All Features articles – Page 12
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FeaturesFan edits and plate-smashing: inside Lionsgate’s hit campaign for ‘The Housemaid’
Distribution’s most vital and creatively agile task is to connect films with audiences. Screen looks at Lionsgate’s recent success with its smash adaptation of The Housemaid
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FeaturesIcelandic filmmakers make plea for increased government support
Source: Stockfish [L-R] Sveinbjörn Baldvinsson, Anton Mani Svansson, Hronn Sveinsdottir, Jóhannes Tryggvasonn Film and TV experts in Iceland have spoken about an increasingly desperate need for more funding for local storytellers, as part of a panel during the annual Stockfish Film Festival & Industry Days, a Reykjavik-based ...
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FeaturesIs giving away free tickets to indie films the answer to building cinema audiences?
BFI programme Escapes for disengaged or lapsed audiences is trying this in the UK. Is it working?
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FeaturesSXSW London’s Anna Bogutskaya on deepening the festival’s relationship with the UK industry
“I don’t know what’s in the water but Kazakhstan is absolutely incredible,” she says of an emerging territory.
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FeaturesWhy Nigeria's Kunle Afolayan believes YouTube is key to the future of African filmmaking
Afolayan is a leading proponent of the New Nigerian Cinema movement, with credits including Netflix hit ’Aníkúlápó’.
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Features“Destabilisation is exciting,” says Willa’s Elizabeth Woodward of the opportunities in US distribution
Willa’s business model is to combine traditional financing with philanthropic grants.
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FeaturesUK filmmaker, TV writer and novelist Helen Walsh is making waves with her second film ‘On The Sea’
The BFI Flare and Edinburgh premiere is Walsh’s follow-up to 2015’s ’The Violators’.
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FeaturesInside the record North American release of ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’: PLFs, weekday surprises, Canada
“Everybody wanted a piece of the action on day one.”
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FeaturesWhat were the buzzy documentary projects at CPH:Forum 2026?
The ‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’ filmmaker held closed-door meetings about their next project.
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FeaturesEurope is emerging as a powerhouse of TV creativity, say Series Mania heads
Hollywood is in crisis, and this is a chance for Europe, suggest Laurence Herszberg and Francesco Capurro.
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FeaturesFive talking points from Filmart 2026
The Hong Kong International Film and TV Market ran from March 17-20.
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Features“I got distracted,” says John Wilson of making ‘The History Of Concrete’ rather than fixing his leaking basement
‘The History Of Concrete’ is making its European premiere at CPH: Dox this week.
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Features‘American Doctor’ director Poh Si Teng explains why she spent her life savings on making the Gaza doc
“This is all the money I saved for you,” the director told her daughter at CPH: Dox this week.
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FeaturesFilmart 2026: 12 buzz titles from Japan
Anime, romance, drama and the latest from Oscar winner Ryusuke Hamaguchi are being showcased by Japanese sellers at Filmart.
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FeaturesFilmart 2026: The buzz titles from Taiwan
A fantasy horror, crime thriller and gangster comedy are among the Taiwanese films showcased at Filmart.
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FeaturesLooking back on 50 years of Hong Kong International Film Festival
As HKIFF turns 50, Screen looks back on five decades of the pioneering festival
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FeaturesIn profile: the projects in HAF’s genre focus
The popularity of horror and action thrillers has inspired the relaunch of a genre section at HAF. Screen profiles the selection
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FeaturesFilmart 2026: The buzz titles from Hong Kong and China
Fantasy animation, an LGBTQ+ thriller and a pole-dancing drama are among the films from Hong Kong and China being introduced to buyers at Filmart.
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FeaturesHong Kong looks to rising talent and medium-sized films to revive box office
Hong Kong’s box office continues to struggle, despite boasting two blockbusters at the start of the year. Can a new generation of filmmakers and a focus on medium-sized productions help revive fortunes in the territory?
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FeaturesEight talking points from the Oscars: Classy, competitive (until it wasn’t) and Sean Penn
Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy were thanked multiple times across the night, while David Zaslav wasn’t mentioned once