All Perspectives on 2020 articles
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FeaturesPerspectives on 2020: ScreenSkills CEO Seetha Kumar on hopes for a kinder, more inclusive industry
”More needs to be done in innovation around digital training.”
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FeaturesPerspectives on 2020: Tabitha Jackson on adapting Sundance and "enacting" inclusion
Jackson became Sundance festival director in early 2020.
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FeaturesPerspectives on 2020: Nadine Labaki on how the Beirut explosion shaped her pandemic year
The writer, director and actress reveals how the devastating Beirut explosion pushed her back into filmmaking
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FeaturesPerspectives on 2020: Krishnendu Majumdar on kickboxing, Zoom overload & steering Bafta's review
The Bafta chair and UK producer reveals how kickboxing is helping him through an exhaustive review of the British Academy.
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FeaturesPerspectives on 2020: Finecut’s Yunjeong Kim on industry changes and missing friends
As part of Screen’s Perspectives on 2020 series, the Seoul-based sales company executive tells Screen how she came to appreciate the quality-of-life benefits of being grounded from international travel.
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FeaturesPerspectives on 2020: Producer Jojo Hui - “we can’t stop people from watching streaming services”
The Hong Kong-based producer explains how she fell back in love with her hometown.
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FeaturesPerspectives on 2020: Mark Cousins on lockdown liberation and Black Lives Matter
Cousins’ ‘Women Make Film: A New Road Movie THrough Cinema’ will be the focus of a January BFI season.
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FeaturesPerspectives on 2020: Efe Cakarel on MUBI’s boom and shattered windows
The MUBI founder talks about his streaming platform’s pandemic-fuelled boom and why he is happy to see windows being shattered.
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FeaturesPerspectives on 2020: Amma Asante on new projects, understanding bias and Brexit
The UK filmmaker discusses a busy year ahead that will include her Armie Hammer-Mads Mikkelsen spy drama.
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FeaturesPerspectives on 2020: Agustin Almodovar on getting Covid and Pedro’s next project
The leading Spanish producer on how he has experienced a surprisingly productive working year — in spite of his family’s brush with Covid-19.
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FeaturesPerspectives on 2020: EbonyLife Media CEO Mo Abudu on Netflix deals and African stories
“The world is happier with Joe Biden elected.”
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FeaturesPerspectives on 2020: How Baltasar Kormakur shot for 300 days this year
The Icelandic filmmaker tells Screen about being the first to colour-code on set (but not wanting it to be his legacy).
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FeaturesPerspectives on 2020: The British Blacklist founder Akua Gyamfi on forging exciting new partnerships
”There is an inherent fear of black power, creative and economic.”
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FeaturesPerspectives on 2020: mk2 CEO Nathanael Karmitz - “There’s a real crisis in Anglo-Saxon cinema”
The head of France’s mk2 film empire tells Screen why he believes cinema and culture can help change the world.
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FeaturesPerspectives on 2020: Sidonie Dumas on guiding Gaumont through France’s lockdowns
”It’s been a cross between a balancing game and dominoes.”
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FeaturesPerspectives on 2020: Venice director Alberto Barbera on the future of festivals
The Venice Film Festival director tells us how hosting a physical festival revealed what was most important about his job.
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FeaturesPerspectives on 2020: Ita O’Brien on the new challenges for intimacy co-ordinators
Intimacy on Set founder Ita O’Brien tells us why respecting on-screen intimacy is more important than ever.
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FeaturesPerspectives on 2020: Ben Roberts on steering the BFI through a tumultuous year
A love of doughnuts and the sheep on Romney Marsh have helped Roberts steer 550 employees through the year.