All articles by Gabriella Geisinger
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NewsPinewood’s Indie Film Hub moves away from IFTC pledge after hosting ‘Anxious People’ with Angelina Jolie
EXCLUSIVE: The first project to shoot in the hub is Marc Forster’s ’Anxious People’, which did not use the IFTC.
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News‘Superman’, ‘SAS: Rogue Heroes’ locations among EUFCN location award nominees as jury revealed
The shortlist of the five finalists will be announced on December 9, 2025, and the winners will be revealed during the EFM/Berlinale 2026 in February.
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Features“Collaboration feels instinctive”: Taiwan’s growing wave of co-productions with Japan
Taiwan and Japan are increasingly collaborating on co-productions in a bid to share resources and expand international reach.
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FeaturesHow Tokyo Film Commission is tackling challenges while supporting an influx of films and series
Films recently supported by TFC include A24’s ‘The Smashing Machine’ and Searchlight’s ‘Rental Family’.
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NewsHow Japan-Finland co-production ‘Blood And Sweat’ overcame workplace differences
Filmmakers Tomomi Takashima and Daniel Toivonen highlighted extended script development time and different working hours as the main challenges.
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News‘Parasite’ producer Barunson E&A to co-produce film with Japan
Japanese producer Shinya Kawai also has a co-production with Italy in the pipeline.
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NewsKamila Andini’s ‘Four Seasons In Java’ leads first Tokyo Gap-Financing Market awards
A Gen Z award and two post-production awards were also given to productions participating at TGFM.
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NewsJapan-Korea film bodies say international collaboration key to weather industry challenges
Conversations also taking place to reassess the accessibility of Japan’s incentive scheme.
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News“It’s a double-edged sword”: international producers talk co-production in Southeast Asia
‘Morte Cucina’ producer Soros Sukhum, co-producer Stefano Centini and director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang spoke at TIFFCOM.
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NewsNine talking points from San Sebastian’s Creative Investors’ Conference
Euro powerhouses, “undeniable” projects and how financiers are making decisions.
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NewsVenice, Sundance-award winning filmmakers set for Tokyo Gap Financing Market 2025
Venice award-winner Nguyen Hoang Diep’s ‘1982’ and a feature from a ‘Renoir’ co-producer are among the 23 projects selected.
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Features‘Severance’ production designer Jeremy Hindle on evoking beauty and violence through furniture, colour, and location
Hindle is nominated for a Primetime Emmy for his work on the Apple TV+ series.
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FeaturesJessica Lee Gagné, double Primetime Emmy nominee for Apple TV+’s ‘Severance’, on harnessing visuals to highlight emotion
Gagné is nominated for two Emmys, one for directing and the other for cinematography on the Apple TV+ series.
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FeaturesProduction designer Kalina Ivanov reveals how she created the ‘king gangster’ aesthetic of HBO’s ‘The Penguin’
The Emmy-nominated designer talks about turning to 1970s and 1980s New York aesthetics to build her Gotham City.
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NewsBafta albert, Sustainable Entertainment Alliance launch production emissions tracking guidance
The paper covers Scope 1 & 2 emissions and, alongside 2024’s Scope 3 paper, offers guidelines for reporting throughout the full production timeline.
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News‘Pride And Prejudice’ series adds Louis Partridge, Daryl McCormack as production begins in UK
New cast joins previously announced Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden, and Olivia Colman.
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NewsDenis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune: Part Three’ begins production in Hungary
Warner Bros also confirmed the film’s title, quashing speculation it would be ‘Dune: Messiah’.
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NewsVirtual production facility Studio Ulster opens in Belfast
Studio Ulster is also home to the CoSTAR Screen Lab, one of five national research labs created under the UK-wide CoSTAR initiative.
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NewsAnton responds to Kate Beckinsale’s allegations of “unsafe and dangerous” set of ‘Canary Black’
The suit was originally filed anonymously before Beckinsale’s name became public in May.
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NewsSaudi Film Commission unveils new studio complex to open in Riyadh
Jax Film Studios will include two soundstages and a Sony virtual production volume