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All Interview articles – Page 4
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FeaturesThe UK team behind Edinburgh title ‘Misper’ talk true crime, scary basements and blending Haneke horror with Brit humour
Director Harry Sherriff and writer Laurence Tratalos are partners with Simon Orange in Fresh Orange Productions.
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Features‘Fantasy’ director Kukla details casting transgender lead role in Sarajevo title
Kukla’s debut feature is an adaptation of her short film ‘Sisters’.
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FeaturesProduction designer Kalina Ivanov reveals how she created the ‘king gangster’ aesthetic of HBO’s ‘The Penguin’
The Emmy-nominated designer talks about turning to 1970s and 1980s New York aesthetics to build her Gotham City.
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Features“We are a grassroots festival”: how Sarajevo aims to harness Bosnia’s community spirit
Festival has set up new venues for 2025 including a picnic park and a swimming pool.
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FeaturesWhy Sepideh Farsi’s childhood in Iran compelled her to make Gaza doc ‘Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk’
The Cannes ACID premiere is now screening at the Edinburgh film festival.
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FeaturesHow Urska Djukic has become a filmmaker to watch with her debut feature ‘Little Trouble Girls’
The Berlinale premiere is now screening at the Edinburgh International Film Festival
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Features“I am railing against the mediocrity of contemporary cinema,” says Simon Rumley of his Edinburgh premiere ‘Crushed’
Source: Subject’s own Simon Rumley UK filmmaker Simon Rumley’s Thailand-set kidnapping thriller Crushed underlines his commitment to create films in what he has dubbed the “extreme drama” genre. A renowned writer-director on the genre circuit for more than two decades, Rumley has a reputation for uncompromising, uncomfortable ...
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FeaturesPalestine’s Kamal Aljafari talks Locarno competitor ‘With Hasan In Gaza’
The Palestinian filmmaker pieced together the documentary from footage shot in 2001.
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Features‘Four Letters Of Love’ director Polly Steele on the film’s “magical” shoot in Ireland and Northern Ireland
Vertigo Releasing is opening the film in the UK and Ireland on July 18.
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FeaturesHong Kong star Natalie Hsu on her meteoric rise and future projects 'Girlfriends', 'Mother Bhumi'
The ‘Last Song For You’ actress will next be seen in ‘My First Of May’ opposite Aaron Kwok.
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Features“There was lots of yelling”: Hong Kong star Ekin Cheng talks four decades on screen
The actor and Cantopop singer introduced ‘Last Song For You’ at NYAFF, where he was honoured for his contribution to cinema.
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Features"Films are a sign democracy exists," says Locarno director Giona A Nazzaro
Locarno’s artistic director Giona A Nazzaro tells Screen about the festival’s selection of more than 200 films that address changes in the cinematic language as well as the changing state of the world.
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Features“Existential dread” is fuelling the genre boom says Fantasia festival head Mitch Davis
Source: Vincent Frechette Mitch Davis Like its recent predecessors, this year’s 29th edition of Canada’s Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal will reflect a genre film scene whose output is “built on existential dread and the anxiety of a world that’s changing for the worse,” says festival ...
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Features‘Kneecap’ producer Trevor Birney on his next project with Rich Peppiatt and Ireland’s cross-border challenges
Birney has two projects screening this week at the Galway Film Fleadh, ’The Negotiator’ and ’Boy George & Culture Club’.
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Features“It bowled us over”: Galway Film Fleadh heads on the vibrancy of Irish cinema
The Irish festival runs from June 8-13.
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NewsHungarian filmmaker Bence Fliegauf on Karlovy Vary premiere ‘Jimmy Jaguar’: “It’s a consensual mind-f**k”
The Berlinale and Locarno-winning director’s genre film is playing in the Crystal Globe competition.
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News“We’re an antidote to the algorithm,” says BFI Player director as platform goes international
BFI Player director Paul Lewis on growing the service’s international footprint and addressing tech issues to make it more accessible.
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FeaturesOrwa Nyrabia reflects on his “rollercoaster” seven years at the head of IDFA
“One of the key problems with institutional work in culture is how institutions get so used to [doing] things,” says the Syrian filmmaker.
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FeaturesMalta’s film commissioner on keeping his country a leading destination for international shoots
The commissioner spoke to Screen ahead of the third Mediterrane Film Festival, which runs June 21-29.