All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 43
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NewsThe two women using the Rotterdam Lab to help build the Jamaican film sector
Nadean Rawlins is participating in the Lab with a project called ‘Traytown’.
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Features“I’m not an exile”: Iranian director Keywan Karimi talks returning to the city where he was imprisoned
His next planned feature, ‘Do You Know Anything About Omid?’, is being pitched at Rotterdam’s CineMart.
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NewsHubert Bals Fund appoints interim manager
Esther Bannenberg will stay until at least June as the fund looks to restructure this year.
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NewsDutch producers ready new projects for international festivals and buyers
Producers are busy but there are questions over how films will be released.
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NewsFortissimo boards sales on Japanese aphrodisiac feature ‘Sexual Drive’
Yoshida Kota’s film debuts in Rotterdam’s Big Screen Competition.
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NewsRussian producers talk Netflix plague thriller ‘To The Lake’, future projects
The series has appeared on Netflix’s top 10 list in more than 50 countries worldwide.
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FeaturesFour hot projects at Rotterdam’s online CineMart
The filmmakers reveal what they hope to achieve from the co-production market.
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FeaturesRotterdam industry head Marit van den Elshout: “We like to break down barriers”
The head of IFFR Pro talks about the need to keep the programme lean and accessible.
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Features50 European films to tempt festival directors in 2021
The key contenders from France, Benelux, Nordics, Italy, Germany, Spain, Central and Eastern Europe, and Russia.
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FeaturesHow heavily pirated Russian sci-fi 'Coma' was reworked for release in China
“The Chinese team has used Russian footage to tell a new story.”
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Agnieszka Holland on favourite films, festivals and the future of the industry
”I used to like Toronto when it was smaller and possible to meet people.”
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FeaturesAlexander Nanau on awards contender ‘Collective’: “I realised how rotten human nature can be”
Nanau’s film is a contender for documentary and international feature in awards season.
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NewsRussia box office booms over New Year with ‘Another Round’ and ‘The Last Warrior: Root Of Evil’
Disney Russia recorded box office takings of $22m over the New Year period.
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FeaturesAndrei Konchalovsky talks splitting opinion in Russia with Oscar entry 'Dear Comrades!'
Andrei Konchalovsky’s Dear Comrades! may depict a brutal and tragic event of the Soviet era, but it offers a nuanced portrait of those times — as the veteran Russian filmmaker tells Screen.
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FeaturesOscars international feature race: the documentary contenders
A year after Honeyland snagged two Oscar nominations, a number of high-profile documentaries have set their sights on the international film category.
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NewsDutch distributor Contact Film to close after 30 years
Virus crisis hits film distributor of art house hits including ‘Honeyland’.
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NewsRussian director Vitaly Mansky explains anti-government underwear protest
He said that “everyone in Russia” knew why he had been pictured with the underpants.
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NewsEuropean buyers line up for ‘Pirates Down The Street’ (exclusive)
Pim van Hoeve directs the Dutch live-action family film.
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NewsFilms Boutique acquires hot Sundance doc ‘The Most Beautiful Boy In The World’ (exclusive)
The film is about the shy teenager who starred in Luchino Visconti’s ’Death In Venice’ in 1971.
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FeaturesWhy 2021 could be a good year for UK distributors and the filmmakers they support
Evidence the sector is well-positioned to thrive in a post-pandemic, SVoD-driven market.