Clik here to view.
THE RISKS OF FILMMAKING – IN NUMBERS
Filmmaking is a challenging business at the best of times. Read on to discover some of the greatest insurance risks in cinema history, from the threat of filming with real lions for the 1981 cult movie...
View ArticleClik here to view.
OUR MOST ANTICIPATED UK CINEMA RELEASES OF 2016 (SO FAR)
With the cinema year well and truly underway, and Cannes just around the corner, here’s a month-by-month rundown of the films we’re (already) looking forward to seeing on British cinema screens in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NOFF 2016 | FILMMAKER INTERVIEW: JAMES PAGE (DIRECTOR OF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...
In 2009 documentary filmmaker James Page travelled to North Korea on a tourist visa, carrying with him a set of different cameras. Fascinated by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea since a young...
View ArticleClik here to view.
DIFF 2016 | 15 FILMS TO WATCH AT THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The Dubai Internatonal Film Festival begins on the 7th of December, running through to the 14th. This year features a lineup of 155 films (features and shorts), and the programme includes a VR...
View ArticleClik here to view.
DIFF 2016 | DUBAI FILM FEST & TEA WITH CULTURE
This December I attended the Dubai International Film Festival for the first time. Among the highlights of the festival (and there were many) was getting to meet the critics behind the excellent...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A ‘PITCH-DARK’ DIORAMA | INDIE FILMMAKING IN BANGALORE AND HYBRID...
A ‘Pitch-Dark’ Diorama is an original and stylish new indie film from Bangalore based filmmaker Santosh MP, currently screening online for free (available as a full length torrent and a 5 part web...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TOP TEN FILMS OF 2016 – TOM COTTEY (EDITOR)
2016 has been a strange year of film viewing for me (partly on account of getting married, which it turns out takes up a lot of time and energy.) I’m yet to watch a number of essentials (Toni Erdmann,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TAKING A LOOK AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPIN ON SUPERHEROES
It’s difficult to avoid the influence of superheroes at the cinema today. The blockbuster comic book movies have become staples of not only the American box office, but international theatres as well....
View ArticleClik here to view.
ALI F. MOSTAFA INTERVIEW – THE WORTHY | DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2016
During the 13th edition of the Dubai Film Festival – in the majestic Jumeirah Mina A’Salam hotel, overlooking the sea and the Burj Al Arab – I sat down with pioneering Emirati director Ali F. Mostafa...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BUILDING BRIDGES WITH FILM | ABDULLAA AL KAABI INTERVIEW – ONLY MEN GO TO THE...
Photo credit: abdullaalkaabi instagram Just off the back of its theatrical release in the United Arab Emirates (via MAD Solutions) and one of the most intriguing entries at the 2016 Dubai International...
View Article