All articles by Ellie Calnan – Page 3
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NewsAri Aster’s ‘Eddington’ lands bottom of Screen’s Cannes jury grid
Meanwhile Hafsia Herzi’s ’The Little Sister’ picks up middling scores.
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FeaturesIn focus: Cannes Festival’s 2025 Immersive Competition projects
Ellie Calnan talks to head of programming Elie Levasseur about the nine projects competing for the top prize in Cannes’ Immersive Competition dedicated to virtual reality and other new technologies, now in its second year.
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News‘Sound Of Falling’, ‘Two Prosecutors’ kick off Cannes jury grid with strong scores
Mascha Schilinski and Sergei Loznitsa projects are first two Cannes Competition titles to be scored on the grid.
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News‘Thunderbolts*’ tops £11m at UK-Ireland box office; David Attenborough doc opens fourth
The warm weather kept cinemagoers at bay.
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NewsUK’s ScreenSkills appoints Working Title exec as fund chair
Film4’s Tori Parry has been selected as deputy chair.
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NewsTom Cruise on using action to generate “emotion” and why shooting in the UK is “a dream”
The actor and producer participated in an on-stage conversation at the BFI Southbank.
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NewsDemi Moore, Colman Domingo to star in epic romance ‘Strange Arrivals’ for See-Saw Films
Rocket Science and Cross Film Films are launching sales at Cannes.
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NewsCarrie Coon, Lily James join Guy Nattiv’s ‘Harmonia’; Bleecker Street acquires US rights
Embankment to continue talks with international buyers in Cannes market next week.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The Surfer’ rides into 388 cinemas
’Ocean With David Attenborough’ is playing in 580 sites across the week.
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NewsGurinder Chadha among speakers at UK’s India Week co-production market
Film Conclave encourages co-productions between the UK and India.
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NewsUK and India sign cultural cooperation agreement
The deal aims to encourage more creative and cultural collaboration between the two countries.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Thunderbolts*’ charges into 668 cinemas
Also out in cinemas is Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope in 58 venues via Picturehouse Entertainment.
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NewsLuc Jacquet, Martha Fiennes and Laurie Anderson join Cannes’ immersive competition jury
Nine projects will compete for the best immersive work.
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News‘Hard Truths’, ‘The Penguin Lessons’ among UK Global Screen Fund award recipients
The awards totalled £448,330 through its international distribution strand.
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NewsScreen unveils 2025 Cannes film festival jury grid critics
The critics will be giving their verdict on the 21 films playing in Competition.
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NewsMolly Manning Walker to lead Un Certain Regard jury at Cannes Film Festival
The UK filmmaker won the strand’s top prize in 2023 for ‘How To Have Sex’.
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NewsFirst trailer for Benny Safdie’s ‘The Smashing Machine’
Dwayne Johnson stars as UFC legend Mark Kerr.
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NewsUK screen freelance sector needs greater regulation and a government minister, says report
The Screen Industry Voices report made four key recommendations to avoid a freelancer exodus.
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News‘The Girl With The Needle’, ‘Vermiglio’ producers among 2025 Producers On The Move
European Film Promotion’s showcase aims to foster international co-productions.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The Accountant 2’ adds up to 573 cinemas
Also out: Sony horror ‘Until Dawn’ and Universal’s ‘The Friend’ starring Bill Murray and Naomi Watts.