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NewsKevin Spacey trial latest: second accuser hoped coming forward would “help” others
The complainant detailed meeting Spacey while drinking in a countryside pub and returning to a property the actor was staying in, where the alleged incident took place.
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NewsAdjani Salmon wins inaugural Menelik Shabazz award at Windrush Caribbean Film Festival
Salmon is a Screen Star of Tomorrow 2022 and the creator of BBC, A24 and Big Deal Films series ‘Dreaming Whilst Black’.
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NewsUK’s Bad Wolf snares New Pictures exec for production post
Emily Russell joins as director of production.
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NewsKevin Spacey trial: first alleged victim says Spacey’s behaviour was “well-known”
Source: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/swiss-image.ch / Jolanda Flubacher (licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Kevin Spacey The first alleged victim of Kevin Spacey described the US actor as a “slippery, snaky, difficult person” as Spacey’s trial gets underway at London’s Southwark Crown Court, following last week’s opening arguments. Spacey ...
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NewsLuke W Moody named head of UK’s BFI Doc Society Fund (exclusive)
Moody’s previous roles include director of film programming at Sheffield Doc Fest.
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News‘Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny’ tops UK-Ireland box office with mid-range £5.4m start
The Harrison Ford blockbuster dethroned ‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’.
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NewsKarlovy Vary competition title ‘Opponent’ scores UK-Ireland distribution deal (exclusive)
‘Opponent’ debuted in Panorama at Berlinale.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny’ whips up widest release of 2023
Also new this weekend: Dreamworks animation ’Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken’ and ’La Syndicaliste (The Sitting Duck)’, starring Isabelle Huppert.
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NewsBerlinale Silver Bear winner ‘Disco Boy’ scores UK-Ireland distribution deal (exclusive)
Franz Rogowski stars as a young Belarusian who ends up in the heart of the Niger Delta.
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NewsBFI Filmmaking Fund names new sales and distribution senior executive
”We are forming a new-look team to deliver the ambitious strategy,” said Filmmaking Fund director Mia Bays.
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NewsCurzon scoops three Cannes titles for UK and Ireland (exclusive)
One is Wim Wenders’ 3D doc ‘Anselm’.
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NewsBritish Film Commission signs memorandum of understanding with Malta to boost high-end inward investment offering
‘Napoleon’, ’Jurassic World: Dominion’ and ’Game Of Thrones” all shot in both the UK and Malta.
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NewsKevin Spacey’s sexual offences UK trial begins, set to last four weeks
The jury has been selected, with the trial set to last for around four weeks.
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NewsScreen unveils 2023 UK & Ireland Stars of Tomorrow
The renowned annual talent showcase spotlights the hottest up-and-coming actors and filmmakers in the UK and Ireland.
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NewsTanya Seghatchian, Nicola Shindler to produce ‘Playdate’ drama series for Disney+ UK
‘Girls Of The Sun’ filmmaker Eva Husson will direct the five-part series
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NewsEdinburgh International Film Festival 2023 to close with Babak Jalali’s ‘Fremont’
The full programme is to be announced on July 6.
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NewsSara Putt confirmed as next Bafta chair
Putt has served as deputy chair since June 2021, and had been lined up to succeed Majumdar since October last year.
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News‘Four Weddings’ director Mike Newell calls for creation of “UK film czar” to boost indie sector
A film czar could represent all various indie interests to government, said Newell.
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News‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’ retakes UK-Ireland box office lead from ‘The Flash’; ‘Asteroid City’ starts third
Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ holds well.
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NewsNicolas Winding Refn teams with Moonage Pictures for BBC adaptation of ‘The Famous Five’
Series is billed as ”modern, timely and irreverent” take on classic childrens’ books.