All articles by Wendy Mitchell
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FeaturesWhy filmmakers are increasingly working with brands
Shifts in independent financing and advertising models are encouraging more collaboration between brands and filmmakers
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NewsNordic Film Commissions elects new president, adds Greenland
New board confirmed for the pan-Nordic group.
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FeaturesNicolas Winding Refn on new film ‘Her Private Hell’, and how a near-death experience led him to rethink his career
“I was dead for half an hour, and I was brought back to life with electricity, like Frankenstein.”
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FeaturesIcelandic filmmakers make plea for increased government support
Source: Stockfish [L-R] Sveinbjörn Baldvinsson, Anton Mani Svansson, Hronn Sveinsdottir, Jóhannes Tryggvasonn Film and TV experts in Iceland have spoken about an increasingly desperate need for more funding for local storytellers, as part of a panel during the annual Stockfish Film Festival & Industry Days, a Reykjavik-based ...
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FeaturesWhy two of Norway’s leading producers teamed up for ‘Sentimental Value’: “It was set up from the start as an exceptional project”
Screen learns about a meeting of minds.
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FeaturesJoachim Trier breaks down four key scenes from ‘Sentimental Value’: “We had a horse that went crazy”
Sentimental Value tells the story of a Norwegian family, past and present, through the prism of an absent father reconnecting with his daughters
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FeaturesInga Ibsdotter Lilleaas on unscripted moments and finding out her ‘Sentimental Value’ character was initially written as comic relief
Joachim Trier’s family drama has catapulted the Norwegian actress from an international unknown to Oscar and Bafta nominee
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Features75 films to tempt festival directors in 2026
Screen’s network of correspondents selects a snapshot of arthouse and independent films poised for selection by A-list film festivals.
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FeaturesIn Conversation: ‘Wicked: For Good’ director Jon M Chu and star Cynthia Erivo on favourite memories, ‘The Wizard Of Oz’ obsessions and homemade soup
The director and leading actress of Wicked and Wicked: For Good have been on an epic journey that has generated $1.2bn at the box office
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FeaturesClaire Foy on learning how to handle goshawks in ‘H Is For Hawk’: “It became a profound thing”
“It was about making my internal rhythm match the birds’ rhythm,” she tells Screen
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FeaturesHow nature, Ukrainian minefields and the male and female in everyone inspired Chloe Zhao’s adaptation of ‘Hamnet’
Hamnet’s co-writer and director on the connection to nature that changed her life
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FeaturesRenate Reinsve on losing control for ‘Sentimental Value’, upcoming projects with Cristian Mungiu and Alexander Payne
The Norwegian actress stars in Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, which sees a fractured family reckon with its past.
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Features“I didn’t have grey hair before this”: Four filmmakers behind Oscar international feature hopefuls on working with their child leads
‘The President’s Cake’, ‘Orphan’, ‘The Left-Handed Girl’ and ‘The Love That Remains’ all showcase child protagonists.
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NewsAlba August, Sverrir Gudnason lead Tea Lindeburg’s ‘The Seal Woman’ for Reinvent Yellow
EXCLUSIVE: ‘As In Heaven’ director Lindeburg’s second feature is shooting now in the Faroe Islands.
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NewsFootballer-turned-director Hannes Halldorsson drives comedy ‘The Bus Job’ to Global Constellation
EXCLUSIVE: Halldórsson, former goalkeeper for Iceland’s national team, will shoot ‘The Bus Job’ in Iceland and Denmark.
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FeaturesThe Brit 50: SUMS
Andy Brunskill’s London-based company is in production on a holiday comedy feature and moving into TV with Amblin
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FeaturesThe Brit 50: Wellington Films
The Nottingham-based company celebrates its 25th anniversary this year
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FeaturesThe Brit 50: Fable Pictures
After a relatively quiet period, the film slate is ramping up again with four features hoping to shoot in 2026
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NewsAshley Walters to direct female jockey story ‘Khadijah’ for Fable Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: Film is inspired by true story of first female Muslim jockey to win a competitive UK horse race.
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FeaturesMads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Anders Thomas Jensen on ‘The Last Viking’
’The Last Viking’ is the sixth reunion for the trio.