-Tiki to the screen.

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Kathleen Kennedy: the power of the President

It may be directed by Steven Spielberg and star Daniel Day-Lewis, but Lincoln’s journey to the screen was not easy. Jeremy Kay speaks to producer Kathleen Kennedy.

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Jessica Chastain: 'It was very, very intense'

Zero Dark Thirty star Jessica Chastain tells Jeremy Kay about shooting Kathryn Bigelow’s thriller - and her long road to fame.

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Tom Hooper: "If it's not convincing, all is lost"

Tom Hooper took the bold step of shooting his Les Misérables adaptation with live singing. The director tells Michael Rosser about how the method gave power back to the actors.

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Michael Noer, Northwest

Michael Noer’s Northwest, which premieres at Rotterdam and Göteborg, explores life in a crime-ridden Copenhagen neighbourhood. The director tells Wendy Mitchell about the search for truth in his characters.

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Doron Weber, The Alfred P Sloan Foundation

Doron Weber talks to Jeremy Kat about the Foundation’s development grants and lab fellow grants which they distribute through their partner film schools and festivals, including Sundance.

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Kim Jee-woon, The Last Stand

The acclaimed Korean genre filmmaker talks to Ian Sandwell about his English language directorial debut The Last Stand which also marks Arnold Schwarzenegger’s solo return to the big screen.

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Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman threw himself into playing Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, and talks to Screen about the ‘role of a lifetime.’

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Roger Corman, GJ Echternkamp: Virtually Heroes

Roger Corman and GJ Echternkamp speak to Jeremy Kay about Sundance Park City At Midnight entry Virtually Heroes.

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Jeremy Lovering, In Fear

Sundance-bound director talks about the unusual method he used with the actors of his scarier-than-expected psychological thriller.

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Stewart Mackinnon

Headline Pictures co-founder Stewart Mackinnon talks to Screen about Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut Quartet and the growth of the company

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Joe Wright

The director talks about his fresh take on Tolstoy classic Anna Karenina.

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Wes Anderson

The director talks about Moonrise Kingdom, a film inspired by children’s literature and Americana

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Simon Chinn

Oscar-winning producer Simon Chinn has two films on this year’s documentary Oscar shortlist. He talks to Wendy Mitchell about Searching For Sugar Man, The Imposter and what¹s next on his ambitious slate.

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Anurag Basu

Anurag Basu talks to Screen about Barfi!, India’s official entry for consideration in the Academy Awards’ Best Foreign Language Film category.

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Alexandre Desplat

Acclaimed composer Alexandre Desplat talks about the challenges of covering a wide range of moods in his score for Rise of the Guardians. By Katherine Krueger.

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Ibrahim El Batout, Winter Of Discontent

Ibrahim El Batout talks to Screen about his latest film Winter of Discontent.

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Kaushik Ganguly

Kaushik Ganguly talks to Screen about his latest feature Sound.

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Khairy Beshara

Marking a return to feature filmmaking after 16 years, Khairy Beshara talks to Screen about experimental docu-drama Moondog.

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Jacqueline Durran

UK costume designer Jacqueline Durran continues her collaboration with Joe Wright on Anna Karenina, creating costumes lush enough for 1870s Russia yet with a modern twist. Wendy Mitchell reports

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John Hawkes

John Hawkes talks to Jeremy Kay about tackling two of US cinema’s biggest taboos in The Sessions.

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Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey overcame his fear of stripping to create the memorable Dallas in Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike. Wendy Mitchell talks to the actor, who is having a career boom playing a whole gang of outlaws.

Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke’s latest film Amour won the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year and continues to attract awards attention. The Austrian auteur talks to John Hazelton about tackling ageing and suffering on screen — and why he doesn’t like improvisation

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John Gatins

Screenwriter John Gatins tells Jeremy Kay about his marathon struggle to write the screenplay that triggered arguably the finest performance of Denzel Washington’s career

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Richard Gere

Richard Gere could be in line for his first Oscar nomination for his portrayal of a conflicted financial executive and family man in Arbitrage.

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Helen Hunt

Helen Hunt talks to Jeremy Kay about playing a sex surrogate in The Sessions.

