All Comment articles – Page 8
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CommentOscars 2015: nominations analysis
A day of big surprises confirmed Boyhood, Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel as front-runners for the best picture Oscar at the 87th Academy Awards.
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CommentLeave to Remain: the end of a long journey
Kate Cook and James Levison reflect on producing indie feature Leave to Remain, starring Toby Jones, the struggle to find an audience and an “impactful” distribution strategy.
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CommentWomen of substance
Wendy Mitchell reflects on women in film over the past 12 months and what to look forward to in 2015.
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CommentSerial storytelling
It’s remarkable that during the season of big awards films, the story that most people I know are genuinely buzzing about is the tale of Hae Min, Adnan and Jay.
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CommentThe Interview's cancellation is a 'calamity' for Sony
US Editor Jeremy Kay analyses the effects of Sony’s decision to pull The Interview from release after threats from hackers.
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CommentDubai welcomes back Bollywood
Ear-splitting screams welcomed the cast and crew of Bollywood film Welcome Back, who are filming in Dubai, and dropped in to speak to guests at DIFF.
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CommentDubai film festival opens with a bang
This year’s Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) got underway with two lavish parties – the opening at Madinat Jumeirah and the IWC Filmmaker Award gala dinner at the One&Only Royal Mirage on the following night.
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CommentArtful ambition
One of the most inspiring talks at the VFX + Animation Summit Dublin was from Paul Young, one of the founders of Cartoon Saloon.
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CommentThe price of success
At the Screen Film Summit on December 1, one hot debate was about how to drive support for British films at the UK box office.
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CommentThe revolution will be digitised
Fedz creator Q responds to Amma Asante’s Film Summit keynote speech.
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CommentAmma Asante, Screen Film Summit keynote
The director of Belle says the film industry needs to support newcomers beyond just the first movie.
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CommentThe time traveller’s life
Screen editor Wendy Mitchell discusses a movie 12 years in the making.
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CommentCinema is never ‘foreign’
Screen has kicked off our awards season coverage, with a focus on the foreign-language race.
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CommentThree things every documentary-maker needs to remember
Filmmaker Col Spector offers advice including remembering to entertain the audience.
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CommentCinema and the city
Duncan Speakman from production company Circumstance, which creates cinematic experiences in unexpected environments, on the future of cinema in the city.
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CommentMaking a film is a series of problems to solve
Film producer Iain Smith OBE on forging a career in film production and the importance of continuing to develop your skills in the industry
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CommentTIFFCOM talks adaptations
A panel at this week’s TIFFCOM discussed how figuring out who owns the rights to a novel can be a complicated business in Japan.
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CommentWhere have all the writers gone?
Some of India’s leading filmmakers discussed the country’s lack of creative screenwriters during a Mumbai Film Festival panel discussion.
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CommentEvent cinema comes of age
Billy Elliot, André Rieu and Monty Python are leading the charge for the growth of event cinema.
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CommentOppenhemier talks to AND about his docs
Joshua Oppenheimer spoke at Busan’s Asian Network of Documentary (AND) about his Venice Grand Jury prizewinner, The Look Of Silence, and its preceding companion piece The Act Of Killing.