All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 63
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NewsQumra's class of 2015 see boost for their films
As Qumra kicks off its second edition with 33 new projects selected (see the full list here), here are updates from several projects selected for the inaugural edition in 2015.Degrade, Arab and Tarzan Abunasser’s story of 12 women in a Gaza hair salon, was selected for ...
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NewsQumra kicks off in Doha with key industry in attendance
Netflix, Sundance and EFM are among new delegates attending the second edition of the DFI’s Qumra.
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Comment'London Has Fallen' interns hail "life-changing" experience
Lionsgate teamed up with charity Films Without Borders to offer internships on the Gerard Butler-starring sequel.
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NewsAlexander Payne’s 'Downsizing' gets Norwegian grant
Downsizing and The Snowman receive Norway’s new Incentive Scheme grants, with the latter securing $4.6m.
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NewsIceland’s Stockfish showcases hot works-in-progress
Animation, TV adaptations and documentaries among highlighted projects.
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NewsTheo James, Ben Kingsley head to Copenhagen for corruption thriller
EXCLUSIVE: Copenhagen Film Fund backs Per Fly’s Backstabbing For Beginners.
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Comment'Sicario' composer: get music into the DNA of a film
Oscar nominee Johann Johannsson spoke about collaborating with Denis Villeneueve on a panel at Stockfish Film Festival .
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NewsLouis & Nolan shoot for the moon
EXCLUSIVE: Maipo Film is now readying the third film in the animated Louis & Nolan franchise, Louis & Nolan: Mission To The Moon.
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NewsSteve Box to helm 'Moomins' series
Box, who won an Oscar for The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, will direct a new series based on the classic childrens’ animation.
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NewsDenmark's Profile Pictures readies 'Darkland' shoot
Denmark’s Profile Pictures, which launches its debut feature Shelley [pictured] at Berlin, will next month begin shooting Darkland - a masked avenger story set in a gang environment in Copenhagen.
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NewsTruenorth, Mystery pact for eight-strong slate
EXCLUSIVE: Icelandic companies plan joint slate of Icelandic and English-language films including Óskar Jónasson’s Habeus Corpus.
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NewsSchamus, Oppenheimer join Qumra
Event also announces numerous industry attendees for 2016 edition.
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NewsBerlinale: Tilda Swinton pays tribute to David Bowie
Tilda Swinton told personal stories of her teenage Bowie obsessions while introducing The Man Who Fell To Earth at a Berlinale Special screening on Friday night.
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NewsSquareOne hops to Australian thriller 'Rabbit'
EXCLUSIVE: Luke Shanahan’s feature debut, starring Mad Max: Fury Road’s Abbey Lee, follows a medical student who is haunted by visions of her identical twin’s violent abduction.
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NewsTrustNordisk's 'Last King' takes French crown
EXCLUSIVE: Metropolitan Filmexport takes historical drama from TrustNordisk.
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NewsDevort picks up Swedish young-adult film 'The Circle'
Levan Akin’s fantasy drama is based on Sara Bergmark Elfgren & Mats Strandbergand’s best-selling trilogy of novels.
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NewsLevelK bites into 'The Incredible Story Of The Giant Pear'
EXCLUSIVE: Animation veterans Phillip Lipsky and Jorgen Lerdam co-direct the adaptation of popular children’s book.
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NewsOscar Pistorius documentary in the blocks
EXCLUSIVE: Vaughan Sivell to follow Mr Calzaghe with new feature doc for Western Edge Pictures.
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NewsNajafi flies with Svensk’s 'Horizon Line'
Babak Najafi will direct the thriller for Nordic studio Svensk Filmindustri.