All articles by Sarah Cooper – Page 2
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FeaturesWorld of Locations: Northern Ireland
HBO’s Game of Thrones may have been one of the early adopters, but it’s not taken long for the rest of the film and TV world to catch on to the benefits of shooting in Northern Ireland.
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FeaturesBafta takes a bow
With a change in eligibility rules, Bafta’s organisers are hoping that smaller films will benefit in certain key categories.
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FeaturesBox office analysis 2015: Italy
SCREEN SUBSCRIBERS: Can the traditional end-of-year release of local comedy titles help boost the Italian box office of 2015?
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NewsWellcome Trust reveals film investment plans
Charitable foundation to back projects exploring themes relevant to biomedical research.
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FeaturesBox office analysis 2015: Spain
SCREEN SUBSCRIBERS: Local films may have lost ground to US titles in 2015 but a slew of releases may help Spain’s production industry end the year on a high.
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FeaturesOscars 2016: inside the 81 Best Foreign-Language Film submissions
The 81 features submitted for foreign-language Oscar contention will be whittled down to a shortlist of nine in mid-December, before being narrowed further to the final five nominations. Screen delivers the lowdown on this year’s contenders.
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News'A Syrian Love Story', 'Mand Falder' to screen at CPH:DOX
Anne Wivel’s Mand Falder will open the festival, which will screen 200 docs including 60 world premieres.
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FeaturesLocarno 2015: Summer Academy
Locarno continues its quest to support the next generation of directors, critics and now industry professionals, as Sarah Cooper discovers.
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NewsLocarno to open with Demme's 'Flash'; 14 world premieres in main competition
World premieres for new films by Athina Rachel Tsangari, Hong Sangsoo, Ben Rivers; Southpaw, Trainwreck among Piazza Grande titles.
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NewsMcAllister readies Hull-based doc
EXCLUSIVE: The director’s latest documentary, A Syrian Love Story, had its world premiere at Sheffield Doc/Fest this week and is one of the hot favourites for the festival’s Grand Jury Prize
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NewsAguilar talks female focus at Doc/Fest
New programming head secured films by female filmmakers for close to 50% of the line-up.
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest set for record numbers
UK documentary festival opened with Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look Of Silence.
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NewsCreative England reveals new iFeatures trio
EXCLUSIVE: Creative England has named the three films to be greenlit for production through the latest round of its low-budget filmmaking initiative iFeatures.
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NewsAlice Eve joins cast of 'Please Stand Me'
She will star alongside Dakota Fanning and Helen Hunt in Ben Lewin’s road trip movie which is being sold by Embankment Films.
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NewsLionsgate takes Their Finest Hour And A Half for UK
Directed by Lone Scherfig and starring Gemma Arterton, the romantic wartime comedy will shoot this summer.
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NewsDogwoof sells Censored Voices to Music Box
As well as the US, Mor Loushy’s documentary has also sold to a raft of territories including Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
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Blood Moon rises for Studiocanal in UK
Jinga Films’ werewolf western has also been picked up for distribution in the US, Middle East and Portugal.
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NewsCasting complete on She Who Brings Gifts
The post apocalyptic zombie thriller, which is being sold by Altitude Films, will be distributed in the UK by Warner Bros.
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NewsBeta Cinema picks up Vincent And The End Of The World
It is the latest feature from director Christophe van Rompaey, whose 2008 film Moscow, Belgium won three awards in Cannes Critics Week that year.
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NewsSignature Entertainment picks up Precious Cargo
The UK distributor has also acquired Cell starring Samuel L Jackson and Frankestein with Carrie Anne Moss and Danny Huston.