All articles by Stuart Kemp
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FeaturesThe Brit 50: Matthew Vaughn on MARV Studios’ new ‘Stuntnuts’ action trilogy, further ‘Kingsman’ films
Vaughn remains able to finance all MARV film budgets in-house, seeking partners afterwards, by ploughing box-office success back into the business.
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News‘Reflections of Little Red Dot,’ ‘A Poet’ win top prizes in Geneva
Geneva International Film Festival showcases artists working in the digital arts.
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NewsAvoid AI, say YouTube creators, in message to film and TV counterparts at the Geneva Digital Market
Audiences will criticise you for inauthentic content, was the message.
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FeaturesJohn Skoog on why Denis Lavant was the right man to play an iconic Swedish figure in ‘Redoubt’
‘Redoubt’ is based on the true story of man who fortified his house and community against the threat of Soviet invasion during the Cold War.
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FeaturesIt’s much more difficult to sell spec scripts now, says ‘American Beauty’ and ‘Six Feet Under’ writer Alan Ball
”I’m not sure any of the people who are greenlighting projects, film or TV, are willing to stick their neck out on something brand new/”
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FeaturesThe Brit 50: DNA Films & TV
The 28 Years franchise and Alex Garland’s adaptation of fantasy video game Elden Ring are the company’s current priorities
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FeaturesGeneva Digital Market opens with focus on audiovisual innovation, exploration of 20 years of YouTube
GDM is taking place as part of the Geneva International Film Festival.
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Features“There is a fresh boost of artistic dynamism in film,” says Geneva’s Anais Emery
Creativity is what counts, says Emery of this year’s festival, which opens on October 31.
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NewsShih-Ching Tsou’s ‘Left-Handed Girl’ wins best film prize at the Rome Film Festival
The festival posted a 6% rise in admissions year-on-year.
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FeaturesJulien Temple on being an early adopter of AI, sharing the results with David Bowie
Temple’s feature doc ‘I Am Curious Johnny’ about Johnny Pigozzi is screening at the Rome Film Festival.
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FeaturesDavid Puttnam reflects on AI, YouTube and why ‘Local Hero’ is his favourite film
”“It is now possible to get your vision onto a screen at an affordable price,” said the Oscar-winning producer of ‘Chariots Of Fire’.
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Features‘Hedda’ director Nia DaCosta on the difference between filming in the US and the UK, stepping into the ‘28 Years’ world
Nia DaCosta is the recipient of Rome Film Festival’s progressive lifetime achievement award.
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NewsGeneva International Film Festival and Geneva Digital Market to showcase “creative audacity"
The possible move of XR from headsets to the big screen will be a hot topic under discussion.
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FeaturesMilan Skrobanek on The Unspoken Language’, about the love affair between a blind man and a deaf woman
Skrobanek explains the challenges he found when casting the feature.
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FeaturesProducer fees and pre-sales challenges: Six key themes from the 2025 Screen Summit
Screen International’s ‘Building on the UK’s Global Success’ Summit 2025 was held on September 30 at BFI Southbank.
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FeaturesTereza Nvotová on her Venice premiere ‘Father’: “My first instinct was this is too tragic”
Slovakia-born filmmaker’s latest is about a father who forgets his child in a car during a heatwave.
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FeaturesThe UK team behind Edinburgh title ‘Misper’ talk true crime, scary basements and blending Haneke horror with Brit humour
Director Harry Sherriff and writer Laurence Tratalos are partners with Simon Orange in Fresh Orange Productions.
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Features“I am railing against the mediocrity of contemporary cinema,” says Simon Rumley of his Edinburgh premiere ‘Crushed’
Source: Subject’s own Simon Rumley UK filmmaker Simon Rumley’s Thailand-set kidnapping thriller Crushed underlines his commitment to create films in what he has dubbed the “extreme drama” genre. A renowned writer-director on the genre circuit for more than two decades, Rumley has a reputation for uncompromising, uncomfortable ...
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NewsTomasz Habowski’s ‘Radioamateur’ leads Polish Days 2025 winners
Polish Days, the industry programme of the 25th New Horizons International Film Festival, took place in Wroclaw from July 20-22.
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FeaturesFive African directors to watch in Locarno
Screen profiles the filmmakers chosen to screen their exciting short films in Locarno Open Doors.