All articles by Ben Dalton – Page 17
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NewsBen Roberts, Tim Bevan laud UK tax credit lift at BFI London Film Festival opening night
“This tax credit is specifically about telling British stories,” suggested Bevan.
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NewsTallinn selects eight emerging actors for Black Nights Stars showcase (exclusive)
Includes an actor from Todd Fields’ ‘TÁR’ and a Polish Netflix star.
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NewsOscars best international feature 2025: all the films submitted
Screen is profiling every submission for best international feature at the 97th Academy Awards.
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NewsSteve McQueen talks on-set behaviour: “Being a director is not about being an arsehole”
The filmmaker gave a Screen Talk ahead of opening the BFI London Film Festival with ‘Blitz’.
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NewsHarry Lighton’s UK debut ‘Pillion’ acquired for US distribution
Screen Star of Tomorrow Lighton’s feature debut is a bike gang romance.
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NewsStockholm Film Festival programme includes first TV section, ‘Men in Crisis’ focus
Festival hits at the festival include ‘Anora’, ‘Emilia Perez’, ‘Maria’.
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NewsTallinn Black Nights inaugural documentary competition includes six world premieres
11-strong competition includes titles from France, Israel, China.
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NewsGlasgow Film Festival selects nine projects for inaugural Funny Features comedy lab (exclusive)
BFI-backed lab includes projects from Screen Stars of Tomorrow and Rising Stars Scotland.
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News‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ tops UK-Ireland box office with £5.7m opening, down over 50% on first film
Warner Bros blockbuster is tracking on a similar level to ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office up year-on-year in September; Q4 slate gives cause for optimism
While still down 10% on 2023, the current year improved from -15% at the start of August.
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NewsLuca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’ sold to multiple territories including UK-Ireland
Territories sold include UK-Ireland, LatAm, Canada, Germany.
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NewsCPH:DOX winner ‘Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other’ signs UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
Jacob Perlmutter and Manon Ouimet’s documentary will also play Zurich and IDFA.
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NewsTallinn selects 14 projects for 2024 Baltic Event Co-Production Market
Germany has five projects in selection as Focus country for 2024.
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NewsBFI-backed genre incubator The Residency selects 10 projects (exclusive)
Projects include ‘I Killed Your Dog’ from ‘Rye Lane’ star Vivian Oparah; Jasmer Gill’s ‘The Last Ride’; Nat McCleary’s ‘The Custodians of the Fridge’.
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NewsMental health struggles worsening throughout UK film & TV industry, says Looking Glass survey
Respondents who said their mental health was ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’ rose to 35% in 2024 compared to 24% in 2022.
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NewsFinnish film industry strongly protests proposed budget cuts
Finnish promotion and development agency facing 50% budget cut.
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News‘Out Of Darkness’ heads film nominees at 2024 Bafta Scotland Awards
Andrew Cumming’s film receives nominations in actor, actress and feature film.
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News‘The Outrun’ opens in UK-Ireland box office top five; ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ hits £21m
‘Megalopolis’ starts in sixth place, as ‘The Substance’ holds well for Mubi.
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NewsUK production company behind ‘Sebastian’ expands into Finland (exclusive)
Bêtes Sauvages is opening a Finnish arm for Finnish and international projects.
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NewsGeorgia Brown joins board of UK’s Garden Studios
Former head of Amazon Studios in Europe sits alongside chair Heather Rabbatts.