All Features articles – Page 6
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FeaturesRed Sea’s Finn Halligan and Antoine Khalife talk building a film culture in Saudi Arabia
“We tell local audiences ‘this festival is for you’,” says former Screen editor Halligan.
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FeaturesWhy did the Oscars introduce new casting and stunt categories, and how will they work?
We wait years for a new Oscar category – and then two come along in swift succession, recognising casting and, eventually, the fall guys.
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FeaturesRounding up the Bafta foreign-language film contenders that aren’t competing for Oscar
The majority of films vying for Bafta’s film not in the English language award this year were not submitted by their country to the international feature Oscar.
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FeaturesDoha festival director Fatma Hassan Alremaihi: “We want to grow the industry activities”
Alremaihi says the new 50% cash rebate ”will attract quality international projects while creating sustained opportunities for local crews, suppliers and creatives.”
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FeaturesOscars international feature race 2026 guide: the Asia Pacific contenders
Asia Pacific’s Oscar entries this year include local hits from the likes of China, Japan, Hong Kong and Vietnam.
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FeaturesFive projects to watch at JAFF Future Project 2025
This year’s edition presents a line-up of 10 projects that will compete for $74,000 in cash and production support.
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Features2025 Ventana Sur returns to Buenos Aires with new sections, projected 30% attendance rise
LatAm market hub runs December 1-5 at Palacio Libertad.
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FeaturesJAFF 2025: Seven buzz titles from Indonesia
Features include the festival’s closing film, ‘Comedy Buddy’ by Aco Tenriyagelli.
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FeaturesHow Indonesia’s Jogja film festival created a home for Southeast Asian cinema
Running from November 29 – December 6, this year’s 20th edition will screen 227 films from 47 countries.
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FeaturesScandar Copti explains why he is exploring the “rebranding of genocide” in his doc project ‘A Childhood’
The Palestinian filmmaker describes the feature doc as a “cinematic act of resistance”.
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FeaturesOscars international feature race 2026 guide: the contenders from Africa and the Middle East
The combined countries of Africa and the Middle East last scored an Oscar nomination five years ago, but have produced at least one film this year considered a hot favourite. Screen celebrates the regions’ current buzz status
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FeaturesWhy Ghanaian director Amartei Armar started filming ’Vagabonds’ before it was fully financed
Armar’s 2022 short film ’Tsutsue’ was the first Ghanaian film to screen in competition at Cannes.
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Features“We’re making films for the people”, says Tanzania’s Amil Shivji of his latest film ’Last Cow’
The Atlas Workshop project is set within a semi-nomadic ethnic group of the Maasai.
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FeaturesLaila Marrakchi on returning to the Atlas Workshops with her highly anticipated ‘La Más Dulce’
The French-Moroccan filmmaker has spent a decade finessing her craft on series including ‘The Eddy’ and ‘Le Bureau’.
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FeaturesGodard, Seberg, Belmondo: how ‘Nouvelle Vague’ found its little-known cast to play the iconic ‘Breathless’ trio
Casting director Stéphane Batut talks about finding the right actors to play real-life characters in Richard Linklater’s love letter to the French New Wave.
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FeaturesSuha Arraf talks about hiding politics in human stories for Atlas Workshops project ’Chentian’
The Palestinian filmmaker co-wrote Eran Riklis’ ‘The Syrian Bride’ and ‘Lemon Tree’.
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FeaturesThe rise of South Asian horror films at the box office and festivals
The region’s younger filmmakers are using genre to address social issues.
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FeaturesTwo-time Oscar winner Kazu Hiro on turning Dwayne Johnson into fighter Mark Kerr for ‘The Smashing Machine’
The Kyoto-born prosthetic make-up artist has won two Oscars and three Baftas for his work in films including Bombshell, Maestro and Darkest Hour
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FeaturesOscars international feature race 2026 guide: the contenders from the Americas
The Americas region scooped the international Oscar last year with Walter Salles’ biographical drama ’I’m Still Here’. Screen assesses the titles aiming for a repeat victory.
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FeaturesAtlas Workshops’ Hédi Zardi looks ahead to the ‘epic, emotional stories’ told in the 2025 projects
Zardi says the Workshops provide a space to nurture creativity while giving a clear-eyed overview of market realities.