All Features articles – Page 307
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FeaturesWorld of Locations: France
France is a costly location but an improved financial incentive could be a game-changer in 2016.
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FeaturesWorld of Locations: Italy
A revamped tax credit has catapulted Italy to the premier league of international locations.
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FeaturesWorld of Locations: Germany
Germany’s well-established network of federal and state funds, and efficient film infrastructure means many big footloose productions base themselves in the territory.
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FeaturesWorld of Locations: California
Rather than international projects, most US state incentives are accessed by film and television projects that may otherwise have shot in California. But from May 2015, California’s own offering makes it one of the world’s most attractive places to shoot.
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FeaturesWorld of Locations: Czech Republic
Medieval and modernist locations lie just an hour away from forests and mountains.
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FeaturesWorld of Locations: Australia
The territory’s laidback lifestyle and advanced film infrastructure are big attractions for film-makers and talent spending six months or more Down Under.
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FeaturesWorld of Locations: Hungary
Diverse cityscapes and cost-effective crew are drawing in Hollywood film-makers.
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FeaturesWe Are UK Film: stronger together
PROMOTIONAL FEATURE: We Are UK Film, now in its second year, brings together all the leading national and regional film agencies. It is the perfect initiative for showing off everything the UK has to offer to the rest of the film world.
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FeaturesParvez Sharma, ‘A Sinner In Mecca’
On the eve of the world premiere at Toronto’s Hot Docs of his first film in almost eight years, the openly gay Muslim filmmaker tells Jeremy Kay why he is putting himself front and centre.
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FeaturesGeena Davis and Trevor Drinkwater, Bentonville Film Festival
Geena Davis and ARC Entertainment’s inaugural event is about to kick off in Arkansas with a focus on impacting the quantity and quality of females and minorities in entertainment.
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FeaturesNewport state of mind
Newport Beach Film Festival co-founder and CEO Gregg Schwenk talks to Elbert Wyche about the California event’s programme and its passion for international cinema. The festival runs from April 23-20.
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FeaturesTimur Bekmambetov, 'Unfriended'
The Russian director of Wanted and the Night Watch takes a break from shooting Ben-Hur in Italy to tell Elbert Wyche about his producer role on a new genre he calls ‘screenmovie’.
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FeaturesNATO chief: Netflix model ‘makes no sense for movie industry'
The Netflix model ‘makes no sense for the movie industry at large’, says John Fithian, president and CEO of NATO (National Association Of Theatre Owners) on the eve of the group’s annual Las Vegas convention.
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FeaturesSteve Hoover, 'Crocodile Gennadiy'
Steve Hoover talks to Elbert Wyche about his Tribeca documentary on Gennadiy Mokhnenko’s work with vulnerable children in Ukraine.
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FeaturesStephen Fingleton talks 'The Survivalist'
The first-time director talks to Elbert Wyche about his Tribeca Film Festival world premiere and post-apocalyptic drama based on his 2012 Blacklist screenplay.
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FeaturesTalking Tribeca
As the 14th annual New York jamboree kicks off, Jeremy Kay talks to festival director Genna Terranova (main picture), Tribeca Enterprises evp Paula Weinstein (centre) and director of short film programming and initiatives Sharon Badal about their work.
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FeaturesTony McNamara, 'Ashby'
Australian director Tony McNamara speaks to Nadia Tseng about his upcoming film, Ashby, set to premiere at Tribeca on April 19.
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FeaturesMarco Mueller, Beijing International Film Festival
Marco Mueller, general advisor to the Beijing International Film Festival, talks to Liz Shackleton about Chinese audiences, censorship and positioning the fledgling festival as a bridge between the China market and the rest of the world.
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FeaturesDeborah Rowland: lifting the curtain on direct distribution
Founder of distribution and marketing consultancy We Are The Tonic discusses the future of direct film distribution.
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FeaturesFrontières returns to Brussels
Screen reports from the fifth edition of genre film market Frontières, which returned to BIFFF for its second European edition.
