All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 19
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News“We have two days to sell a film at a festival,” say sellers at Sarajevo
International sellers talked about how they work to engage critics, buyers and then audiences.
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NewsAgnieszka Zwiefka’s fiction feature ‘She’ finds Polish and German co-producers (exclusive)
The Polish director is in Sarajevo this week pitching her documentary ‘Runa’.
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NewsCharlie Kaufman urges filmmakers to work outside the US studio system in Sarajevo masterclass
Kaufman was in town as a filmmaker amid the WGA and SAG-Aftra strrikes.
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News“It costs a minimum of $15,000”: Doc producers debate how to create effective impact campaigns
Execs discuss social outreach strategy at CineLink Industry Days panel in Sarajevo.
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Features
How Ukrainian producer Darya Bassel is steering an ambitious film slate against the backdrop of war
Bassel’s outfit Moon Man is presenting Roman Bondarchuk’s The Editorial Office in CineLink’s Works In Progress section.
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FeaturesHow a “curated approach” to industry activities has made Sarajevo a festival of discovery
Head of industry Masa Markovic reflects on this year’s CineLink Industry Days programme.
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FeaturesSarajevo director Jovan Marjanovic: “This is the meeting place for Southeastern European cinema”
Festival director reflects on this year’s line-up and how Sarajevo’s identity was forged during the Bosnian War.
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NewsRyusuke Hamaguchi’s Venice Competition film ‘Evil Does Not Exist’ lands UK-Ireland sale (exclusive)
Latest film from the Japanese director of Oscar-winner ’Drive My Car’ has also landed deals in Benelux, Portugal and Taiwan.
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FeaturesLocarno head Giona A Nazzaro talks film-loving childhood, highlights from 2023 edition
Growing up passionate about film, Giona A Nazzaro’s broad tastes embraced George A Romero and early John Woo as well as Pasolini, Fassbinder and Bergman. As director of Locarno Film Festival, he has found his people, he tells Screen.
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NewsRival UK-Ireland exhibitors eye closed Empire Cinemas sites (exclusive)
Empire Cinemas closed six sites in early July.
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NewsUK government launches inquiry into how to future-proof the film and high-end TV sector
Issues include how best to support the indie production sector, safe-guarding inward investment and overcoming exhibition challenges.
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NewsUK government publishes details of new expenditure credit for film and high-end TV
AVEC will be phased in from the beginning of 2024.
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News“The most important critic for any distributor of independent films”: An industry remembers Derek Malcolm
The well-liked film critic is fondly remembered as a passionate supporter of arthouse films.
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NewsDerek Malcolm, UK film critic and former London Film Festival director, dies
The well-respected film reviewer also contributed to Screen International, the Evening Standard, and HuffPost.
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NewsWhat impact could the US strikes and the rise in property rates have on the UK studio sector?
The studio facilities are facing an anxious few months as crews and indie productions ponder US slowdown.
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News‘Four Weddings’ director Mike Newell calls for creation of “UK film czar” to boost indie sector
A film czar could represent all various indie interests to government, said Newell.
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Features“It’s about two great friends who lived the dream,” says Ventureland’s John Battsek of Sheffield DocFest title ‘Wham!’
Oscar winning documentary producer is at Sheffield DocFest with Chris Smith’s ‘Wham’ and Sundance hit The Deepest Breath.
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NewsUkrainian animation ‘Mavka: The Forest Song’ breaks records at home and with diaspora audience
The 3D animation is being released in an original and a dubbed version in territories with big Ukrainian audiences.
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News‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’, ‘Chuck Chuck Baby’ among line-up for London Screenings 2023
The event showcases UK titles and UK sales companies to mainly European buyers.