Mona Tabbara
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The Housemaid’, ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants’ lead festive releases
‘Sentimental Value’ ,‘Marty Supreme’ and ‘Anaconda’ are also coming to cinemas.
FeaturesWord of Mouth: We Are Parable’s Anthony Andrews on his love of French New Wave and reality TV
The co-founder of UK exhibition and distribution specialist We Are Parable turns to BFI Player and The British Blacklist founder Akua Gyamfi for viewing tips.
News‘Lollipop’ filmmaker to campaign for social care and maternal imprisonment reform in UK parliament
EXCLUSIVE: Writer-director Daisy-May Hudson will be joined by Labour MP Jess Asato to try and motivate policy change on issues raised in the film.
NewsTallinn, Glasgow premiere 'Spilt Milk' acquired for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: It is the first UK-Ireland acquisition for nascent Ireland-based distributor Beach Pictures.
NewsWhat could a Netflix-Warner Bros deal mean for the UK?
Production, distribution, exhibition and studio facilities will all face a shake-up.
NewsCynthia Erivo to be honoured at 2026 London Critics’ Circle Film Awards
The ‘Wicked: For Good’ star is the third recipient of the Derek Malcolm award for innovation.
NewsLarry Ellison provides personal $40.4bn guarantee in revised Warner Bros Discovery offer
WBD acknowledges receipt, says it will review offer.
News‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ heats up UK-Ireland box office with £9m opening
’Zootropolis 2’, ‘Wicked: For Good’ and ’Dhurandhar’ lead among holdovers.
News‘Extra Geography’, Leonardo DiCaprio-produced ‘Monolith’ among UK Global Screen Fund recipients
Plans for the expanded £18m per year fund are to be revealed early next year.
FeaturesBafta flashback: ‘Kneecap’ director Rich Peppiatt on getting his award through Heathrow security
“I had a meeting with Eric Fellner from Working Title [the next day]. I was so hungover I fell asleep on his sofa midway through the meeting.”
Features‘The Ballad Of Wallis Island’ filmmakers on its long journey to becoming a “well-timed” word-of-mouth hit
Director James Griffiths and writers/stars Tom Basden and Tim Key recount how trying to turn their 2008 Bafta-nominated short into a feature nearly became “one of life’s regrets”
News99% of UK film and TV performers prepared to take industrial action over AI, reveals Equity vote
Performers voted yes to refuse to be digitally scanned on set to secure AI protections.
NewsGlobal box office predicted to reach $35bn in 2026, highest point since 2019
Gower Street Analytics has unveiled its estimates for the year ahead.
NewsWomen and non-binary filmmakers direct just 16% of films released in UK-Ire in 2025
This is the lowest figure since 2018.
News2025 film and high-end TV productions shooting in the UK and Ireland: latest updates
Screen reveals a snapshot of the latest high-end TV and film productions shooting in the UK for the big studios and streamers.
NewsWarner Bros Discovery board of directors unanimously rejects Paramount offer
Board believes offer remains “inferior” to Netflix merger”. Paramount responds, says its offer brings WBD shareholders “superior value”.
NewsCopyright licenses should be mandatory when training AI models, say 88% of respondents to UK consultation
The UK government has published the results of its consultation with 11,500 respondents from creative, cultural, tech, legal and academic professions.
NewsYvonne Ibazebo, Daisy Allsop among UK producers to participate in Get It Seen 2026 programme
EXCLUSIVE: The programme aims to help producers develop ambitious slates of film projects.
NewsProtagonist boards Rotterdam title ‘Butterfly’ starring Renate Reinsve
EXCLUSIVE: It is produced by Maria Ekerhovd of Norway’s Mer Film, behind ‘Sentimental Value’.
News‘Zootropolis 2’ stays top at UK-Ireland box office; ‘Fackham Hall’ debuts in top five
‘Wicked: For Good’ and ‘Five Nights At Freddy’s 2’ hold steady, while ‘Dhurandhar’ pushes into the top five.