All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 16
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FeaturesRebecca Hall on the personal journey behind her directing debut ‘Passing’
Rebecca Hall’s personal journey to making her directing debut Passing started some 17 years ago.
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Features‘The Power Of The Dog’ director Jane Campion talks casting Benedict Cumberbatch, switching shoot to New Zealand
Growing up in Wellington, New Zealand, Jane Campion and her friends used to sit atop grocery boxes and pretend they were riding horses
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FeaturesTeam Screen’s best films of 2021
Which titles were favourites among Screen’s editorial team & key contributors?
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Sámi Film Institute head Anne Lajla Utsi on the shining stars of the Indigenous film world
The head of the International Sámi Film Institute is based near Kautokeino, Norway.
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NewsDenmark closes cinemas for four weeks due to Omicron surge
Releases impacted include ‘Spencer’, ‘Lamb’ and San Sebastian prize-winner ‘As In Heaven’
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FeaturesWhy using animation was a "liberating process" for 'Flee' director Jonas Poher Rasmussen
The film is up for international feature, documentary and animation awards.
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FeaturesRenate Reinsve almost quit TV and film before starring in 'The Worst Person In The World'
Screen talks to Norway’s Renate Reinsve about playing the complex woman at the heart of Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person In The World.
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NewsNewen Studios and Sigrid Dyekjaer launch Danish doc company Real Lava
Danish documentary production company’s slate include Sundance-selected ‘The Territory’ and Eva Weber’s ‘Merkel’.
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FeaturesJordanian director Bassel Ghandour on his forbidden-relationship drama ‘The Alleys’
Ghandour’s debut directorial feature is showing at the Red Sea film festival.
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NewsJuho Kuosmanen, Khadar Ayderus Ahmed reteam for short-form series ‘Zone B’ (exclusive)
It’s the second collaboration for the directors of ’Compartment No. 6’ and ’The Gravedigger’s Wife’.
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FeaturesFive Saudi acting and directing talents to watch
Screen profiles five rising Saudi talents, whose work is being showcased at the Red Sea Film Festival.
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NewsDenmark’s Creative Alliance becomes part of Nordisk
Writer/directors Lone Scherfig and Ole Christian Madsen and producer Malene Blenkov formed Creative Alliance in 2013.
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FeaturesIn conversation: Valdimar Johannsson, Noomi Rapace on creating a "divine moment" in ‘Lamb’
The director and star talk about getting back to nature, Nordic folktales and the mysterious newborn at the heart of this genre-bending thriller.
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FeaturesFinnish director Aku Louhimies on telling a story of female desire in ‘The Wait’
Actress/writer Inka Kallén stars in the adaptation of a classic novel, which will premiere at Tallinn Black Nights.
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FeaturesRising Icelandic filmmaker Tinna Hrafnsdóttir talks about her directorial debut ‘Quake’
Icelandic psychological mystery is premiering at Estonia’s Black Nights Film Festival.
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FeaturesWhy Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese is urgently seeking development funds for ‘The Chattering of Teeth’
Project is Mosese’s second feature after award-winning This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection.
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NewsSwedish Film Institute unveils 2021 Wild Card winners
Each filmmaker receives development funding of $46,000 (SEK 400,000).
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NewsDanish Oscar entry ‘Flee’ wins 2021 Nordic Council Film Prize
Nominated films must have “deep roots in Nordic culture”.
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NewsMagnolia strikes for US deal on ‘The North Sea’ (exclusive)
Disaster drama from Fantefilm follows collaboraiton with Magnolia on The Wave, The Quake.
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NewsLevelK swoons for Bille August’s period romance ’The Kiss’ (exclusive)
The film is described as a “free adaptation” inspired by Stefan Zweig’s novel Beware Of Pity and relocated to Denmark.















