All articles by Ben Dalton – Page 85
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Puss In Boots: The Last Wish’ sharpens its claws
Independent titles include ‘The Whale’, ‘EO’, ‘Saint Omer’.
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NewsBafta Rocliffe selects three winners for new writing competition (exclusive)
Scripts to be showcased to industry guests on February 23.
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NewsUK film and high-end TV production spend hits £6.3bn record in 2022, but indie film spend down 31%
Inward investment on film and HETV production up 5.7% to £5.4bn.
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NewsEllie Bamber to play supermodel Kate Moss in ‘Moss & Freud’ for GFC Films, Cornerstone
Derek Jacobi will play British artist Lucian Freud.
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NewsUK home entertainment sector up 14.3% in value across 2022, led by SVoD growth
Total UK screen industry value increases 12% to £11bn.
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NewsUK producer Daisy Allsop joins WestEnd Films as head of acquisitions & development
Archface Films producer Allsop will oversee WestEnd’s film and TV slate.
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News‘Pathaan’ opens second at UK-Ireland box office; ‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ top for seven weekends
‘Plane’ pips ‘The Fabelmans’ into third place.
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NewsOdeon Cinemas Group UK-Ireland managing director departs amid leadership changes
Chris Bates promoted to commercial director.
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NewsMetFilm Sales acquires Telluride documentary ‘Bitterbrush’ (exclusive)
The film follows two range riders who spend one final summer herding cattle in Idaho.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The Fabelmans’, ‘Plane’ take flight in cinemas
‘Pathaan’ makes fast start; Venice winner ‘All The Beauty…’ launches.
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NewsApple buys buzzy Sundance title ‘Flora and Son’ starring Eve Hewson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Film premiered at Sundance on Sunday.
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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.