All Features articles – Page 183
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Features‘Dirt Music’ director Gregor Jordan: “Trying to mount a production in such a remote area was extremely challenging”
The Australian director made his name with Two Hands, Buffalo Soldiers and Ned Kelly.
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FeaturesToronto 2019 Q&A: Solstice Studios’ Crystal Bourbeau on why she is optimistic about international distribution
Bourbeau joined the company in December 2018 as head of acquisitions and international.
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FeaturesToronto 2019 Q&A: Neon’s Jeff Deutchman on the company’s theatrical confidence
Neon has titles including Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Parasite’ and Céline Sciamma’s ‘Portrait Of A Lady On Fire’.
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FeaturesJustin Kurzel talks ‘True History Of The Kelly Gang’, reflects on “difficult” ‘Assassin’s Creed’
Australian director Justin Kurzel tells Screen about why he connected with ’Kelly Gang’ and upcoming Apple series ’Shantaram’.
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Features‘Saint Maud’ director Rose Glass on religious fanaticism and the gender debate
“I don’t want people to support me and my film because they want to be seen to be backing and programming films by women, rather than it being a good film.”
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FeaturesAlice Winocour talks ‘Proxima’: “Cinema doesn’t often show women as both a mother and a super-heroine”
Alice Winocour talks to Screen about her Platform title Proxima, the story of an astrophysicist juggling astronaut training with bringing up her young daughter.
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FeaturesHow Coky Giedroyc and Monumental brought Caitlin Moran’s ‘How To Build A Girl’ to the screen
The film is adapted from Moran’s semi-autobiographical 2014 novel of the same name and stars Beanie Feldstein.
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FeaturesChile’s Pablo Larrain on creating an unapologetic modern heroine in ‘Ema’
The fiery, dance-obsessed mother at the heart of Pablo Larrain’s Ema had some Venice critics blushing.
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FeaturesDirectors of Venice doc ‘Woman’: “Weinstein, MeToo… we weren’t surprised when this all happened”
The documentary gives voice to 100 women from all walks of life on topics ranging from what it means to be a woman, to motherhood, marriage, education and darker subjects such as sexual violence and genital mutilation.
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FeaturesHow did the English South Coast stand in for the Hamptons in Roger Michell’s ‘Blackbird’?
The family drama has had Kate Winslet strolling around set in pyjamas and slippers.
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FeaturesShow them the money: who’s funding female filmmakers?
Female-focused production companies are on the rise around the globe, but racial and gender disparity persists.
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FeaturesToronto 2019 market preview: buyers arrive facing fierce competition
Titles to watch include Cory Finley’s ’Bad Education’, Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s ‘The Friend’ and Roger Michell’s ‘Blackbird’.
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FeaturesToronto 2019: Screen’s guide to the Discovery titles
Emerging first and second-time filmmakers are showcased in TIFF’s buzzy Discovery section.
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FeaturesToronto 2019 preview: Screen’s guide to the Gala titles
Gala titles include ‘Hustlers’, ’Western Skies’ and ‘Just Mercy’.
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FeaturesToronto 2019 preview: Screen’s guide to the Special Presentations
‘Jojo Rabbit’, ‘Hope Gap’ and ‘Greed’ are among the new titles.
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FeaturesToronto 2019 preview: Screen’s guide to the Platform titles
Films include Sarah Gavron’s ‘Rocks’ and Anthony Chen’s ‘Wet Season’.
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Features‘Babyteeth’ director Shannon Murphy: “Most of my career I’ve been the only female”
Australian director is at Venice Film Festival this year for the world premiere of her debut feature Babyteeth.
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FeaturesThe space race: what next for UK studios and inward investment?
Netflix’s 10-year lease of Shepperton Studios is sending ripples throughout the UK’s inward investment sector.
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FeaturesThe lowdown on all the UK’s new studio developments
Major new studio developments are underway in every corner of the UK, in the south-east of England, Cardiff, Northern Ireland, Yorkshire, Manchester and Scotland.
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FeaturesVenice Critics’ Week’s Giona Nazzaro on the impact of the new wave of Italian festival curators
“Everything changed when we realised festivals actually make editorial choices discovering talents.”