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FeaturesAwards Whispers: our anonymous Bafta voters weigh in on their early favourites
”Filmmakers are taking big swings”
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FeaturesGlen Powell on why ‘Hit Man’ was a tough sell for studios
After a string of failed auditions saw Powell dropped by his agency, the actor took control of his own destiny.
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FeaturesWho are the early Oscar and Bafta frontrunners in the director and screenplay categories?
Coralie Fargeat, Brady Corbet, Payal Kapadia and Sean Baker are among the ones to watch.
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FeaturesHow four documentaries in this season’s awards race used archive to bring history to life
The teams behind Copa 71, Frida, Power and Soundtrack To A Coup D’Etat discuss their creative approaches to using footage.
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FeaturesHow Iranian cinema continues to take flight in the face of relentless government oppression
Iran’s filmmakers are defying strict censorship laws to scoop festival prizes and woo global buyers and audiences.
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FeaturesHow ‘Will & Harper’ explores friendship and trans identity
Will Ferrell and Harper Steele take a soul-searching road trip across the US.
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Features‘Santosh’ shows “a third way to be a woman in India”, says director Sandhya Suri
The UK’s international feature Oscar entry is fresh off two wins at the BIFAs.
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FeaturesIn conversation: Walter Salles and Fernanda Torres on the emotional journey behind ‘I’m Still Here’
The director and star of I’m Still Here discuss returning to 1970s Brazil, then under military dictatorship, for their real-life drama.
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FeaturesMati Diop talks “uncategorisable” ‘Dahomey’ and her ambitions for African cinema
French-Senegalese director Mati Diop talks to Screen about unpacking a heavy history of colonialism with her genre-defying hybrid documentary Dahomey.
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FeaturesJeff Nichols, filmmakers, mentors reflect on Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops
“It’s great to know [the filmmakers] are not going for the simple life, the simple thing,” said actress Hiam Abbass.
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FeaturesIs Saudi Arabia’s box office boom over or set to rise again?
Saudi Arabia’s box office market has plateaued after enjoying huge growth when cinemas first reopened in 2018. Are the boom years over, or is this just a blip?
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Features‘Superboys Of Malegaon’ filmmakers: “We felt it had an opportunity outside of India”
”The material lends itself to a global audience,” says director Reema Kagti.
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FeaturesUK producers on filming in Saudi Arabia: ‘Infrastructure is beginning to emerge’
UK producers Georgie Paget and Thembisa Cochrane talks filming in Saudi Arabia for Ahd Kamel’s My Driver And I.
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2024: Maria Bahrawi, actress (Saudi Arabia)
In the AlUla-shot Norah, Bahrawi plays an illiterate orphan from a remote Saudi Arabian village in the 1990s.
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2024: Oumaima Barid, actress (Morocco)
Barid is enjoing a breakout moment after landing four lead roles in quick succession.
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2024: Essam Omar, actor (Egypt)
Omar starred in Venice Horizons title ’Seeking Haven For Mr Rambo’.
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2024: Mohsen Alkhalifi, producer (Yemen)
Alkhalfi’s two features have been the only two to ever represent his country at the Academy Awards.
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2024: Zain Duraie, writer/director (Jordan)
Duarie has just shot her first feature Sink in Amman and is currently in post-production.
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FeaturesIn focus: The 2024 Red Sea Lodge projects
Twelve rising filmmakers are vying to be among the four picked to share Red Sea Lodge’s $180,000 prize pool, including two submissions from Asia for the first time.
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Features‘No Other Land’ filmmakers on making Palestinian-Israeli documentary: “The camera is the one and only tool we have”
Filmmakers Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham tell Screen about the challenges of shaping thousands of hours of footage in award-winning Palestinian-Israeli documentary No Other Land.