All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 14
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NewsVue is opening cinemas and investing in the future, says CEO Tim Richards
Richards comments come as Cineworld faces closues and analysts predict industry contraction.
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NewsCineworld reportedly looking to close up to 25 UK cinemas
Other operators such as Vue could step in.
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News“Documentaries remain integral to the Berlinale,” says Tricia Tuttle following launch of fiction-only Perspectives
The Documentary Association of Europe said the move reduced the appeal of the festival to the sector.
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NewsAlternative options emerge for Picturehouse cinemas amid Cineworld restructuring
Indvidual sites are being run on behalf of local councils to serve local communities.
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FeaturesUK sellers to showcase key titles to international buyers at London Screenings
The 2024 edition of Film London’s London Screenings are taking place from June 24-26.
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FeaturesHow ‘Searching For Amani’ spotlights climate change through a tragic personal story
The Kenya-set film follows a boy’s search for his father’s killers.
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NewsMarco Bellocchio on why his next project ‘Portobello’ will be a series
Drama series is based on real-life story of TV journalist falsely accused of being a Mafia member in the 1980s
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FeaturesRoger Ross Williams on social-issue stories and shaking up Ampas’s documentary branch
The US director of films including God Loves Uganda, Life, Animated and Stamped From The Beginning held a masterclass at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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FeaturesHow UK indie exhibitors are engaging younger audiences with arthouse cinema
“We are seeing a flourishing of young cinephile audiences.”
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NewsUK VFX sector sounds alarm on exclusion of generative AI from additional tax relief (exclusive)
“It doesn’t look a coherent policy decision to exclude AI,” said UK Screen Alliance CEO Neil Hatton.
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FeaturesIs the indie tax credit finally making the UK a valuable co-production partner?
European producers are taking notice.
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NewsAsmae El Moudir lines up first fiction feature ‘Holy Cow’ (exclusive)
El Moudir won the Best Director award in Un Certain Regard last year with her documentary The Mother of All Lies.
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NewsIdo Abram appointed artistic director of Netherlands Film Festival
Dutch industry veteran will work alongside business director Marjolijn Bronkhuyzen.
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NewsMedia Luna strikes multi-territory deal on ‘Perdida - Lost Sofia’ (exclusive)
Paris-based Factoris Films buys rights.
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FeaturesSouth Africa is aiming to become a global player in the film and TV sector
South Africa is hoping to entice even more international production partners with its wide range of benefits, both financial and creative.
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NewsFrancesca Archibugi to direct ‘The Italian Chapel’ for Blue Horizon, Greenboo Production (exclusive)
The long-gestating project has revived thanks to the new UK tax credit.
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NewsCannes Market brings in measures to alleviate Palais access bottlenecks
Long lines caused frustration over first four days.
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News“Systemic racism and prejudice” hampering some international co-productions, says EAVE
There are calls from the Think Tank members for coproduction treaties to be radically revised and rewritten.
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NewsAmsterdam comedy club ‘Boom Chicago’ that launched Seth Meyers and Jordan Peele, to get the doc treatment (exclusive)
Dutch filmmakers Sanne Kortooms and Marte Visser are at the helm.
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FeaturesRungano Nyoni talks feeling the pressure with her second film ‘On Becoming A Guinea Fowl’
The feature is showing in Cannes Un Certain Regard