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Fiona Lamptey, HanWay’s Katie Ellen speaker line-up for Screen Summit 33c61

2024-09-04T07:00:00Z 384g4f

‘The Future of UK Film’ summit will be held on September 24, 2024, at BFI Southbank, London.

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Love and finance: How ‘Falling Into Place’ was put together as a UK-German co-production 3s6v3e

2024-06-27T11:19:00Z

‘Falling Into Place’ is screening as part of the German focus at this month’s Raindance Film Festival in London. 

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Comment: Bafta’s winning films are an optimistic vision of a global UK industry 214i3i

2024-02-19T16:04:00Z

Box-office success for ’The Zone Of Interest’, ’Anatomy Of A Fall’ and ’All Of Us Strangers’ suggests the arthouse audience is back too.

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Comment: It is time for Bafta to rethink its jury interventions 6v5o35

2024-01-18T16:54:00Z

Bafta should trust its reinvigorated hip and give them more of a vote. 

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London Film Festival 2023 unveils competition juries 6l6h28

2023-09-19T11:09:00Z

Escalante will head the competition jury while Allen-Miller will preside over first feature 

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BFI’s Open Cinemas to offer regular free screenings of indie films throughout the UK (exclusive) 524gc

2023-09-19T09:47:00Z

London and Manchester-based marketing and brand partnerships agency, elevenfiftyfive is partnering on the initiative. 

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‘A Haunting In Venice’ leads UK-Ire box office on £2.2m; ‘Past Lives’ tops £1m 704471

2023-09-18T12:38:00Z

Kenneth Branagh’s Agatha Christie adaptation is ahead of ’Death On The Nile’.

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Bectu criticises lack of for struggling UK crews from US streamers, studios and UK government j6z5n

2023-09-08T15:19:00Z

With no end to the strikes in sight, there has been little industry enthusiasm for paying out-of-work crew.

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Amazon Studios appoints new head of originals for UK and Northern Europe following Dan Grabiner exit 4q4614

2023-09-08T11:59:00Z

Grabiner is leaving after four years at the streamer.

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Amanda Kernell and Renate Reinsve projects excite industry at Haugesund 56162m

2023-08-25T13:34:00Z

The industry programme at the Norwegian festival included a focus on UK projects. 

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’s Srab Films lines up next films by Ladj Ly and Alice Diop (exclusive) 6t221d

2023-08-23T14:41:00Z

Toufik Ayadi and Christophe Barral’s Srab Films has a slate of social justice titles. 

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‘Club Zero’, ‘How To Have Sex’, ‘The Old Oak’ among UK Global Screen Fund recipients 5i623t

2023-07-07T10:01:00Z

13 titles have received funding in the latest round from the £7m per year UK Global Screen Fund.  

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‘Four Weddings’ director Mike Newell calls for creation of “UK film czar” to boost indie sector 215d6l

2023-06-26T14:31:00Z

A film czar could represent all various indie interests to government, said Newell. 

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Curzon confirms interest in buying rival UK chain Picturehouse Cinemas (exclusive) 6d3ei

2023-03-24T10:07:00Z

Various suitors circling Picturehouse as Cineworld puts its assets up for sale. 

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BFI to archive ‘Bridgerton’ and other Netflix UK titles 2ql1l

2022-10-31T11:03:00Z

This is the first time a streamer will have its content preserved in the BFI archive.

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Polish Days unveils 22 projects for New Horizons line-up (exclusive) 614k5d

2022-07-04T11:00:00Z

Industry event to showcase four completed films, eight works in progress and 10 pitches.

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Morocco s territories to ban ‘The Lady Of Heaven’ 653b6j

2022-06-14T12:16:00Z

The Moroccan Supreme Ulema council claimed ‘The Lady Of Heaven’ was a ”blatant falsification”.

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Sarah Doole departs Red Production Company o76k

2022-06-01T11:45:00Z

Steps down just over 18 months after replacing Nicola Shindler.

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Netflix commissions spy series ‘Treason’ from ‘Bridge Of Spies’ writer Matt Charman 7244g

2021-12-20T13:24:00Z

Matt Charman will produce Treason via his Binocular Productions label.

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UK Global Screen Fund backs further nine co-productions, including ‘Merkel’ and ‘The Miracle Club’ 5o88

2021-12-09T12:04:00Z

Countries the UK will co-produce with include China, South Africa and Chile.