All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 36
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FeaturesMai Masri talks IDFA title ‘Beirut: Eye Of The Storm’, why female filmmakers are flourishing in the Middle East
In her 30-year career, Masri has made many films both in Beirut (where she is based) and in Palestine.
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FeaturesDeckert Distribution CEO Liselot Verbrugge talks slate “pile-up”, acquisition strategy
Verbrugge replaced Heino Deckert as CEO of leading German sales outfit Deckert Distribution earlier this year.
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NewsSergei Loznitsa’s ‘Mr Landsbergis’ wins best film at IDFA 2021
Karim Kassem’s ‘Octopus’ won best film in the Envision Competition.
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NewsIDFA Forum announces awards as industry head hails upbeat mood in Amsterdam
Head of industry Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen says doc sector is bouncing back.
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NewsMeet the Dutch duo who created Picl, one of the first digital platforms for arthouse theatres
“We are our own best customers,” says Picl co-founder Noortje van de Sande.
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FeaturesThree African doc filmmakers talk bringing the stories of their generation to a global audience
Seydou Cissé and Ousmane Samassékou from Mali and Aïcha Macky from Niger are all screening films at IDFA.
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NewsAutlook boards buzzy IDFA Forum project ‘Motherboard’ (exclusive)
The feature documentary is by UK filmmaker Victoria Mapplebeck
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NewsNeon’s Elissa Federoff talks ‘Memoria’ roadshow and flexible release patterns
Federoff was talking via Zoom at the International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA).
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NewsRising Palestine-UK director developing ‘Soon We Will All Be History Here’ with Jordanian Film Fund
Saeed Taji Farouky’s doc feature ’A Thousand Fiires’ set in Myanmar, is screening in the international competition of IDFA.
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NewsMarco Bellocchio describes how ‘Marx Can Wait’ has brought his family back together
The documentary is screening in the Masters section of IDFA.
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NewsSergei Loznitsa talks new projects at IDFA, including latest dramatic feature (exclusive)
Ukrainian director has two films screeninig at IDFA including ‘Mr Landsbergis’ in competition.
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Features“We cannot have another year like this,” say doc sales agents at IDFA
Cautious distributors, slimmed-down festivals and dwindling funders are cause for concern.
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NewsIDFA DocLab head on Facebook woes, the “messy metaverse” and how to make living as a VR filmmaker
DocLab is now in its 15th year.
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NewsGo2 Films add buzzy IDFA title ‘Housewitz’ to international sales slate
Oeke Hoogendijk’s film is premiering in the Envision competition.
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FeaturesOeke Hoogendijk explains how she convinced her agoraphobic mother to feature in ‘Housewitz’
The Dutch documentary director is debuting two very different films at IDFA.
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FeaturesIDFA Bertha Fund head: “Whenever there is a rise in applications, it comes from Latin America”
Isabel Arrate Fernandez, head of the Bertha Fund, on why applications doubled in 2020.
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FeaturesLouis Hothothot on how IDFA opening film ‘Four Journeys’ brought him back to his family
The film tells the story off how China-born Hothothot was an illicit second child during China’s one-child era.
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NewsOrwa Nyrabia on the direction in which he is steering International Film Festival Amsterdam
The IDFA festival director talks projects, backers and the tyranny of the 90-minute film-making trope.
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NewsHow IDFA will go ahead as an in-person event despite Netherlands’ partial lockdown
Artistic director Orwa Nyrabia confirmed that less than 1% of the expected 2,000 industry delegates have cancelled their trips.
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NewsNetflix exec reveals Swiss production ambitions for the streamer
Streaming executive Wolf Osthaus addressed producers at the Geneva Digital Market.