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Roman Coppola

Roman Coppola talks to Screen about his new film A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III and how he found working with his old friend Charlie Sheen.

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Rama Burshtein

Rama Burshtein is the first Orthodox Jewish woman in Israel to make a feature film for a non-Orthodox audience. But she says Fill The Void is about feelings, not religion. Wendy Mitchell meets the director

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Jacqueline Lyanga

AFI FEST director Jacqueline Lyanga talks to Jeremy Kay about the festival ahead of the closing night gala.

Mike Lobell

Mike Lobell

Producer Mike Lobell talks to Screen about the making of Gambit.

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Chris McGurk

The chairman and CEO of Cinedigm Entertainment Group tells Jeremy Kay about helping exhibitors fill empty seats.

Rick Carter

Rick Carter

An interview with the Oscar-winning production designer from newly published book Production Design.

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Ian Lewis, Sky Movies

As it moves into production, Screen talks to Sky Movies head Ian Lewis about the company’s varied innovations.

Alex Gibney

Alex Gibney

Screen talks to Oscar-winning documentary maker Alex Gibney about new film Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, about paedophilia in the Catholic Church, which yesterday picked up the Best Documentary prize at the London Film Festival.

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Mostofa S. Farooki

Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa S. Farooki’s Television received a warm response when it screened as the closing film of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) last week.

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Annemarie Jacir

The Palestinian filmmaker talks about the refugee stories in When I Saw You.

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Lu Chuan

One of China’s most innovative filmmakers, Lu Chuan has attempted to reinvent the Chinese historical epic with The Last Supper, which screens at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival in the Narrative Competition.

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Sean Stewart, Fourth Wall Studios

One of the most anticipated speakers at London’s Power To The Pixel annual Cross-Media Forum (Oct 16) will be Sean Stewart, co-founder of L.A.-based Fourth Wall Studios.

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Hala Alabdalla

Paris-based filmmaker Hala Alabdalla was in the middle of making her documentary, As If We Were Catching A Cobra, about cartoonists and caricature artists in Syria and Egypt, when revolution swept the region.

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Manjeet Singh

The director talks about his debut feature Mumbai’s King, about slum kids in India.

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Sam Kadi

The Syria-born, US-based filmmaker talks about his debut feature The Citizen.

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Effendee Mazlan

Malaysian husband-and-wife filmmaking team, Effendee Mazlan and Fariza Azlina Isahak, have gone against the grain of the unabashedly commercial Malay-language film industry with Songlap, a drama about the illegal trafficking of babies.

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Ali Al Jabri, Abu Dhabi Film Festival

With increasing international clout, the Abu Dhabi Film Festival (Oct 11-20) is also a key backer of international films.

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James Higgins

Screen talks to esteemed industry veteran James Higgins, recipient of the outstanding contribution to the industry accolade at this year’s Screen International Marketing & Distribution Awards.

Michael Roskam in Utrecht. Photo by Ramon Mangold.

Michael Roskam

The Bullhead director was the subject of the annual Binger-Screen International interview in Utrecht.

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Josh Boone, Writers

Writer/director Josh Boone made his feature film debut at Toronto with Writers, a semi-autobiographical film about a family of writers dealing with a difficult divorce.

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Wayne Borg

Bill Gates will be among speakers discussing the future of the ‘digital frontier’ at the 2012 Abu Dhabi Media Summit. Wendy Mitchell talks to Wayne Borg of organiser Twofour54

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Emmanuelle Antille, Avanti

Swiss installation artist talks about her debut theatrical feature which world premiered in competition at Zurich.

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Daniel Young, Paul Bowles: The Cage Door is Always Open

Swiss-US director talks to Screen about his biopic of acclaimed US writer Paul Bowles.

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Andrew Neel, King Kelly

The New York-based director makes his fictional feature debut with King Kelly, a racy satire about young people’s obsession with the Internet.

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Gabriela Pichler, Eat Sleep Die

Swedish director Gabriela Pichler makes her debut with Eat Sleep Die, which was awarded in Venice.

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Jon Thum, VFX supervisor

Screen talks to Thum about his work on Dredd 3D.

