All articles by Ellie Calnan – Page 2
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NewsKharmel Cochrane, Rory Aitken among backers of UK startup casting platform Performeo
The directory will be free for actors and individual casting directors.
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NewsTom Ford’s ‘Cry To Heaven’ starring Nicholas Hoult, Adele and Owen Cooper to shoot in UK, Italy
Further cast includes Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Colin Firth, Hunter Schafer and Ciaran Hinds.
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NewsUK’s Warp Films hires Film4’s Amy O’Hara as producer
O’Hara will focus on developing new projects and filmmaker-led TV series.
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News‘Dead Man’s Wire’ to open Marrakech film festival as full lineup unveiled
The Moroccan festival runs from November 26 - December 6.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The Choral’, ‘Predator: Badlands’ lead new releases
Further releases include ‘Die My Love’, ’Anemone’ and ‘Train Dreams’.
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FeaturesTallinn Black Nights director Tiina Lokk on funding challenges, Baltic filmmaking and staying stubborn
The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival takes place from November 7-23 in Estonia.
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NewsBFI London Film Festival 2025 records highest ever attendance as audience awards revealed
Audience figures reached 235,853 for the 69th edition.
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FeaturesThe Brit 50: Maven Screen Media
Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler founded their female-focused production company in 2011
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FeaturesThe Brit 50: Sleeper Films
The UK and Ireland-based company’s first feature was Berlinale 2025 award winner Christy
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FeaturesThe Brit 50: Quiddity
Emily Morgan’s company has always had an international focus and she’s now looking to build more bridges with Latin America
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Yorgos Lanthimos’s ‘Bugonia’ opens in 572 cinemas
Further releases include ‘Shelby Oaks’, ’Relay’ and ‘Palestine 36’.
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NewsTallinn Baltic Competitions reveal lineups, including three world premieres
The programme opens with Sergei Loznitsa’s ‘Two Prosecutors’.
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NewsRobert Eggers’s ‘Werwulf’ starts filming in UK for Focus Features
The gothic horror is shooting on location in Dartmoor, Devon.
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NewsTallinn Black Nights to open with ‘They Will Be Dust’ as part of Catalan focus
The Estonian festival runs November 7-23.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie’, ‘Black Phone 2’ lead busy weekend
Further releases include ‘Good Fortune,’ ‘After The Hunt’ and ’Roofman’.
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NewsFestivals should be “mindful” of the slowdown in deals done on titles, says Berlinale programmer at panel
The panel also discussed date overlaps, moving online and advocating for freedom of speech.
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NewsPlan B producers discuss Europe expansion, Trump’s film tariff threat and ‘H Is For Hawk’
“It felt like the right moment,” Jeremy Kleiner said of opening London office.
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News‘The Choral’ director Nicholas Hytner says there is a “limit” to what UK industry can do to support working-class talent
Additionally producer Kevin Loader advocated for cashflowing the IFTC and Ralph Fiennes discussed prep.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘I Swear’ and ‘Tron: Ares’ lead new releases
Further new titles include horror ‘Good Boy’ and drama ‘Plainclothes’.
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NewsRian Johnson, Daniel Craig talk making ‘Knives Out 3’ in the UK, future instalments
“The crews here are fantastic,” said the director.