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NewsFrightFest horror-comedy ‘Werewolf Santa’ scores international sales deal, UK and US theatrical releases (exclusive)
Santa turns into a werewolf on Christmas Eve, and wreaks havoc on a seaside town.
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NewsHaugesund’s New Nordic Films to host UK focus including four co-production pitches
Hot Nordic works-in-progress at the Norwegian event include ’Handing The Undead’ starring Renate Reinsve.
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NewsScottish horror ‘Mercy Falls’ scores UK theatrical deal (exclusive)
It will be released in UK cinemas from September 1.
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NewsDisney+ to launch ad-supported plans in UK, Canada, parts of Europe
A crackdown on password sharing is also on the horizon.
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NewsUK’s Glasgow Film Theatre strikes landmark union agreement
A voluntary recognition agreement has been signed between GFT and union Unite – the first of its kind for a Scottish cinema.
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NewsCrowdfunding campaign in support of low-income writers attending BFI London Film Festival tops 100 backers
Critics Hanna Flint and Hannah Strong have launched the campaign.
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NewsWarner Bros Discovery UK and Ireland names new president and managing director
Antonio Ruiz left the role in March.
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NewsVenice Horizons title ‘The Red Suitcase’ snapped up for world sales (exclusive)
Film is the debut feature from Nepalese filmmaker Fidel Devkota.
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NewsSky to no longer broadcast Oscars in the UK
A new broadcaster for the Academy Awards has yet-to-be announced.
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NewsWarner Bros Discovery EMEA president Priya Dogra to depart
London-based exec was appointed last year.
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NewsLynne Ramsay to receive honorary award at Sarajevo 2023
Director’s 2017 feature ‘You Were Never Really Here’ to have an open-air screening at the festival.
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News‘Barbie’, ‘Oppenheimer’ repeat UK-Ireland box office one-two; ‘Meg 2: The Trench’ makes £3.8m start
‘Barbie’ enters all-time top 20; ‘Oppenheimer’ in top 100, passes ‘Inception’.
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NewsProduction Guild of Great Britain appoints Pulse Films’ Bianca Gavin as chair
‘Cloud Atlas’ producer Alex Boden stepping down after four years in the role.
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NewsUK documentary makers win First Look prizes at Locarno Pro
Cécile Embleton and Alys Tomlinson’s ’Mother Vera’ and Sarah Lewis’ ’No Ifs Or Buts’ honoured in festival’s works-in-progress section.
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NewsTogether Films hires international sales and acquisitions manager (exclusive)
The UK-based sales and distribution film recently received UK Global Screen Fund support.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: can ‘Meg 2: The Trench’ take a bite out of Barbenheimer?
‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’ looks for piece of the action.
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NewsRyusuke Hamaguchi’s Venice Competition film ‘Evil Does Not Exist’ lands UK-Ireland sale (exclusive)
Latest film from the Japanese director of Oscar-winner ’Drive My Car’ has also landed deals in Benelux, Portugal and Taiwan.
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NewsEx-Edinburgh Filmhouse staff plan to re-open historic cinema
The new cinema will be run by former Filmhouse staff.
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News“Jess may as well have worn a cape”: international industry pays tribute to Jess Search
“She had the most delirious appreciation of how important it is to have fun.”
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NewsUK streaming sector revenue up 21.5% in 2022, but subscriptions slow and viewing declines
The insights were published in Ofcom’s sixth annual Media Nations report.