All articles by Ben Dalton
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NewsStop-motion animation ‘Savages’ acquired for UK-Ireland theatrical distribution
EXCLUSIVE: Film will have wide release in cinemas this summer.
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News2025 film festivals and markets calendar: latest dates
Bookmark this page to keep track of all the latest festival dates.
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NewsUK-Ireland film cinema release dates: latest updates for 2025
Bookmark this page and keep track of the latest film release dates in the UK & Ireland.
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NewsPower outages cause Spain’s BCN Film Fest to cancel screenings
Festival is scheduled to welcome Richard Gere, Ralph Fiennes this week.
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NewsHalle Berry, Jeremy Strong, Payal Kapadia among eight to join Cannes Competition jury
Alba Rohrwacher, Hong Sangsoo are also part of the Juliette Binoche-led jury.
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News‘Sinners’ thrives in Imax at global box office, close second to ‘A Minecraft Movie’
‘Sinners’ took a huge $12.3m in Imax alone, for 21% of its worldwide weekend total.
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NewsBerlin film festival confirms 2026 dates
Next year’s festival will not clash with the Baftas for the first time since 2020.
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News‘Sinners’ holds firm at UK-Ireland box office to push ‘A Minecraft Movie’ close
‘Sinners’ posts excellent second weekend with slight increase on opening; ‘Star Wars: Episode III’ re-release in third.
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NewsVue Lumière acquires ‘The Thing With Feathers’ for UK-Ireland distribution
EXCLUSIVE: Sundance title will release across UK-Ireland later this year.
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NewsCannes Directors’ Fortnight title ‘The President’s Cake’ acquired for sales
EXCLUSIVE: Film follows a young girl selected to make a birthday cake for Saddam Hussein.
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NewsIsraeli Cannes Official Selection title ‘Mama’ secures sales representation
EXCLUSIVE: The film is the only Israeli film in Cannes Official Selection this year.
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NewsAsghar Farhadi to direct ‘Parallel Tales’ starring Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel
Production will begin on the French-language film in Paris later this year.
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NewsAnnecy unveils 2025 lineup including ‘Zootopia 2’, ‘Animal Farm’, ‘Stranger Things’ series
Festival will welcome guests including Matt Groening, Michel Gondry, Andy Serkis, Sepideh Farsi.
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NewsCannes adds 16 films including Lynne Ramsay, Kristen Stewart, Ethan Coen titles
Two new titles confirmed for Competition; four added to Un Certain Regard strand.
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News‘Sinners’ starts with £2.4m at UK-Ireland box office; ‘Minecraft’ tops £47m
Lionsgate’s ‘The Penguin Lessons’ starts fourth; A24’s ‘Warfare’ opens in fifth place.
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NewsCannes releases dual official posters for first time in festival’s history
The festival has released two posters for the first time in its history.
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NewsCannes ACID responds to death of Fatma Hassona, subject of 2025 film selection, killed in Gaza
“This is no longer the same film that we are going to support and present in all theaters.”
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NewsCannes title ‘Once Upon A Time In Gaza’ signs sales representation, French distribution
EXCLUSIVE: The film tells the story of a student and a restaurant owner forced to battle a corrupt cop.
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NewsScottish producer Paddy Higson dies aged 83
Higson worked on Bill Forsyth’s ‘Gregory’s Girl’ and ‘That Sinking Feeling’.
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News‘Force Majeure’, ‘The Universal Theory’ producers selected for ACE Leadership scheme
Producers also include ‘Pelican Blood’ producer Verena Grafe-Hoft.