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Medusa wins the Aurora Prize at the Tromsø International Film Festival

Medusa wins the Aurora Prize at the Tromsø International Film Festival

European victors at the international film festival up in the Arctic Circle included Maria Speth’s Mr Bachmann and His Class and Bogdan George Apetri’s Miracle  

24/01/2022 | Tromsø 2022 | Awards

Anders Emblem • Director of A Human Position

Interview: Anders Emblem • Director of A Human Position

“In so many relationships that I see, people are just so nice”

The director talks about his second film, a character portrait starring Amalie Ibsen Jensen as a local news journalist who is struggling with her mental health  

21/01/2022 | Tromsø 2022

After Love wins six awards, including Best British Independent Film, at the BIFAs

After Love wins six awards, including Best British Independent Film, at the BIFAs

It was a night of big surprises as the BIFAs rewarded debut filmmakers and honoured a plethora of new names  

06/12/2021 | Festivals | Awards | UK

Martyn Robertson  • Director of Ride the Wave

Interview: Martyn Robertson • Director of Ride the Wave

“You see Ben's parents in their most vulnerable state”

The Scottish filmmaker unpicks his documentary, which, while ostensibly a surf movie, is also a coming-of-age tale about 14-year-old Ben Larg  

22/10/2021 | London 2021

Rob Savage  • Director of Dashcam

Interview: Rob Savage • Director of Dashcam

“I think we need to be careful not to confuse the real Annie Hardy with the movie Annie Hardy”

The British director breaks down his film, starring a podcast host who comes to London to visit a friend and subsequently finds plenty of demons  

22/10/2021 | London 2021

Russell Owen  • Director of Shepherd

Interview: Russell Owen • Director of Shepherd

"There is no better magician than a good casting director"

The British director’s take on the same Welsh legend that inspired Robert Eggers' The Lighthouse gives the story a new, unique twist  

21/10/2021 | London 2021

Peter Middleton and James Spinney  • Directors of The Real Charlie Chaplin

Interview: Peter Middleton and James Spinney • Directors of The Real Charlie Chaplin

“We were making the film during the #MeToo era, and of course, it looms large over everything”

The directors of the acclaimed Notes on Blindness documentary and VR project talk about their new doc on the iconic British artist  

21/10/2021 | London 2021

Michael Pearce  • Director of Encounter

Interview: Michael Pearce • Director of Encounter

“I wanted to explore that coming-of-age moment when you become a peer to your parent”

We talked to the British director about his film, which stars Riz Ahmed as a father determined to save his two sons from an alien invasion  

18/10/2021 | London 2021

Playground and Hit the Road win big at BFI London

Playground and Hit the Road win big at BFI London

Laura Wandel’s film has scooped the Sutherland Award in the First Feature Competition, while Panah Panahi’s feature won the Best Film Award in the Official Competition  

18/10/2021 | London 2021 | Awards

Review: Between Two Dawns

Review: Between Two Dawns

Selman Nacar bows in New Directors with the picaresque journey of the son of a Turkish factory owner living under the umbrella of his father  

01/10/2021 | San Sebastián 2021 | New Directors

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