Patricia Dobson
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Word 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”.
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‘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.
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‘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.
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How 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.
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‘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.
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Tilda 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
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‘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.
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‘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.
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The 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.
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How ‘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.
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Why 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.
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TIFF 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
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Alice 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.
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Jessica 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.
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How 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
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‘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.
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“It was a fever-dream, a non-stop rollercoaster”: Daniel Roher on making ‘Nalvany’
Daniel Roher’s documentary digs into the 2020 assassination attempt on Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny. Patricia Dobson talks to its Bafta- and Oscar-nominated director
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“She was a tough, East German cookie”: filmmakers and actors pay tribute to German casting director Simone Bär
Bär was known for strong instincts and the courage of her convictions say those who worked with her.
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How ‘All That Breathes’ director found "searingly true moments" for Oscar-shortlisted documentary
Shaunak Sen explores the relationship between humans and the natural world in a film about two brothers rescuing birds in polluted New Delhi. The director of All That Breathes talks to Screen.
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‘Mrs Harris Goes To Paris’ star Lesley Manville and costume designer Jenny Beavan on the film's “nerve-wracking” Dior recreations
Worlds collide in 1950s-set Mrs Harris Goes To Paris. Costume designer Jenny Beavan and star Lesley Manville tell Patricia Dobson about wardrobe choices, from post-war London to Dior haute couture.