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NewsDeluge of packages overwhelms Cannes buyers as international deal-making carries on
“Everyone felt like there was too much product out there.”
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NewsUK studios, cast and crew facing quiet summer as impact of WGA strike ripples across Atlantic
The downturn is mainly in high-end TV, with UK studios expecting US studio tentpoles to keep on rolling.
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NewsJonathan Glazer’s hot Cannes title ’The Zone Of Interest’ secures major territory deals for A24
Holocaust drama has emerged as likely awards contender at Cannes and for 2024 awards season.
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NewsUK-Ire box office preview: ‘The Little Mermaid’ hopes to make a splash
Also opening this weekend is ‘Hypnotic’, ‘Sisu’, ‘Full Time’ and ‘Master Gardener’.
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NewsFilming on Amazon Studios’ ‘Blade Runner 2099’ in Northern Ireland delayed by US writers’ strike
Series had been prepping in Belfast for many months.
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NewsJustine Triet’s Cannes contender ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ acquired for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
The film is Picturehouse Entertainment’s fourth acquisition at the Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsCineworld expects to emerge from bankruptcy in July
The global exhibitor says almost all of its ‘legacy’ lenders have approved a restructuring plan.
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News“We can’t be all the answers,” says BFI Filmmaking Fund team at Cannes’ UK Pavilion
“Be as production-ready as possible,” they advised of applications to the new-look Fund.
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NewsPicturehouse eats up Tran Anh Hung’s Cannes title ‘The Pot-Au-Feu’ for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
The film is Picturehouse Entertainment’s third acquisition at the Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsRebel Wilson to make feature directing debut with Australian musical adaptation ‘The Deb’
Film is produced by Unigram and AI Film which recently co-financed and produced ‘Tetris’ for Apple TV+
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NewsCannes Critics’ Week drama ‘Power Alley’ lands UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
Brazilian drama marks the directorial debut feature of Lillah Halla.
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NewsKristen Stewart, Josh O’Connor, Elle Fanning to star in Karim Aïnouz’s ‘Rosebushpruning’
The Match Factory and Mubi team on the adaptation of Marco Bellocchio’s ‘Fists in the Pocket’.
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NewsUK’s ScreenSkills calls for ‘fundamental’ reform of screen industry apprenticeships and levy
National training body urges change.
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NewsNuri Bilge Ceylan’s Cannes title ‘About Dry Grasses’ picked up for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
The film is Picturehouse Entertainment’s second acquisition at the Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsBFI, Diversity In Cannes reflect on Black women in film programme: “This has to happen again”
The BFI teamed up with Yolonda Brinkley’s Diversity In Cannes to launch a programme of events to build creative and financial partnerships for Black women in film.
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News’Give Me Pity!’ lands for UK and Ireland (exclusive)
Sophie von Haselberg stars in the film that has played at Rotterdam, Fantasia, Edinburgh and Fantastic Fest.
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NewsUK’s 1185 post house moves into film financing (exclusive)
1185 will provide gap funding, secured against minimum guarantees, equity investment and tax break/expenditure credit cashflow.
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NewsActor Ray Stevenson dies aged 58
Stevenson reportedly died in Italy on Sunday (May 21), though no other details of his death have been revealed.
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News‘Fast X‘ tops UK-Ireland box office with £5.9m, behind recent franchise entries
Film scores £9,001 average from 644 sites.
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NewsJude Law on the perfume he wore to ensure he “smelt awful” as Henry VIII in ‘Firebrand’
Specially-made scent was constructed of ”puss, blood, faecal matter and sweat” said the actor.