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FeaturesGulf's growth pattern
Gulf Film, the Middle East’s leading distributor and exhibitor, has even more growth plans for the near future. Wendy Mitchell talks to its CEO, Selim El Azar, and Jaber Al Ansari of new parent company q.media.
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FeaturesFilmNation: state of the nation
Guided by Glen Basner, FilmNation has effortlessly mixed critical acclaim with commercial success. Jeremy Kay talks to Basner as the company celebrates its fifth anniversary.
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FeaturesNeil Jordan, Byzantium
Ian Sandwell talks to Neil Jordan about the making of Byzantium, out this week in UK cinemas.
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FeaturesDavid Hasselhoff
David Hasselhoff took to the beach in Cannes this week, this time for business meetings not for Baywatch duty.
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FeaturesAmit Kumar, Monsoon Shootout
Leon Forde talks to Amit Kumar about his feature debut Monsoon Shootout, which screens in Cannes as a Midnight Screening.
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FeaturesTerry Gilliam, The Zero Theorem
Jeremy Kay talks to Terry Gilliam about his latest feature The Zero Theorem, which just wrapped production in Romania.
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FeaturesJeremy Thomas, Last Emperor 3D
Andreas Wiseman talks to Jeremy Thomas about the 3D conversion of Bernardo Bertolucci’s feature, which screens in Cannes Classics.
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FeaturesMark Cousins, A Story of Children and Film
Michael Rosser talks to Mark Cousins about his latest documentary, which has its world premiere in Cannes Classics tonight [May 3].
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FeaturesMarcel Ophuls, Ain’t Misbehavin
Andreas Wiseman talks to the great documentarian Marcel Ophuls about his new film Ain’t Misbehavin and returning to the Croisette after 20 years.
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FeaturesNicolas Winding Refn: playing God
Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives started as a fight movie and morphed into a twisted tale of a mother-son relationship. Wendy Mitchell talks to the Danish writer-director about his anticipated follow-up to Drive.
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FeaturesAlain Attal: first blood
It all began in a restaurant for the producer of Guillaume Canet’s Cannes title Blood Ties. Alain Attal tells Melanie Goodfellow about his US debut.
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FeaturesLara Thompson, eOne: buying power
eOne is one of the industry’s most significant buyers. Andreas Wiseman speaks to EVP of filmed entertainment Lara Thompson about the company’s Cannes acquisition strategy.
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FeaturesCase study: Bullhead
The challenges of producing and distributing Belgian drama Bullhead [pictured] were discussed by Savage Film producer Bart Van Langendonck and Celluloid Dreams boss Hengameh Panahi. The pair spoke to Screen at the Les Arcs European Film Festival.
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FeaturesAnurag Basu
Anurag Basu talks to Screen about Barfi!, India’s official entry for consideration in the Academy Awards’ Best Foreign Language Film category.
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FeaturesIbrahim El Batout, Winter Of Discontent
Ibrahim El Batout talks to Screen about his latest film Winter of Discontent.
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FeaturesTripling up on talent
XYZ Films’ Nate Bolotin, Nick Spicer and Aram Tertzakian talk about their busy company,which is building on the global success of The Raid [pictured]. Jeremy Kay reports
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NewsBen Smithard: 'It’s important that you give the DoP the choice of the camera to shoot with'
Ben Smithard speaks to ScreenTech about Belle - the first major British film to be shot in true-4K - and discusses the past, present and future of cinematography.
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FeaturesJohn Gatins
Screenwriter John Gatins tells Jeremy Kay about his marathon struggle to write the screenplay that triggered arguably the finest performance of Denzel Washington’s career
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FeaturesRichard Gere
Richard Gere could be in line for his first Oscar nomination for his portrayal of a conflicted financial executive and family man in Arbitrage.
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FeaturesCaper crusader
It took producer Mike Lobell more than a decade to get Gambit into production, traversing a range of potential backers, film-makers and stars before aligning the Coen brothers, Michael Hoffman, Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz. He tells Jeremy Kay why it has been an ‘amazing education’
