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NewsCreative UK: public funding to sector must be a “national priority” for next government
The charity is calling for urgent public and private funding boost ahead of the impending general election.
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NewsHelen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley set to star in ‘The Thursday Murder Club’
The crime thriller is produced by Amblin Entertainment and will shoot this summer.
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NewsSundance Film Festival: London unveils 2024 line-up (exclusive)
The event takes place at London’s Picturehouse Central from June 6-9.
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News‘Back To Black’ holds UK-Ireland box office lead; ‘Civil War’ rises, ‘Abigail’ opens fifth
Holdovers including ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’, ‘Godzilla x Kong’ dominate the chart.
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NewsSandhya Suri’s Un Certain Regard title ‘Santosh’ heads to mk2 Films
The Hindi-language title is the narrative fiction debut from UK-Indian filmmaker Sandhya Suri, a Screen Star of Tomorrow 2023.
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NewsProtagonist Pictures boards Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title ‘Sister Midnight’; unveils first look (exclusive)
Protagonist is launching world sales on the black comedy at Cannes.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Vampire horror ‘Abigail’ bites into 545 cinemas
Further new releases this weekend include ’Jeanne Du Barry’, ‘Butterfly Tale’ and ’The Book Of Clarence’.
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NewsKunal Nayyar to star in Gurinder Chadha’s ‘Christmas Karma’ alongside Eva Longoria, Hugh Bonneville
True Brit Entertainment has UK and Ireland rights.
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NewsClass, disability and ethnicity are key challenges in accessing BFI funding, says report
The report is written by Josh Cockroft, Delphine Lievens and Chi Thai, and supported by a Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity Industry Fellowship grant.
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NewsScotland set for major film and TV studio in Stirling
Stirling Studios will be a 210,000 ft2 space within reach of Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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NewsBFI confirms details, partners of Wales skills cluster (exclusive)
The BFI is investing £900,000 across two years in the Welsh cluster.
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NewsDecent showing for UK and Ireland in Cannes 2024 official selection
Films backed by BBC Film, BFI and Element Pictures make the cut, while Andrea Arnold’s ‘Bird’ lands in Competition.
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NewsVue planning further shift into UK-Ireland distribution after ‘There’s Still Tomorrow’
Vue CEO Tim Richards said the company is going to “start bringing in Polish films, German films, Dutch films and Danish films”.
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NewsHugh Grant settles privacy case with UK newspaper The Sun
The allegations surround unlawful information gathering.
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NewsFDA chief exec gives upbeat assessment of the UK and Ireland distribution sector in 2024
Andy Leyshon was talking at the launch of the FDA Yearbook this week.
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NewsDonna Langley to receive Kering’s Women In Motion Award at Cannes
Langley is the chairman and chief content officer of NBCUniversal Studio Group.
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NewsClare Binns to receive UNIC achievement award at CineEurope
Binns will receive the award during CineEurope in June.
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News‘Back To Black’ leads UK-Ireland box office with £2.7m debut; ‘Civil War’ opens third
Studiocanal’s Amy Winehouse biopic scored a £3,853 location average.
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NewsPierce Brosnan, Amir El-Masry to star in AGC’s ‘Giant’; shoot moves to UK for new indie tax credit
True Brit has acquired UK distribution rights.
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NewsFilm Export UK chief executive Charlie Bloye to retire: “We aren’t a zombie legacy business” (exclusive)
The long-serving executive will step down after 17 years this July.