All articles by Louise Tutt – Page 6
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NewsShortlist of three in the running for new BFI chair (exclusive)
Tim Richards of Vue Cinemas is understood to be one of the final three.
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NewsFirst round of voting opens in new-look Bafta Film Awards
There have been 80,000 streams of eligible films via Bafta View compared to 20,000 at this point last year.
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FeaturesHow UK producers are managing the burden of shooting during Covid
Stress levels and budgets are spiralling as infection rates rise and safety protocols tighten.
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FeaturesThe talking points for the global film industry in 2021
How will Covid-19 impact festivals, cinemagoing and the awards season this year?
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FeaturesPerspectives on 2020: Krishnendu Majumdar on kickboxing, Zoom overload & steering Bafta's review
The Bafta chair and UK producer reveals how kickboxing is helping him through an exhaustive review of the British Academy.
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FeaturesTeam Screen’s best films of 2020
Drama, horror, comedy, documentary and blockbusters all feature.
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NewsWarner Bros to release ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ early on PVoD in the UK and Ireland
Tentpole will be available for 48-hour rental period from January 13, 2021.
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NewsKenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ acquired by Focus Features for the world
The writer-director has described it as his “most personal” film yet.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Gamechanger Films’ Effie Brown - “I miss hugging people”
The CEO of Gamechanger Films talks about managing a new team from home and why she picked up her sewing machine when the pandemic hit.
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FeaturesViesturs Kairish talks about love, language and humour in ‘The Sign Painter’
“It was a political and aesthetic choice to shoot in Lagalian Latvian.”
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FeaturesTurkish filmmaker Nisan Dag on falling for Istanbul’s hip-hop scene in ’When I’m Done Dying’
”I met these people who were so cool I almost didn’t want to get out of the slums.”
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NewsArchery and Elysian launch new UK comedy label Mews Films
Mews will make comedy films for the local market.
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NewsCathy Brady, ‘Another Round’ lead BFI London Film Festival winners
Brady won the £50,000 IWC Schaffhausen bursary in association with the BFI.
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FeaturesThe Centrepiece interview: Why Curzon Cinemas’ Philip Knatchbull is optimistic about the future of cinemas
Knatchbull talks working with new US owners Cohen Media Group and how Parasite helped to keep the company afloat.
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NewsBafta confirms 2021 film awards eligibility rules, key dates; introduces fees
Bafta has clarified eligibility rules for films unable to have a theatrical release.
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NewsBafta Film Awards unveils radical overhaul of voting, membership and organisation
Bafta aims to be more British, more respresentative and more welcoming.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Mira Nair on enjoying yoga, cooking dinner and a walk in New York at the end of the working day
Nair finished work on TIFF closing night selection ’A Suitable Boy’ during lockdown.
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Features‘Limbo’ director Ben Sharrock aims his lens at the refugee crisis
”We worked with real refugees who had been through the asylum system.”
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FeaturesHanWay Films’ Gabrielle Stewart talks international-first releases, no-deal Brexit fears
“I do feel we’re feeling this wave of ‘Why do films need to come out in the US first?’
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NewsCautious industry heads into TIFF with eyes wide open
“The finished film market is hot,” says one sales executive.