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Bringing “quality to mass audiences”: Amazon’s UK and European originals heads talk film and scripted strategy 5c6ck
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’ 5z5k41
‘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? 3w1238
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 1h5z1c
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 6f3t6j
“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 5wt2s
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) 6hz6w
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 2w6v43
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 6w5s66
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 212d4a
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 k6w3s
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 1b1g3r
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 2c5nf
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 2x636l
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 4v526c
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 5s3k3j
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 5c445d
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? 14y5j
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’ 2v5t51
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? j5ce
Festival-goers will still have to weave through and around plenty of construction work.