Geoffrey Macnab

First Hand Films’ managing director Esther van Messel has given details of the new fund the company is establishing.

An avowed fan of jazz, veteran director Leslie Woodhead is taking on the revered Ella Fitzgerald as the subject of his latest feature doc.

For a man living in exile, who has spent several years in prison and who is on the wrong side of Vladimir Putin, former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky cuts a surprisingly cheerful figure.

Leading European doc outfit announces pick-up of competition selections King Of The Cruise and La Mami

After five years, the Ukrainian is ready to resume his filmmaking career, he says.