All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 61
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NewsAgnieszka Holland slams "lukewarm" Hollywood cinema during Rotterdam lecture
Polish director delivers lecture to IFFR attendees.
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NewsNew Wave takes UK rights to Mexican trio (exclusive)
Acquisitions include IFFR title Our Time (Nuestro Tiempo).
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Features'Coureur' director Kenneth Mercken talks risking his life as a professional cyclist
Film is screening at Rotterdam film festival.
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NewsUK feature 'Make Me Up' boarded by new Russian sales company Antidote Films (exclusive)
Film is playing at Rotterdam film festival this week.
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FeaturesWhy Mexico’s Carlos Reygadas believes Rotterdam is the best film festival in the world
Mexican director will give a masterclass at the event.
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NewsGlobal Screen takes international rights to courtroom thriller 'The Collini Case' (exclusive)
Sales outfit also boards hit comedy How About Adolf?
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NewsMark Batey to leave the UK's Film Distributors' Association (exclusive)
Batey will work with president David Puttnam to review FDA’s future direction.
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News'Rambo' producer, Hungarian industry steward Andy Vajna dies at 74
Son Of Saul director Laszlo Nemes hails man who ‘recreated the Hungarian film landscape’.
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Features25 European films to tempt festival directors in 2019
Returning directors include Almodovar, Hansen-Love and Celine Sciamma.
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NewsRussian box office off to flying start to 2019 as 'T-34' enjoys record opening
The Second War War film grossed $10.6m in first four days.
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NewsControversial Russian film and art project 'Dau' to finally launch in Paris (exclusive)
Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s film and visual art exhibition has assumed near-mythic status as one of the strangest endeavours in European film history.
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NewsIndustry pays tribute to former Screen editor Nick Roddick, who has died aged 73
Roddick was an author, academic, industry consultant and publisher as well as a journalist.
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FeaturesHow Odeon's UK and Ireland chief plans to transform the multiplex experience
Carol Welch previously worked in brand innovation for Costa Coffee.
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NewsRussia box office boosted by basketball drama 'Three Seconds' in 2018
The maturing Russian market was boosted by basketball drama Three Seconds this year.
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Features'McQueen' directors: "we saw it as a universal story"
McQueen took his own life in 2010 aged 40.
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NewsHow can the Baltic states address local distribution challenges?
Audiences in Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia don’t typically watch films from their neighbouring countries.
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NewsNext steps for the Creative Europe MEDIA programme
There will be new focuses on gender equality, VR and digital content.
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NewsEstonia, Finland, Latvia may offer a joint cash rebate to attract international production
Incoming producitons would have a single point of entry to the region
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NewsGrowing Chinese demand for international arthouse films, claims Tallinn panel
The Palme d’Or- winning Japanese film Shoplifters has grossed $14m in China
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FeaturesTim Bevan, Eric Fellner on what next for Working Title and the secrets of their success
The co-chairmen of Working Title Films reflect on 30 years at the heart of the UK film industry.