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  • Seetha Kumar, CEO ScreenSkills, working from home
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    Perspectives on 2020: ScreenSkills CEO Seetha Kumar on hopes for a kinder, more inclusive industry 2v406h

    2021-01-01T15:37:00Z 1i3w1v

    ”More needs to be done in innovation around digital training.”

  • Tabitha Jackson_A
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    Perspectives on 2020: Tabitha Jackson on adapting Sundance and "enacting" inclusion e50i

    2021-01-01T08:30:00Z

    Jackson became Sundance festival director in early 2020.

  • Nadine Labaki
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    Perspectives on 2020: Nadine Labaki on how the Beirut explosion shaped her pandemic year 3g1t2u

    2020-12-31T09:51:00Z

    The writer, director and actress reveals how the devastating Beirut explosion pushed her back into filmmaking

  • Krishnendu Majumdar
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    2020-12-31T09:00:00Z

    The Bafta chair and UK producer reveals how kickboxing is helping him through an exhaustive review of the British Academy.

  • Yunjeong Kim_WhatsApp Image 2020-11-28 at 4.50.48 PM.jpeg
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    Perspectives on 2020: Finecut’s Yunjeong Kim on industry changes and missing friends 4e4n1k

    2020-12-30T08:18:00Z

    As part of Screen’s Perspectives on 2020 series, the Seoul-based sales company executive tells Screen how she came to appreciate the quality-of-life benefits of being grounded from international travel.

  • Jojo Hui_1
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    Perspectives on 2020: Producer Jojo Hui - “we can’t stop people from watching streaming services” 6c4w3i

    2020-12-29T09:13:00Z

    The Hong Kong-based producer explains how she fell back in love with her hometown.

  • Mark Cousins
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    Perspectives on 2020: Mark Cousins on lockdown liberation and Black Lives Matter 6t61g

    2020-12-29T08:53:00Z

    Cousins’ ‘Women Make Film: A New Road Movie THrough Cinema’ will be the focus of a January BFI season.

  • Efe Cakarel
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    Perspectives on 2020: Efe Cakarel on MUBI’s boom and shattered windows 5v545

    2020-12-28T11:00:00Z

    The MUBI founder talks about his streaming platform’s pandemic-fuelled boom and why he is happy to see windows being shattered.

  • Amma Asante
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    Perspectives on 2020: Amma Asante on new projects, understanding bias and Brexit 39342g

    2020-12-28T10:00:00Z

    The UK filmmaker discusses a busy year ahead that will include her Armie Hammer-Mads Mikkelsen spy drama.

  • Pedro Almodovar, Augustin Almodovar and Tilda Swinton_on the Madrid set of The Human Voice
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    Perspectives on 2020: Agustin Almodovar on getting Covid and Pedro’s next project 4v2nn

    2020-12-27T08:50:00Z

    The leading Spanish producer on how he has experienced a surprisingly productive working year — in spite of his family’s brush with Covid-19.

  • Mo Abudu_20200909-0F7A9094_CREDIT Emmanuel Oyeleke
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    Perspectives on 2020: EbonyLife Media CEO Mo Abudu on Netflix deals and African stories 69332o

    2020-12-27T08:30:00Z

    “The world is happier with Joe Biden elected.”

  • Baltasar Kormakur by Lilja Jonsdottir 1
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    Perspectives on 2020: How Baltasar Kormakur shot for 300 days this year 48632j

    2020-12-24T10:00:00Z

    The Icelandic filmmaker tells Screen about being the first to colour-code on set (but not wanting it to be his legacy).

  • Akua Gyamfi_D_British Blacklist crop
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    Perspectives on 2020: The British Blacklist founder Akua Gyamfi on forging exciting new partnerships 5y282l

    2020-12-23T15:00:00Z

    ”There is an inherent fear of black power, creative and economic.”

  • Nathanael Karmitz-1_Prefered
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    Perspectives on 2020: mk2 CEO Nathanael Karmitz - “There’s a real crisis in Anglo-Saxon cinema” 3h4k47

    2020-12-23T08:30:00Z

    The head of ’s mk2 film empire tells Screen why he believes cinema and culture can help change the world.

  • Sidonie Dumas
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    Perspectives on 2020: Sidonie Dumas on guiding Gaumont through ’s lockdowns 73c11

    2020-12-22T15:53:00Z

    ”It’s been a cross between a balancing game and dominoes.”

  • Alberto Barbera
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    Perspectives on 2020: Venice director Alberto Barbera on the future of festivals 4n3g68

    2020-12-22T09:11:00Z

    The Venice Film Festival director tells us how hosting a physical festival revealed what was most important about his job.

  • Ita O'Brien_B_Adapted
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    Perspectives on 2020: Ita O’Brien on the new challenges for intimacy co-ordinators 3a413d

    2020-12-21T15:52:00Z

    Intimacy on Set founder Ita O’Brien tells us why respecting on-screen intimacy is more important than ever. 

  • Ben Roberts_1
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    Perspectives on 2020: Ben Roberts on steering the BFI through a tumultuous year 5b341a

    2020-12-21T09:37:00Z

    A love of doughnuts and the sheep on Romney Marsh have helped Roberts steer 550 employees through the year.