All articles by Ben Dalton – Page 19
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NewsSyndicado adds three titles to CPH:DOX slate (exclusive)
Titles include F:Act selection ‘The Gardener, The Buddhist & The Spy’.
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NewsNoel Clarke’s wife testifies, says producer accusing him of sexual assault “is a liar”
Noel Clarke finished giving his evidence earlier on Thursday.
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NewsKaleem Aftab leaves Red Sea International Film Festival (exclusive)
Antoine Khalife will remain as director of Arab programmes; festival will update on international team “in due course”.
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NewsNoel Clarke says accusers had “axes to grind” over Bafta award
“The people who had grudges… could not bear to see me get that award,” says Clarke.
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NewsVisions du Reel title ‘To the West, in Zapata’ boarded for sales (exclusive)
Feature debut of Havana-based filmmaker David BIM.
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NewsNoel Clarke says it was “not my business” his producer was not paid enough to make ends meet
“None of us were making money,” says Clarke of his filmmaking team.
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NewsHungary shoot underway on horror ‘Ever After’ starring Malcolm McDowell (exclusive)
Laszlo Illes’s film depicts a group of lunatics who believe they’re fairy tale characters.
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NewsNoel Clarke takes stand as Guardian libel trial gets underway
Clarke said Guardian stories about his alleged misconduct have “smashed my life”.
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NewsCineworld founder Steve Wiener dies aged 73
Wiener grew Cineworld into the UK and Ireland’s largest cinema chain.
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News‘Mickey 17’ dethrones ‘Bridget Jones 4’ to top UK-Ireland box office
‘Marching Powder’ opens to £1.1m for True Brit Entertainment.
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News‘Spacewoman’: first trailer for documentary about pioneer NASA astronaut Eileen Collins (exclusive)
Film will play at CPH:DOX after debut at DOC NYC.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office up 20% in February 2025 compared to previous year
Box office tracking 15% ahead of 2024 overall.
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NewsNational Film and Television School names 2025 student winners
Louis Theroux awarded NFTS Honorary Fellowship.
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News“We think about commerciality more than we have done,” says Film4’s Ollie Madden
Madden struck an upbeat tone on indie film during keynote at Film London’s Upstream IP event.
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NewsPalestinian sci-fi ‘In Memory Of Times To Come’ among Qumra 2025 projects
49 projects include 27 features, plus TV, web series and shorts.
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NewsUK Oscars coverage peaks at 1.1m viewers, down on previous year
Viewing figures still significantly higher than Sky’s tenure.
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NewsPrime Video UK director Chris Bird departs Amazon after 14 years
Streamer will “shortly begin the search for his successor.”
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News‘Bridget Jones 4’ tops £35m at UK-Ireland box office; ‘The Last Showgirl’ in top five
Holdovers dominate the chart; awards titles perform well.
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NewsEight talking points from the Oscars 2025
A ceremony largely free of politics; while independent titles ‘Flow’ and ‘No Other Land’ find space.
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FeaturesBuyers deliver verdict on Berlinale 2025: “A start in the right direction”
Distributors praise the quality of films in official selection, but question the commercial potential of many of them.








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