All articles by Ben Dalton – Page 6
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NewsCannes 2026 unveils opening film
Pio Marmai, Anais Demoustier, Gilles Lellouche, Vimala Pons star in the burlesque comedy.
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NewsScreen Australia backs new features starring Naomi Watts, Odessa A’zion, Mia Wasikowska
Screen Australia sets $20.4m AUD funding for 91 narrative projects across features, shorts and series.
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NewsAllegro Finance’s UK film & TV debt lending platform receives £2m facility
Allegro Finance launched film and TV credit facility with $500m last week.
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News‘Project Hail Mary’ soars at UK-Ireland box office; ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ takes £2.8m
‘Project Hail Mary’ is already Amazon MGM Studios’ highest-grossing film in the territory.
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Features“Destabilisation is exciting,” says Willa’s Elizabeth Woodward of the opportunities in US distribution
Willa’s business model is to combine traditional financing with philanthropic grants.
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News‘Late Shift’ leads winners at 2026 Swiss Film Awards
Film won four prizes including best feature film.
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NewsNicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Her Private Hell’ sells to key territories including UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: Film also sells to Italy, Spain, Latin America.
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NewsAlison Oliver replaces Daisy Edgar-Jones in Rich Peppiatt’s ‘Bad Bridgets’
Oliver to star alongside Emilia Jones for LuckyChap, Coup d’Etat.
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NewsBerlin winner ‘Rose’ scores key sales including to North America, UK-Ireland
Huller won the Silver Bear for best leading performance at Berlin.
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NewsPhil Clapp to step down as UNIC president, receive honorary award
Clapp will receive the award at CineEurope in June.
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News‘A Fire There’: first trailer for Visions du Réel, Hot Docs title set in Georgia
EXCLUSIVE: Film will launch in Visions du Réel international competition.
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NewsVisions du Reel unveils 2026 programme including 83 world premieres, opening title
International competition includes Boubacar Sangare, Elsa Amiel, Jacqueline Zund films.
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund strategic plans for expanded 2026-29 funding unveiled
Plans include support for majority co-production, development, and UK sales agents’ MGs.
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NewsAmazon MGM Studios appoints head of UK theatrical distribution in new role
Former Black Bear, Universal, eOne, STX executive joins Amazon.
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NewsKirk Jones signs to direct live-action film adaptation of ‘Mr Benn’
Casting is starting later this year with production slated for 2027.
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NewsBerlinale sets 2027 dates, adding extra day to festival
Festival reveals record audience attendance for 2026.
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NewsJustine Triet, Mia Hansen-Love films among latest Eurimages recipients
Cristian Mungiu, Bertrand Bonello films also receive backing.
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News‘Lionheart’, debut feature of Danish war reporter Nagieb Khaja, acquired for sales
EXCLUSIVE: Film stars ‘The Girl With The Needle’ actor Besir Zeciri.
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NewsUK's Secret Cinema to launch permanent London venue in 2026
Venue aiming to open at Greenwich Peninsula later this year.
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News‘Project Hail Mary’ tops UK-Ireland box office with £4.6m; ‘Dhurandhar 2’ excels in second
‘Project Hail Mary’, ‘Dhurandhar 2’ record best-ever openings for Amazon MGM and Indian film, respectively.