All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 44
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NewsUK, France among deals for Russian Oscar submission ‘Dear Comrades!’ (exclusive)
Andrei Konchalovsky’s historical drama won the special jury prize in Venice.
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FeaturesIDFA’s DocLab is taking audiences to existential dance classes and online discos
Caspar Sonnen, IDFA’s head of new media, has been inspired by how interactive artists have been reacting to the pandemic.
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FeaturesHow IDFA is supporting new international documentary talent
The IDFAcademy has moved online to nurture the careers of 60 emerging and directors.
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NewsUK documentary filmmaking booms in pandemic year
Are non-fiction films easier to finance and produce in 2020?
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NewsIDFA opens with a show of online international solidarity
Directors were beamed in from around the world to join artistic director Orwa Nyrabia in an Amsterdam cinema.
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FeaturesUK film financiers discuss what investors will be looking for in 2021
Six leading figures from UK independent film discuss the key issues of a challenging year.
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NewsIDFA opening filmmaker Arami Ullón: ”Parts of Paraguay don’t react to any sort of art”
The Swiss-based director looks at the changing ways of life of the Ayoreo people in Paraguay.
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Features“2020 lets us re-think the core of what we do,” says IDFA’s Orwa Nyrabia
Syrian filmmaker turned festival director talks about the importance of cinema screenings at IDFA’s hybrid edition.
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NewsWhy executives from Snap, Google and HP are tuning into this year’s IDFA DocLab Forum
Yorinde Segal talks about the second edition of the new media-focused DocLab Forum.
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NewsIDFA’s online industry Forum aims to be more accessible than ever to international decision makers
IDFA industry head Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen says moving Forum online was only way to keep it global this year.
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FeaturesHow is the documentary sector coping with the chaos that is 2020?
International filmmakers and executives speak to Screen about keeping going during the pandemic.
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FeaturesWhy a new relationship with public funding is boosting the Russian film industry
Exhibitors are looking for a lucrative January to make up for the losses of 2020.
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NewsGravitas takes US rights to Australian thriller ‘Sweet River’ (exclusive)
The film is being sold at AFM by Reason8 Films.
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FeaturesUK sales executives on surviving 2020, virtual market pros and cons, and Brexit nerves
”Every time I attend Cannes I make money. It is expensive going to Cannes, Toronto afundnd AFM but it’s a business.”
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NewsDutch road-rage thriller ‘Tailgate’ snags US buyer
The film is being sold at AFM Online by Montreal-based Attraction.
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FeaturesAFM 2020: The buzz titles from the UK
Titles include Ben Wheatley’s topical virus horror ’In The Earth’.
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NewsDevilworks moves into direct distribution in North America
The first film to come out this month is UK supernatural horror ’Playhouse’.
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News“I only cry in documentaries”: Christoph Terhechte on his first year at DOK Leipzig
The German festival is taking place as a hybrid event from October 26-November 1.
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NewsDoc Society brings in Shanida Scotland as head of film (exclusive)
The experienced doc executive has worked previously at Guardian Docs and the BBC.