China-Taiwan tensions overshadow run-up to Golden Horse Awards
What impact has the Chinese boycott of Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards had on nominations and the Chinese-language filmmaking industry?
“Like jumping off a cliff without a parachute”: Alejandro Landes talks Colombian Oscar contender ‘Monos’
Landes’ film has been praised for its cinematography and its score by Mica Levi.
The Centrepiece interview: Cairo chief Mohamed Hefzy talks indie cinema, upcoming projects
Egyptian producer and Cairo International Film Festival director Mohamed Hefzy tells Screen about his journey from metallurgical engineer undergraduate in London to A-list festival habitué.
Who are the Oscar and Bafta frontrunners in the acting categories?
With less than three months to go until the Bafta Film and Academy Awards ceremonies, Screen assesses the leading contenders in the acting races.
May el-Toukhy discusses the “Greek tragedy-vibe” to Denmark’s Oscar entry ‘Queen Of Hearts’
Director May el-Toukhy talks about her provocative, taboo-busting Danish relationship drama Queen Of Hearts.
Halina Reijn on Netherlands Oscar entry ‘Instinct’: “It’s an abstract experiment about sex and power”
Reijn is one of her country’s leading stage and screen actresses.
Awards whispers: UK-based Oscar, Bafta voters reveal their early favourites and letdowns
Each week a group of UK-based Ampas and Bafta voters will reveal their private musings on the films they are watching.
Oscar committee co-chairs explain the international category name change
Larry Karaszewski and Diane Weyermann are in their second year at the helm.
Levan Akin on protest-hit Swedish Oscar entry ‘And Then We Danced’: “It evolved from the hardships of making it”
The film attracted protests from Georgian conservative groups for its depiction of homosexuality.
International feature film Oscar: Middle East contenders
Haifaa Al-Mansour is up with ‘The Perfect Candidate’
Why ‘Joker’ is performing so well at the UK box office
“[The UK is] a strong DC market,” said Warner Bros’ Andrew Cripps.
International feature film Oscar: Africa contenders
Can ‘Atlantics’ spring a surprise?
International feature film Oscar: Asia-Pacific contenders
No country from Asia has won the award since ‘Departures’ in 2009.
