All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 31
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FeaturesHow North Macedonia’s ‘Honeyland’ has already made Oscar history
Oscar nominated in both the documentary and international feature categories, Honeyland has made its makers and its country of origin — North Macedonia — proud.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Göteborg festival’s Jonas Holmberg on his love of Jacques Demy
The artistic director of Göteborg Film Festival on leaving the cinema as a changed person, annual trips to Bergman’s island and his pride in a gender-equal programme.
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NewsAlma Pöysti to play Moomins creator Tove Jansson in biopic ‘Tove’ (exclusive)
The film is set in the 1940s and 50s.
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NewsPicture Tree boards Finnish drama ‘Helene’ starring Laura Birn (exclusive)
Directed by Antti Jokkinen, the biopic is about Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck.
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Features42 European films to tempt festival directors in 2020
The hot productions from France, Benelux, Nordics, Italy, Germany, Spain, Greece, Central and Eastern Europe, and Russia.
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NewsGoteborg film festival to kick off gender-balanced programme with ‘Psychosis In Stockholm’
50% of its programme will be comprised of films directed by women.
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FeaturesThe global film industry storylines set to dominate 2020
Streaming launches, Disney dominance, and changes at major festivals will be among the big talking points for the film industry in 2020.
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FeaturesNew talent focus: ‘Uncle’ Director Frelle Petersen
The Danish director’s second film Uncle is setting the festival circuit alight.
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FeaturesIs Eurimages support more important than ever?
A group of filmmakers met in Berlin to discuss the future of Eurimages.
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FeaturesLulu Wang on the real-life story behind 'The Farewell'
The filmmaker talks to Wendy Mitchell about going back to her Chinese roots in her indie comedy-drama The Farewell.
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NewsNew Europe closes French deal for Rotterdam-bound ‘A Perfectly Normal Family’ (exclusive)
The drama is the directorial debut of Damnish filmmaker Malou Reymann
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FeaturesWhy the film industry needs to open up about mental health
Long hours, freelance contracts and distressing storylines can make the film industry a challenging place to work.
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Features‘The Cave’ director: “For a woman to be filmed is dangerous”
In an underground hospital in a besieged Syrian city, Dr Amani saved lives while battling prejudice and patriarchy.
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FeaturesAwkwafina on finding authenticity in ‘The Farewell’: “Speaking bad Chinese is more interesting”
The ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ actress plays Billi, a Chinese American who returns to China to see her terminally-ill grandmother.
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FeaturesWhy ‘For Sama’ is “a tool to understand the Syrian situation”
Waad al-Kateab — co-directing with Edward Watts — gave shape to her Syrian survival story For Sama by making it a letter to her infant daughter.
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NewsHeretic boards Ruben Östlund’s ‘Triangle Of Sadness,’ Greece shoot planned (exclusive)
Plattform production to shoot in Greece for eight weeks, after starting production in Sweden.
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NewsNext iteration of Creative Europe would train 5,000 and fight for Euro content on the streamers
Martin Dawson delivered his keynote speech at the European Film Forum in Tallinn.
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NewsCan AI help the film industry?
Humans need to keep control of storytelling, according to experts at Tallinn’s European Film Forum.
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NewsGermany’s SquareOne to co-produce REinvent, SF's Danish thriller series ‘Oxen’ (exclusive)
The series – now in development – is adapted from the bestselling crime novels by Danish author Jens Henrik Jensen.
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NewsSyndicado boards IDFA premiere ‘I Love You…’ (exclusive)
Danish director Rødbro makes her feature directorial debut.