All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 3
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FeaturesFinanciers respond to UK producers’ indie tax credit concerns: “It’s a vibrant, competitive landscape”
Private financiers of UK indie films respond to assertions from some producers they are charging disproportionately high fees to lend against the Independent Film Tax Credit.
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NewsBelgium’s oldest distributor Belga Films goes bankrupt
“Everybody is completely in shock because no one saw it coming.”
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FeaturesWhy the industry wants a revamped London Screenings
The demise of London Screenings has left the UK film industry without a dedicated export market — and both sellers and buyers are clamouring for a replacement. Screen speaks to UK sales execs and international buyers about what the priorities should be for a successor event.
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News‘Everyone’s Sorry Nowadays’ director Frederike Migom reveals next project
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Everybody’s Sorry Now’ is screening in Berlin’s Generation Kplus.
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NewsDutch showcase NL Wave confirms October 2026 return
The inaugural edition included Berlin titles ‘Truly Naked’ and ‘My Family’.
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NewsUkrainian fantasy drama ‘Mavka. The True Myth’ sparks sales for Film. UA
EXCLUSIVE: The film is a live-action spin-off of the animated ’Mavka. The Forest Song’ which grossed over $20m.
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News‘Heysel 85’ director Teodora Ana Mihai to make ‘Two Lives’ for Belgium’s Menuetto
EXCLUSIVE: The dark relationship drama will star the film’s writer, Natali Broods.
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NewsAction thriller ‘Badland Rising’ sells for North America
EXCLUSIVE: The deal was done on the eve of the EFM by Australian outfit Odin’s Eye.
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FeaturesEFM 2026: The buzz titles from Europe
Screen highlights the buzz titles ready to entice international buyers at the 2026 European Film Market (EFM), which runs February 12-18.
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News‘Dust’ producer Dries Phlypo expands A Private View into arthouse exhibition
EXCLUSIVE: Phylpo has produced Anke Blondé’s Berlin Competition film Dust.
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FeaturesWhat were the buzzy projects at CineMart 2026?
International industry attendees give their verdict on this year’s event.
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NewsIFFR Pro 2026 unveils winners including Joshua Loftin’s hybrid feature ‘LFD Hope’
‘LFD Hope’ is described as a magical realist docu-drama about living on the margins in London.
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NewsJust 1.2% of filmmakers picked for major festivals identify as disabled or neurodivergent, Crip Count report finds
EXCLUSIVE: The report tracked the number of people with above-the-line credits who self-identified as disabled or neurodivergent.
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News“We're easy to work with,” say UK producers to potential Dutch partners
Paperwork levels and packaging difficulties can be overcome, they say.
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FeaturesMalta unveils plans for ambitious ‘land-sea super stage’ to ramp up production capabilities
The aim is to attract the industry’s biggest projects, said Johann Grech, Malta Film Commissioner
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FeaturesHow Netherlands Film Fund’s Sandra den Hamer has helped to internationalise Dutch film
”We cannot produce a Dutch feature film or documentary without international partners,” explains the outgoing head.
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NewsIFFR’s Displacement Fund films receive rapturous reception as Mohammad Rasoulof makes plea for Iranian protestors
The first five films supported by the fund were screend at the festival.
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NewsReason8 Films to launch Rotterdam title ‘A Messy Tribute To Motherly Love’ at EFM
Film receives its world premiere in International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Tiger Competition on February 2.
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FeaturesCineMart is again becoming an important hub for Asian and US indie autuers, says Marten Rabarts
The IFFR Pro head points ot a significant number of buzzy projects from these regions.
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FeaturesThe director of ‘Providence And The Guitar’ on casting heartthrob singer Salvador Sobral
Providence And The Guitar is a loose adaptation of an early story by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson