All articles by Mona Tabbara – Page 49
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FeaturesDublin’s Grainne Humphreys on how festival audience habits are changing
Dublin International Film Festival runs from February 22 to March 2.
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NewsPressure mounts for UK indie tax relief as Film4, BBC Film bosses talk to film committee
Ollie Madden, Eva Yates, Rebecca O’Brien and James Hawes were taking part in Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee.
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NewsHow the Berlinale is trying to navigate and engage with the Israel-Hamas war
A Gaza dialogue event, the Tiny House project, has been running near the festival’s hub in Potsdamer Platz.
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NewsIreland’s Inis Mór lands the EUFCN Location Award 2023
The island on the west coast of Ireland was a key location for filming Marin McDonagh’s ’The Banshees of Inisherin’.
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NewsUK sales and distribution venture Blue Eyes Film opens up
Titles on the company’s sales slate include ’Miss The Kiss’, starring John Hannah, Martin Kemp, Sadie Frost and Patsy Kensit, plus heist feature ’The Last Tandem In Paris’, with Laëtitia Eïdo, Will Young and Michelle Collins attached.
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News‘Love Lies Bleeding’ star Kristen Stewart updates on Susan Sontag project, praises new era for queer cinema
Stewart was talking at a press conference ahead of a Berlinale Special Gala screening of ’Love Lies Bleeding’.
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NewsBerlin-Bafta date clash causes headache
The Baftas takes place tonight (February 18) in London, while the Berlinale runs until February 25.
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NewsKazakh war epic trilogy draws in buyers for Jinga Films (exclusive)
UK sales outfit Jinga Films has sold its trilogy of Kazakh historical war epics in multiple territories.
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NewsPsychological thriller ‘Wake’ lands for UK and US (exclusive)
Further deals have been closed in Canada, Latin America, CIS/Baltics and Portugal.
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NewsPhotographer Terry O’Neill to be focus of feature doc (exclusive)
’Iconic: The Life And Work Of Terry O’Neill’ is helmed by ’My Life As A Rolling Stone’ director Oliver Murray.
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News‘Greedy People’ starring Lily James and Joseph Gordon-Levitt hoovered up for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
The cast also includes Himesh Patel, Uzo Aduba and Tim Blake Nelson.
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NewsReason8 dives in for erotic drama ‘Her Body’ (exclusive)
The Czech Republic and Slovakia co-production is based on a true story, about a high diver turned porn star.
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FeaturesBafta chair Sara Putt talks about what she hopes to achieve in her first year, future of voting interventions
Putt took over from Krishnendu Majumdar last summer.
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NewsBankside Films says yes to Nadia Fall debut ‘Brides’ (exclusive)
Production has wrapped on the shoot, that took place in Wales, Turkey and Italy.
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FeaturesThe Irish films and talent to watch in 2024
As awards season garlands Irish filmmakers and talent, Kneecap wows Sundance and Small Things Like These opens the Berlinale, Screen looks towards the next wave of Irish films for 2024.
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News‘Animale’ first look unleashed from Film Constellation as production wraps (exclusive)
The feature is set against the backdrop of the southern France bull riding tradition of Camargue.
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NewsShoot wraps, first look unveiled of Daisy Ridley in ‘Cleaner’ (exclusive)
Clive Owen and Taz Skylar also star.
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NewsUK war veteran film ‘Sunray’ lands UK, US deals (exclusive)
The feature has also sold in Australia/New Zealand, Benelux, Poland and South Korea.
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NewsCillian Murphy on Ireland’s “collective trauma” laid bare in Berlinale opener ‘Small Things Like These’
“When I started out, getting work in the 90s, you would see movies like this all the time,” noted executive producer Matt Damon.
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NewsHarry Melling, Rosy McEwen join ‘Harvest’; The Match Factory reveals first look (exclusive)
The neo-Western filmed entirely on location in Scotland’s Argyllshire.