All articles by Mona Tabbara – Page 3
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NewsWomen and non-binary filmmakers direct just 16% of films released in UK-Ire in 2025
This is the lowest figure since 2018.
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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.
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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”.
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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.
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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.
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NewsProtagonist boards Rotterdam title ‘Butterfly’ starring Renate Reinsve
EXCLUSIVE: It is produced by Maria Ekerhovd of Norway’s Mer Film, behind ‘Sentimental Value’.
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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.
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NewsIreland launches €14m Shared Island Media Fund to encourage cross-border collaboration
The Shared Island Media Fund is open to producers living on the island of Ireland.
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News‘Wicker’, ‘The Incomer’, ‘Frank & Louis’ among stellar Sundance showing for UK-Ireland
There are around 20 projects with UK and Irish producers out of 97 new features and series in the lineup.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Fackham Hall’, ‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’ unleashed
’Ella McCay’, ‘Eleanor The Great’ and ‘Goodbye June’ are also new this weekend.
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NewsGlasgow Vue cinema workers go on strike over pay and conditions
Strike action will last for four weeks from December 11 to January 7.
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NewsFilm4 hires Mubi’s Cate Kane as senior commissioning executive
She will join in January 2026 and will report into director of Film4 Farhana Bhula.
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NewsHanWay’s Katie Ellen, Premier’s Angela Smith join BBC Film
EXCLUSIVE: BBC Film has unveiled a suite of new hires and promotions.
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NewsPact appoints former UK government advisor Nigel Warner as CEO
John McVay departs in March 2026.
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News“We did not receive a single call back”: Paramount’s David Ellison on shock of Netflix-Warner Bros deal
Paramount Skydance has called their Warner Bros Discovery offer “Pro-Hollywood, pro-competition and pro-consumer.”
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News“I had to sit down when I saw the news”: International industry reacts to Netflix-Warner Bros deal
While some international execs are reeling, others see opportunity.
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NewsEuropean cinema body UNIC warns Netflix-Warner Bros deal will mean “significant cinema closures”
“Both in its words and actions, Netflix has time and again made it clear that it doesn’t believe in cinemas”
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NewsNetflix confirms it will acquire Warner Bros in $82.7bn deal
Netflix will acquire Warner Bros, including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO.
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NewsUK’s Curzon to continue operating Mayfair cinema on a rolling basis
EXCLUSIVE: Landlord Fantasio said its ambitious renovation plans were not yet ready to launch.
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NewsBBFC head on how ‘I Swear’ avoided an 18-certificate despite “unprecedented” use of the “c-word”
Tourette’s drama ‘I Swear’ landed on a certificate 15 in the UK despite its use of swear words falling outside of the typical requirements for that bracket.