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Patricia Dobson
Features“I didn’t have grey hair before this”: Four filmmakers behind Oscar international feature hopefuls on working with their child leads
‘The President’s Cake’, ‘Orphan’, ‘The Left-Handed Girl’ and ‘The Love That Remains’ all showcase child protagonists.
FeaturesTwo-time Oscar winner Kazu Hiro on turning Dwayne Johnson into fighter Mark Kerr for ‘The Smashing Machine’
The Kyoto-born prosthetic make-up artist has won two Oscars and three Baftas for his work in films including Bombshell, Maestro and Darkest Hour
FeaturesPhilippines billiards drama ‘Bilyarista’ defies the odds to premiere at IFFI
Written and directed by Phil Giordano, it follows a young girl living in the slums of Manila.
FeaturesMarlene Bischof and Nicolai Zeitler on how they made buzzy Hamburg title ‘I Am The Greatest’
” I throw dialogue in the air and he integrates it into the structure,” says Bischof of how the rising German filmmakers effectively collaborate.
FeaturesWord of Mouth: ‘Twiggy’ director Sadie Frost on watching films “raw and untainted”
UK director of the doc Twiggy explains why she loves reading about the art of film, but “prefers not to be led”.
Features‘Emilia Pérez’ make-up artist on transforming Karla Sofia Gascon into a drugs lord
Emilia Pérez make-up artist Julia Floch-Carbonel talks to Screen about her Bafta‑nominated work on Jacques Audiard’s ode to the power of transformation.
Features‘Emilia Pérez’ designers on the film's collision of reality and fantasy
The film was a studio-based shoot at Bry-sur-Marne studios in the Paris suburbs.
FeaturesHow Payal Kapadia blended documentary and fiction for ‘All We Imagine as Light’
All We Imagine as Light writer/director Payal Kapadia talks to Screen about her her Mumbai-set scripted feature debut.
Features‘Flow’ director on the toughest challenges making the Golden Globe-winning animation and his next project
Gints Zilbalodis tells Screen how his dialogue-free animation Flow proved to be a learning experience in more ways than one.
FeaturesTilda Swinton on her role as a dying writer in Pedro Almodovar’s ‘The Room Next Door’: “It was written for my wiring”
Tilda Swinton is a transformational actress who is now working closer to her true self, she says
Features‘Santosh’ shows “a third way to be a woman in India”, says director Sandhya Suri
The UK’s international feature Oscar entry is fresh off two wins at the BIFAs.
Features‘No Other Land’ filmmakers on making Palestinian-Israeli documentary: “The camera is the one and only tool we have”
Filmmakers Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham tell Screen about the challenges of shaping thousands of hours of footage in award-winning Palestinian-Israeli documentary No Other Land.
FeaturesThe risky journey behind North Korea documentary ‘Beyond Utopia’
Madeleine Gavin’s Beyond Utopia charts two attempts at defection from North Korea and the underground network that provides vital help.
FeaturesHow ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ and ‘The Zone Of Interest’ affirm Sandra Hüller’s elevation to the A-list
Sandra Hüller is generating awards buzz for two powerful performances this year: in Anatomy Of A Fall and The Zone Of Interest. Screen talks to the German actress about the work that could propel her —if she wishes — into a Hollywood career.
FeaturesWhy director Ilker Catak shot German Oscar entry ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ like a thriller
Screen talks to writer/director Ilker Catak about his thriller-like exploration of generational conflict, racism and scapegoating.
FeaturesTIFF Spotlight: Lone Scherfig on shooting ‘The Movie Teller’ in Chile’s Atacama desert
The Danish filmmaker’s latest project was shot in Chile’s Atacama desert
FeaturesAlice Rohrwacher talks ‘La Chimera’ casting: “I rewrote the main role for Josh O’Connor”
Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher explains why she reimagined the script of her Competition title La Chimera for UK actor Josh O’Connor.
FeaturesJessica Hausner on exploring society’s “weak spots” in ‘Club Zero’
Club Zero stars Mia Wasikowska as a teacher at an elite boarding school whose lessons on “conscious eating” have radical and drastic effects on her students.
FeaturesHow good word of mouth powered Ukraine doc ‘A House Made Of Splinters’ to an Oscar nomination
A House Made Of Splinters, about a children’s shelter in eastern Ukraine, is an underdog among this year’s nominees for documentary feature. Screen talks to the Danish director and producer duo behind the film
Features‘The Quiet Girl’ team on the Irish film’s journey to the Oscars: “I didn’t want to let down the country”
Screen tracks the film’s journey from intimate family drama to Academy Awards contender.