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.
How ‘I Swear’ star Robert Aramayo prepared to play Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson: “It’s impossible to copy John’s tics”
The key was to play the man and not the condition, the actor tells Screen.
‘Weapons’ star Amy Madigan on why she didn’t see Aunt Gladys as the villain: “This woman is fantastic”
Amy Madigan is enjoying a late career renaissance.
Jafar Panahi on ‘It Was Just An Accident’ and making films his way - “no matter if I’m banned or not”
It Was Just An Accident pivots from revenge thriller to a humanist study of modern Iran. Jafar Panahi tells Screen what drives his filmmaking choices.
Oliver Laxe on his techno-fuelled Oscar contender ‘Sirât’: “It’s triggered a debate, and I love that”
Inspired by his years as a raver, Oliver Laxe’s Sirât is a wild ride through the Moroccan desert — and Spain’s submission for the Oscars. Elisabet Cabeza talks to the Spanish French director.
