All articles by Orlando Parfitt – Page 2
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News“He was a true visionary”: Tributes paid to ‘Harry Potter’ production designer Stuart Craig, who has died at 83
Craig won three Oscars and was nominated for 16 Baftas.
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News‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival
Other major winners included ’Below The Clouds’, ’The Voice Of Hind Rajab’, Benny Safdie and Toni Servillo.
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News‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ begins production in UK; Amy Adams, Aaron Pierre join cast
Flynn Gray, Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Simon Bird also board Shawn Levy-directed project.
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NewsSan Sebastian adds nine titles including Juliette Binoche’s directing debut
Festival also selects world premiere of Joachim Lafosse’s ’Six Days In Spring’.
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NewsToronto withdraws invitation for Canadian doc ‘The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue’
TIFF statement claims the filmmakers did not secure “legal clearance of all footage”.
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NewsSee-Saw Films, Element, Monumental heads join Screen Summit’s trailblazing producers panel
The Summit, titled Building on the UK’s Global Success, will take place at the BFI Southbank on September 30.
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NewsGermany picks five for Oscars shortlist including ‘Amrum’, ‘Sound Of Falling’
Other titles are Joachim A. Lang’s Cranko, Andres Veiel’s Riefenstahl and Dennis Gansel’s anti-war drama The Tiger.
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FeaturesEight talking points from the Venice 2025 line-up
Long films, up to 305 minutes; starry nights, with Julia Roberts, George Clooney set to attend; political topics.
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NewsVenice Film Festival unveils 2025 lineup
Selection includes new films by Kathryn Bigelow, Benny Safdie, Luca Guadagnino, Mona Fastvold and Olivier Assayas.
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NewsCarlos Reygadas, Joslyn Barnes join Locarno jury
Other competition jurors are Swiss actress Ursina Lardi and the Netherlands’ Renée Soutendijk.
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NewsBFI and CNC sign major pact to work together to enhance the UK and French screen industries
The signing of the agency-to-agency agreement has formed part of Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to the UK.
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NewsPaolo Sorrentino’s ‘La Grazia’ to open 2025 Venice Film Festival
The film stars Toni Servillo and Anna Ferzetti.
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NewsGillian Anderson, Marie Kreutzer among speakers for The Writers Lab UK and Europe 2025
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Sally El Hosaini, Prano Bailey Bond and Mona Qureshi also taking part.
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NewsAmazon MGM sets international distribution pact with Sony
The first title under the agreement is Luca Guadagnino’s ’After The Hunt’.
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NewsEight screenwriters picked for 2025 Oxbelly retreat; Jane Campion, Radu Jude among guests
The event takes place on June 28–July 6 at Costa Navarino in Messinia and includes programs for writers working in film and literary fiction.
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News‘Two Prosecutors’, ‘It Was Just An Accident’ finish joint top of Screen’s Cannes jury grid
The Dardenne brothers’ ’Young Mothers’, and Kelly Reichardt’s ’The Mastermind’ were the last titles to land on the grid.
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NewsChile’s ‘The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo’ wins top Un Certain Regard award at Cannes
Other winners include ’A Poet’, ’Pillion’, ’Once Upon a Time in Gaza’ and ’Urchin’
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NewsNine talking points from the 2025 Cannes Film Festival
From tariffs to trees, there was plenty to talk about at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsBi Gan’s ‘Resurrection’ divides critics on Cannes jury grid; ‘Woman And Child’ also lands
Saeed Roustayee makes his second appearance on the jury grid.
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NewsDecent showings for ‘Sentimental Value’, ‘Romeria’ on Cannes jury grid; ‘The History Of Sound’ scores low
Joachim Trier, Carla Simon and Oliver Hermanus titles all land on Screen’s grid.