All articles by Geoffrey Macnab
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NewsMoroccan producers Pink Sheep unveil two new projects
Pink Sheep’s ’The Wound’ screened in competition at the Mediterrane film festival last week.
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Features‘Leonora In The Morning Light’ overcomes funding setback to premiere in Guadalajara and Munich
Indie Sales has international rights to the biopic about the English surrealist artist Leonora Carrington.
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NewsBFC head Adrian Wootton on UK indie tax credit impact, improving ties with Europe
Wootton spoke to Screen at the Mediterrane Film Festival in Malta.
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NewsMediterrane Film Festival wraps its third edition with fireworks, arias and Russell Crowe
The Golden Bee award for best feature went to Tunisian filmmaker Amel Guellaty’s Where The Wind Comes From.
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NewsJeremy Thomas on never giving up, the proliferation of producer credits and defending his friend Bernardo Bertolucci
The UK producer was speaking at Malta’s Mediterrane Film Festival where he is receiving a lifetime achievement award.
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FeaturesOrwa Nyrabia reflects on his “rollercoaster” seven years at the head of IDFA
“One of the key problems with institutional work in culture is how institutions get so used to [doing] things,” says the Syrian filmmaker.
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FeaturesHow event cinema specialist Trafalgar Releasing became a top 10 UK distributor
Trafalgar Releasing is now among the top 10 distribution companies in the UK — how far can the event cinema specialist go?
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FeaturesInternational buyers head to London Screenings in search of one-to-one meetings about UK films
FIlms screening include Mister Smith’s ‘Bone Lake’.
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FeaturesSelling ‘The Salt Path’: how international distributors are turning the UK film into a box-office hit
The film based on a best-selling memoir has been a success in UK-Ireland, the Netherlands and Australia-New Zealand to date.
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FeaturesMalta’s film commissioner on keeping his country a leading destination for international shoots
The commissioner spoke to Screen ahead of the third Mediterrane Film Festival, which runs June 21-29.
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NewsBelgian outfit Lumiere moves back into distribution in the Netherlands
EXCLUSIVE: Lumiere co-owner Jan De Clercq believes the Benelux box office is poised for growth.
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FeaturesHow the Purple List is boosting the careers of filmmakers including Cathy Yan, Chloe Zhao and Hasan Hedi
James Franco was a judge for this year’s list of the best production-ready scripts by NYU alumni.
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NewsUK’s Picturehouse Cinemas wins legal ruling against Trocadero site landlord
The acrimonious dispute between Picturehouse Cinemas and the landlord at its flagship Trocadero site in central London looks set to continue.
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FeaturesJafar Panahi on ‘It Was Just An Accident’, being in prison and showing the Iranian sense of humour
The Iranian filmmaker is back in Competition for the second time.
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NewsIsraeli documentary coproduction market CoPro Film announces project lineup
The event runs in Tel Aviv from May 26-29.
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NewsJacques Bidou to produce gay Indian drama ‘Dengue’
EXCLUSIVE: The veteran French producer is renowned for his work with Rithy Panh and Tsai Ming-Liang.
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NewsColm Bairéad’s ‘Mary Rose’ among recipients of Flanders support
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Mary Rose’ is being coproduced by Belgium’s Lemming Film.
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NewsTheatrical deals glow for ‘Agatha’s Almanac’ doc about life and gardening
EXCLUSIVE: The film about a 90 year-old woman and her garden is being sold by Lightdox.
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News‘Chaplin, Spirit Of The Tramp’ doc sells around the world
EXCLUSIVE: Feature documentary directed by Charlie Chaplin‘s granddaughter Carmen Chaplin.
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FeaturesNew studios and growing investment: why South Africa is "definitely open for business"
The country has highly skilled crews and a competitive exchange rate.