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NewsSideshow, Janus Films pick up Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Cannes title ‘About Dry Grasses’
Follows a young teacher carrying out mandatory duty in Eastern Anatolia
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Syndicado boards Cannes Docs bullfighter film ‘The Boy And The Suit Of Light’ (exclusive)
Follows a young boy living in a small Spanish town dealing with pressures from his family to become a bullfighter
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Kim Longinotto, Anna Higgs among Sheffield DocFest jurors (exclusive)
The documentary festival also announced the ‘Filmmaker Challenge’ participants and key guest speakers
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‘The Little Mermaid’ swims to first place at UK-Ireland box office with £5m debut
The live-action remake made a total of £6.9m including bank holiday Monday
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Aki Kaurismäki’s ‘Fallen Leaves’ tops Screen’s final 2023 Cannes jury grid
Alice Rohrwacher’s ’La Chimera’ and Ken Loach’s ’The Old Oak’ were the final two titles to land on the grid.
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UK-Ire box office preview: ‘The Little Mermaid’ hopes to make a splash
Also opening this weekend is ‘Hypnotic’, ‘Sisu’, ‘Full Time’ and ‘Master Gardener’.
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Wim Wenders’ ‘Perfect Days’ scores well on Screen’s Cannes jury grid; ‘Last Summer’ also lands
‘Perfect Days’ is on 2.9 so far, while Catherine Breillat’s ‘Last Summer’ managed 2.3.
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Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’, Marco Bellocchio’s ‘Kidnapped’ land with mixed scores on Screen's Cannes jury grid
‘Asteroid City’ scored 2.2 while ‘Kidnapped’ received 2.5.
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‘Fallen Leaves’ snatches top spot on Screen’s Cannes jury grid; ‘Club Zero’ struggles
Aki Kaurismaki’s latest is the new leader on the grid with a 3.2 average.
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Justine Triet’s ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ joins ‘May December’ at top of Screen’s Cannes jury grid
‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ scored a 3 average while ‘Firebrand’ also landed on the grid on 1.8
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Jude Law on the perfume he wore to ensure he “smelt awful” as Henry VIII in ‘Firebrand’
Specially-made scent was constructed of ”puss, blood, faecal matter and sweat” said the actor.
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Ireland and Luxembourg launch co-development fund for female and non-binary filmmakers
The €120,000 funds will go to film and TV projects from female and non-binary filmmakers
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UK producers call for more support to be able to work with local talent
“We’re the ones making work for actors and everybody,’” said Anna Griffin at a BFI / Screen panel in Cannes.
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Todd Haynes’ ‘May December’ lands top of Screen’s Cannes jury grid
Banel & Adama also lands on the grid with a 2.3 average.
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UK’s Adrian Wootton to head jury of Malta’s inaugural Mediterrane Film Festival
The inaugural Mediterrane Film Festival will take place June 25-30 in Malta
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‘About Dry Grasses’, ‘The Zone Of Interest’ out in front on Screen’s Cannes jury grid
Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s ’About Dry Grasses’ and ’The Zone Of Interest’ both scored 2.8.
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Catherine Corsini was “maybe a bit too proud and pretentious” to use intimacy coaches on ‘Homecoming’ set
The film has been mired in controversy surrounding the filming of its intimate scenes.
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‘Monster’, ‘Homecoming’ kick off Screen’s Cannes 2023 jury grid
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster scored 2.3 and Catherine Corsini’s Homecoming scored 2.
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Kevin Macdonald to mentor six filmmakers as part of Sheffield DocFest industry programme
The new industry-wide body, Open Assembly of the Documentary Film Council (DFC), will launch at the festival
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Imax expands in France, teams up with Kinepolis for new systems in Europe and North America
Imax is expanding its presence in France from 22 systems to over 60
