All articles by Ben Dalton – Page 37
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NewsHot Docs programmers explain mass resignation, festival responds
Festival said it is ”not in a position to comment on internal personnel matters”.
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NewsArdal O’Hanlon leads Irish feature ‘Fran The Man’ adapted from football mockumentary series (exclusive)
The film is produced by 2023 Screen Rising Star Collie McCarthy.
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NewsBifa to return to former venue for 2024 edition; sets entries, ceremony dates
The awards last took place at the Roundhouse in 2007.
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FeaturesCPH:DOX 2024 provides calm space for documentary community in fraught times
“People have time for conversations – they create a lot of space for that.”
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News‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ scares up £4.1m to top UK-Ireland box office; ‘Immaculate’ starts third
‘Dune: Part Two’ moves to second place after three weeks in first.
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FeaturesHow the UK first-time directors of ‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ made a film within a game
“Grand Theft Auto and Hamlet - it’s these two cultural beacons that are often misunderstood.”
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NewsBelfast housing estate documentary ‘The Flats’ takes CPH:DOX 2024 main prize
Recognition for UK co-productions including ‘Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other’.
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NewsUkrainian school documentary ‘Timestamp’ leads CPH:DOX industry winners
Tanzania-UK co-production ‘Children Of Honey’ also takes a prize.
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NewsAlex Gibney talks upcoming Elon Musk, George Orwell and David Chase docs
Gibney says he “keeps reaching out” to Musk to be involved, but without success so far.
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NewsBerlinale doc ‘hold on to her’ sells to Germany, adds sales agent (exclusive)
The documentary traces a recent case of police and state violence in Belgium.
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FeaturesMara Gourd-Mercado on developing CPH:DOX’s industry activities
Documentary festival’s new head of industry and training talks raising money and creating a safe space for discussions.
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NewsTogether Films picks up CPH:DOX title ‘Mediha’, exec produced by Emma Thompson (exclusive)
The film plays in CPH:DOX’s new Human Rights award section.
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Features“Does life have a purpose?”: Max Kestner ponders the themes of his CPH:DOX opener ‘Life And Other Problems’
“If science says ‘communities are not real’, I would try to argue against it.”
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FeaturesHow CPH:DOX is working to bring a culture of documentary viewing to all Danish audiences
“We are not a Copenhagen event for the whole country; we are co-creating a festival with the municipalities.”
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News‘Dune: Part Two’ nears £20m after two weekends at UK-Ireland box office; ‘Imaginary’ opens fifth
‘Part Two’ is well ahead of 2021’s ‘Dune’ at the same stage.
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NewsFormer Dogwoof exec launches festival strategy agency Indox with CPH:DOX title (exclusive)
Luke Brawley will offer festival strategy services to filmmakers.
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NewsFormer Flanders Image exec Christian De Schutter joins LevelK (exclusive)
De Schutter will work on the company’s festival strategies.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Imaginary’ is main challenger to ‘Dune: Part Two’
Other openers include women’s football doc ‘Copa 71’, event release ‘Titanic – The Musical’.
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NewsBifa-nominated doc ‘Red Herring’ scores UK-Ireland theatrical deal (exclusive)
The film won best UK feature at Raindance last year.
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NewsAtom Egoyan hopes for a new Armenian wave of filmmakers; has desire to direct a musical
Egoyan discussed topics including artificial intelligence during his Qumra masterclass.