All articles by John Hazelton
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News‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’ goes to Kino Lorber for North American release
The documentary won the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award at last year’s Sundane.
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NewsBlack Bear adds Katie Anderson to US distribution team
The new US operation plans to launch a dozen films a year.
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NewsGKids takes Aardman’s ‘Shaun The Sheep: The Beast Of Mossy Bottom’ for the US
The third Shaun feature is set for US release in the autumn.
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NewsDGA unveils nominations for 2026 film awards
International directors figure among nominees for first-feature award.
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NewsParamount reaffirms Warner Bros Discovery bid after board rejection
Paramount urges WBD shareholders to tender shares by January 21.
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NewsHigh-profile lawyer for Nick Reiner leaves the case as arraignment postponed
Alan Jackson has previously acted for clients including Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey.
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News‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Sinners’ lead Actor Awards nominations
International films mostly missed out on nominations for the important awards.
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NewsUS exhibition group opposes Warner Bros Discovery sale
Cinema United is “deeply concerned” about the prospect of a Netflix deal for WBD.
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NewsImax scores record $1.28bn global box office take for 2025
A big jump in grosses from local language films helped drive the record year.
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NewsSebastian Stan in talks to join UK-shot ‘The Batman: Part II’
The DC Studios sequel is expected to start shooting this year at Warner Bros Leavesden.
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News‘KPop Demon Hunters’ and ‘Elio’ lead multiple Annie Award nominees
Each film is nominated in ten categories, including best feature.
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News‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ passes $1bn as global box office leader; ‘The Housemaid’ expands with $42.3m session
James Cameron’s sequel was down a modest 30% for its third weekend on global release for Disney.
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NewsDisney tops 2025 studio rankings with $6.58bn global box office take, Warner and Universal follow
Disney claims the biggest single-studio annual total since 2019.
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NewsNorth American box office hits $8.87bn for 2025, up 1.5% on disappointing 2024
The tally is short of the $9bn widely predicted for the uneven year.
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FeaturesScreen’s guide to the 2026 documentary feature Oscar shortlist
This year’s shortlist makes room for several under-the-radar projects from the past 12 months.
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News‘Zootopia 2’ three-peats as global box office leader; ‘Freddy’s 2’ plunges; ‘Ella McCay’ opens with $2.4m
Disney sequel tops Lilo & Stitch as Hollywood’s biggest global hit of 2025.
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Features“It’s my job to yell”: The documentary filmmakers speaking truth to power
Laura Poitras, Raoul Peck, Petra Costa and James Jones discuss their latest work.
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News‘Zootopia 2’ has massive $497m opening at global box office; ‘Wicked: For Good’ reaches $393m
Source: Disney ‘Zootopia 2’ Worldwide box office: November 28-30 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) Cume (int’l) Territories 1 Zootopia 2 (Disney) $497.2m $556.4m $400.4m $400.4m ...
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FeaturesHow do you campaign for the Oscar or Bafta short film awards?
It’s not easy to win attention in the Oscar and Bafta shorts categories, but Screen speaks to the campaigners who are taking on the challenge.
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Features12 documentaries to watch this awards season
As part of Screen International’s guide to the films to watch this awards season, we round up some of the key documentary contenders.