All articles by Tim Dams – Page 38
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Features“I genuinely didn’t love it”: PR guru Matthew Freud on turning producer for Oscar winner ‘The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse’ (exclusive)
Freud reflects on a “consuming two years” bringing the adaptation of Charlie Mackesy’s hit book to the screen.
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News‘Chernobyl’ director Johan Renck readies feature on the last days of Saddam Hussein
’The Prisoner in His Palace’ is based on accounts of the US soldiers who guarded Iraqi ruler before his execution.
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NewsBanijay promotes Frédéric Balmary to chief business officer
Exec was previously chief of staff at global production and distribution group.
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NewsRichard Johns and E Elias Merhige team for Promethean Pictures and animal-focused survival story ‘Howl’
Johns and Merhige met working on ‘Shadow Of The Vampire’.
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NewsVisions du Réel unveils global line-up of documentaries for 2023 edition
Argentinian filmmaker Lucrecia Martel is guest of honour at Swiss non-fiction festival
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NewsVenice to honour Liliana Cavani and Tony Leung Chiu-wai with Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement
’The Night Porter’ director and ’In The Mood For Love’ actor to receive awards at this year’s festival.
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NewsProgramme director and three board members resign from Geneva Human Rights festival
Resignations come shortly after 21st edition wrapped.
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NewsMichael Winterbottom readies drama series ‘Fall Of The God Of Cars’ about fugitive Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn
Director’s Revolution Films has partnered with Fremantle, Passenger and Anonymous Content on six-parter
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NewsDW Akademie Film Development Fund selects 15 filmmakers from Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda for grants
Recipients receive €10,000, training and mentoring.
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NewsHBO boss Casey Bloys: "We have to figure out how to make streaming profitable to keep investing in big shows"
HBO chairman and CEO talks about challenges of moving from cable to streaming model.
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News“Reduce locations in a film, episodes in a series,” says Amazon’s James Farrell on challenge of rising costs
Exec says streamer is not cutting back on number of shows being commissioned.
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NewsParamount+’s Marco Nobili emphasises importance of international projects for streamer’s growth
Exec says half of Paramount+’s growth is from international market.
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Features‘The Good Mothers’ team on bringing a “female gaze” to the Mafia
The Italian series follows three Mafia women who bring down the organisation from the inside
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NewsDirectors Juho Kuosmanen, César Díaz and Beatriz Seigner win inaugural Seriesmakers prizes
Programme is for film directors making first move into scripted TV.
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NewsStreamers are more flexible on rights, say top TV drama distributors
Banijay, All3Media, Fremantle and ZDF Studios execs discuss streamer deals, writers’ strike worries and a ‘reset’ of scripted market on Series Mania panel.
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News‘Westworld’ showrunner Lisa Joy reflects on possibility of “stressful” writers’ strike
Delivering Series Mania keynote, Joy also said AI advances had made ’Westworld’ seem like a documentary.
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News“You have to put a writer at the centre of it”: Producer Nicola Shindler on the key to her success
Shindler’s credits include ‘It’s A Sin’ and ‘Happy Valley’.
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News‘The Teacher’s Lounge’ director Ilker Çatak preps ‘Yellow Letters’ with Haut et Court, Alamode (exclusive)
Project is set to film in Germany in autumn 2023.
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NewsSaudi Arabia officially launches $234m Film Sector Financing Programme
Programme is designed to help grow the Saudi film industry
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FeaturesNetflix in Europe: the inside story of the streamer’s rise, growing pains and next steps
Since launching in Europe in 2012, Netflix has had a transformational effect on the European industry.