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All articles by Stuart Kemp
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NewsPolitical pressures, platform power and AI disruption set to be hot topics at CPH: CONFERENCE
CPH:DOX SUMMIT also returns for March 16.
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FeaturesIn profile: the 2026 Bafta Film Awards shorts contenders
This year’s Bafta-nominated shorts encompass a faded pop star, family trauma, queer romance, departed loved ones and social isolation. Screen profiles the eight films competing across two categories.
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NewsCPH:DOX 2026 unveils full six-competition programme
The flagship Dox: Award programme offers a prize of €10,000.
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FeaturesBafta flashback: Amma Asante remembers Martin Scorsese, blinding lights and her parents’ reaction
Asante won the Carl Foreman award for British debut feature at the 2005 Baftas for ‘A Way Of Life’
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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.