All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 131
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FeaturesHannah Rothschild
UK writer/director Hannah Rothschild talks about her documentary Mandelson: The Real PM, which is world premiering at the LFF on Oct 24.
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NewsScreen Film Summit: Woodward says Lottery money to broadcasters would be 'insanity'
In what is likely to be one of his last public appearances as UK Film Council chief executive, John Woodward has made some outspoken remarks about the prospect that Lottery money might be channelled through a UK broadcaster such as the BBC or Channel 4.
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NewsScreen Film Summit: Upbeat Vaizey says plans for UK industry will be known 'by end of year'
Vaizey apologises for ruining the industry’s summer with the shock announcement to close the UK Film Council, but says there is a “good story” currently in the UK film industry.
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NewsWarner, Universal strike deals for Ben Ammar's Black Gold
Tarak Ben Ammar’s Quinta Communications has signed multi-territory distribution deals with Warner Bros and Universal Pictures for the $55 million epic adventure Black Gold. Warner Bros will distribute the film in France, the United Kingdom, Latin America and the Middle East.
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FeaturesLFF's increased ambition
The UK industry may be in a state of upheaval but the programme of the 54th BFI London Film Festival (today through Oct 28) underlines the scope and quality of UK film-making. Geoffrey Macnab reports
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NewsSouth Africa's film rebate cap is doubled
South Africa’s two-tier Department of Trade and Industry rebate system for filmmakers has received a major boost with the approval last week of proposals to extend the “cap” for the system.
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FeaturesPatrick Keiller
Screen talks to elusive British film-maker Patrick Keiller, whose latest feature Robinson In Ruins is screening at the London Film Festival on Oct 19.
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Some UK producers question Freeway fee
Freeway maintains that it has received mostly positive feedback from clients.
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NewsArtificial Eye buys 11 including Essential Killing, Silent Souls, Route Irish
Artificial Eye has been on a buying spree. The voracious UK distributor has announced 11 high profile acquisitions including a number of award winners from the recent Cannes, Venice and Toronto Film Festivals.
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NewsNetherlands Film Festival ticket sales up despite Dutch doubts
Netherlands Film Festival Director Willemien van Aalst has called on any new Dutch Government to respect the “social significance” of Dutch cinema.
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FeaturesLoft
Producer Rachel van Bommel of Millstreet Films and director Antoinette Beumer discuss their new feature Loft, a Dutch remake of Erik Van Looy’s runaway Flemish hit of the same name. As they reveal, the film, currently in post-production, was an eventful and sometimes very hazardous shoot.
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FeaturesCan Eye galvanise Dutch film culture?
It could be rocky times ahead for Dutch public spending. A figure of 22% is bandied about as the possible hit that Dutch cultural organisations may have to take. As the Netherlands Film Festival in Utrecht begins, the prospect of such savage cuts is inevitably causing alarm.
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NewsCharlize Theron takes remake rights to Two Eyes Staring
Charlize Theron has taken remake rights to Dutch psychological thriller Two Eyes Staring (Zwart Water) by Dutch writer/director Elbert van Strien.
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NewsSoda Pictures takes Norwegian Wood
The UK distributor has also confirmed a number of other recent acquisitions.
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NewsVaizey confirms BFC, regional screen agencies will stay
UK Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has stated that the government will retain the regional screen agencies and the activities of the British Film Commission, and that wider film support plans will be in place by November.
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European digital distribution network Ichnos launches with Venice titles
A new plan for a pan-European digital distribution network specially for festival films was announced in Venice.
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NewsSome UKFC activities to continue, says culture secretary
The Culture Secretary, who was speaking in London today, said that the Government had a “very clear idea” about its plans for public investment in the UK film industry.
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FeaturesSofia Coppola
Sofia Coppola talks about the inspriations for her latest film, Somewhere, which is playing in competition in Venice.
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NewsBritish films in spotlight as LFF programme announced
The programme for the 54th BFI London Film Festival also includes 11 world premieres, 23 international premieres and 33 European premieres.
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FeaturesNew media: End of the paper trail?
Auditors argue that in the electronic age there will be a new transparency