All articles by Charles Gant
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FeaturesMeet the awards campaigner who achieved a clean sweep of documentary nominees at this year’s Bafta Film Awards
UK agency Christelle & Co successfully campaigned for all five Bafta-nominated documentaries
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News‘Wuthering Heights’, ‘GOAT’ and ‘Crime 101’ storm top three of global box office chart
Emerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ took the top spot with $82m debut.
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FeaturesBafta flashback: Rebecca O’Brien on breaking Ken Loach’s Bafta curse
“When we got to the stage, my main surprise was how tall Nicole Kidman is.”
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NewsK-pop concert film ‘Stray Kids’ tops global box office in quietest weekend of the year so far
Just $500,000 separates the weekend takings for the three titles in second, third and fourth place.
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FeaturesFive films are pulling ahead of the pack, say awards campaigners
A quartet of UK awards campaigners deliver their verdicts on the voting so far.
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NewsFive talking points from the Bafta film nominations: Irish success, longlist misses and record breakers
‘One Battle After Another’ leads the nominations with 14, closely followed by Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ with 13.
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NewsHow the Bafta nominations differ from the Oscars
Ampas shows an international flavour in craft categories while Bafta voters have more loyalty to UK films.
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FeaturesSeven Oscar nominations talking points: voters love international, Warner Bros soars and ‘Wicked 2’ sinks
The steadily increasing international outlook of the US Academy Awards has been confirmed once again.
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FeaturesAwards campaigners react to 2026 Bafta longlists: “It’s great to see Bafta recognising British indie films in key categories”
Second-round Bafta voting closes on January 20, and Bafta nominations are announced on January 27
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FeaturesBafta flashback: ‘This Is England’ producer Mark Herbert on his Sylvester Stallone moment and taking the bus with Javier Bardem
“This was the first time my wife had met a seat filler. It was fish-out-of-water vibes.”
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NewsSeven talking points from the Bafta 2026 film longlists
The longlists of the Bafta Film Awards 2026 provide the first concrete look at how the race is shaping up in the UK.
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FeaturesWhich films are in contention for Bafta’s 2026 children’s and family film award?
The jury will this year will choose between 14 submitted films.
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FeaturesWhat are the animation contenders at the 2026 Oscars and Baftas?
A $1bn box-office hit, a streaming smash and hand-drawn festival favourites lead the charge for the animated feature Oscar and Bafta.
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FeaturesHow the life of UK comic John Bishop became Bradley Cooper’s latest directing effort ‘Is This Thing On?’
Screen quizzes Cooper, writer/star Will Arnett, writer Mark Chappell and producer Kris Thykier about the film’s zigzag production journey
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News‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ hits $760m at global box office after strong hold; Italy’s ‘Buen Camino’ delivers Christmas smash
‘Anaconda’ opens in third place with $44m.
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FeaturesScreen’s guide to the 2026 international feature Oscar shortlist
Asia and Middle East make strong showing with wide global spread of shortlisted films.
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News‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ scores $345m debut at global box office; ‘Zootopia 2’ posts solid hold
’Fire And Ash’ provided the biggest opening of 2025 in France, Germany, Spain, South Korea and many smaller markets.
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FeaturesFrom ‘Adolescence’ to ‘Urchin’: UK casting director Shaheen Baig on her phenomenal year and opening up her “closed-shop” profession
The casting director talks to Screen about her approach to the craft.
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FeaturesBaftas 2026: Which films are in the race for outstanding British film?
Many contenders are already making waves at awards ceremonies.
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FeaturesBafta flashback: Asif Kapadia on an embarrassing moment with Richard Attenborough
The quadruple Bafta winner on his first time at the awards, his fallout with Harvey Weinstein and pushing for a documantary award.