All articles by Ben Dalton – Page 156
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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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FeaturesHow writing ‘The Two Popes’ led Anthony McCarten to rethink Francis and Benedict
Catholic-raised Anthony McCarten tells Ben Dalton how the process led him to reassess popes Francis and Benedict XVI
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Features'I Lost My Body' filmmakers talk working with Netflix on their quirky severed hand animation
Ben Dalton talks to the filmmakers about the creative journey behind one of the year’s most inspired animated features