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FeaturesSundance Q&A: ‘Watcher’ director Chloe Okuno on her spiritual nod to ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ and the therapy of horror
U.S. Dramatic Competition entry premieres on January 21.
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Banjos and bassoons: how ‘The French Dispatch’ composer Alexandre Desplat collaborates with Wes Anderson
The fifth feature collaboration to date between the composer and Anderson has a “more American, jazzy/bluesy” feel.
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“The beginning of an explosion”: ‘The Mitchells Vs The Machines’ team on advances in animation
“There are a lot of X-Men on screen, and I don’t know any X-Men. But I do know families that don’t get along.”
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14 Asian films to tempt festival directors in 2022
Hirokazu Kore-eda, Park Chan-wook and Makoto Shinkai all have films ready for 2022.
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Sundance Q&A: Christian Tafdrup on embracing darkness with ‘Speak No Evil’
The Danish director’s third feature has its world premiere in Sundance Midnight.
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58 European films to tempt festival directors in 2022
The hot list of films from established and rising directors.
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Dinners, dancing and skiing in Copenhagen: how international filmmakers are celebrating Sundance 2022
Despite the online switch, filmmakers are finding ways to mark the occasion.
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Sundance Q&A: ‘Mars One’ director Gabriel Martins on why Brazil’s indie filmmakers are “staring into an empty space”
Brazilian filmmaker on dreams, disappointment, family and what Jair Bolsonaro has done to his country.
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‘Belle’ creator Mamoru Hosoda on global collaboration, Japanese cinema and advances in computer animation
“I always liked the underlying story of Beauty And The Beast,” says Hosoda about the fairy tale on which Belle is loosely based.
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‘No Time To Die’ sound team describe the “unique magic on set… that’s very hard to create afterwards”
Simon Hayes had a special plan for the film’s Jamaican club scene in No Time To Die.
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13 UK films to tempt festival directors in 2022
Includes new titles from Joanna Hogg and Florian Zeller, plus debuts from Prasanna Puwanarajah and Charlotte Regan.
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Cinematographer Ari Wegner on her year with Jane Campion making 'The Power of the Dog'
“Her only caveat was she wanted someone who would be up for being with her for the entire year before we shot,” recalls Wegner.
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“I was not supposed to be a director!”: Patrick Imbert on adapting ‘The Summit Of The Gods’ for French cinema
Immersive, emotive and stunningly atmospheric, The Summit Of The Gods is a hand-drawn animated film that recreates the scale, splendour and savageness of Mount Everest.
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Why ‘Dune’ hair and make-up stylist Donald Mowat avoids relying on special effects
It fell on Donald Mowat to ensure no ringlet, skin tone, blemish or tribal marking was out of place on the Legendary/Warner Bros tentpole.
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'Ron’s Gone Wrong': the team behind new UK animation studio Locksmith discuss its first feature
It was more than 10 years ago that writer/director Sarah Smith hit on the idea of creating a UK-based animation studio that could rival the output of US powerhouses such as Disney and Pixar.
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UK awards campaigners react to the Bafta 2022 longlists
“What happened to Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir: Part II?” asks one.
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‘Encanto’ filmmakers talk working with Lin-Manuel Miranda to create "a definitive Latin American Disney musical"
The filmmaking team talks to Screen about their journey of cultural enchantment.
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Siân Heder on ‘Coda’ success: “I hope it means more stories like this get told”
Writing and directing a film about a deaf family was one steep learning curve for Sian Heder.
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Steven Knight on writing ‘Spencer’: “I wanted a happy ending”
“I didn’t want it to be unsympathetic to the royal family,” says Spencer screenwriter Steven Knight.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda talks directing ‘Tick, Tick…Boom!’, working with Netflix, other 2021 projects
A writer, performer and now debut filmmaker who has a hand in no fewer than four of the titles jockeying for attention during this busy awards season.
