All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 48
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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.
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NewsCurzon boss calls for UK government funding as campaign launches to support all UK cinemas
Philip Knatchbull says Curzon Cinemas has not qualified for any support to date.
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NewsAltitude scores hat-trick of awards contenders for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Sundance winner ‘Minari’ leads acquisitions of festival hits.
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NewsElysian appoints head of theatrical distribution, picks up Cannes 2020 title
Nick McKay joins to head up a planned release slate of 10-12 films a year.
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NewsNew Marv CEO Zygi Kamasa talks film slate expansion, TV and distribution ambitions
“What we want to do is expand Marv studios beyond the typically very successful one film a year.”
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NewsUK industry pays tribute to former Warner Bros, FDA executive Frank Pierce
David Puttnam leads tributes to “gentleman distributor”.
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NewsLionsgate UK head of acquisitions Nick Manzi set to leave company
His departure follows the exits of Zygi Kamasa and Nicola Pearcey.
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NewsUK distributors, exhibitors react to government’s controversial tier system in England
The UKCA is lobbying MPs for a change in the tier 3 rules to allow cinemas to open.
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FeaturesVitaly Mansky says he wanted to show the human side of a Soviet leader in ‘Gorbachev. Heaven’
’Gorbachev. Heaven’ has played in competition at IDFA this month.