All articles by Mona Tabbara – Page 13
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FeaturesLondon Film Festival head Kristy Matheson on stars, politics and broadening the audience
In her second edition, Matheson is keeping a steady hand to see out the final phase of the festival’s five-year plan.
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NewsBFI and Chanel filmmaker awards selects 2024 winners
The £20,000 prizes were awarded at a ceremony in London this evening.
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NewsTicket prices and lack of film choice are key barriers to cinema attendance, says BFI report (exclusive)
Streaming is proving more the more with audiences than watching films in a cinema environment.
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NewsIreland receives 8% tax incentive uplift for lower-budget local film production
Local films budgeted under €20m will now receive a 40% tax break.
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NewsBFI Network@LFF unveils 2024 cohort, partners with Doc Society (exclusive)
Participants include Screen Star of Tomorrow Elizabeth Rufai and The Ceremony producer Hollie Bryan.
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NewsBFI’s Harriet Finney and industry update on progress for the UK indie tax credit
“They’re engaging very quickly,” said Finney at yesterday’s ’Screen Summit 2024: The Future of UK Film’.
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NewsJoy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s ‘Dreamers’ selected for BFI London Film Festival works-in-progress showcase
The showcase takes place on October 12.
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News‘Cleaner’ starring Daisy Ridley picked up for UK-Ireland by Sky (exclusive)
It will be released on Sky Cinema in early 2025.
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NewsFilm Seekers boards Bolivia-shot ‘Cielo’ for sales (exclusive)
The shoot took place across the high-altitude Altiplano and Yungas regions, near the capital of La Paz.
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NewsAndy Serkis says screen industries should embrace AI at Labour party conference
“We have to get over the fear,” said Serkis.
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NewsBritish Urban Film Festival unveils 2024 line-up
The line-up includes the world premiere of Ukrainian refugee documentary ’Here We Are Now’
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NewsThomas Riedelsheimer’s ‘Tracing Light’ to open DOK Leipzig 2024
The German doc festival runs from October 28 to November 3.
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NewsFive actions could revive struggling indie UK film sector, according to British Screen Forum report
They include galvanising private equity investment and improved access to data.
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News‘Barbie’, ‘Wonka’ producer David Heyman among winners at PGGB 2024 awards
Further winners include Rapman’s ‘Supacell’ and production and well-being consultant Valeria Bullo.
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FeaturesHow Ireland’s distribution market is forging its own identity
A quartet of local distribution players are working to ensure the market is never an afterthought.
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NewsSundance winner ‘Sujo’ picked up for UK by new distribution outfit Beam Films (exclusive)
‘Sujo’ is the first title on the Beam Films slate, a UK company founded by Ijaz Kato and John Kinson.
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NewsCaroline Dinenage re-elected as chair of UK’s culture, media and sport committee
Dinenage was the sole nomination.
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NewsRealness Institute selects writers from Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa for AuthenticA Series Lab (exclusive)
The six-month lab supports writers to develop their series ideas into pilot scripts.
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NewsCannes Directors’ Fortnight comedy drama ‘Eephus’ sells across Asia (exclusive)
The baseball film has sold to Japan, Indonesia and India.
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NewsFrance’s mk2 hires former Protagonist, Upgrade exec Vanessa Saal to extend UK footprint
Scaling up co-production activity is part of London-based Saal’s remit.