Kaouther Ben Hania on mixing drama and documentary in ‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’: “It’s a privilege to show this story”
For the Tunisian filmmaker, it was important to incorporate a documentary element into the scripted feature. “It’s not me who wrote the thriller, it’s the reality of war,” she tells Screen
‘Dead Man’s Wire’ filmmakers talk Covid, casting choices, and provoking debate
Dead Man’s Wire depicts a real-life hostage-situation that played out across the media in 1977. Tim Grierson talks to director Gus Van Sant and screenwriter Austin Kolodney about bringing the dramatic events to life.
Josh Safdie on working with a bigger budget on ‘Marty Supreme’ and why Timothée Chalamet was perfect for “outcast” lead role
“It was a big movie. It’s period. It’s international. The costumes, you can’t just go to thrift stores and buy them. I wanted lots of extras. I needed to recreate reality.”
‘One Battle After Another’ duo Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio on improvising and film industry optimism
The director and star of One Battle After Another first mooted working together with Boogie Nights, then waited nearly three decades to actually do so
Making ‘Arco’: the modestly budgeted French animation that is an awards season dark horse
Screen talks to director Ugo Bienvenu and producer Sophie Mas about bringing their hand-drawn feature to life
Why the Japanese producer on Netflix’s ‘10Dance’ insisted on shooting in Blackpool
Takako Miyauchi tells Screen how she kept the cult-favourite BL manga adaptation as authentic as possible.
The debut directors of ‘My Father’s Shadow’, ‘Pillion’ and ‘Lollipop’ on imposter syndrome, inspirations and what comes next
Screen gathered Harry Lighton, Akinola Davies Jr and Daisy-May Hudson for a conversation about their first features
From ‘Adolescence’ to ‘Urchin’: UK casting director Shaheen Baig on her phenomenal year and opening up her “closed-shop” profession
The casting director talks to Screen about her approach to the craft.
“I’ve adored his work for so long”: father and son Daniel and Ronan Day-Lewis look back on making ‘Anemone’
The family pair discuss brotherhood and the beauty, power and romanticism of nature that resulted in their first filmic collaboration.
Making ‘Die My Love’: delays, “instant” chemistry between the stars and help from Martin Scorsese’s book club
Director Lynne Ramsay and producers Justine Ciarrocchi and Andrea Calderwood talk Screen through their $15m adaptation of Ariana Harwicz’s 2012 novel.
Bafta flashback: ‘Kneecap’ director Rich Peppiatt on getting his award through Heathrow security
“I had a meeting with Eric Fellner from Working Title [the next day]. I was so hungover I fell asleep on his sofa midway through the meeting.”
‘The Ballad Of Wallis Island’ filmmakers on its long journey to becoming a “well-timed” word-of-mouth hit
Director James Griffiths and writers/stars Tom Basden and Tim Key recount how trying to turn their 2008 Bafta-nominated short into a feature nearly became “one of life’s regrets”
In conversation: Kate Winslet and son Joe Anders discuss the real-life inspirations behind ‘Goodbye June’
The Netflix-backed film marks the debut feature for both, as director (Winslet) and writer (Anders) respectively.
