All articles by Ellie Calnan – Page 15
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Marie Amachoukeli’s Cannes Critics’ Week opener ‘Ama Gloria’ acquired for UK and Ireland
The French drama explores the close relationship between a six-year-old girl and her nanny
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Annecy film festival team responds to knife attack in French town
Six people, including four children, were injured during a knife attack at a local park, just days ahead of the 2023 film festival.
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International box office matched pre-pandemic levels in May 2023
May’s international box office (excluding China) of $1.543bn was just 1% behind the same month average in pre-pandemic times.
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‘Golda’, ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ to bookend 2023 Jerusalem Film Festival
‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ recently won Cannes’ Palme d’Or
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‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’ soars with £8.2m UK-Ireland box office debut; ‘The Boogeyman’ opens in top five
‘Across The Spider-Verse’ made nearly seven times that of its predecessor on its opening weekend.
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Sideshow, 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