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Film payment platform FilmChain appoints former HanWay exec
Jan Spielhoff joins as product and account executive.
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UK-Ireland box office for 2020 films down 81%; overall admissions drop to 44 million
The BFI’s annual statistics reveal a slight market-share increase for UK independent films.
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Films Boutique strikes UK deal on Sundance doc ‘The Most Beautiful Boy In The World’ (exclusive)
Katrina Lindstrom, Kristian Petri directed the World Cinema Documentary selection.
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Sheffield Doc/Fest sets 2021 artistic team including two new programmers
Festival director Cíntia Gil leads the team.
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Screen Star Akinola Davies Jr wins Sundance short prize with ‘Lizard’
The short was produced by Potboiler and backed by BBC Film.
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Devilworks seals UK-Ireland deal for Frightfest thriller ‘Playhouse’ (exclusive)
‘Playhouse’ is Fionn and Toby Watts’ directorial debut.
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Buzzy Sundance film ‘Flee’ lands UK, France, Australia deals (exclusive)
Neon previously picked up the animated documentary for North America.
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Jamie Adams wraps UK comedy starring Sian Clifford, Rosie Day and Russell Tovey (exclusive)
Project produced by Studio POW, which has credits including ‘Funny Cow’ and upcoming Brian Epstein film ‘Midas Man’.
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Rishi Sunak hails UK’s Covid insurance scheme after 40-plus claims
A quarter of all government-insured productions have claimed against the £500m Covid scheme since its launch in October.
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Danish box office hit ‘Into The Darkness’ closes UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
War drama is directed by Anders Refn, who is at work on a sequel.
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BIFA sets 2020 online ceremony date with Tom Felton to host
The ceremony will be broadcast live on Facebook.
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Cinema chains benefit from Reddit-fuelled ‘short squeeze’
Cineworld, AMC stocks have risen following fightback against hedge funds.
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First look at comedy ‘Ballywalter’ as filming wraps in Northern Ireland (exclusive)
Bankside is selling Prasanna Puwanarajah’s debut, which stars Seána Kerslake and Patrick Kielty.
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A24 acquires worldwide rights to Tilda Swinton drama ‘The Eternal Daughter’
Element Pictures, JWH Films producing, BBC Film backed development and production.
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Jamie Dornan to lead ‘The Tourist’ for ‘Fleabag’ producers Two Brothers; HBO boards series
Cast also includes Danielle Macdonald, Hugo Weaving, Shalom Brune-Franklin.
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Pablo Larrain's ‘Spencer’ starring Kristen Stewart reveals cast, first-look
Pablo Larrain-directed feature will begin shooting in Germany on January 28.
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Hollywood stays on track with UK shoots despite tighter Covid quarantine rules
Warner Bros’ ’The Flash’ and Searchlight’s ’Untitled Murder Mystery’ will both start on schedule.
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Former Thunderbird exec Edward Fletcher to head new film division at Rebellion (exclusive)
qUK videogame and comic-book publisher making major move into film and TV.
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Bafta Film Awards extends eligibility period until the end of 2021
No sign of when UK cinemas will be able to reopen.
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101 Films International acquires UK comedy ‘Running Naked’ (exclusive)
The film shot in 2020 after the pandemic begun.