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All Q&A articles – Page 5
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Curtis Brown’s Nish Panchal on what he learnt from starting out at BBC Film
”I have always said I’m going to look like Jeff Goldblum when I’m older.”
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FeaturesSXSW’s Janet Pierson on building a festival after “devastating” 2020
”We had to turn away a lot of very, very strong films.”
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FeaturesRotterdam industry head Marit van den Elshout: “We like to break down barriers”
The head of IFFR Pro talks about the need to keep the programme lean and accessible.
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FeaturesRebecca Hall on her Sundance directing debut ‘Passing’: “Identity is hopelessly complex”
”I know that this film was something that I had to do.”
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FeaturesPascual Sisto on Sundance entry ‘John And The Hole’: “Cannes Label… shone a light on the film”
Spanish filmmaker adopted ”realistic, contemporary take on a fable”.
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FeaturesSian Heder on directing Sundance entry ‘CODA’: ‘I learned to sign really fast out of necessity’
Philippe Rousselet, Patrick Wachsberger produced crowd-pleaser.
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FeaturesWhy directing Sundance entry ‘The Most Beautiful Boy In The World’ was like ‘peeling an onion’
Swedish filmmakers Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri discuss the life of former Death In Venice child star Björn Andrésen.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Mike Goodridge talks setting up a production company during the pandemic
Goodridge was formerly editor of Screen International and CEO of Protagonist Pictures.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Agnieszka Holland on favourite films, festivals and the future of the industry
”I used to like Toronto when it was smaller and possible to meet people.”
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: director Amanda Kernell shares her admiration for single parents
”That’s maybe after making a film about a difficult divorce.”
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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: 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: 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: 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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FeaturesLocal Heroes: Vertigo’s Rupert Preston on the howling UK success of ‘100% Wolf’
“Every independent distributor needs a ’100% Wolf’ every so often.”
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FeaturesAnton’s John Zois on production plans, the market, distribution
The LA-based executive has shepherded projects including ’Greenland’ into production.
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NewsEndeavor Content Film Group heads talk doing business in an unpredictable year
“Anybody who’s trying to make content in this challenging time wants as many options on the table as possible.”
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FeaturesFantasia actor-filmmaker Brea Grant: “The only thing that makes me want to crawl into a hole and die are snakes”
Multi-hyphenate has two films screeing at Fantasia: ‘Lucky’ and ’12 Hour Shift’.
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NewsNeil Marshall on Fantasia opener ‘The Reckoning’: “This suddenly seemed even more pertinent”
”I didn’t want to make a two-dimensional horror film that was just about a bunch of scares.”