All articles by Mona Tabbara
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NewsNeon acquires Bong Joon Ho’s debut animation ‘Ally’ for North America
A theatrical release is plotted for 2027.
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NewsVanessa Kirby and Lewis Pullman to star in Kitty Green’s ‘The Spacesuit’ for HanWay Films
UTA Independent Film Group and CAA Media Finance will represent North America.
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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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NewsSophie Thatcher, Erin Kellyman and Joe Alwyn to star in ‘Cavendish’ for Cornerstone
The thriller is set against the witch hunts of 17th-century Britain and will shoot in Poland in September.
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NewsBFI opens applications for Filmmaking Funds director role
EXCLUSIVE: The salary is £100,000 per annum on a five-year fixed contract.
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NewsCannes Critics’ Week Irish-French documentary ‘Tin Castle’ picked up for sales
EXCLUSIVE: The film follows the O’Reilly family as they face eviction from their trailer in Ireland.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Michael’ spins into 713 sites
Also new this weekend: family animation ’Hitpig!’ and A24’s ‘Mother Mary’.
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NewsBritish Urban Film Festival unveils 2026 titles and filmmaker revenue participation model
Line-up includes ’C.R.E.A.M’, a ’Romeo & Juliet’ adaptation told through Wu-Tang Clan song lyrics.
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News‘One Battle After Another’ Irish VFX specialists open Dublin studio Enbarr
Ed Bruce and Nicholas Murphy’s new company will also nurture rising digital artists.
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NewsCynthia Erivo to star in ‘The Road Home’ for Studiocanal, Palisades Park Pictures
Thabo Rametsi and Guy Pearce are also starring.
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NewsHow are the UK and Ireland indie film sectors represented at Cannes 2026?
‘I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning’ and ‘Tin Castle’ head to the Croisette in a modest year for UK and Irish filmmakers.
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NewsCornerstone boards Bleecker Street horror ‘When Darkness Loves Us’ starring Emilia Clarke
Cornerstone is handling on behalf of Bleecker Street.
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NewsNaomi Watts to star in ballet romance ‘Margot & Rudi’ for Good Chaos, WestEnd Films
The romantic drama tells the true story of ballet legends Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev.
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NewsNorthern Ireland Screen explores all-Ireland co-funding mechanism and cash-flowing tax credit in four-year strategy
Northern Ireland Screen-backed projects have generated £477m for the local economy across four years (2022-26).
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News‘Virginia Woolf’s Night And Day’ to open SXSW London 2026
Peter Glanz’s dark satire ‘Savage House’ will also world premiere.
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NewsBBC Small Indie Fund 2026 reveals film, TV and digital recipients
A total of 29 production companies are being supported by £1.1m of funding.
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Features11 UK documentary film companies with exciting projects in the works
Screen spotlights 11 companies developing slates of interesting projects with international potential.
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NewsBafta film awards racial controversy to come under spotlight at New Black Film Collective 2026 XPO
The XPO runs from April 17-19.
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NewsAndrew Haigh, Asif Kapadia, John Crowley, Jeanie Finlay demand US streamers pay residuals to UK directors
“You know the value we directors bring - now we need you to show it” stated an open letter from 145 filmmakers.
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NewsUK’s Dogwoof appoints new head of sales ahead of Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Bench takes over from Cleo Veger.