All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 53
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NewsValentina Merli takes over from Nadia Dresti as Locarno Pro chief
Paris-based Merli has worked with Gemini FIlms and Pyramide.
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Features42 European films to tempt festival directors in 2020
The hot productions from France, Benelux, Nordics, Italy, Germany, Spain, Greece, Central and Eastern Europe, and Russia.
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News‘Rise Of The Footsoldier’ reboot marching ahead (exclusive)
The fifth instalment of the British gangster series set for release in 2021.
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FeaturesSix talking points for the UK film industry in 2020
The BFI, distribution and Brexit will take centre stage this year.
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FeaturesRussian 2019 box office report: territory bounces back after World Cup struggles
The 2019 box office shows Russian audiences are embracing US films as well as local patriotic and comedy titles.
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News“He is one of our own”: UK film industry responds to Ben Roberts taking CEO role at BFI
Rose Garnett, Andy Leyshon and Daniel Battsek among those praising Roberts’ appointment.
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NewsHugh Skinner, Shazad Latif, Rebecca Benson board UK comedy ‘Falling For Figaro’ (exclusive)
Gary Lewis also joins Danielle Macdonald and Joanna Lumley in romantic comedy.
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NewsVanja Kaludjercic to take over as director of International Film Festival Rotterdam (exclusive)
She talks exclusively to Screen about her new role.
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NewsFinanciers, producers upbeat about EIS future at Screen’s UK Film Finance Forum
“We have had two and a half years of hell” but the situation is now improving.
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Features‘Portrait Of A Lady On Fire’ director Céline Sciamma: “Cinema is a very misogynistic world”
The director’s fourth feature is in awards contention at the Golden Globes and Baftas.
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FeaturesThe European Film Academy’s Polanski problem
The European Film Academy is in the firing line as fresh allegations against Roman Polanski put his four EFA nominations under scrutiny.
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NewsBFI’s Creative Content Fund makes first investment with Wonderhood Studios
Fund invests in Wonderhood Studios, headed by former Channel 4 CEO David Abraham.
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FeaturesWhy indie producers are calling for a change to the UK’s film tax relief
Michael Winterbottom has spoken of the “betrayal” of the tax credit.
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FeaturesAndrei Konchalovsky talks Tarkovsky, Stallone and his famous filmmaking family
The Russian director was in Tallin to receive the Lifetime Achievement award at the Black Nights Film Festival.
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FeaturesWhy it took 80-year-old Marco Bellocchio 50 years to make his first Mafia epic 'The Traitor’
The film is Italy’s entry for the best international feature Oscar.
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FeaturesNora Fingscheidt on her German Oscar entry ‘System Crasher’: “A story about an angry, wild little girl”
The film has launched the career of young star Helena Zengel.
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NewsIDFA Forum: attendees pick out buzzy projects
The festival’s co-production and co-financing market runs 24-27 November.
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NewsCinephil scores UK, France deals for Alexander Nanau’s award-winning doc ‘Collective’ (exclusive)
Collective is one of the buzziest projects screening at IDFA this week.
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NewsDutch distributor Periscoop snaps up four high-profile documentaries (exclusive)
Periscoop Film has taken Beleux rights to For Sama, White Riot, Citizen K and Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson And The Band.
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NewsCinetic Media to handle sales on Greta Thunberg doc (exclusive)
Directed by Nathan Grossman, the film has been stirring up huge interest among buyers.