All articles by Ben Dalton – Page 3
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NewsCannes La Residence programme selects six writer-directors for 2025 edition
Participants include Hungary’s Flora Anna Buda, Brazil’s Rodrigo Ribeyro.
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NewsChinese doc ‘Always’ takes home top CPH:DOX prize as festival smashes attendance record
‘Flophouse America’, ‘2000 Meters To Andriivka’ also awarded.
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NewsEco documentary ‘Future Council’ acquired for international sales (exclusive)
Film will receive theatrical release in Australia-New Zealand this year.
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NewsDoc about Palestinian activist Edward Said among winners at CPH:DOX industry awards
Projects from Ukraine and Syria also took prizes.
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NewsBerlinale title ‘Late Shift’ signs deals including UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Film has also sold to Portugal, former Yugoslavia, Japan and more.
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NewsMark Cousins says ChatGPT scraped “exact summary” of his own book while researching next film
Cousins found the ChatGPT response when researching his new film ‘Story of Documentary Film’.
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NewsFive key takeaways from the inaugural CPH:DOX Summit
Independent channels and collaboration are key to standing against big tech, say panellists.
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FeaturesDistributors and sales agents will find something here for them, says CPH:DOX industry head
Industry head Mara Gourd-Mercardo explains why Roughcut has replaced Work in Progress.
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News‘Fighter’ directors on making their CPH:DOX title available in two formats
‘Fighter’ will play at CPH:DOX as a film and Series Mania as a series.
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NewsActress felt “humiliated and totally powerless” working with Noel Clarke, court hears
Actress tells court that Clarke apologised later “if he made me feel uncomfortable”.
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NewsFree speech activism doc ‘The Dialogue Police’ secures North America deal (exclusive)
Further distribution deals for Norway, Denmark.
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NewsNoel Clarke told actress to look at him while he was exposed, court hears
Actress says she begged Clarke to stop asking her to look at him.
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NewsProduction underway in Australia on David Walliams adaptation ‘Fing’
Film is directed by Jeffrey Walker, who recently helmed Netflix hit limited series ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’.
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FeaturesCPH:DOX directors on how they are charting a course through the doc sector's “perfect storm”
“I don’t think there has been a time when documentaries have been more important than now,” says Niklas Engstrom.
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NewsWomen did not speak out about Noel Clarke for fear of losing work, court hears
“I would have liked to speak up, but I was afraid of what could happen if I did,” says one actress.
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NewsCannes Directors’ Fortnight unveils Harmony Korine-designed 2025 poster
“The characters in the painting are called Twitchys,” says Korine.
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NewsBifa selects 14 writers, producers for Springboard genre programme (exclusive)
Selected creatives include ‘Witches’ producer Jeremy Warmsley, ‘The Colour Room’ writer Claire Peate.
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News‘Mickey 17’ retains UK-Ireland box office lead; ‘Black Bag’ opens in third
Overall takings are down in a slow March to date.
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News‘The Dialogue Police’: first international trailer for free speech activism doc (exclusive)
Film will be accompanied by a debate session at CPH:DOX.
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NewsTom Daley doc ‘1.6 Seconds’ in the works from Warner Bros, Olympic Channel (exclusive)
‘1.6 Seconds’ charts Daley’s career from his childhood through his Olympic career and beyond.