All articles by Ben Dalton – Page 24
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NewsUK-Ireland box office up 50% in May, with 2025 now £75m up on last year so far
Disney, Universal and Warner Bros hold nine of the top 10 films so far this year.
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NewsFIDMarseille unveils 2025 lineup including Rita Azevedo Gomes’ ‘Fuck The Polis’
New films from Clemente Castor, Caroline Golum in international competition.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Lionsgate’s ‘Ballerina’ dances into 571 cinemas
Indie releases include ‘Falling Into Place’, Nick Skelton documentary.
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NewsRuben Ostlund, Maura Delpero, Juho Kuosmanen head to Croatia’s Slano Film Days
Ostlund will edit his new film during the event, showing the process to attendees.
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News‘The Amazing Maurice’ producer signs first-look feature deal with ReDefine Originals
Both companies will bring projects to the combined venture.
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NewsToronto Film Festival to open with Colin Hanks’ ‘John Candy: I Like Me’
Hanks’ film is produced by Ryan Reynolds.
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NewsKarlovy Vary selection ‘Before/After’ acquired for world sales
EXCLUSIVE: The feature follows two men in their 30s experiencing baldness.
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NewsAnnecy title ‘Stitch Head’ inks major sales including France, Germany
EXCLUSIVE: Film has also sold to Italy, Spain, Latin America among others.
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NewsMalta’s Mediterrane Film Festival unveils programme including Jeremy Thomas award
‘The Return’, ‘Reflection In A Dead Diamond’, ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ all on programme.
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NewsTorinoFilmLab selects 20 projects for eco-conscious Green Narratives workshop
Projects include ‘Tides’, set in Brittany in 2055.
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NewsTransgender self-discovery documentary ‘Niñxs’ acquired for sales
EXCLUSIVE: Film follows a 15-year-old on a journey of self-discovery in a Mexican town.
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NewsPatrick Wachsberger’s 193 secures Cannes slate sales including on ‘Die, My Love’
Further deals on ‘The Surgeon’ with Michelle Yeoh and ‘The Toxic Avenger’.
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NewsSimon Mein, UK stills photographer including for Mike Leigh films, dies aged 68
Mein worked on every Leigh film since ‘Life Is Sweet’.
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NewsFidalgo picks up two Cannes Official Selection titles for Norway
EXCLUSIVE: Fidalgo now has a solid release slate for 2025, heading into 2026.
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NewsCannes Competition titles ‘Die, My Love’, ‘Sound Of Falling’ sell to Nordics
EXCLUSIVE: 10 titles sell to Nordics including Raoul Peck’s ‘Orwell: 2+2=5’.
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NewsBifa selects 30 filmmakers for latest Springboard programme
EXCLUSIVE: Selected filmmakers include Dionne Edwards, Moin Hussain, Christopher Andrews, Adura Onashile.
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News‘Lilo & Stitch’ leads UK-Ireland box office with £8m; ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ takes £6.2m
‘Lilo & Stitch’ gives Disney its biggest opening of 2025.
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NewsNetflix acquires US rights to Richard Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’
Film debuted in Competition at Cannes this month.
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NewsCannes Jury Prize winner ‘Sirât’ sells widely including to UK-Ireland
Twenty additional territory sales unveiled after prize win.
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NewsCannes power coming back on; “malicious acts” of vandalism caused outage, say authorities
Some festivalgoers unable to access online tickets, and therefore screenings.