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Bringing “quality to mass audiences”: Amazon’s UK and European originals heads talk film and scripted strategy 67z6d
Tara Erer and Nicole Morganti explain how local talent and targeted demographics are the route to global hits.
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Joshua Oppenheimer on giving a musical twist to the apocalypse in ‘The End’ 36582c
‘The End’ stars Tilda Swinton and George MacKay and had its world premiere at Telluride.
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Tilda Swinton, Marvel and jellyfish tents: what goes on at the Venice Immersive island? 3l6h5m
Projects include ‘Impulse: Playing With Reality’ and Marvel work ‘What If…?’
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“It’s a step up,” say Sarajevo industry heads of boosted 2024 programme 3132r
The 45 projects in this year’s CineLink include several from Turkey.
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Sarajevo’s Jovan Marjanovic talks physical expansion, hometown heroes and tackling tricky issues 3l2w11
“We hope it becomes the new centre of the city, and the country,” says the festival director of the newly-expanded festival.
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How FIRST International Film Festival offers a springboard for new Chinese directors 1f5n3m
FIFF founder and head Song Wen discusses the spirit of the festival and future of Chinese independent and arthouse cinema.
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Why Malaysian censors cleared sensitive riot drama ‘Snow In Midsummer’ (exclusive) 1e714v
Chong Keat Aun’s award-winning feature is the first local film about Kuala Lumpur’s tragic race riots of May 1969 to secure a release.
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“We’re taking risks”: How New York Asian Film Festival’s biggest ever edition is mixing star power with new talent 211y5b
Stars from South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand and beyond are set to attend the festival.
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‘Eno’ director on the film’s innovative generative AI engine and how it could work on streaming 2a2v61
Sundance title ‘Eno’ plays a different version each time the film screens.
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Eight rising stars of German cinema at Munich 2024 k435f
They include several filmmakers moving behind the camera with 20 years experience in different fields.
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Christoph Gröner and Julia Weigl reveal how Munich International Film Festival is evolving under their watch 4k4j2x
The festival will screen six world premieres of international titles
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The personal touch made all the difference to the second series shoot of ‘Tokyo Vice’ in Japan 732a6d
The show’s creative team reveal how filming series two was “night and day” compared to series one
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Roger Ross Williams on social-issue stories and shaking up Ampas’s documentary branch 65d35
The US director of films including God Loves Uganda, Life, Animated and Stamped From The Beginning held a masterclass at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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Italian industry debates tax credit reform, co-productions and exploiting local stories at AVP Summit 6r4ai
The Audiovisual Producers Summit in Calabria was attended by international execs from companies including Sony, Amazon, FIlm and the BFI.
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Birds of paradise, palm trees, banana leaves: How ’Griselda’’s production designer evoked 1980s Miami 6p6c6n
Knut Loewe eschewed the stereotypical pinks for a broader colour palette.
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How the ‘True Detective: Night Country’ production team doubled Iceland for Alaska 2u1x5f
Producer Mari Jo Winkler and production designer Dan Taylor reveal the details that went into creating a fictional Alaskan town
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How Prime Video’s ‘Expats’ recreated 2014 Hong Kong in Los Angeles - and Hong Kong b1o2g
Director Lulu Wang worked with production designer Yong Ok Lee to painstakingly recreate Hong Kong as it was a decade ago.
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Is the indie tax credit finally making the UK a valuable co-production partner? 355i4b
European producers are taking notice.
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Mohammad Rasoulof talks fleeing Iran and making Cannes Competition title ‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’ 1p1447
The dissident director is in Cannes for the premiere of his latest film, which will compete for the Palme d’Or.
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Celebrity chefs, A-list DJs and rooftop bars: What’s new on the Cannes 2024 social scene? 5v4j2l
Festival-goers will still have to weave through and around plenty of construction work.