by Courtesy of Cannes Directors' Fortnight
Ana (Luna Pamiés) and José (Alberto Olmo) in The Water. Elena López Riera: 'I just spent time with them as in a documentary, really, I was observing them. We just hung out together... we danced a lot, we ate together, we played and then we created because there's something that you cannot create just by writing the best script in the world'
Spin-off alchemy Claude Schmitz on bringing back cop pairing for Conrad & Crab – Idiotic Gems
Past crime Christoffer Boe on creating a world for his period mystery Special Unit - The First Murder
The hidden river Helen MacDonald and Philippa Lowthorpe on adapting H Is For Hawk
This wild channel David Shadrack Smith and Jake Fogelnest on the content creation revolution and Public Access
The long and the short of it Meagan Coyle on the proper pacing of stories, and Prime
Sundance announces winners Josephine, Nuisance Bear, Shame And Money and To Hold A Mountain take top prizes
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With awards season in full flow, you can keep track of the latest news on that here:
César nominations Nouvelle Vague leads the race for France's biggest awards
BAFTA nominations One Battle After Another and Sinners almost neck and neck
Golden Eddies Nominations for editing brilliance announced
OFCS Awards One Battle After Another triumphs; Sinners dominates
