Articles by Adrian Pennington
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Behind the scenes: It Was Just an Accident

The Cannes Palme d’Or-winning critique of Iran’s police state was made in secret as an act of defiance. IBC365 sits down with the film’s Editor Amir Etminan to learn more about the fearless filmmakers’ process.

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Behind the Scenes: The Lost Bus

Behind the scenes: The Lost Bus

Editor William Goldenberg and Director Paul Greengrass elaborate on the plot of The Lost Bus, a white-knuckle ride disaster movie with a burning environmental message.

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Nicolas Winding Refn

Nicolas Winding Refn: “If you mass produce nothingness, why would anyone care?”

The Danish auteur is back with a new movie, a prominent role in a computer game, and the same confrontational attitude to formulaic art.

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Behind the scenes: Bulk

For Ben Wheatley’s experimental, low-budget ‘midnight movie’, DoP Nick Gillespie incorporated a mix of formats, DIY effects, and back projection techniques to evoke classic cinema.

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BBC Director General Tim Davie

RTS Cambridge Convention: One last wave of the flag for British news and content

The fate of public service broadcasting was transmuted into an existential threat to British culture, politics, and prosperity at the RTS Cambridge Convention.

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Behind the scenes: Nobody 2

Cinematographer Callan Green breaks down the colourful visual aesthetic of the action-comedy sequel Nobody 2.

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L-R: Marc Aldrich; Martins Magone; Anastasia Melnikova; and Stephen Stewart

IET’s Stephen Stewart: “IP-first infrastructure is beginning to redefine broadcast”

During the Content Everywhere session “Next Gen Streaming Infrastructure: How the Cloud is Coming of Age” at the IBC2025 Conference, key industry players observed that broadcasters are becoming increasingly confident and reliant on the cloud.

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Academy Award-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker gave an interview for IBC2025

Thelma Schoonmaker: “I have the best job in the world”

Three-time Academy Award-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker (ACE) treated IBC2025 to an intimate and insightful overview of her storied career.

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The Cloud to Collaboration panel at IBC2025

Cloud workflows: “We need to take traditional IT efficiencies and bring them into production”

The IBC2025 panel for the “Cloud to Collaboration: Building the Future of Media Workflows” session on the Future Tech Stage gave some expert tips on how to supercharge productivity and efficiency across modern media workflows.

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Fox Sports’ Brad Cheney: “5G is here and real”

Throughout the IBC2025 conference, top-level executives are beginning to concur that 5G has officially stepped out of the proof of concept realm and into real-world sports production scenarios.

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