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55 articles available in total starting from 05/07/2010. Last article published on 29/07/2025.

Paul Wiegard and Vera Herchenbach • Distributors, Madman Entertainment

Interview: Paul Wiegard and Vera Herchenbach • Distributors, Madman Entertainment

“European cinema, both fiction and documentary, represents roughly a third of our slate”

The two Australian distributors dig deep into their work with European titles, and how their market is responding to industry and audience transformations  

29/07 | Distributor of the Month

International pubcasters hold the line in the face of growing political pressures

International pubcasters hold the line in the face of growing political pressures

Amid unstable funding models and fierce competition from commercial players, public broadcasters gathered in Monte Carlo to explain how they are fighting to stay relevant  

16/06 | Monte Carlo TV Festival 2025

Stephen Burke’s Chasing Millions now filming in Dublin and Dundalk

Stephen Burke’s Chasing Millions now filming in Dublin and Dundalk

The heist comedy, inspired by the 2004 Northern Bank robbery, is in production, with a cast led by Christopher Eccleston and Madeleine Madden, and boasting an Irish-Australian creative team  

16/06 | Production | Funding | Ireland/Australia

Lorcan Finnegan • Director of The Surfer

Interview: Lorcan Finnegan • Director of The Surfer

“The surfer’s psychological journey is also a bit like therapy for people struggling with having lost their childhood home”

The Irish filmmaker discusses his mystery-thriller, how he created the character with Nicolas Cage and his approach to the use of colours in the film  

22/04 | BIFFF 2025

Olivia Cooke, Alden Ehrenreich and Helen Mirren to topline Anton Corbijn’s thriller Switzerland

Olivia Cooke, Alden Ehrenreich and Helen Mirren to topline Anton Corbijn’s thriller Switzerland

The pic, now in production in Rome, sees Mirren playing the ageing queen of thrillers Patricia Highsmith  

30/01 | Production | Funding | UK/USA/Australia/Switzerland/Italy

Review: The Wolves Always Come at Night

Review: The Wolves Always Come at Night

Hybrid documentarian Gabrielle Brady’s ode to loss is a touching, collaborative effort set in rural Mongolia  

16/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Platform

Review: Brando with a Glass Eye

Review: Brando with a Glass Eye

Antonis Tsonis blends US genre cinema with European arthouse sensibilities in a story exploring the interplay of ambition and redemption through a method actor who can’t live outside of a role  

09/09/2024 | Films | Reviews | Australia/Greece

Review: The Surfer

Review: The Surfer

CANNES 2024: Nicolas Cage once again gives his all in Lorcan Finnegan’s beach-bound psychological thriller  

24/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Midnight Screenings

Review: The Royal Hotel

Review: The Royal Hotel

Kitty Green presents a powerful genre thriller about the alliance of two women in the face of fear and constant threat  

28/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Competition

Juho Kuosmanen’s first English-language series, Alice & Jack, set to premiere at Toronto

Juho Kuosmanen’s first English-language series, Alice & Jack, set to premiere at Toronto

The new Channel 4 romantic drama is toplined by Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleeson  

18/08/2023 | Production | Funding | UK/Australia/USA

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