All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 103
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NewsKoch Media launching UK theatrical push with Arbitrage
EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment group Koch Media - one of German’s leading independent media companies - has revealed its intention to become a major player in UK theatrical distribution. Koch plans to release 25 films a year into British cinemas.
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FeaturesStewart Mackinnon
Headline Pictures co-founder Stewart Mackinnon talks to Screen about Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut Quartet and the growth of the company
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FeaturesOut of the shadows
Awards can play a big role in helping feature documentaries connect with audiences. Geoffrey Macnab explores the leading contenders for recognition this year.
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NewsGoldcrest offers three docs at Sundance
EXCLUSIVE: World premieres include Sebastian Junger’s Tim Hetherington documentary [pictured]; company talks about its ‘comeback.’
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FeaturesWill investors join EIS club?
The boosted Enterprise Investment Scheme was expected to be a big bonus for the UK film industry, but financiers say times are tougher than expected. Geoffrey Macnab talks to the experts.
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NewsIngenious responds to Commons questioning
Spokesperson says committee hearing was “completely unsatisfactory.”
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FeaturesBaftas’ glory
As Bafta season intensifies, Geoffrey Macnab looks at the streamlined voting process and how this year’s nominations will be revealed just before those of the Oscars.
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NewsUK film financiers grilled by Commons over tax
Two of the UK’s most prominent film financiers endured a fierce grilling at the hands of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee exploring Tax Avoidance.
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NewsIDFA winners include First Cousin Once Removed, Searching For Sugar Man
Plus hot sellers from the market side of IDFA.
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NewsRoast Beef to tell the story of Pussy Riot
Roast Beef Productions, the UK indie behind Afghan Star, is working on a feature doc about Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot.
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NewsDogwoof collars international partnerships
UK doc distributor Dogwoof has struck a series of new partnerships with distributors around the world.
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NewsJulien Temple’s Rio doc to feature Ronnie Biggs
Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs is to appear in a new documentary about the city of Rio, directed by Julien Temple.
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NewsJarecki adopts “grassroots” release for The House I Live In
US director Eugene Jarecki has spoken about the grassroots campaign for documentary The House I Live In - and the part that Brad Pitt has taken in promoting the film.
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NewsIDFA director: Dutch cuts are “a slap in the face”
The world’s biggest doc bazaar International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) marked the beginning of its 25th edition last night (Wednesday) with a fiery speech from festival founder and director Ally Derks.
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NewsPirate Bay film to be distributed for free
File-sharing website The Pirate Bay is at the forefront of the pro-piracy movement. It’s only fitting then that new feature doc about them, TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard, is to be given away for free.
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NewsBrügger planning controversial "assassination" doc
Controversial Danish journalist and film-maker Mads Brügger, whose exposé of African diamond smuggling in The Ambassador provoked fury and lawsuits, is working on another Africa-set documentary that is set to be equally explosive.
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NewsDaniel Dencik plans his first dramatic feature about slave trade
Likely controversial project is about slave trading Danish officer in the 1830s.
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NewsCaroline Rowland in talks to make New York Cosmos film
EXCLUSIVE: Director [pictured] of official London 2012 Olympics film First could make film about revival of New York football team.
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NewsUlrich Seidl pitches doc about sex tourism
Revered Austrian auteur Ulrich Seidl’s new feature doc Old Ist Gold is among the projects being presented at CPH: Forum, the coproduction event at CPH Dox in Copenhagen this week.