All articles by Geoffrey Macnab
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NewsDavid Puttnam calls for bolder action from UK producers
“I hate defeatism, I really do, and I particularly hate it when it comes from within my own industry.”
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NewsSouth Africa’s Known Associates Group expands into Spain with €12.7m backing from Spanish government
Two Known Associates divisions - production and servicing outfit Moonlighting Studios and vfx specialist The Refinery - launch Spanish arms.
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NewsSeven participants selected for Sarajevo, Slano Female Filmmakers Support Programme
Leading Serbian documentary maker Mila Turajlić is among the participants.
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Features“I hit a wall,” says actor Maggie Gyllenhaal of what inspired her move into directing
”I came to the edge of what acting allowed me in terms of my artistic expression,” she said at Slano Film Days.
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Features“I need a face, I need a person,” says Michel Franco of his quest to bond with a sales executive
The Mexican filmmaker did not have much luck with sales execs earlier in this career.
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FeaturesSlano Film Days helps CineLink filmmakers take projects to the next stage
“It’s a safe space to bring problems,” said one participating producer.
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FeaturesLili Horvat reveals her hopes and fears for fresh era of Hungarian film funding
Horvat was screening early footage of her second film ‘My Notes On Mars’ at Slano Film Days this month.
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NewsRuben Ostlund reveals further plot details of ‘The Entertainment System Is Down’
Cricket, Australian masculinity, Andrey Zvyagintsev and Adam Sandler all play their part.
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Features‘Selection’, about the exploitation of teenage football players, among projects pitched at Slano Film Days
Croatian director Bruno Anković’s father was a famous professional footballer.
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FeaturesOur regional funds are falling apart, says Danis Tanovic of the struggle to get films financed in south-east Europe
The Bosnian director is attending Slano Film Days in Croatia, mentoring emerging filmmakers.
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Features“They come to talk about film”: why the arthouse A-list is drawn to Slano Film Days
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Pawel Pawlikowski, Michel Franco, Jasmila Zbanvic, Lili Horvat and Ruben Ostlund are all in town.
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NewsEleanor Mortimer’s deep sea doc ‘How Deep Is Your Love’ sells to UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: Tull Stories will release the film in the UK on September 25.
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NewsJasmila Zbanic, Danis Tanovic, Liam Cunningham join Slano Film Days lineup
Emerging filmmakers will learn from leading international film professionals.
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NewsVue lays off several senior staff ahead of expected sale or flotation
Group director of content Eduardo Leal is among those who have left the company in recent months
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NewsUK exhibitors welcome temporary cut in VAT rates on children’s cinema tickets
Questions remain about how the measure will work in practice, whether cinemas are obliged to pass on the VAT cut to customers.
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FeaturesLukas Dhont talks First World War drama ‘Coward’: “This is a film that needs to speak to young people”
Dhont is back in Cannes Competition for a second time with his third feature.
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NewsVicky Krieps in talks to star in comedy ‘Operation Annie’ for Luxembourg’s Samsa Film
EXCLUSIVE: The film is about the US forces who pumped out fake propaganda broadcasts to the Nazis in 1944.
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NewsBenelux projects receive funding boost from first Co-Development Fund awards
Three projects have received €50,000 each.
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NewsHungary’s new culture minister Zoltan Tarr makes pledge to filmmakers
Funds will be distributed on “merit, not political loyalty”, said Tarr.
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FeaturesIra Sachs on his 1980s-set New York drama ‘The Man I Love’ and working with Rami Malek: “he has a magnetism”
”There was a galvanising energy in 1980s New York, merged with darkness and fear.”