All articles by Mona Tabbara
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News2026 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.
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NewsIreland’s Break Out Pictures bolsters slate with Dublin film festival premieres
‘The Three Urns’ and ‘Once Upon A Time In A Cinema’ will be released theatrically in the spring.
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FeaturesHow is the Muslim workforce of the UK film and TV industry being supported during Ramadan?
“I didn’t say I was fasting because I didn’t want to make myself seem like a problem.”
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Features“Berlin was solid and the market felt good”: Buyers and sellers on EFM 2026
However, some expressed concern big market titles were being kept for Cannes.
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NewsFirst reactions to Warner Bros-Paramount deal: “Mega-mergers raise red flags”, “An antitrust disaster”
The UKCA, Film Export UK and Bectu are among the first industry bodies to weigh in on the deal.
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NewsBen Sharrock’s ‘Alone Together’ starring Callum Turner, Adria Arjona and Amir El-Masry picked up for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: The film is sold be HanWay and will shoot in Oman and Jordan in the autumn.
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FeaturesDublin film festival’s Grainne Humphreys on the young audiences packing out the 2026 event
The festival closes on March 1 with the world premiere of John Carney’s ‘Power Ballad’.
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NewsUK’s Cantilever Media secures £500,000 investment from Creative Growth Finance
Cantilever will use the investment to expand its UK-Ireland distribution arm, Kazoo Films.
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NewsUK culture secretary Lisa Nandy welcomes “full investigation” into BBC broadcast of Baftas
The BBC has agreed to a “fast-tracked” investigation.
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NewsNetflix series ‘Wednesday’ starts shooting in Ireland
Winona Ryder, Chris Sarandon and Noah Taylor have joined the cast.
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NewsBrendan Canty’s ‘Christy’, ‘Hamnet’ key winners at Irish Film and Television Academy awards
The awards took place on February 20.
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NewsTime’s Up UK, Black Beauty Roster launch certification plan to tackle on-set hair and make-up discrimination
Lashana Lynch, Naomie Harris and Barbara Broccoli are among the industry names supporting the initiative.
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NewsBFI-backed Gatecrashers lab for working-class genre writers unveils cohort
EXCLUSIVE: ’What It Feels Like For A Girl’ star Hannah Frances Therese Jones, ’High Wire’ director Calif Chong both taking part.
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News‘Madfabulous’ among world premieres at BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2026
Russell T Davies will give this year’s BFI Flare Screen Talk.
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FeaturesWe Are Parable on building consistent, UK-wide Black cinema programming
The We Are Here initiative aims to build a consistent level of Black cinema programming across the country.
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NewsWarner Bros Discovery sets March date for Netflix deal vote
Paramount has until February 23 to make its “best and final offer”.
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NewsUK’s Castle Cinema to operate former Catford Mews venue
An operator for a second cinema in the south London borough of Lewisham has also been found.
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FeaturesHow the British Business Bank is stepping up support for UK independent film
“The bank has got more firepower now [to help the creative industries]”
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FeaturesWhy the industry wants a revamped London Screenings
The demise of London Screenings has left the UK film industry without a dedicated export market — and both sellers and buyers are clamouring for a replacement. Screen speaks to UK sales execs and international buyers about what the priorities should be for a successor event.
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NewsBFI documentary funding receives 20% boost
EXCLUSIVE: The BFI is investing £7.2m of National Lottery funding from 2026-29.