All Features articles
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FeaturesMary Bronstein, Rose Byrne on why making ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ needed a “psychotic level of confidence”
Mary Bronstein on quiting filmmaking and her return 17 years later with ’If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’.
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Features“I didn’t have grey hair before this”: Four filmmakers behind Oscar international feature hopefuls on working with their child leads
‘The President’s Cake’, ‘Orphan’, ‘The Left-Handed Girl’ and ‘The Love That Remains’ all showcase child protagonists.
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Features‘Weapons’ star Amy Madigan on why she didn’t see Aunt Gladys as the villain: “This woman is fantastic”
Amy Madigan is enjoying a late career renaissance.
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FeaturesJafar Panahi on ‘It Was Just An Accident’ and making films his way - “no matter if I’m banned or not”
It Was Just An Accident pivots from revenge thriller to a humanist study of modern Iran. Jafar Panahi tells Screen what drives his filmmaking choices.
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Features'Sorry Baby' director and star Eva Victor talks finding instant chemistry with co-lead Naomi Ackie
In ’Sorry, Baby’, Eva Victor explores personal trauma through a comic prism, and the importance of friendship in the healing process.
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FeaturesMona Fastvold on bringing a little-known 18th-century story to life with 'The Testament Of Ann Lee'
’The Testament Of Ann Lee’ is an audacious musical about the founder of the Shaker religious community.
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FeaturesHow France shifted strategy to try and win its first international feature Oscar in more than 30 years
France has shifted strategy in an attempt to win its first best international feature Oscar in more than 30 years.
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FeaturesOliver Laxe on his techno-fuelled Oscar contender ‘Sirât’: “It’s triggered a debate, and I love that”
Inspired by his years as a raver, Oliver Laxe’s Sirât is a wild ride through the Moroccan desert — and Spain’s submission for the Oscars. Elisabet Cabeza talks to the Spanish French director.
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Features“The session was magical”: Filmmakers reflect on their Atlas Workshops experiences
“It felt as if every meeting had been thoughtfully chosen for the specific needs of my project,” said one.
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FeaturesLocal films continue to be a bright spot in the Saudi cinema market
The success of local productions is a bright spot in a Saudi box-office market that has levelled off after early breakneck growth
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FeaturesRed Sea’s Finn Halligan and Antoine Khalife talk building a film culture in Saudi Arabia
“We tell local audiences ‘this festival is for you’,” says former Screen editor Halligan.
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FeaturesHow Indonesia’s Jogja film festival created a home for Southeast Asian cinema
Running from November 29 – December 6, this year’s 20th edition will screen 227 films from 47 countries.
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FeaturesOscars international feature race 2026 guide: the contenders from Africa and the Middle East
The combined countries of Africa and the Middle East last scored an Oscar nomination five years ago, but have produced at least one film this year considered a hot favourite. Screen celebrates the regions’ current buzz status
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FeaturesTwo-time Oscar winner Kazu Hiro on turning Dwayne Johnson into fighter Mark Kerr for ‘The Smashing Machine’
The Kyoto-born prosthetic make-up artist has won two Oscars and three Baftas for his work in films including Bombshell, Maestro and Darkest Hour
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FeaturesKaouther Ben Hania talks filming ‘Mimesis’ during ‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’ festival, awards run
“We had to shoot in September, otherwise we had to give back some funds,” says the director.
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FeaturesWhy Mohammed Al-Ibrahim wanted to make Qatar’s first thriller ‘Sa3oud Wainah?’
“We consume a lot of genre,” says the director at the Doha Film Festival.
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FeaturesDoha festival director Fatma Hassan Alremaihi talks about the vision for this year’s ambitious event
”Presenting challenging films with thoughtful framing” is the festival’s mission, says Alremaihi.
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NewsParamount, Netflix, Comcast said to have submitted bids for WBD
Deadline for first-round bids closed on November 20.
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FeaturesWhy several European film companies are ready for a fresh approach to YouTube
For many in the film industry, YouTube is simply a place to upload trailers. But is it time to adopt a new attitude to the platform?
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FeaturesFilm industry’s shift to embracing AI a key talking point at AFM
As more film and TV companies publicly embrace AI, the technology is one of the key talking points at this year’s AFM conference programme