Tom Grater
Senior Reporter based in London.
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- tom.grater@screendaily.com
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“I don’t want people to support me and my film because they want to be seen to be backing and programming films by women, rather than it being a good film.”
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German outfit Beta re-teams with Pasolini after previously partnering on ‘Still Life’ and ’Machan’.
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Smith will work under Isabel Davis at the Scottish organisation.
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