Doha doubles fests
Following the recent announcement of the appointment of world-renowned filmmaker Elia Suleiman to the post of Artistic Advisor, Doha Film Institute (DFI) has announced that its annual slate will now include two film festivals. Films…
Artificial Eye grabs The Selfish Giant
Artificial Eye picked up the UK rights to Clio Barnard’s The Selfish Giant ahead of its first screening at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, according to Screen Daily. The film is already garnering rave reviews, with many…
East End Film Festival announce opening film
Following on from the apparent success of last year’s Olympics, London’s East End has become the city’s alternative cultural centre for those wanting something more adventurous and contemporary than what is on offer in the…
Herzog to get Pardo d’onore at Locarno
One of the original maverick filmmakers, German director/scriptwriter/producer/actor Werner Herzog will be awarded the Pardo d’onore Swisscom at this year’s 66th Locarno Film Festival, which runs from 7-17 August. The award is given to honour…
NFTS and Aardman launch new animation course
The National Film and Television School (NFTS) has launched a new animation course in partnership with the Aardman Animations to meet the growing demand for animators in the UK. Aardman have recently teamed up with StudioCanal to…
Paul Thomas Anderson: Perfecting The Look
The writer-director explains why he will stop at nothing to get the right aesthetic, even if it means shooting in 65mm. …
Thomas Vinterberg: The Story Matters
The Danish director explains why he’s returning to the controversial subject matter of 1998’s Festen,…
Ben Wheatley Talks Sightseers
As the director of Down Terrace, Kill List and Sightseers, Ben Wheatley is carving out…
Not Just a Pretty Face: Nadia Stacey talks Make-Up.
Having served as make-up artist and designer on big and small screen projects as diverse as Green Zone, Tyrannosaur and Sightseers, Nadia Stacey writes exclusively about why her role is essential to creating great characters.…
Mike Elizalde – Pushing Clay
Oscar-nominated make-up artist and creature designer Mike Elizalde explains why he relishes the challenge of…
Women Behind the Camera: DoPs Kate Reid & Eve Hazelton
Directors of photography Eve Hazelton (The Underwater Realm) and Kate Reid (Blooded, Scrubber) discuss their experiences of working across a range of features and camera platforms, and why gender does not matter when you get behind the camera…
Side by Side: Documentarian Chris Kenneally on the future of film
While the digital revolution continues apace, there is still much debate about whether film has…
Sightseers’ Alice Lowe On Writing Strong Female Characters
For our Women in Film issue, Sightseers co-writer and star Alice Lowe discusses the importance of creating strong female characters.…
Writer/director Paul Andrew Williams – Song for Marion
With films like London to Brighton, The Cottage and Cherry Tree Lane, writer/director Paul Andrew…
Dana Glauberman – All the Pieces Matter
Over a career spanning two decades, Dana Glauberman has worked on films as diverse as The Birdcage and Juno to Pirates of the Caribbean and, most recently, Young Adult. Here she exclusively writes about the joy she finds in fitting the pieces of a film…
Part of the Process – Colin Goudie on cutting for the big and small screens.
London-born film and television editor Colin Goudie has just finished working on the independent British…
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