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Andrew Macdonald

DNA Films co-founder Andrew Macdonald has just completed one of his most ambitious films yet, Dredd 3D.

Peter Webber, Emperor

Webber talks to Screen about his new historical drama which premieres in Toronto on Friday.

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Rola Nashef, Detroit Unleaded

Detroit Unleaded fuels first-time filmmaker’s career.

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Tobias Lindholm, A Hijacking

The director follows up his acclaimed prison drama R with the powerful modern pirates story A Hijacking.

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David Ayer & Nigel Sinclair, End Of Watch

Screen talks to End Of Watch director and producer ahead of its world premiere in Toronto.

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Eran Riklis, Zaytoun

The director talks about working with Stephen Dorff, going beyond the headlines, and discovering child actors.

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Andrew Adamson, Mr Pip

The Shrek and Narnia director changes direction with his new literary adaptation.

Baltasar Kormakur, The Deep

Icelandic director talks to Screen about his latest project The Deep, which receives its world premiere in Toronto.

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Anand Gandhi, Ship of Theseus

Screen talks to Mumbai-based filmmaker Anand Gandhi whose debut feature, Ship Of Theseus, will receive its world premiere in Toronto.

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Emilie Georges, Memento

Memento Films International has built an eclectic sales slate while ramping up its own productions such as horror remake We Are What We Are.

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Terrence Malick’s producers: ‘He wakes up every day with thousands more ideas.’

Sarah Green and Nicolas Gonda discuss Terrence Malick’s “endless reservoir of ideas”, the production process on To The Wonder, their ongoing collaboration with FilmNation and future projects.

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Paul Thomas Anderson on making The Master: 'Scientology was the least of our problems'

Paul Thomas Anderson talks about the inspirations for the film, Joaquin Phoenix’s immersive acting style, shooting large format, and now adapting Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice.

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Logan Mulvey, GoDigital

The CEO of digital distributor GoDigital talks to Screen about striking deals with film-makers to make the fast-evolving online space pay.

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Mira Nair talks The Reluctant Fundamentalist

The filmmaker tells Screen about the pressure of opening Venice, wanting to tell a story of contemporary Pakistan and America, and preparing Riz Ahmed (and his beard).

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Femi Oguns

Screen talks to the founder and CEO of Identity Drama School, Britain’s first black drama school and leading talent agency, IAG.

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Kevin and Matthew McManus

The writing/directing sibling duo talk to Screen about the making of their debut feature Funeral Kings, which received its international premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival.

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Malik Bendjelloul

The Swedish director talks to Screen about Searching For Sugar Man, set for release in the UK on July 26 after gaining critical acclaim and awards on the festival circuit.

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Florian Flicker

Screen talks to Austrian director Florian Flicker, whose fifth feature Crossing Boundaries world premieres at the Sarajevo Film festival this week.

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Karlovy Vary Q&A: Robert Vinovskis, People Out There

Set to premiere in the East of the West competition, Aik Karapetjans’ People Out There is an intense Latvian film about a young man who dreams of a better life despite his difficult circumstances.

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Karlovy Vary Q&A: Toomas Hussar, Mushrooming

Estonian film Mushrooming is an intriguing mixture of satire and drama as a politician, in the midst of being accused of expense fraud, finds himself lost in the woods.

Peter Strickland

Screen talks to British director Peter Strickland, who is in Edinburgh this week for the world premiere of his second feature Berberian Sound Studio.

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Andrew Cripps and Richard Gelfond, IMAX

Imax CEO Richard Gelfond and new EMEA president Andrew Cripps talk to Wendy Mitchell about their blockbuster summer ahead and the international territories that could see the most growth.

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Karlovy Vary Q&A: Marek Najbrt (Director), Polski Film

The film, exploring the boundaries of reality and fiction, offers a different style than other Czech productions.

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Karlovy Vary Q&A: Jan Jakub Kolski, To Kill A Beaver

Polish Film To Kill A Beaver is an intense and raw tale of a soldier undertaking a mysterious mission while holed up in an abandoned farm. There he has a torrid encounter with a young girl and it soon becomes apparent all is not what it seems.

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