The head of the Brit indie film powerhouse discusses its three highly anticipated films in the Cannes lineup, how to define what his company is about and, perhaps most important, the current status of 'Banshees of Inisherin' breakout Jenny the donkey.
somehow manage to summarize everything that the bastion of envelope-pushing British filmmaking — founded in 1982 and still entirely owned by U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 — stands for.
, it has one of festival’s most hotly anticipated titles, the first feature in 10 years from a cult director whose previous feature,, is regularly cited in best film lists (and is widely considered Film4’s finest — not bad, considering a library that includes
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