All Q&A articles – Page 41
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FeaturesKarlovy Vary Q&A: Jan Jakub Kolski, To Kill A Beaver
Polish Film To Kill A Beaver is an intense and raw tale of a soldier undertaking a mysterious mission while holed up in an abandoned farm. There he has a torrid encounter with a young girl and it soon becomes apparent all is not what it seems.
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FeaturesKarlovy Vary Q&A: Alicia Cano – El Bella Vista
Receiving its world premiere in the Karlovy Vary Documentary Competition section, El Bella Vista is a quirky yet moving documentary about Uruguayan brothel El Bella Vista, its transvestite inhabitants and the small village community that wants to remove them and change the brothel into a Catholic School.
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FeaturesJacqueline Hurt, Olswang
Jacqueline Hurt talks about the role of the lawyer in film financing deals, the rise in the number of sales companies and the film policy review.
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FeaturesPaul Haggis
Screen talks to Paul Haggis about his new feature, Third Person, which is being backed by Belgian outfit Corsan.
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FeaturesJosé Luis Rebordinos, San Sebastian
The director of the San Sebastian International Film Festival talks about how the festival is adapting to a tough climate in Spain, including new offerings such as the European Latin American Forum.
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FeaturesTom DeSanto
A key producer on the Transformers and X-Men franchises, Tom DeSanto is now developing Gods, a 3D trilogy based on a Chinese classic, with Beijing-based Yi Shang Media.
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FeaturesKate Sinclair
Former UKFC and Film4 book scout Kate Sinclair discusses uncovering gems Salmon Fishing in the Yemen and Q and A and her current slate as a producer, which includes a comedy series from writers Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley and an adaptation of a Giles Foden novel about the D-Day ...
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FeaturesSusana de la Sierra
The head of Spain’s ICAA talks about the difficult challenges facing the Spanish film world.
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FeaturesHopscotch Features: John Collee, Frank Cox, Troy Lum and Andrew Mason
Fledgling production company Hopscotch Features is quickly fulfilling its mission to make films in Australia with international reach. Sandy George talks to the four partners.
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FeaturesCandida Brady
UK journalist turned film-maker Candida Brady’s first feature documentary Trashed follows Jeremy Irons on a world tour as he discovers issues surrounding waste. The film screened out of competition in Cannes.
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FeaturesThomas Vinterberg
Some 14 years after Festen, Thomas Vinterberg is back in Competition at Cannes with his latest drama, The Hunt. It’s been a long road back, he tells Mike Goodridge.
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FeaturesWayne Blair
Australian director Wayne Blair is in Cannes for the world premiere of his feelgood feature debut The Sapphires, which screens out of competition
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FeaturesBrandon Cronenberg
Brandon Cronenberg, son of David, makes his feature directorial debut with Antiviral in Un Certain Regard, about a man who sells celebrity diseases to the obsessed public. TF1 handles sales.
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FeaturesSanford Panitch
Fox International Productions president Sanford Panitch tells Jeremy Kay about lessons learned from the company’s 40 films in three years, and its plans for English-language European co-productions.
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FeaturesRufus Norris
Acclaimed UK theatre director Rufus Norris talks about his directorial debut Broken which is the opening film of Critics’ Week.
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FeaturesClifford Werber
Clifford Werber of Fluent Entertainment talks about the company’s studio-aligned equity finance model for local-language films, and its new deal with Sony. Jeremy Kay reports.
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FeaturesAmanda Nevill
BFI head Amanda Nevill talks through the thinking behind the BFI’s new five-year plan.
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FeaturesSergei Yershov
The CEO talks about the unusual but successful business model of US and Russia-based distributor VolgaFilm. Andreas Wiseman reports.
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FeaturesAlix Tidmarsh, Andy Byatt, Amberjack Films
Alix Tidmarsh and Andy Byatt’s new UK production company will make ambitious, entertaining films with a message, with the first project to come out of the company set to be the $20m Dolphin: A 3D Adventure, being sold by Salt at Cannes.
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FeaturesGeoffrey Fletcher
Precious screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher talks about his latest collaboration with Bombay Sapphire on a new short film competition.