All Features articles – Page 36
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FeaturesMatteo Garrone on his Oscar-nominated drama ‘Io Capitano’: "it’s a contemporary epic"
Two Senegalese teenagers risk everything to reach the promised land of Europe in Io Capitano, a stirring and topical drama from Italy’s Matteo Garrone. Screen talks to the director about his Oscar-nominated feature.
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FeaturesWhy ‘Four Daughters’ director chose to blend documentary and fiction
Oscar-nominated for best documentary feature, Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters is based on a “spectacular and shocking” case of two missing girls. The Tunisian filmmaker talks about taking inspiration from fiction for her latest true-life story.
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FeaturesFrom frozen corpses to “plumper” polar bears: the VFX that shaped ‘True Detective: Night Country’
VFX supervisor Barney Curnow breaks down the most gruesome and snowiest scenes.
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FeaturesHow Estonia’s Ida-Viru region is building its film industry on the border with Russia
Ida-Viru shares a 77km border with Russia; the region has confirmed funding for a €15m film studio for 2025.
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FeaturesHow ‘May December’ screenwriters hit the cinematic jackpot with their first produced spec script
Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik’s Oscar-nominated May December is inspired by a scandal from their youth.
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FeaturesAnnette Bening on her year-long preparation for 'Nyad’: "I was inspired by a certain amount of fear"
When Bening first read the script, she remembers, “I was moved and I laughed, I was furious at her, but I loved her.”
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FeaturesIn focus: the Oscar-nominated live-action shorts from the UK
The films competing in the best live-action short category at the Oscars this year include two directing debuts from UK filmmakers.
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FeaturesDublin’s Grainne Humphreys on how festival audience habits are changing
Dublin International Film Festival runs from February 22 to March 2.
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FeaturesHow ‘To Kill A Tiger’ director shone a light on India’s gender violence
Nisha Pahuja set out to make a film about male consciousness-raising on gender issues in India, then found herself in the middle of a case of child rape. She tells Screen how the victim’s courageous family inspired her to tell their story in To Kill A Tiger.
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FeaturesWhy it’s boom time for theatrical re-releases of classic films
The success of the re-release market is also spawning more documentaries about filmmakers like Berlin title ‘Made In England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger’.
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FeaturesSky’s Original Film heads talk big ambitions and unveil new titles on the UK slate (exclusive)
New projects include Ashley Walters action thriller ‘Black Ops’, Irish comedy ‘Blarney’ and an adaptation of Robert Harris’s ‘Fatherland’.
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FeaturesHow Bafta-winning ‘The Zone Of Interest’ producer Jim Wilson learned to be filmmaker-forward and creatively driven
Wilson calls The Zone Of Interest “without a doubt the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do work-wise”.
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FeaturesAnatomy of a hitmaker: how Marie-Ange Luciani became one of France’s leading producers
Marie-Ange Luciani’s Paris-based production house Les Films de Pierre is behind Justine Triet’s ’Anatomy Of A Fall’ and Robin Campillo’s ‘Red Island’.
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Features‘Pushpa’ star Allu Arjun talks rise of Indian cinema worldwide and trilogy plans
The actor was in Berlin for a screening of his action blockbuster ‘Pushpa’ and discuss the anticipated sequel.
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FeaturesHow ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ helped inspire Sundance hit ‘I Saw The TV Glow’
Fresh from Sundance, Jane Schoenbrun tells Jeremy Kay about the personal story behind the project.
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FeaturesClaire Burger on bringing France and Germany together with Berlin competition title ‘Langue Etrangere’
Claire Burger talks straddling two countries, two languages and two teenage personalities with her third feature.
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FeaturesHow ‘The Holdovers’ producer Mark Johnson has sustained a decades-long career: "I don't assume anything"
Forty-five years after winning the Academy Award for Rain Man, and more than four decades since his last Oscar nomination, Mark Johnson is back in contention with The Holdovers. He discusses his rich career with Screen.
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FeaturesThe personal cost of making ‘Bobi Wine: The People’s President’
Standing against Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni required great sacrifice from musician/politician Bobi Wine and his family. Screen talks to Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp, directors of Bobi Wine: The People’s President about documenting their story.
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FeaturesHow Lily Gladstone made ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ role her own: “There was so much space to fill”
Lily Gladstone tells Screen how being inspired by her great-grandmother and her own Native communities helped bring a special focus to her role in Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon
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FeaturesMajor new projects at EFM 2024 - latest updates
The 2024 European Film Market runs February 15-21