Charles Gant
Features10 years on: The inside story of the last days of the UK Film Council
Ten years after it was abolished, many of its leading figures look back at that momentous day.
FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: UK Film Distributors’ Association’s Andy Leyshon
“We’ve converted our member training and development courses to online methods.”
FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: Facebook’s Anna Higgs
”I’ve seen some brilliantly visionary stuff emerge amidst this crisis.”
FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: UK producer Simon Chinn of Lightbox
”I would say that now is a good time to take stock creatively.”
FeaturesBFI Flare filmmakers plot next steps for their films: “We can’t allow ourselves to be bitter”
When coronavirus forced the festival to cancel, Flare directors had to make a choice.
NewsHow UK indie cinemas are coping with the impact of coronavirus
Indie cinema heads in Glasgow, Nottingham, London and Uckfield reflect on the current crisis.
NewsUK box office rises 18% year-on-year in the first seven weeks of 2020
The FDA unveiled 2019 statistics today in London.
FeaturesBerlin 2020: Screen’s guide to the Special, Forum and Generation titles
Agnieska Holland, Oleg Sentsov, and the mysterious ‘Dau’ project all feature.
FeaturesBerlin 2020: Screen’s guide to the Competition titles
Screen profiles the world and international premieres in Competition, Specials, Panorama and Encounters at this year’s festival (February 20-March 1).
FeaturesBerlin 2020: Screen’s guide to the Panorama titles
Queer identities, poverty in smalltown Texas, and migrants dreaming of a better life all feature.
FeaturesBerlin 2020: Screen’s guide to the Encounters titles
This is the first year of the Encounters section at the Berlinale.
NewsFilmmaker Chris Atkins talks about the UK film tax fraud that saw him sentenced to five years in prison
Atkins has written a book recounting his surreal experiences during his nine months at London’s Wandsworth prison.
FeaturesWhy risk-taking is paying off for the UK’s independent distributors
Original stories, homegrown titles and nimble business models are giving the UK’s indie distributors reasons to be cheerful.
FeaturesThe long campaign for casting to be recognised at the Bafta Film Awards
Screen traces the successful fight for recognition, and spotlights the inaugural nominees in this year’s casting Bafta.
FeaturesGeorge MacKay on filming ‘1917’: “No-man’s land was really hard”
The actor spent seven months rehearsing and filming for his lead role in Sam Mendes’s 1917.
FeaturesHow Sam Mendes reinvented the First World War movie with ‘1917’
“The idea of setting something that was going to be a propulsive, exciting movie against that backdrop just seemed a really tough ask.”
FeaturesHow Marielle Heller shunned the biopic path for ‘A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood’
In the awards fray again this year, Heller tells Screen how she won over Tom Hanks.
FeaturesThe global film industry storylines set to dominate 2020
Streaming launches, Disney dominance, and changes at major festivals will be among the big talking points for the film industry in 2020.
FeaturesUK box office 2019 verdict: an exceptional recovery after a shocking first quarter
The numbers look to be down slightly but admissions will be among the decade’s best.
FeaturesThe inside story of how Dexter Fletcher made ‘Rocketman’
Taking over the shooting of Bohemian Rhapsody was a walk in the park compared with the complexity of Rocketman, Fletcher tells Screen.