Festivals

LFF2011: Ramsay puts Shriver’s Kevin on the screen

19 October 20113 September 2012Jason Korsner Comment

In 2003, the author Lionel Shriver published her study of a mother’s inability to connect with her violent child in the novel We Need to Talk about Kevin. It went on to win the Orange Prize for women’s literature.When Scottish [...]

LFF2011: Fiennes updates Shakespeares Rome in Coriolanus

18 October 201124 August 2012Jason Korsner Comment

Shakespeare is featuring big at this year’s London Film Festival – with Vanessa Redgrave appearing in two films linked to the Bard. As well as starring as Queen Elizabeth in Anonymous, which questions the very authorship of the works linked to Shakespeare, she [...]

The Brits dominate Toronto Film Festival

17 September 201124 August 2012john hiscock Comment

The Toronto Film Festival has once again proved a sparkling showcase for British films, filmmakers and actors. The 11-day event, which features more than 600 movies ranging from a silent film to a 15-hour documentary, has become one of the most important platforms for new movies, and, although no single [...]

Cannes Puts Credit Crunch Behind It

30 May 201124 August 2012Jason Korsner Comment

(Picture gallery) With his fifth film in a directing career that began thirty eight years ago, Terrence Malick has finally picked up one of the most prestigious awards in the world of cinema – the Palme d’Or at Cannes. [...]

New BFI Fellow Danny Boyle ends another two week festival of film in London

2 November 20102 August 2013Jason Korsner Comment

Jason Korsner reports 2 November 2010 The organisers of the London Film Festival say this year’s event had an outstanding British presence – including the opening and closing night galas. The festival got off to a glittering start with Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go – adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel – with [...]

Stars lament demise of Film Council

20 September 201024 August 2012john hiscock Comment

John Hiscock, Toronto 20 September 2010 British films and filmmakers have grabbed the spotlight at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, sending a strong message to the Government about the questionable wisdom of its controversial decision to abolish the U.K. Film Council. The movies drawing the most buzz and early Oscar talk include [...]

Getting that film in the Cannes

23 May 201020 October 2012Jason Korsner Comment

Jason Korsner reports from the Cannes Film Festival 23 May 2010 The big prizes at Cannes have thrown up a surprise or two, with one of the most hotly tipped films – Mike Leigh’s Anotther Year – coming away with nothing. Leigh has won the Palme d’Or in [...]

Met Film School launches Class of 2010

28 April 201024 August 2012Jason Korsner Comment

Jason Korsner reports 28 April 2010 Head of film school Jonny Persey (right) with Stewart Le Marechal, producer of [...]

A quiet night for the Brits at the Oscars

8 March 201024 August 2012Jason Korsner Comment

Jason Korsner reports from LA 8 March 2010 Hollywood is returning to normal after a two-month long award season, which began with the Golden Globes back in January. The season has been building to its climax – the Oscars – and for the final week, a stretch of Hollywood Boulevard has been closed [...]

Oscar entranced by a fox, a frog, buttons, balloons and a boy monk

6 March 201024 August 2012Jason Korsner Comment

Jason Korsner reports from LA 6 March 2010 A surprise Irish nominee has been honoured alongside four high profile American contenders for one of the newest prizes to be handed out on Oscars night the Best Animated Feature. With his first full-length film, The Secret of Kells, Tomm Moore was joined by [...]

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