All articles by Ben Dalton – Page 43
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NewsUK romantic thriller ‘White Widow’ acquired for world sales (exclusive)
Rory Fleck Byrne, Adelaide Clemens, Kim Bodnia, Saffron Burrows, Russell Tovey star.
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NewsMoin Hussain’s Venice Critics’ Week title ‘Sky Peals’ acquired for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Faraz Ayub, Natalie Gavin and Claire Rushbrook all star.
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NewsBerlinale appoints Tanja Meissner as Berlinale Pro and European Film Market director
Reshaped role will see German-French exec Meissner oversee both areas.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes’ climbs into over 650 cinemas
Space for indie titles ‘La Chimera’, ‘The Almond And The Seahorse’.
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NewsCycling drama ‘Hard Miles’ starring Matthew Modine secures UK-Ireland theatrical deal (exclusive)
Sean Astin, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Leslie David Baker star alongside Modine.
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News101 Films International to launch sales on comedy horror ‘Crocodylus: Mating Season’ (exclusive)
A private investigator is hired to look into the legend of a human-alligator hybrid.
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NewsVenice extends artistic director Alberto Barbera’s contract through 2026
New president Pietrangelo Buttafuoco says “I felt an immediate understanding” with Barbera.
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NewsSteven Soderbergh’s Sundance title ‘Presence’ acquired for UK-Ireland theatrical release (exclusive)
Lucy Liu, Julia Fox, Chris Sullivan star in the film.
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NewsUK’s NFTS selects 20 executives for Inside Pictures training programme (exclusive)
Participants from All3Media, Studiocanal, Curtis Brown.
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NewsAlexander Skarsgard, Harry Melling to star in Harry Lighton’s ‘Pillion’ for Element, Cornerstone
Picturehouse Entertainment is also providing production finance in a first for the UK company.
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NewsMubi buys Cannes Competition title ‘The Substance’ for territories including UK, US
Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid star.
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NewsBifa unveils UK producers selected for Springboard career support programme (exclusive)
Producers of ‘In Camera’, ‘Pretty Red Dress’ also on the yearly programme.
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NewsTrustNordisk boards Eirik Svensson’s ‘Safe House’ starring Kristine Kujath Thorp (exclusive)
The thriller is based on real events in the Central African Republic in 2013.
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News‘The Fall Guy’ tops UK-Ireland box office with £3.2m opening; ‘The Phantom Menace’ flies again
‘Love Lies Bleeding’ makes decent start at over £1,000-per-cinema.
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NewsStudiocanal appoints Netflix exec as head of global acquisitions & analytics
New hire will be responsible for setting overall strategy for Studiocanal’s film acquisitions.
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NewsRapt Films picks up Australian coming-of-age drama ‘Sunflower’ (exclusive)
The LGBTQ+ drama was selected in the inaugural Queer Screen Goes to Cannes showcase.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The Fall Guy’ rises to the challenge in over 700 cinemas
Sony horror ‘Tarot’ in 400 sites; Lionsgate starts ‘Love Lies Bleeding’.
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NewsAndrew Garfield, Claire Foy lead Enid Blyton adaptation ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’
Principal photography to begin in June 2024.
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NewsTine Fischer appointed director of Danish Film Institute
Fischer joins the DFI from the National Film School of Denmark.
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NewsUK's Curzon to relaunch specialist distribution label Artificial Eye
Specialist distribution label to relaunch as theatrical and home entertainment brand.








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