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Former teacher and formerly Curriculum Support for Media, Aberdeen City. Freelance CPD provider. Secretary of AMES (Scottish media teachers) and editor of The Media Education Journal www.mediaedscotland.org.uk

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The Global Film Book Blog

The Bridges of Sarajevo (France-Bosnia-Herzogovina-Germany-Italy-Switz-Portugal-Bulgaria 2014) July 25, 2018
This compendium/portmanteau film features the work of 13 European directors who were asked to represent aspects of Sarajevo’s turbulent history. The film was completed for the centenary of the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand which triggered the First World War. Since then the city, which had been in Austrian-Hungarian control since 1978 after […]
The Nile Hilton Incident (Sweden-Denmark-Germany 2017) May 15, 2018
The Nile Hilton Incident is an intriguing film, not only in its presentation of an exciting crime thriller in a precise location, but also as a film production which invokes a specific kind of response. In its own way it’s the perfect case study for ideas about global film. This film is a product of … Continue reading →
Gholam (UK-Iran 2017) April 26, 2018
This unusual film places a major Iranian star actor, known in the West for three leading roles in the films of Asghar Farhadi, into a downbeat slow-paced thriller set in parts of North London. The director is Mitra Tabrizian, Professor of Photography at the University of Westminster whose 2005 exhibition ‘Border’ appears to have been … Continue reading → […]
Las Plantas (Plants, Chile 2015) March 26, 2018
Chilean cinema has certainly developed in recent years. This month a Chilean film won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar and here is a first-time writer-director Roberto Doveris creating an unusual coming-of-age story which succeeds on several levels. A weird and wonderful tale, Las Plantas combines genres and ideas that don’t always cohere, but the … Cont […]
Godspeed (Yi Lu Shun Feng, Taiwan 2016) February 21, 2018
This year’s Chinese New Year screening at HOME Manchester presented by the Chinese Film Forum UK and the Confucius Institute at The University of Manchester, was a Taiwanese film. We’ve had a variety of features over the last few years in Manchester and they have usually been films that haven’t been acquired for UK release. … Continue reading →
Ek Tha Tiger (India (Hindi) 2012) January 12, 2018
Ek Tha Tiger introduced the pairing of Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif as ‘super spies’ in a Hindi cinema blockbuster for Eid 2012 that became a big commercial hit. It’s interesting to re-visit now that the sequel has been similarly successful after release during the Christmas period of 2017. Though both films are instantly recognisable … Continue reading → […]

Media Student’s Book Blog

Balancing left and right
The Labour leadership election appears to have got the UK press and broadcasting media in a real tizz. One of the most aggravating aspects of the reporting is the constant appendage of ‘left-wing’ to any reference to Jeremy Corbyn. He is … Continue reading →
Defining the other
The 10th anniversary of the ‘7/7 bombings’ in 2005 in London saw a range of remembrance events across the UK. These resulted in a great deal of media coverage. One BBC radio reporter referred to the four young bombers and … Continue reading →
Getting the balance right
The local elections in England last week produced two examples of quandaries for broadcasters. The big story for the BBC and other commentators was the rise of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), led by a curiously charismatic Nigel Farage. UKIP are … Continue reading →
Welsh TV noir: Hinterland (UK 2013)
Hinterland is a good example of the global/local. Like some other modern states the UK has statutory requirements and cultural policies that protect the other languages in the Home Nations and this means support for both Welsh and Gaelic broadcasters … Continue reading →

Cineuropa

Interview: Siniša Juričić • Producer - Interview - Sarajevo 2018 - Industry
We caught up with Croatian producer Siniša Juričić, who took some time out to talk to us about the "Dealing with the Past" event at the Sarajevo Film Festival
Interview: Senka Domanović • Director - Interview - Sarajevo 2018 - Documentary Competition
We caught up with Serbian director Senka Domanović, who is presenting her fascinating documentary Occupied Cinema in the Documentary Competition of the Sarajevo Film Festival
Sergio Bonelli Editore SpA founds Bonelli Entertainment with a TV series about Dylan Dog - Television - Italy
Italy’s leading comic book publisher has announced the creation of a production arm for film and TV projects. A live-action 10-episode horror series is currently in development
Interview: David Victori • Director - “Morality gets watered down in my films”
Catalan filmmaker David Victori has made his feature debut with El pacto, a psychological horror flick starring Spain’s very own scream queen, Belén Rueda
MIDPOINT TV Launch awards go to projects from Greece, Belgium and Serbia - Sarajevo 2018 – Industry
The prizes were given out during the partner awards ceremony at the Sarajevo Film Festival
The "king of Finnish tango" gets the biopic treatment in The Singer - Production – Finland
Director Timo Koivusalo takes a closer look at one of Finland’s most beloved performers, Olavi Virta, but doesn’t shy away from the less glamorous aspects of his life
Interview: Nebojša Slijepčević • Director - Interview - Sarajevo 2018 - Competition
We caught up with Croatian director Nebojša Slijepčević, who is presenting his latest feature, Srbenka, in competition at the Sarajevo Film Festival
Interview: Antonio Nuić • Director - Interview - Sarajevo 2018 - Competition
We caught up with Sarajevo-born director Antonio Nuić, who is presenting his latest film, Mali, in competition at the Sarajevo Film Festival

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