All articles by Ben Dalton – Page 54
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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.
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News‘Kneecap’ crosses £2m at UK-Ireland box office for Wildcard, Curzon
Film has made £1.2m in Ireland and Northern Ireland, and £800,000 in England, Scotland, Wales.
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NewsBFI London Film Festival sets 2024 Competition juries
Filmmaker Alexandre O. Philipe to head Official Competition jury.
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NewsHamish Moseley leaves Netflix director of distribution EMEA role (exclusive)
Moseley departed the streamer earlier this month.
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NewsSex-positive comedy ‘Sudden Outbursts Of Emotion’ leads Finnish Film Affair winners
‘Nipster’ wins best Nordic project at the Helsinki industry event.
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NewsGlasgow Film Festival selects participants for two talent development programmes
Participants include Ross MacKay with sci-fi comedy ‘The Last Resort’.
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News“You realise how many opportunities are out there,” say producers of impact of UK Global Screen Fund
”The UKGSF is about our outward-looking perspective on the business – this is not about the UK.”
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NewsUK selects ‘Santosh’ as international feature Oscar entry
The UK is the current award holder, with Jonathan Glazer’s ‘The Zone of Interest’.
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NewsItaly selects Venice Silver Lion winner ‘Vermiglio’ as Oscar entry
Maura Delpero’s film sees a Second World War deserter arrive at a remote mountain village.