All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 4
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News“His was the face everyone wanted to see”: UK industry remembers the late Film Four exec Bill Stephens
The much-loved and colourful sales executive died this week aged 76.
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FeaturesThe Ink Factory heads talk juggling multiple John le Carré adaptations, international strategy and new Ang Lee project
Stephen and Simon Cornwell are working on a new version of ’The Spy Who Came In From The Cold’.
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FeaturesWhy are Second World War movies still hot property for sales agents?
Beta Cinema, Global Constellation, Filmax, LevelK are on the offensive at the AFM with war movies.
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FeaturesAFM 2025: 12 buzz titles from European sellers
Screen profiles a selection of key AFM titles available to buyers at various stages of production.
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FeaturesThe Brit 50: spotlighting eight dynamic director- or actor-focused production companies
Companies that focus on projects for the filmmakers or actors who lead them play a vital role in the UK production landscape
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FeaturesThe Brit 50: Sixteen Films
While Ken Loach has retired from directing, the company remains busy working on projects with other filmmakers
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FeaturesThe Brit 50: Recorded Picture Company
Having first launched his company in 1974, Jeremy Thomas is still busy hatching new projects: “Cinema is my passion”
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FeaturesThe Brit 50: Genesius Pictures
Debbie Gray and Julian Gleek’s company has a busy slate as it looks to follow up on its Good Luck To You, Leo Grande success
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FeaturesThe Brit 50: Potboiler Productions
While focus has shifted to series and production services, Potboiler still keeps a busy film development slate
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FeaturesThe Brit 50: EMU Films
With Ian McShane coming on board as an investor, EMU is looking to grow the size of the projects it makes
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NewsClaire Simon on her Annie Ernaux documentary ‘Writing Life’ and the magic of listening
Source: © DOK Leipzig / Susann Bargas Gomez DOK Talk with Claire Simon Acclaimed French documentary director Claire Simon has an unusual but not very lucrative way to ensure her fans can watch her old films – she makes them available on her website. Anyone ...
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NewsFrom colonial horrors to rebuilding Ukraine, the buzzy documentary projects at DOK Leipzig’s co-pro market
Projects pitched this week at DOK Co-Pro Market received mixed responses from sales agents and festival programmers
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NewsSales agents call on filmmakers to regard them as strategic partners rather than an afterthought
Sales agents, speaking on a DOK Leipzig panel, urge documentary filmmakers to work with them from early stages of a project
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FeaturesHow the premium large format gold rush is pitting exhibitors against Imax
The box office for PLF cinemas is forecast to beat $4bn by 2034, with Vue the latest exhibitor to enter the fray.
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NewsIDFA 2025 lineup includes Victor Kossakovsky’s ‘Trillion’
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam runs November 13-23.
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NewsVenice Horizons winner ‘On The Road’ scores US deal
EXCLUSIVE: The Diego Luna-produced drama-thriller won the Venice Horizons best film and Queer Lion awards.
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FeaturesWhich film projects tempted festival programmers at Flanders Film Days 2025?
“There were some nice surprises,” said one festival attendee.
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NewsToronto premiere ‘Julian’ sells to the US and France
EXCLUSIVE: The film was produced by Michiel and Lukas Dhont under their production banner The Reunion.
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NewsFlemish ‘John Wick’-style action thriller ‘Paradise’ starts shooting in Antwerp
“It’s by the hood for the hood,” said lead actor Said Boumazoughe, who conceived the project.
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FeaturesWhy Belgium’s Panenka is moving into film with Flanders and Tallinn premiere ‘Sunday Ninth’
The TV powerhouse has been tempted into indie film by long-time collaborator and director Kat Steppe.