All articles by Sarah Cooper
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News‘Finding Emily’, ‘Our Share Of Sand’ directors among speakers at inaugural Turn Up Film Festival
The UK’s Turn Up Film Festival aims to prepare the next generation of creative and entrepreneurial talent for the film industry.
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NewsBFI and Chanel filmmaker awards unveils 2026 winners
Filmmakers behind ‘We, The Hated’, ‘Lady’, ‘Ish’ and ‘Something Familiar’ each received £20,000.
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NewsDOK Leipzig 2026 reveals co-pro market selection
Female filmmakers have directed 50% of the projects being presented.
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NewsLos Angeles wildfire title among world premieres at Dok Leipzig 2026
The line up will include 30 world premieres and 29 debut features.
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NewsBafta awards £270,000 in grants to 100 emerging creatives
Each has received up to £2,000 to help support their early careers.
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NewsLouis Garrel joins Marco Bellocchio’s ‘Falcon’ as shoot revs up in Toronto
Rai Cinema International Distribution has boarded sales on the Fiat-Chrysler biopic.
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NewsIDFA to honour Mexican-Salvadoran filmmaker Tatiana Huezo
The festival will also honour the late US filmmaker William Greaves.
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NewsDuncan Kenworthy to receive Bafta Fellowship award
Kenworthy’s producing credits include Richard Curtis’s ’Four Weddings And A Funeral’, ’Notting Hill’ and ’Love Actually’.
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NewsSports comedy ‘Hot Curlers’ to shoot in NZ and Canada for Cornerstone Films
Cornerstone Films is selling the project at TIFF: The Market.
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FeaturesHow the ‘Wicked’ craft team pulled off the “most complicated film” of their careers: “It was a mammoth undertaking”
Wicked has earned Bafta and Oscar nominations for design heads Nathan Crowley (production), Paul Tazewell (costume) and Frances Hannon (make-up and hair). The trio talk about bringing hand-crafted texture to a magical world.
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FeaturesUK-Indian collaborations booming thanks to new filming incentive, cultural connections
Two UK-India coproductions were playing in Cannes’ official selection.
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NewsSaudi Film Confex considers role of film as a tool of cultural diplomacy
Prince Turki Al Faisal bin Abdulaziz said film can help bridge the gap between diverse civilizations.
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NewsTech experts suggest AI offers an opportunity to put the artist at the heart of film production
Saudi Film Confex panelists agree AI will be an essential tool in the support of human creativity, discuss future steps
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NewsSaudi Arabian film sector can lead on innovation, says agent David Unger
Panelists discussed the international opportunities open to innovative and well-supported Saudi filmmakers
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FeaturesStars of Tomorrow 2024: Jess Kohl (writer-director)
Kohl debuted with documentary ’A Mouthful of Petrol’.
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FeaturesStars of Tomorrow 2023: Joseph Charlton (writer)
Charlton’s credits include ‘Industry’ and ‘Anna X’
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FeaturesStars of Tomorrow 2023: Nadia Fall (director)
Fall is a prolific theatre director making her film debut with ‘Brides’
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FeaturesStars of Tomorrow 2023: Nathalie Pitters (cinematographer)
Pitters has worked on BBC Three comedy series ’Dreaming Whilst Black’ and Channel 4’s ’Queenie’.
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FeaturesStars of Tomorrow 2022: Runyararo Mapfumo (writer/director)
Read profiles of all of our 2022 Stars.
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