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FeaturesAnnette Bening: "Good directors don’t say a lot"
The legendary actress discusses her role in Mike Mills’ critically acclaimed 20th Century Women.
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FeaturesHow Louis Theroux’s 'My Scientology Movie' conquered cinemas
Theroux, director John Dower and producer Simon Chinn tell Screen about making their “ambitious cinematic documentary”.
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Features'Fantastic Beasts': why the New York sets were mostly built in Watford
Legendary Harry Potter production designer Stuart Craig tells us how he built the world of Fantastic Beasts.
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FeaturesJohn Battsek talks Oscar-winning documentary career, future projects
What does it take to produce award-winning documentaries year after year? Two-time Oscar winner John Battsek talks to Geoffrey Macnab about story, scale and the one rule of financing he sets himself.
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FeaturesThe story behind awards hopeful autism doc 'Life, Animated'
Making a documentary about how classic Disney movies helped a young autistic boy engage with the world proved a huge creative challenge for director Roger Ross Williams.
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FeaturesTom Ford 'Nocturnal Animals' interview: "I have a certain fear of the studio system"
Tom Ford reveals why his need for total creative control led him to self-fund second feature Nocturnal Animals.
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FeaturesZhang Yimou looking to make history with 'The Great Wall'
The director hopes ‘The Great Wall’ will be the first China-US co-production to achieve worldwide success.
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FeaturesAcademy CEO Dawn Hudson talks diversity, new voting rules a year on from #OscarsSoWhite
A year on from #OscarsSoWhite, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences CEO Dawn Hudson tells Matt Mueller about the organisation’s diversity push and new initiatives.
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FeaturesDubai Q&A: Deepak Rauniyar on Nepalese drama 'White Sun'
Rauniyar tells Udita Jhunjhunwala about the renaissance in Nepali cinema following a period of civil war.
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FeaturesDubai Q&A: Iman Kamel talks 'Egyptian Jeanne d’Arc'
The Egyptian film-maker talks to Melanie Goodfellow about her creative documentary, which chronicles her country’s revolution and premier in DIFF’s Muhr Feature competition.
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FeaturesDubai Q&A: Abdulla Al Kaabi talks debut 'Only Men Go To The Grave'
Abdulla Al Kaabi talks to William Mullally about his debut feature, which received its world premiere in the Muhr Emirati competition at this year’s DIFF.
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FeaturesDubai Q&A: Philippe Aractingi, 'Listen'
Award-winning director Philippe Aractingi talks to William Mullally about sound and sensuality in his latest film, Listen, which premiered in DIFF’s Arabian Nights strand.
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FeaturesHow 'Sons Of Anarchy' actor Taylor Sheridan became one of Hollywood's hottest writers
Former Sons Of Anarchy actor Taylor Sheridan explains why he took up writing, a move that has paid off with acclaimed scripts for Sicario and Hell Or High Water.
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FeaturesMel Gibson on 'Hacksaw Ridge' and faith: "I’ll sort my stuff out, maybe in private"
Mel Gibson tells Jeremy Kay why he chose to make a return to directing with Hacksaw Ridge - a Second World War drama about faith, love and redemption - after an infamous decade in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
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FeaturesRobert Schenkkan on why 'Hacksaw Ridge' hero is antithesis of Donald Trump
Hacksaw Ridge screenwriter Robert Schenkkan talks to Jeremy Kay about why he believes the violent story of peace-loving war hero Desmond Doss is so relevant to our troubled times.
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FeaturesHow Matt Damon convinced Kenneth Lonergan to direct again after 'Margaret' "ordeal"
Kenneth Lonergan tells Jeremy Kay why he balanced tragedy with humour in his third feature film, Manchester By The Sea.
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FeaturesHow 'The Secret Life Of Pets' was inspired by New Yorker covers
The Secret Life Of Pets co-director Chris Renaud tells Elbert Wyche why authenticity was so important in the creation of Illumination Entertainment’s summer hit.
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FeaturesGarth Jennings talks moving into animation with 'Sing'
Genial UK director Garth Jennings says he wasn’t fazed - at first - by the prospect of jumping into the often esoteric world of feature animation.
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FeaturesHow a personal tragedy inspired 'Kubo And The Two Strings'
Animator-turned-director Travis Knight explains why he connected with Kubo And The Two Strings’ epic vision, and the tricks he unleashed to realise Laika’s latest stop-motion triumph.
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FeaturesHow Andrew Stanton fixed the major narrative problem in 'Finding Dory'
“There was some glass ceiling on why our story wasn’t getting better.”