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NewsBFI opens innovation fund for equity, diversity and inclusion data monitoring in film production
The £200,000 fund is part of the £1.8m BFI National Lottery Innovation Challenge Fund.
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NewsLGBTQ+ sports documentary ‘Gay Games’ picked up for world sales (exclusive)
Film is currently in production, from Bafta-winning director Cherish Oteka.
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NewsBerlin’s Tricia Tuttle says ‘No Other Land’ directors’ comments are not antisemitic
“Discourse which suggests this creates danger for them inside and outside Germany.”
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NewsRotterdam to hold retrospectives of Katja Raganelli and Sergii Masloboishchykov
Festival’s 2025 Focus programme also explores legacy of VHS culture and tribute to Bandung Conference.
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NewsTodd Haynes to head Berlin Film Festival 2025 jury
Festival director Tricia Tuttle calls Haynes “a dazzlingly gifted writer and director with an impressive range.”
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NewsAlain Guiraudie’s ‘Misericordia’ acquired for UK-Ireland distribution (exclusive)
Film will be released theatrically in spring 2025.
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NewsRed Sea Souk market includes Asmae El Moudir, CJ Obasi projects
Moudir’s ‘Holy Cow’ follows a truck driver transporting cattle in Morocco.
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NewsUK trans+ writers lab The DarkRoom unveils inaugural participants (exclusive)
The five-month programme helps develop genre feature projects.
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NewsAmazon Prime Video appoints Europe lead
Andrew Bennett is to relocate to London from the US in an expanded role.
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News‘Venom: The Last Dance’ crosses $400m at global box office powered by North America, China
UK box office stands at $14.5m.
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NewsKellan Lutz, Cam Gigandet action thriller ‘Desert Dawn’ sells at AFM for Premiere Entertainment Group (exclusive)
Sales title licensed in Australia, Latin America, Germany, France, Middle East.
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NewsSwedish Film Institute selects two winners of £60,000 Wild Card prize
Winners were awarded at a ceremony during Stockholm Film Festival.
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NewsIndonesia’s inaugural JAFF Market teams with Adelaide Film Festival for project market
The set to take place from December 3-5.
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NewsBBFC report shows most complained-about films of 2023; cinema submissions at 10-year high
Content submitted for cinema classification at a 10-year high.
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NewsUK SVoD ad tier usage grows
Barb survey showed that the number of UK homes on the Netflix ad tier had risen by 37% in Q3.
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NewsStudio Babelsberg appoints ex-Warner Bros exec Joerg Bachmaier as CEO
Bachmaier succeeds Andy Weltman, who oversaw the integration of Studio Babelsberg into the global Cinespace Group.
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NewsUS independent film financier TPC opens London office to work with indie tax credit
Financier cites launch of the Independent Film Tax Credit (IFTC) as one of reasons for opening office.
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NewsBafta actors five times more likely to have attended fee-paying school than UK population, finds report
While 35% of Bafta- nominated actors went to a private school, only 7% of the population attend fee-paying schools.
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NewsTallinn Black Nights responds to criticism of Russian film: “This is an anti-war work”
Film has been removed from the Standing with Ukraine programme, but remains in competition.
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NewsBafta introduces forfeiture process for awards in wake of Huw Edwards scandal
The framework will be in place from 2025 onwards.