All articles by Ben Dalton – Page 148
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News‘1917’ tops UK box office again; ‘David Copperfield’ opens third
Strong holds again for several Sony titles.
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News“Spring will always come”: Rotterdam 2020 filmmakers talk national identity, state funding
The first five directors talked with festival director Bero Beyer and programmer Muge Demir.
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NewsSarah Gavron and Pedro Costa offer opposing views on industry future at Rotterdam
Masterclasses from Pedro Costa, and Sarah Gavron and Anu Henriques, offered differing perspectives.
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Features“There’s more potential for VHS”: Jack Henry Robbins on retro Rotterdam title ‘VHYes’
The title plays in the Bright Future strand.
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NewsWildstar picks up two including Marco Berger’s Rotterdam 2020 title ‘Young Hunter’ (exclusive)
The company has also acquired Lucas Santa Ana’s ‘Memories Of A Teenager’.
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NewsUK box office preview: ‘David Copperfield’ takes on horror titles, strong holdovers
‘The Turning’, ‘The Grudge’ among other new openers.
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NewsRotterdam festival opens with speech championing sustainability, power of film in 2020
The world premiere of João Nuno Pinto’s Mosquito opened the festival.
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NewsBFI to “support” Bafta and Bifa to ensure British entries meet specific Diversity Standards
The suggestion is part of the BFI’s initial findings on its Diversity Standards.
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News‘And Then We Danced’, ‘Aniara’ lead winners at Sweden’s 2020 Guldbagge awards
The former took best film with the latter winning best director.
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News‘Force Of Habit’: first trailer for Finnish gender stereotypes anthology feature (exclusive)
The film is comprised of six shorts following women dealing with discrimination.
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News‘1917’ posts excellent second weekend at UK box office; ‘Bad Boys For Life’ makes strong start
The action threequel opened to £3.8m across the weekend.
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NewsFilms Boutique acquires David Färdmar’s Goteborg title ‘Are We Lost Forever’ (exclusive)
The film deals with the end of a relationship between two young men.
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NewsUK box office preview: ‘Bombshell’ battles ‘Bad Boys For Life’
Also opening: ‘Just Mercy’, ‘Waves’, ‘A Hidden Life’.
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NewsUK box office admissions fall slightly in 2019; blockbuster concerns for 2020
Admissions recovered from a slow start last year, although revenue fell, a trend which may continue into 2020 with less surefire hits due for release.
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NewsFilm Constellation boards Sundance US Dramatic title ‘The Evening Hour’ (exclusive)
Philip Ettinger, Cosmo Jarvis, Stacy Martin, Lili Taylor star.
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FeaturesOscar nominations 2020: the key talking points
Another bad year for diversity; an intriguing international film category; Netflix tops distributor chart.
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News‘1917’ storms UK box office with £7.3m opening
‘Little Women’ overtakes ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ for second spot.
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NewsCurzon Cinemas, including Artificial Eye distribution, acquired by the US’ Cohen Media Group
Curzon Home Cinema also included in deal.
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NewsUK box office preview: can ‘Little Women’ hold its own against strong holdovers?
Disney opens ‘Spies In Disguise’ as ‘Star Wars’, ‘Cats’ roll on.
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News‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ tops UK box office but opens below predecessors; ‘Cats’ falters
The final Skywalker instalment took £14.4m on its first weekend.








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