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FeaturesRed Lights
Hot off the huge success of his first English-language film Buried, Spanish director Rodrigo Cortes moves on to an even bigger thriller with heavyweights Robert De Niro and Sigourney Weaver.
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FeaturesDawn Hudson
In her 20th year as Film Independent executive director, Dawn Hudson tells Jeremy Kay about the organisation’s core beliefs, moving the Los Angeles Film Festival to its new home and the long-running Independent Spirit Awards.
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FeaturesAlex Agran and Tom Stewart, Arrow Films
Alex Agran and Tom Stewart discuss the changing strategy at UK distributor Arrow Films, which is beginning to take a more active role in the UK theatrical market.
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FeaturesLyn Goleby and Clare Binns
Picturehouse MD Lyn Goleby and director of programming and acquisitions head Clare Binns talk to Screen about the exhibitor’s new directions.
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FeaturesPaul lands at top spot in UK
Universal’s comedy-sci-fi Paul opened top at the UK box office over the January 18 -20 weekend, plundering $8.9m (£5.5m), including previews.
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FeaturesMiranda July
US director Miranda July, on the pressures of making her second feature, being in competition in Berlin and talking cats.
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FeaturesRalph Fiennes
British actor Ralph Fiennes talks about the challenges of making his directorial debut, Coriolanus, which had its world premiere in Berlin.
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FeaturesMichel Ocelot
The director of Competition entry Tales Of The Night talks about being an inventor, stereoscopic 3D and some audiences’ fear of breasts.
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FeaturesAndres Veiel
German director Andres Veiel talks about his competition film If Not Us, Who, which focuses on the real life turbulent relationship between Bernward Vesper and Baader-Meinhof militant Gudrun Ensslin in 1960’s Germany.
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FeaturesAsghar Farhadi
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi talks about his 2011 Berlin Golden Bear Nader And Simin, A Separation, the difficulty of making films in Iran and friends Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof.
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FeaturesVishal Bhardwaj
Mumbai-based director Vishal Bhardwaj talks about his latest film, dark comedy 7 Sins Forgiven (7 Khoon Maaf), which has its world premiere in thePanorama Special section of Berlin.
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FeaturesInseparable
While US stars are pouring into China this year to work on co-productions and local projects, black comedy Inseparable can claim to be the first fully Chinese production to tap a major Hollywood actor.
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FeaturesBuyers leave EFM with deals despite slow festival
A largely uninspiring festival selection did not dampen spirits at the market, where attendees reported robust business with one eye on the prospect of great riches to come in Cannes.
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FeaturesEFM deals strong despite lackluster festival
Even though critics have been mostly uninspired by the Berlinale festival selection this year, EFM attendees reported robust business with one eye on the prospect of more promising things to come in Cannes.
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FeaturesJoshua Marston
The Maria Full of Grace director talks about his new Berlinale competition film about Albanian blood feuds.
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FeaturesWeekly International Box Office Feb 11-13
Black Swan leapt from fifth to first on the international stage after posting $19.4m, a 56% week-on-week improvement.
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FeaturesWerner Herzog
The German maverick talks about working in 3D for his new documentary The Cave of Forgotten Dreams.
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FeaturesGnomeo & Juliet dwarfs rivals at UK box office
eOne UK recorded its fifth number one as 3D comedy Gnomeo & Juliet supplanted Tangled at the top of the UK box office.
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FeaturesVictoria Mahoney
US director Victoria Mahoney talks about making her directorial debut, Yelling To The Sky, which is in competition at Berlin.
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FeaturesLee Tamahori
The director of The Devil’s Double talks about the film’s genesis, casting Dominic Cooper as Saddam Hussain’s son and shooting on digital.