All articles by Ben Dalton – Page 29
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NewsLily James, Raffey Cassidy to lead emotional thriller ‘Photo Booth’ for HanWay
James will produce with Gala Gordon for their Parodos Productions, with Cathy Konrad.
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NewsUK box office revenue rises but admissions slide in Q1 2025
The highest-grossing UK indie film was ‘We Live In Time’, followed by ‘The Brutalist’.
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NewsArctic exploration doc ‘Ice Grave’ acquired for world sales
EXCLUSIVE: Film will have world premiere at DOK.fest Munich this month.
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NewsSundance documentary ‘Folktales’ acquired for international sales
EXCLUSIVE: Film follows teenagers on an unconventional gap year in the Arctic wilderness.
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NewsUniversal appoints Studiocanal exec as Germany-Austria MD; Studiocanal replaces with co-CEOs
Hooman Afshari, Lutz Rippe take over as co-CEOs of Studiocanal Germany.
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NewsStop-motion animation ‘Savages’ acquired for UK-Ireland theatrical distribution
EXCLUSIVE: Film will have wide release in cinemas this summer.
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NewsPower outages cause Spain’s BCN Film Fest to cancel screenings
Festival is scheduled to welcome Richard Gere, Ralph Fiennes this week.
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NewsHalle Berry, Jeremy Strong, Payal Kapadia among eight to join Cannes Competition jury
Alba Rohrwacher, Hong Sangsoo are also part of the Juliette Binoche-led jury.
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News‘Sinners’ thrives in Imax at global box office, close second to ‘A Minecraft Movie’
‘Sinners’ took a huge $12.3m in Imax alone, for 21% of its worldwide weekend total.
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NewsBerlin film festival confirms 2026 dates
Next year’s festival will not clash with the Baftas for the first time since 2020.
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News‘Sinners’ holds firm at UK-Ireland box office to push ‘A Minecraft Movie’ close
‘Sinners’ posts excellent second weekend with slight increase on opening; ‘Star Wars: Episode III’ re-release in third.
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NewsVue Lumière acquires ‘The Thing With Feathers’ for UK-Ireland distribution
EXCLUSIVE: Sundance title will release across UK-Ireland later this year.
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NewsCannes Directors’ Fortnight title ‘The President’s Cake’ acquired for sales
EXCLUSIVE: Film follows a young girl selected to make a birthday cake for Saddam Hussein.
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NewsIsraeli Cannes Official Selection title ‘Mama’ secures sales representation
EXCLUSIVE: The film is the only Israeli film in Cannes Official Selection this year.
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NewsAsghar Farhadi to direct ‘Parallel Tales’ starring Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel
Production will begin on the French-language film in Paris later this year.
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NewsAnnecy unveils 2025 lineup including ‘Zootopia 2’, ‘Animal Farm’, ‘Stranger Things’ series
Festival will welcome guests including Matt Groening, Michel Gondry, Andy Serkis, Sepideh Farsi.
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NewsCannes adds 16 films including Lynne Ramsay, Kristen Stewart, Ethan Coen titles
Two new titles confirmed for Competition; four added to Un Certain Regard strand.
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News‘Sinners’ starts with £2.4m at UK-Ireland box office; ‘Minecraft’ tops £47m
Lionsgate’s ‘The Penguin Lessons’ starts fourth; A24’s ‘Warfare’ opens in fifth place.
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NewsCannes releases dual official posters for first time in festival’s history
The festival has released two posters for the first time in its history.
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NewsCannes ACID responds to death of Fatma Hassona, subject of 2025 film selection, killed in Gaza
“This is no longer the same film that we are going to support and present in all theaters.”