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Curzon confirms interest in buying rival UK chain Picturehouse Cinemas (exclusive)
Various suitors circling Picturehouse as Cineworld puts its assets up for sale.
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UK-Ire box office preview: ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ hopes to make a killing for Lionsgate
Also opening is ’80 For Brady’, ’Louis Tomlinson: All Of Those Voices’ and ‘A Good Person’
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UK cinemas urged to take action on sustainability
Sustainability was the exclusive topic at the ”Greening The Big Screen Experience” conference hosted by the UK Cinema Association (UKCA).
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UK producers “cautiously optimistic” about aspects of BFI Filmmaking Fund but worried about fall in overall funding
“Ouch,” said one UK independent producer.
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Netflix, BBC, HBO documentary decision-makers on programming around the true crime wave
“We’ve got a massive variety of a global audience – it wouldn’t make sense to cookie-cut.”
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Joanna Hogg’s ‘The Eternal Daughter’ picked up for UK-Ireland
An autumn theatrical release is planned.
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“You have to put a writer at the centre of it”: Producer Nicola Shindler on the key to her success
Shindler’s credits include ‘It’s A Sin’ and ‘Happy Valley’.
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‘The Responder’, ‘This Is Going To Hurt’ lead 2023 Bafta TV nominations
Following closely behind, Bad Sisters, The Crown, The English and Slow Horses also received five nominations apiece.
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Horror ‘Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey’ pulled from Hong Kong release
No reason given for last-minute withdrawal but is understood to have fallen foul of censors.
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Fremantle launches documentary film and series label Undeniable
Label launched at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen.
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UK’s Embankment Films hires from Salon Pictures, CB Films to lead new unscripted team
Nick Taussig, Malcolm Neaum, Sophie Harmer and Henry Farrington set to join Embankment Films.
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“No one owns the challenge, no one owns the solution”: ScreenSkills, BFI address changes to public funding for skills
Skills clusters are being created around the UK.
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UK-Ireland cinemas need more saturation releases in 2023 to reach “full potential”, says report
Box office is currently 3% behind the same period in 2022.
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BFI director Mia Bays digs into detail on revised Filmmaking Fund: “Whatever you apply with, it’s an even playing field”
Four new funds have been created covering development and production support.
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Revamped BFI Filmmaking Fund unveils details of four new production and development funds
The BFI is investing £36.6m of National Lottery funding in fiction feature support over three years.
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Film4 promotes Farhana Bhula to head of creative (exclusive)
Bhula fills the role vacated by Ollie Madden, who became director of Film4.
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‘Shazam! Fury Of The Gods’ tops UK-Ireland box office with £2.4m; ‘Allelujah’ opens in top five
The ‘Shazam!’ sequel is down 40% on its predecessor.
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Berlin Encounters title ‘Samsara’ picked up for UK and Ireland (exclusive)
The Spanish film follows a Buddhist monk who helps an elderly woman transition from death to her next life
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Eight-stage studio in UK’s High Wycombe gets green light
Wyecombe Film Studios will feature almost 295,000 sq ft of production space
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UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Shazam! Fury Of The Gods’, ‘Rye Lane’ lead busy weekend
‘Pearl’, ‘Allelujah’ and ‘Winners’ are also out this weekend.