All articles by Mona Tabbara – Page 24
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NewsFulwell 73 and LeBron James-founded SpringHill Company to merge
The merger is expected to close by the end of 2024, with the companies operating under a new yet-to-be disclosed name.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Gladiator II’ is unleashed at 722 sites
Also out this weekend: ‘Joy’ for Netflix and ’Kiss Me Kate: The Musical’ for Trafalgar Releasing.
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NewsBFI opens innovation fund for equity, diversity and inclusion data monitoring in film production
The £200,000 fund is part of the £1.8m BFI National Lottery Innovation Challenge Fund.
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FeaturesWhat the drastic cull of UK soaps means for the film industry
Leading figures in the UK film and TV industry are sounding the alarm about the loss of UK soap ‘Doctors’ as an egalitarian training ground.
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NewsBafta actors five times more likely to have attended fee-paying school than UK population, finds report
While 35% of Bafta- nominated actors went to a private school, only 7% of the population attend fee-paying schools.
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NewsBafta introduces forfeiture process for awards in wake of Huw Edwards scandal
The framework will be in place from 2025 onwards.
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NewsAFM attendees give their verdict on Vegas
While the change of location has been a hard adjustment for AFM regulars, there have been positive green shoots in the market.
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FeaturesWhy the UK and Ireland’s next generation of auteurs are looking to French sales agents
What impact is this having on the homegrown UK indie sector?
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News‘Everyone Is Going To Die’ starring Jaime Winstone sells to North America, Spain (exclusive)
The North American release is set for February 2025.
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News‘Putin’ director on guerrilla filming in Russia and his AI ambitions
Polish filmmaker Patryk Vega’s Putin is being sold by Germany’s Kinostar at the AFM.
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NewsMubi cancels Turkey film festival over local censorship of ‘Queer’
The company has said it is taking a stand for “protecting freedom of expression”.
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NewsLionsgate picks up ‘H Is For Hawk’ with Claire Foy, Brendan Gleeson for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Protagonist Pictures has landed a slew of deals on the drama from Bafta-winning UK director Philippa Lowthorpe.
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NewsUS producers eyeing up UK indie tax credit
Amid challenging conditions for production in the US, the UK’s enhanced tax credit for £15m films is proving alluring for American indies.
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NewsFirst look at ‘Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day’; Jack Whitehall, Jennifer Saunders join cast (exclusive)
Haley Bennett, Timothy Spall and Lily Allen also star.
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NewsSXSW thriller ‘7 Keys’ opened up for sales (exclusive)
Wilkinson plans for ’7 Keys’ to be the first in a trilogy of genre films through a female lens, with a horror and action movie in the works.
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NewsMaria Bakalova, Peter Mullan star in abduction thriller ‘No Way Off’ for Altitude
It’s produced by Matthew James Wilkinson for his Stigma Films.
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NewsMister Smith’s Toronto comedy ‘Young Werther’ raises deals in UK, Europe and beyond (exclusive)
The romantic comedy starring Douglas Booth and Alison Pill has also sold in the Middle East and Australia-New Zealand.
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NewsBankside unveils first look at Icelandic volcano thriller ‘The Fires’ (exclusive)
The feature shot on location in Iceland throughout the summer.
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News‘Night Of The Zoopocalypse’ unleashed worldwide for Anton and Charades (exclusive)
It’s sold to territories across Europe, the Middle East and Latin America.
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NewsBankside Films reveals first look at ‘Wasteman’ starring David Jonsson, Tom Blyth (exclusive)
‘Rivals’ star Alex Hassell has joined the previously announced cast of David Jonsson and Tom Blyth.