Steen Agro: making a film splash on a shoestring

Steen Agro: making a film splash on a shoestring
Steen Agro made a big impact with his first full length feature film, the British-Czech black comedy ‘Shut up and shoot me’ (Sklapni a zastřel mě) in which Czech actors Karel Roden and Anna Geislerová had star roles. Five years on, he has moved to Prague and is seeking to build on his debut success. …..I asked him how tight were the purse strings for that first feature film.
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Woody Allen Talks Tall Dark Stranger
With over 40 feature films under his belt as writer/director, Woody Allen is back once again with his new project, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger . The film takes its title from a cliché that fortune tellers are known to say to their female clients, which is what happens when Helena (Gemma Jones), a recently divorced woman in her twilight years, goes to see one. Her ex-husband Alfie (Anthony …
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Aging Indies and the Nuts & Bolts of Moviemaking in Focus as IFP Event Opens
Each year during the week between the Toronto and New York film festivals, indie minded moviemakers are in focus at the IFP annual gathering in Manhattan. Formerly known as the IFP Market (and the Independent Feature Film Market before that), IFP Independent Film Week is a meeting point and showcase for indies and their work-in-progress productions. Attendees alternated between optimism and …
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