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Portuguese maestro Pedro Costa came to the UK at the beginning of October, 2012. He initially arrived in Cambridge University for a screening of the sublime In Vanda's Room, then he traveled down to the capital to take part in a pair of Q&As following presentations of the newly remastered Second Run DVD release of Casa De Lava and a 35mm print of Ne change rien. As Ne change rien played, I sat and waited with Costa in the bar of London's Ica cinema and, with a tape rolling on the table, we started to talk.

David Jenkins: How does the projection look?

Pedro Costa: It's great. It must be the projectionist. The sound and the image are perfectly balanced. The other day I got hold of the first Dcp of Historic Centre and the girl who screened our test was the popcorn girl. Which is okay, but.

Dereece Gibson has caught the attention of international film-makers at the Cannes film festival thanks to the British Youth Film Academy, which helps vulnerable youngsters turn their lives around

A 16-year-old from Burton upon Trent who was expelled from school has joined the likes of Robert De Niro, Woody Allen and a host of other stars on the red carpet at this year's Cannes film festival. Dereece Gibson, is one of the young actors in a low-budget adaptation of Julius Caesar, which premiered on 16 May, but his own story is one that could inspire a screenwriter's imagination. After a troubled start Gibson has turned his life around. The son of a hospital cleaner and an absent father, Gibson describes himself as a "hot-headed" and "misunderstood" youth who was suspended and expelled from school. With a record of getting into fights, he felt he was written off by most of his...