All Features articles – Page 9
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FeaturesRoger Ross Williams on social-issue stories and shaking up Ampas’s documentary branch
The US director of films including God Loves Uganda, Life, Animated and Stamped From The Beginning held a masterclass at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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NewsItalian industry debates tax credit reform, co-productions and exploiting local stories at AVP Summit
The Audiovisual Producers Summit in Calabria was attended by international execs from companies including Sony, Amazon, FIlm France and the BFI.
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FeaturesBirds of paradise, palm trees, banana leaves: How ’Griselda’’s production designer evoked 1980s Miami
Knut Loewe eschewed the stereotypical pinks for a broader colour palette.
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FeaturesHow the ‘True Detective: Night Country’ production team doubled Iceland for Alaska
Producer Mari Jo Winkler and production designer Dan Taylor reveal the details that went into creating a fictional Alaskan town
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FeaturesHow Prime Video’s ‘Expats’ recreated 2014 Hong Kong in Los Angeles - and Hong Kong
Director Lulu Wang worked with production designer Yong Ok Lee to painstakingly recreate Hong Kong as it was a decade ago.
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FeaturesIs the indie tax credit finally making the UK a valuable co-production partner?
European producers are taking notice.
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NewsMohammad Rasoulof talks fleeing Iran and making Cannes Competition title ‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’
The dissident director is in Cannes for the premiere of his latest film, which will compete for the Palme d’Or.
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NewsCelebrity chefs, A-list DJs and rooftop bars: What’s new on the Cannes 2024 social scene?
Festival-goers will still have to weave through and around plenty of construction work.
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FeaturesHow the ‘Back To Black’ designers revived Amy Winehouse’s most iconic looks for screen
Costume designer PC Williams and hair and make-up designer Peta Dunstall discuss raiding the singer’s wardrobe, not using wigs and keeping track of tattoos.
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FeaturesAlison Owen talks Amy Winehouse biopic 'Back To Black', new 'Wuthering Heights' film (exclusive)
Owen is making a new feature film of ‘Wuthering Heights’ with Studiocanal, casting now.
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FeaturesRising Asian film talent heading to Vietnam’s Autumn Meeting in Ho Chi Minh City
A total of 25 projects will be presented across two programmes.
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FeaturesBreaking ground: how Ho Chi Minh City’s first international film festival was created
More than 100 films will screen over the eight-day festival.
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FeaturesHow ‘Tokyo Vice’ cinematographer Corey Walter faced the challenges of shooting in Japan
The second season of the critically acclaimed series took to the streets of Tokyo with all its challenges.
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FeaturesCPH:DOX 2024 provides calm space for documentary community in fraught times
“People have time for conversations – they create a lot of space for that.”
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FeaturesThe Lithuanian filmmakers making their mark on international screens
Films such as ‘Vesper’ and ‘Slow’ have sold widely around the world.
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FeaturesHow the UK first-time directors of ‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ made a film within a game
“Grand Theft Auto and Hamlet - it’s these two cultural beacons that are often misunderstood.”
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FeaturesWhy are award-winning Indian documentaries struggling to find audiences at home?
While Indian documentaries are riding high at international festivals, at home filmmakers are struggling to connect them to cinemagoers.
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FeaturesMara Gourd-Mercado on developing CPH:DOX’s industry activities
Documentary festival’s new head of industry and training talks raising money and creating a safe space for discussions.
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Features“Does life have a purpose?”: Max Kestner ponders the themes of his CPH:DOX opener ‘Life And Other Problems’
“If science says ‘communities are not real’, I would try to argue against it.”
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FeaturesHow CPH:DOX is working to bring a culture of documentary viewing to all Danish audiences
“We are not a Copenhagen event for the whole country; we are co-creating a festival with the municipalities.”