All Features articles – Page 17
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NewsHany Abu Assad on raising awareness around sexual harassment in ‘Huda’s Salon’
The Bethlehem-set thriller makes MENA debut in competition at the Red Sea International Film Festival.
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NewsLebanese director Michel Kammoun on shooting ‘Beirut Hold’em’ with a "large cast and a small budget"
’Beirut Hold ’em’ Kammoun’s his second feature following 2006’s ‘Falafel’
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FeaturesAndrea Arnold on her first documentary ‘Cow’: “It makes me want to take risks”
”Sometimes the more the audience have to work, the more cinematic it is.”
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FeaturesIn conversation: Maria Schrader, Dan Stevens talk sci-fi romance ‘I’m Your Man’
Director Schrader looked to the UK’s Stevens — in his first lead role in German — to play a lifelike robot. The pair discuss classic screwball comedies and the collision of human and machine.
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FeaturesIn conversation: Sebastian Meise and Franz Rogowski on the "unbelievable" true story behind ‘Great Freedom’
Director Meise had lead actor Rogowski in mind when writing ’Great Freedom’. The two men talk about crash dieting, Covid interruptions and Germany’s notorious Paragraph 175 law.
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FeaturesIn conversation: Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Hidetoshi Nishijima on adapting ‘Drive My Car’ for screen
The director and lead actor speak about the challenges of adapting author Haruki Murakami for the screen and the future of the Japanese industry.
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FeaturesIn conversation: Valdimar Johannsson, Noomi Rapace on creating a "divine moment" in ‘Lamb’
The director and star talk about getting back to nature, Nordic folktales and the mysterious newborn at the heart of this genre-bending thriller.
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FeaturesIn conversation: Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Tilda Swinton on Colombian mystery drama ‘Memoria’
The celebrated Thai filmmaker and the Oscar-winning actress discuss their unique collaboration ’Memoria’, which was filmed largely in Spanish in a country foreign to both of them.
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FeaturesFinnish director Aku Louhimies on telling a story of female desire in ‘The Wait’
Actress/writer Inka Kallén stars in the adaptation of a classic novel, which will premiere at Tallinn Black Nights.
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FeaturesRising Icelandic filmmaker Tinna Hrafnsdóttir talks about her directorial debut ‘Quake’
Icelandic psychological mystery is premiering at Estonia’s Black Nights Film Festival.
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FeaturesWhy the Black Nights Discovery Campus is the cornerstone of Tallinn festival’s industry focus
The new talent initative is designed to give regional talent an international boost.
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FeaturesWhy filmmakers should be exploring the ‘metaverse’
The industry should prepare to engage audiences in the next iteration of the internet, according to former Digital Domain exec John Canning.
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FeaturesHow Geneva Digital Market is transforming virtual into reality
GDM digital head Paola Gazzani Marinelli talks demystifying new ways of storytelling.
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FeaturesMSR Media’s Philippe Martinez talks selling to platforms and shooting in St Kitts & Nevis
MSR is currently filming ‘Christmas In The Caribbean’ with Elizabeth Hurley.
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FeaturesDo the firearms rules need to be further tightened on UK film and TV sets?
More training is needed for safe sets, especially with experienced crews in short supply.
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FeaturesHow Geneva film festival is attracting fresh visions and high-profile talent
New festival director Anaïs Emery discusses the return of the event and a mission to get audiences back into cinemas.
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FeaturesAFM 2021: Japan hot projects
Titles incude a ‘Cube’ remake, manga animation ‘Blue Thermal’ and Takashi Shimizu’s third feature in his ‘horror village’ trilogy.
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FeaturesAFM 2021: Taiwan hot projects
Titles include ‘The Catch’, ‘Trick Or Treat’, ‘You Have To Kill Me’ and ‘Increasing Echo’.
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FeaturesAFM Q&A: “The industry needs markets now more than ever”, say IFTA heads
Jean Prewitt and Clay Epstein, president and chairperson respectively of the Independent Film & Television Alliance, share their views on the challenges facing the independent film landscape.
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FeaturesWhat does AFM hold for Russia’s independent producers and distributors?
Russia’s independents enter AFM feeling buoyed by strong projects and festival showings, but also an air of caution.