All Features articles – Page 364
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FeaturesConcrete Night
Acclaimed Finnish director Pirjo Honkasalo adapts Pirkko Saisio’s novel about two young brothers during a pivotal weekend in their lives.
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FeaturesSean Stewart, Fourth Wall Studios
One of the most anticipated speakers at London’s Power To The Pixel annual Cross-Media Forum (Oct 16) will be Sean Stewart, co-founder of L.A.-based Fourth Wall Studios.
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FeaturesBusan International Film Festival
17th edition of the Busan International Film Festival ran Oct 4-13; Mostofa Farooki’s Television closed the festival.
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FeaturesCanadian crossmedia crosses borders
Ahead of this week’s Power To The Pixel Conference and Market in London, Screen looks at how Canada’s transmedia work is the envy of other nations.
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FeaturesRed Square Screenings
Screen previews Russia’s inaugural Red Square Screenings (Oct 15-19).
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FeaturesCité of light
Recently opened in Paris, Luc Besson’s ambitious Cité du Cinéma combines a new home for EuropaCorp and a major new studio development.
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FeaturesHala Alabdalla
Paris-based filmmaker Hala Alabdalla was in the middle of making her documentary, As If We Were Catching A Cobra, about cartoonists and caricature artists in Syria and Egypt, when revolution swept the region.
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FeaturesManjeet Singh
The director talks about his debut feature Mumbai’s King, about slum kids in India.
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FeaturesUPDATED: Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2012 slideshow
Photos from this year’s festival which kicked off with Richard Gere-starring Arbitrage.
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FeaturesEffendee Mazlan
Malaysian husband-and-wife filmmaking team, Effendee Mazlan and Fariza Azlina Isahak, have gone against the grain of the unabashedly commercial Malay-language film industry with Songlap, a drama about the illegal trafficking of babies.
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FeaturesReaching for the Sky
Bond is back for his 23rd mission. Ian Sandwell explains how Skyfall looks set to maintain the momentum of the series.
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FeaturesBlooming in the desert
The introduction in 2012 of Abu Dhabi’s generous production rebate underlines the region’s ambition as an international production hub.
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FeaturesBig screen opportunities
State-of-the-art multiplexes are helping to grow the Gulf box office.
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FeaturesThe power of three
The Gulf festivals are playing a central role in the Arab film-making renaissance.
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FeaturesVision of the future
A few years after splashy Hollywood deals put the region on the film map, the Gulf has been refocusing its efforts on building a sustainable industry - and now local talent is finding its voice.
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FeaturesAli Al Jabri, Abu Dhabi Film Festival
With increasing international clout, the Abu Dhabi Film Festival (Oct 11-20) is also a key backer of international films.
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FeaturesSplit screen
The television business is seeing an influx of independent US film companies. John Hazelton explores the shifting production landscape that is making the small screen so attractive - even if the move can be tough
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Features'A huge opportunity for local films'
The global potential of regional films was among the hot topics under discussion at the Third Film Finance Forum @ Zurich Film Festival. By Wendy Mitchell