All articles by Ben Dalton – Page 77
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      NewsFour filmmakers share $70,000 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation prizes at Sundance
Winners include Cynthia Lowen for ‘Light Mass Energy’, abut pioneerin physicist Mileva Maric Einstein.
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      NewsNetflix swoops on hot Sundance title ‘Fair Play’ in $20m deal
Psychological thriller was at centre of bidding war in Park City.
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      NewsThe Match Factory unveils seven-title Berlinale slate including Christian Petzold’s ‘Afire’ (exclusive)
The German sales company’s slate also includes titles by Margarethe von Trotta, Emily Atef, Tatiana Huezo.
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      NewsDisney label Onyx Collective buys Questlove’s Sly Stone documentary, Ryan Coogler-produced 'Anthem' for Hulu
Pickups announced at popular Sundance panel.
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      NewsFrom ‘Blair Witch’ to Women’s March, Sundance attendees recall favourite memories
“I remember thinking, ‘I am going to see something so terrifying that I am going to die.’”
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      Features‘Lady Macbeth’ director William Oldroyd talks Sundance title ‘Eileen’: “I love provocation in cinema”
“It took me 36 years to make my first film. Making the second five years later is short!”
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      NewsBFI Film Fund appoints new senior production & development executive
Ama Ampadu will report to Fund’s head of editorial Natascha Wharton.
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      NewsSundance adds Doug Liman’s ‘Justice’ about Brett Kavanaugh allegations
“We saw it practically yesterday,” says Sundance director of programming Kim Yutani.
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      NewsReed Hastings steps down as Netflix co-CEO, replaced by Greg Peters
Hastings becomes executive chairman, as company prepares to announce Q4 2022 earnings.
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      NewsNetflix buys Sundance Midnight selection ‘Run Rabbit Run’ starring Sarah Snook
The streamer has world rights excluding select territories.
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      NewsNetflix surpasses subscriber target in Q4 2022 results, sees share value increase
Streamer adds 7.7m subs during fourth quarter, up on 4.6m projections.
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      Features70 European and Mena films to tempt festival directors in 2023
Jessica Hausner, Marco Bellocchio, Michel Gondry and Lone Scherfig are among the auteurs with new films this year.
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      NewsNaomi Ackie, Emma Mackey, Daryl McCormack among Bafta Rising Star 2023 nominees
Four of five nominees were previously named Screen Stars of Tomorrow.
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      Features18 Asian films to tempt festival directors in 2023
Includes upcoming features from Hirokazu Kore-eda, Ng Yuen Fai, Kim Jee-woon and Hayao Miyazaki.
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      News‘M3GAN’ scores strong £2.4m opening at UK-Ireland box office; ‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ stays top for fifth week
‘Empire Of Light’ has £1.7m total opening.
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      NewsBerlinale unveils Forum titles for 2023 edition
Piotr Pawlus, Tomasz Wolski’s ‘In Ukraine’ and Vlad Petri’s ‘Between Revolutions’ both selected.
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      NewsRichard E. Grant to host 2023 Bafta Film Awards
Alison Hammond will host new Bafta Studio featuring ‘Access-All-Areas’ content, whilst Ali Plumb and Vick Hope will present red carpet coverage.
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      NewsFirst look at Marisa Abela as Amy Winehouse in Studiocanal, Focus Features’ ‘Back To Black’
Sam Taylor-Johnson to direct with production underway on Monday 16.
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      NewsBerlinale adds ‘Golda’, Mario Martone doc, ‘Kill Boksoon’
Berlinale Special strand adds eight titles.
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      NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Empire Of Light’ takes on ‘M3GAN’
‘TÁR’, ‘Enys Men’ also starting in cinemas.
 








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