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Features“I like to be close to the people I’m working with”: Oscar-winning composer Daniel Blumberg on his musical collaborations with Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
Source: World Soundtrack Awards Daniel Blumberg Daniel Blumberg is a British visual artist, musician and composer. He won the Bafta and Oscar for his score for The Brutalist, for which he is also nominated for film composer of the year at the World Soundtrack Awards. Since The ...
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Features“He doesn’t want the same sauce over and over”: German composer Volker Bertelmann on his long-running collaboration with Edward Berger
The pair previously collaborated on the TV series Patrick Melrose and Your Honour.
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Features“Quincy Jones made me feel I could become a film composer”: Kris Bowers on navigating his career and his score for ‘The Wild Robot’
Source: DreamWorks Kris Bowers A Juilliard-trained jazz pianist, Kris Bowers worked as a musician for artists including Jay-Z, Q-Tip and Ludacris, before releasing his debut album, Heroes + Misfits, in 2014. His first film work was 2013’s documentary Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me. Since then, he’s composed the ...
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FeaturesToronto 2025 preview: Screen’s guide to TIFF Docs
TIFF Docs’ section this year includes films by Laura Poitras, Gianfranco Rosi, Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin.
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FeaturesToronto 2025 preview: Screen’s guide to the Platform and Midnight Madness titles
TIFF’s Platform and Midnight Madness 2025 selection includes titles by Farnoosh Samadi, Bryan Fuller and Matt Johnson.
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FeaturesToronto 2025 preview: Screen’s guide to the Discovery and Centrepiece strands
Toronto International Film Festival runs September 4-14.
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FeaturesToronto 2025 preview: Screen’s guide to the Special Presentations
Toronto International Film Festival runs September 4-14.
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FeaturesToronto 2025 preview: Screen’s guide to the Gala titles
Toronto International Film Festival runs September 4-14.
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Features“We’re evolving,” says Gaumont’s Alexis Cassanet of the company’s shifting strategy
As the world’s oldest studio, Gaumont is celebrating its 130th anniversary in 2025.
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FeaturesHow mk2 is connecting auteurs and audiences, and expanding its slate of English-language arthouse films
”A decade ago, we stopped distributing films and everyone said, ‘You’re crazy.’ But we had a strategic vision, and it is working.”
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Features‘Severance’ production designer Jeremy Hindle on evoking beauty and violence through furniture, colour, and location
Hindle is nominated for a Primetime Emmy for his work on the Apple TV+ series.
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FeaturesFive emerging filmmakers from southeast Europe to watch
All are presenting interesting projects at Sarajevo’s CineLink Industry Days.
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Features‘Fantasy’ director Kukla details casting transgender lead role in Sarajevo title
Kukla’s debut feature is an adaptation of her short film ‘Sisters’.
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FeaturesWhy Sarajevo’s industry strand is facing up to the AI conundrum
Festival has several panels on AI as the Balkan industry fights for a seat at the table in discussions.
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Features“We are a grassroots festival”: how Sarajevo aims to harness Bosnia’s community spirit
Festival has set up new venues for 2025 including a picnic park and a swimming pool.
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FeaturesHow two UK distributors are wooing arthouse audiences to rereleases
BFI’s ’Battleship Potemkin’ has Gen X appeal; Curzon is teaming with Letterboxd to reach young cineastes.
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FeaturesHong Kong star Natalie Hsu on her meteoric rise and future projects 'Girlfriends', 'Mother Bhumi'
The ‘Last Song For You’ actress will next be seen in ‘My First Of May’ opposite Aaron Kwok.
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Features“There was lots of yelling”: Hong Kong star Ekin Cheng talks four decades on screen
The actor and Cantopop singer introduced ‘Last Song For You’ at NYAFF, where he was honoured for his contribution to cinema.
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Features“Existential dread” is fuelling the genre boom says Fantasia festival head Mitch Davis
Source: Vincent Frechette Mitch Davis Like its recent predecessors, this year’s 29th edition of Canada’s Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal will reflect a genre film scene whose output is “built on existential dread and the anxiety of a world that’s changing for the worse,” says festival ...
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Features“We don’t get to see brash women on screen”: Lashana Lynch talks ‘The Day Of The Jackal’
The UK actress and producer fought hard to make protagonist Bianca an authentic, complex character