All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 94
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NewsSlave leads Women Film Journalists awards
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave leads the winners for this year’s award from the The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ), winning six trophies including best film.
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NewsKiarostami to give Cartagena masterclass
Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami will give a masterclass at the 54th edition of the International Film Festival of Cartagena de Indias –FICCI.
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NewsBFI: 7% stat misleading in healthy UK industry
BFI chief executive Amanda Nevill and Film Fund head Ben Roberts talk about why the controversial 7% profitability statistic doesn’t reflect the full picture of UK film success.
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NewsSlave leads London Critics nominations
Other multiple nominees include Philomena, Blue Jasmine, Filth, Gravity and The Wolf of Wall Street
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NewsDespicable Me 2 tops UK DVD list
18.5m people are expected to buy DVDs or Blu-rays as Christmas gifts in Britain this holiday season.
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CommentDanish critics orgasmic for Nymphomaniac
The Danish Film Critics are paying tribute to Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac in a very special way.
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NewsGood Films takes Nymphomaniac
Italian distributor Good Films has acquired Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac from TrustNordisk.
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FeaturesChristine Langan, BBC Films
Wendy Mitchell talks to BBC Films head Christine Langan about its upcoming slate of projects and establishing a creative hub of writers, directors, producers and actors to deliver outstanding content.
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NewsEastwood, Malick, Aronofsky fight Iceland film cuts
As the Icelandic Film Fund is battling proposed government cuts of 40% for 2014, a group of filmmakers has signed a statement of support for the Icelandic industry.
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CommentWhen life interrupts art
The timing couldn’t have been more surreal — it was during the December 5 Royal Film Performance of Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom that Nelson Mandela’s death was confirmed.
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NewsSheridan Smith, Pippa Harris among WFTV honorees
Actress Sheridan Smith, producer Pippa Harris, and director Penny Woolcock are among the honorees at the 23rd annual Sky Women in Film and TV awards in London.
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FeaturesFelix Van Groeningen, The Broken Circle Breakdown
Belgian drama The Broken Circle Breakdown was a major European breakout in 2013. Writer-director Felix Van Groeningen tells Wendy Mitchell about making the unusual love story.
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FeaturesTobin Armbrust & Simon Oakes, Exclusive Media
Exclusive Media’s Tobin Armbrust and Simon Oakes tell Wendy Mitchell about plans to extend production strategy in the UK, making non-genre fare in addition to the company’s output through Hammer Films.
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FeaturesScreen Film Summit: Know your audience
The UK’s top experts came together at the Screen Film Summit in London to talk about the current state of the industry and the exciting developments for the future. Wendy Mitchell reports.
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CommentIn any event
There’s an elephant in the room, or indeed an elephant-sized opportunity in the cinema: ‘event cinema’ — those non-film offerings that were also formerly tagged ‘alternative content’.
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CommentSubtitles for Christmas campaign
Action on Hearing Loss has gotten 10,000 signatures on its petition for LoveFilm to provide subtitles for people with hearing loss.
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NewsFindAnyFilm partners with Yahoo! Movies
UK film database FindAnyFilm is teaming up with Yahoo! Movies UK and Ireland.
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NewsKarlsen named new chair of WFTV
Number 9 producer Elizabeth Karlsen is the new chair of the WFTV (UK) board of directors.
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