All articles by Ben Dalton – Page 73
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      NewsLynne Ramsay updates on ‘Stone Mattress’, ‘Polaris’, ‘Moby Dick’; talks Ezra Miller connection (exclusive)
Scottish filmmaker “hoping” to make Margaret Atwood adaptation ‘Stone Mattress’ this year.
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      FeaturesHow a refreshed Qumra 2023 is making the most of the global spotlight
The Middle East project incubator returns in-person for the first time since 2019.
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      News‘Talk To Me’ sells out worldwide for Bankside Films (exclusive)
Supernatural horror was a hit at Sundance in January.
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      NewsKristy Matheson appointed BFI London Film Festival director
Matheson will run LFF and BFI Flare in her role as festivals director.
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      NewsBarbara Wurm appointed new head of Berlinale Forum
Wurm succeeds Cristina Nord, who returns to the Goethe-Institut.
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      NewsSundance Film Festival: London sets 2023 dates, opening night film (exclusive)
The festival will open with a prizewinner from Sundance in the US.
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      NewsPremier PR launches new offices in North of England
Elizabeth Taylor will head up the northern branch.
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      News'Molesworth' feature animation scores worldwide sales deal (exclusive)
Project is directed by German animator Uli Meyer.
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      NewsScreen Star of Tomorrow Anna Griffin launches UK production company Jolly Griffin with Jolyon Rubinstein (exclusive)
Jolly Griffin is based in the East Midlands, and will produce Rubinstein’s work among others.
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      News‘Creed III’ punches above its weight with £5m UK-Ireland box office opening
Far surpasses the openings of the first two ‘Creed’ films.
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      NewsShowcase Cinemas UK appoints Crispin Lilly as managing director
Lilly is a veteran of the exhibition industry.
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      FeaturesBerlinale Talents at 21: “It’s for that moment when your career gets serious”
The talent development programme has “one foot in the industry and one foot in the programme of the festival”.
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      NewsAlice Rohrwacher to give Visions du Reel 2023 masterclass
Italian filmmaker will attend the festival as a special guest.
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      NewsUK’s NFTS crowns 2023 student winners
Directing animation student Lisa Kenney won ‘most promising student’.
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      NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Creed III’ aims to land punches in 637 cinemas
Mubi starts Cannes prizewinner ‘Close’ in 74 sites.
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      NewsBerlinale Generation title ‘Kiddo’ scores France, Belgium theatrical deals (exclusive)
Deal also secured for China.
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      FeaturesMy Screen Life: TriStar Pictures president Nicole Brown on being a child actor, ‘Baby Driver 2’
The former child actor and now president of TriStar Pictures reveals a love of musicals, what she learned from Viola Davis’s memoir, and never giving up on Edgar Wright.
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      NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It?’ is widest ever Studiocanal release
‘Cocaine Bear’ hunts for a fast start; ‘Joyland’, ‘Broker’ hit cinemas.
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      NewsBerlinale premiere of Norwegian animation ‘Just Super’ pulled over Blackface allegations but further screenings go ahead
Festival management, Norwegian Film Institute and anti-racism org ARTEF have been in talks all week.
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      NewsParamount takes world rights on Adam Deacon’s ‘Sumotherhood’, plans UK-Ireland theatrical release
UK-Ireland theatrical release in 2023.
 








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