All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 27
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NewsBerlin buzz title ‘Return To Dust’ impresses in China, sells briskly for M-Appeal (exclusive)
The drama has now gone to Germany and Austria.
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NewsGo2Films seals key deals on Israeli doc slate (exclusive)
The films are screening at this month’s Jersualem Film Festival.
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FeaturesWhat impact is the BFI-endorsed Creative Content EIS Fund having on the UK film production sector?
Companies with “growth potential” could thrive.
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NewsJafar Panahi latest Iranian filmmaker to be arrested; Mohammad Rasoulof’s producer expands on his detention
Panahi was arrested today in Tehran, following Rasoulof and Mostafa Al-Ahmad’s arrests on Friday.
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NewsNeuchâtel Fantastic Film Festival reveals winners of bumper edition
US author Joyce Carol Oates headed the jury of the Swiss festival,
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FeaturesJoyce Carol Oates on her first time at a film festival, heading the jury and the film version of her novel ‘Blonde’
Joyce Carol Oates is president of the jury at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival.
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NewsRising Mexican director Michelle Garza Cervera reveals details of busy development slate
Michelle Garza Cervera’s ’Huesera’ won two awards at Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year.
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FeaturesWhy the new head of the Neuchâtel Fantastic Film Festival is bringing a social conscience to genre programming
Pierre-Yves Walder also loves shark films.
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NewsWill private equity financing make a comeback for smaller UK companies?
EIS schemes could come back into favour as two producers win significant court cases against tax authorities.
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NewsAlistair McGowan to voice Alfred Hitchcock in Mark Cousins’ ‘My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock’ (exclusive)
’My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock’ is being sold by Dogwoof Film Sales.
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NewsInternational buyers praise return of London Screenings
Cannes conversations were continued in a more relaxed setting, said attendees.
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NewsImax CEO talks ticket prices, cracking the Chinese market, expansion plans and ‘Avatar 2’
Ahead of this week’s CineEurope, Richard Gelfond spoke with Screen about Imax post-pandemic plans.
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NewsUK sales agents upbeat as international buyers head to London Screenings
The Film London event runs from June 20-23.
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NewsSwitzerland’s Neuchatel Fantastic Film Festival unveils full line-up
Lea Mysius’s ‘The Five Devils’ will open the festival, which runs July 1-9.
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NewsAneurin Barnard, Dar Zuzovsky join cast of Casanova drama ‘A Beautiful Imperfection’ (exclusive)
The English-language Dutch film is now shooting in Italy and the Netherlands.
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News“Disruption brings opportunity” says Killer Films’ Christine Vachon ahead of Sundance London keynote speech
Vachon is resolutely pragmatic about the future of indie cinema in the face of the growing primacy of the streamers and the high-end TV drama.
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FeaturesCristian Mungiu talks topical relevance of ’R.M.N.’, helping Ukraine where he can
“You can’t be in Canes and pretend the Ukraine war isn’t happening”, said the Romanian competition director.
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NewsAdil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah: rebels with a cause at Cannes
Prolific directors’ latest film ’Rebel’ plays out of competition in Cannes
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NewsFilms Boutique scores sales on Un Certain Regard title ‘The Blue Caftan’ (exclusive)
Maryam Touzani’s has its Cannes premiere later this week for Films Boutique.
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NewsRomantic drama ‘Firebird’ sells to key territories (exclusive)
Peeter Rebane’s film is the story of a clandestine love affair between a Soviet Air Force pilot and a young Estonian officer.