All articles by Wendy Mitchell
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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.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Emily Mortimer on needing noise to write, what she learned from Noah Baumbach and her love of sausages
The co-writer of Jay Kelly reveals why opening a greasy spoon would be her ideal alternative career.
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Features"Films are a sign democracy exists," says Locarno director Giona A Nazzaro
Locarno’s artistic director Giona A Nazzaro tells Screen about the festival’s selection of more than 200 films that address changes in the cinematic language as well as the changing state of the world.
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NewsOutplay bolsters slate with arthouse acquisitions ‘A Sweetness From Nowhere’ and ‘Skiff’
EXCLUSIVE: The films are by European auteurs Ester Bergsmark and Cecilia Verheyden respectively.
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NewsCannes Palm Dog readies four-legged frenzy for 25th anniversary
“It’s been embraced widely across the Cannes festival and beyond. We’re a Cannes fixture now.”
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Features“I completely froze, and just burst into tears”: Six first-time feature producers on scoring a Cannes premiere
Rare are the producers who land an appearance on the Croisette with their first features.
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NewsHarris Dickinson and Archie Pearch’s Devisio building “eclectic” slate of 20 projects
EXCLUSIVE: The production outfit, backed by US financier Tricky Knot, has hired New York-based Daisy Kramer as development executive.
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FeaturesRising Stars Ireland 2025: Lewis Brophy (actor)
Read all the Rising Stars Ireland 2025 profiles.