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Latest 7 talks to Colin Firth about his role in the new big screen adaptation of Noel Coward’s Easy Virtue

Were you aware of the Noel Coward play before doing this movie?
No. Funnily enough I’ve done a film adaptation of a Noel Coward play before, and it was quite a similar premise.
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Latest 7 takes a look at the forthcoming Future Shorts film extravaganza as it comes to Brighton

Since 2003, Future Shorts has created a rapidly expanding network giving filmmakers the opportunity to have their work seen. Passionately believing in getting short films seen and creating a culture around the medium, Future Shorts is recognised by filmmakers and the industry as a leading light in the film community.
Now in its fifth year and in tandem with its own birthday celebrations, Future Shorts will drop in to Brighton on Friday 7 November at the Duke of York’s. Future Shorts works as a worldwide short film festival providing an alternative system to the traditional film festival model.
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Kristin Scott-Thomas tells Latest 7 about her new film I’ve Loved You So Long

Philippe Claudel, who wrote and directed I’ve Loved You So Long, is best known as a novelist. Did you know his work?
I read his novel, Les Ames Grises – Grey Souls – and I loved it. Then I heard he wanted to make a film. The first thing he said to me was, “I have to warn you, you wouldn’t be able to be beautiful in this film.” So I thought, oh good – because then he isn’t worried about actresses and vanity. The costumes were really well thought out – all those horrible shapeless ‘I don’t love myself’ clothes. I enjoyed all that getting rid of all pretence of beauty. I loved just being able to be raw. The cigarettes were quite a chore, though. We had these repulsive things that came in a red packet.

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Icelandic director Baltasar Kormakur talks to Latest 7 about his new film Jar City

It’s taken a couple of years for Jar City to reach the international stage. Is it strange to be talking about a film so long after the event?
You have to wind back and get into it, and remember – but you also get a wider perspective, which is good. You go a little bit away from it, and see it from a distance. I’ve not watched it for a while but I remember it, it’s there. It has a little shelf in my brain.

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