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The Imposter producer Dimitri Doganis on the film’s lifecycle

As The Imposter garners two Bafta nominations and is released on BluRay and DVD, producer Dimitri Doganis reflects on the film’s journey from inception to awards recognition. The Imposter’s recent...

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Matthew Holness on Terry Finch

Director Matthew Holness writes exclusively for Film4.com, explaining how a childhood hero became a creative inspiration, in the form of the at times controversial but always essential cult author...

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Jeremy Lovering’s Sundance diaries: part one

In Fear writer-director Jeremy Lovering writes for Film4.com about the experience of pitching up in Sundance with your first theatrical feature film…   Arrival Arrival in Salt Lake City. Drive into the...

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Jeremy Lovering’s Sundance diaries: part two

In Fear writer-director Jeremy Lovering writes for Film4.com about the experience of pitching up in Sundance with your first theatrical feature film…   Evening one Ah, so this is another side of film...

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Jeremy Lovering’s Sundance diaries: part three

In Fear writer-director Jeremy Lovering writes for Film4.com about the experience of pitching up in Sundance with your first theatrical feature film… I wake early and head to the filmmaker’s Lodge on...

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Jeremy Lovering’s Sundance diaries: part four

In Fear writer-director Jeremy Lovering writes for Film4.com about the experience of pitching up in Sundance with your first theatrical feature film…   Allen Leech leads Film4′s Katherine Butler and...

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Jeremy Lovering’s Sundance diaries: part five

In Fear writer-director Jeremy Lovering writes for Film4.com about his nerves before the second Sundance screening of his film – and the audience buzz afterward   In Fear stars Allen Leech and Alice...

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Jeremy Lovering’s Sundance Diaries: part six

In Fear writer-director Jeremy Lovering shares his final thoughts on Sundance 2013 and bids a fond farewell to Utah… Alice Englert and Allen Leech Day and Evening 4 I wake feeling good. This time I...

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Why I Love Lars von Trier

So just what is it exactly that makes Lars von Trier so brilliant? Sight & Sound Editor Nick James, who is curating a season of Lars von Trier at the BFI, explains… I’m not the kind of person who’s...

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Two Unique Jellyfish Creations

Creative Director Phil Dobree of VFX experts Jellyfish Pictures explains the thinking behind the CGI creation of two characters for Film4-backed shorts: a giant fish for Kibwe Tavares’s Jonah and a...

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A Field In England: the cinema view

Gabriel Swartland, Head of Communications at Picturehouse, explains why theatrically releasing a film also available on TV, DVD, BluRay and VoD appealed to the independent cinema chain. As both a...

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Will Self’s Flytopia: the short film

Will Self on seeing his short story Flytopia turned into a Film4-backed short by directors Karni and Saul Will Self by Valerie Bennett I wrote ‘Flytopia’ at the end a long hot summer when I was living...

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Director Shane Meadows’ Top Five Stone Roses Tracks

With The Stone Roses: Made Of Stone premiering on Channel 4 this Easter Weekend at 10.50pm on Record Store Day – Saturday 19th April – director Shane Meadows shares his top five Stone Roses tracks   1....

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Producer Mark Herbert’s Top Five Stone Roses Tracks

With The Stone Roses: Made Of Stone premiering on Channel 4 this Easter Weekend at 10.50pm on Record Store Day – Saturday 19th April – producer  Mark Herbert shares his top five Stone Roses tracks   1....

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The Dos and Don’ts of making your first feature

As her award-winning debut feature Concussion hits UK cinema screens, writer-director Stacie Passon runs through her top 10 tips for making your first feature film. 1.  DO a few things every day to get...

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My FrightFest 2014 highlights: preview

Film4 FrightFest’s Alan Jones on the horror festival’s move to the Vue Cinema and his own personal highlights of this year’s festival, running from 21st – 25th August 2014 in Leicester Square. The...

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Fred Dekker on Night Of The Creeps

As Film4 screens 80s comedy-horror Night Of The Creeps for the first time, writer/director Fred Dekker looks back on his filmmaking debut… Night Of The Creeps was written in three weeks. At least,...

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Otto Bathurst Q&A

Black Mirror and Peaky Blinders director Otto Bathurst on his big break, best career advice and the modern plague of cyber abuse On the set of Peaky Blinders Q. What’s been your career highlight so...

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Postcard from Sundance

Dark Horse director Louise Osmond on visiting Sundance for the first time, where her film premiered to critical acclaim and won the Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary. Dark Horse: winner of...

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Editor Chris Wyatt on ’71

Editor Chris Wyatt has worked on modern classics of film and TV including  Dead Man’s Shoes, Dreams Of A Life and Dead Set. Here, he talks about his work with Yann Demange on ’71, out now on DVD and...

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