All articles by Geoffrey Macnab
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NewsBerlin techno drama ‘Rave On’ gets international buyers on their feet
EXCLUSIVE: The film mixes a fictional narrative with documentary-style footage from Berlin’s rave scene.
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NewsIDFA wraps on an upbeat note with larger audiences
IDFA remains Europe’s preeminent documentary event.
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FeaturesDocumentary sellers and distributors at IDFA call for new ways to engage audiences
Maria Vera of Kino Rebelde and Martina Droandi of Odd Slice Films are energised by doing things differently.
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FeaturesWhy the filmmakers of Norwegian romantic drama ‘My First Love’ believe the set was” the nicest one ever”
Mari Storstein’s debut fiction feature is now making its world premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights film festival.
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News‘A Fox Under A Pink Moon’ wins best international film at IDFA 2025
Iranian directors win the top two best film awards at IDFA 2025.
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Features"We enable filmmakers to tell creative stories on their own terms,” says IDFA Bertha Fund’s Selin Murat
Selin Murat, former IDFA markets manager, took over the IDFA Bertha Fund earlier this year.
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FeaturesWhy Victor Kossakovsky wants ‘Trillion’, about a woman throwing tiny objects into the sea, to only be seen in cinemas
”Documentary as a form of art will exist only when we respect image, not story,” he says.
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NewsProducers should unlearn old bad habits to make collaborations fairer, say IDFA filmmakers
Directors from the Global South who work with European producers can often feel short-changed by the lack of budget transparency.
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NewsSusana de Sousa Dias reflects on the highs and lows of her archive-based documentary career
Exploring the political archives of Portugal’s dictatorship has taken its toll, she admits.
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FeaturesWhy IDFA DocLab 2025 is exploring the dark side of online technology
DocLab’s Caspar Sonnen explains why this year’s theme is “logging off”.
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NewsPluto Film boards Covid-19 vaccine doc ‘The Man Who Healed The World’
EXCLUSIVE: The film is the story of the accidental discovery of the vaccine technology by doctoral student Ingmar Hoerr.
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NewsZahraa Gandour’s IDFA title ‘Flana’ picked up for sales in boost for Iraqi filmmaking
EXCLUSIVE: Ghandour was the first female Iraqi director to be selected for a major film festival following the TIFF selection of ‘Flana’.
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Features“No one stands alone,” says IDFA’s industry head of the festival’s sense of community
Source: Courtesy of IDFA Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen Ask Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen, head of industry at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), about the mood among professionals on the eve of this year’s industry programme (November 15-19) and she says there is some wariness but also ” incredible ...
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FeaturesIDFA’s Isabel Arrate Fernandez talks about her first edition, opening with three short films and her first controversy
Arrate Fernandez explains the decision not to accredit members of Israeli state organisations.
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News“His was the face everyone wanted to see”: UK industry remembers the late Film Four exec Bill Stephens
The much-loved and colourful sales executive died this week aged 76.
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FeaturesThe Ink Factory heads talk juggling multiple John le Carré adaptations, international strategy and new Ang Lee project
Stephen and Simon Cornwell are working on a new version of ’The Spy Who Came In From The Cold’.
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FeaturesWhy are Second World War movies still hot property for sales agents?
Beta Cinema, Global Constellation, Filmax, LevelK are on the offensive at the AFM with war movies.
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FeaturesAFM 2025: 12 buzz titles from European sellers
Screen profiles a selection of key AFM titles available to buyers at various stages of production.
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FeaturesThe Brit 50: spotlighting eight dynamic director- or actor-focused production companies
Companies that focus on projects for the filmmakers or actors who lead them play a vital role in the UK production landscape
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FeaturesThe Brit 50: Sixteen Films
While Ken Loach has retired from directing, the company remains busy working on projects with other filmmakers