All articles by Mona Tabbara – Page 56
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News“I’ve been in tears”: UK industry reacts to Edinburgh film festival, Filmhouse collapse
Filmmaker Mark Cousins, Glasgow Film Festival co-director Allison Gardner and Ken Loach’s Sixteen Films expressed their sadness.
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NewsEdinburgh International Film Festival to cease trading as parent charity enters administration
The Centre for the Moving Image (CMI) runs EIFF, Filmhouse Cinema and Café Bar in Edinburgh, and Belmont Filmhouse in Aberdeen.
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News‘Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical’ opens BFI London Film Festival, puts spotlight on young talent
BFI CEO Ben Roberts reached out to young audience members: “We really want to make sure independent and classic film and TV are accessible as possible”
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Features“Disruption is good for the business”: what does the future hold for UK talent agents?
In the wake of the acquisition of Curtis Brown by United Talent Agency, UK talent agents give their reaction to ripples in the agency landscape.
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund appoints international business development manager
Chris Filip takes up the newly-created role on October 24.
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News‘Emily’ is Dinard’s major winner, artistic director Dominique Green talks festival’s future
‘All My Friends Hate Me’ and ‘The Almond And The Seahorse’ also won prizes.
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NewsAdmissions to remain below pre-pandemic levels for next two years, says Cineworld Group
The troubled exhibition giant has released its interim results for the sixth-month period ending on June 30, 2022.
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NewsBFI’s Ben Roberts and Harriet Finney reassure filmmakers, address skills element of Screen Culture 2033
Roberts and Finney took part in the latest episode of the ScreenDaily Talks webinar series.
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NewsIranian film industry urges “every filmmaker in the world” to support anti-government protests
Filmmakers including Shirin Neshat, Bahman Ghobadi, Ali Abbasi and Asghar Farhadi have spoken out in the wake of the death of 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini.
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News“We have to do more with less”: BFI unveils ambitious 10-year strategy titled Screen Culture 2033
CEO Ben Roberts is confident a new-look BFI can grow its own revenues by 10% in a decade.
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FeaturesFive talking points from San Sebastian’s inaugural Creative Investors’ Conference
Topics covered included the challenges facing independent producers and the need for a gambler’s mentality.
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NewsLea Seydoux to join cast of David Cronenberg’s ‘The Shrouds’
Cronenberg was speaking at San Sebastian, where he has been honoured with the Donostia Award.
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NewsBafta Film Awards moves venue for 2023
The awards have been held at the Royal Albert Hall for the past six years.
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NewsAdura Onashile’s ‘Girl’, Luna Carmoon’s ‘Hoard’ selected for BFI London Film Festival Works-in-Progress
The showcase takes place on October 8.
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News“Netflix should do a deal with cinema to survive,” says Wild Bunch International’s Vincent Maraval
Maraval was the keynote speaker at San Sebastian’s inaugural Creative Investors’ Conference.
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News‘Blonde’ to screen as surprise film at San Sebastian
Star Ana de Armas and director Andrew Dominik will attend.
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NewsSan Sebastian 2022 industry programme unveils packed high-level schedule
Events include the inaugural Creative Investors’ Conference, a panel on crisis in streaming and a focus on Serbia.
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FeaturesBasil Khalil on changing the narrative with TIFF title ‘A Gaza Weekend’
Khalil wanted to portray Gazans as people, not victims, persevering with Discovery title A Gaza Weekend as world events took a familiar turn.
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NewsSomalia’s first ever Oscar submission ‘The Gravedigger’s Wife’ secures UK deal (exclusive)
The title premiered in Cannes Critics’ Week in 2021.
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NewsUK’s T A P E moves into theatrical distribution with Miryam Charles’ ‘Cette Maison’ (exclusive)
It is the debut feature of Canadian-Haitian director Charles.