All articles by Mona Tabbara – Page 4
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NewsBBC Film, Film4, BFI, Element Pictures execs join Cannes UK Pavilion lineup
Events run from Friday May 15 - Monday May 18.
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FeaturesHow are UK sellers and buyers navigating tough market conditions going into Cannes?
Geopolitical tensions, challenges with the pay-1 deal and the impact of the Warner Bros-Paramount merger are on the minds of the indie sector.
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NewsSimon Callow’s ‘About A Bell’ starring Omid Djalili picked up for sales
Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Christopher Eccleston, Nigel Havers and Roger Allam also star.
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NewsColm Bairéad’s ‘Mary Rose’ boarded by mk2, locks in UK-Ireland, France and Benelux deals
EXCLUSIVE: The film will shoot this summer in Ireland.
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NewsUK’s Cannes Great 8 showcase includes ‘Florid’, ‘Our Share Of Sand’
‘Ancestors’, ‘In Starland’ and ‘Daughter Of Eden’ are also in this year’s lineup.
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NewsMetFilm’s Welsh-language western ‘Lluest’ starring Aimee-Ffion Edwards starts filming in Wales
EXCLUSIVE: It is the first film to be greenlit under S4C’s Sinema Cymru initiative for Welsh-language filmmaking.
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NewsBen Whishaw and Peter Mullan to star in Tom Stuart’s ‘Night Swimming’ for Bankside Films
EXCLUSIVE: Whishaw and Stuart are also producers on the project, alongside 130 Elektra Films.
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NewsAntonia Campbell-Hughes’ ‘High End’, Sally Potter’s ‘Alma’ receive UK Global Screen Fund support
Six co-productions have received a total of £962,000.
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NewsBectu, CIISA, Spotlight sign open letter to UK government calling for action against on-set injuries
76% of film and TV workers have had an injury at work, according to a UK survey.
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News‘The Exiled’, starring Alessandro Nivola, wraps in Canada and Slovakia for Protagonist Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: The Canadian psychological thriller is directed by Stephen Campanelli.
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FeaturesWho is in the running to be the next head of the BFI Filmmaking Funds?
UK producers reveal who they would like to see take the role.
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NewsLeo Woodall and Clémence Poésy to star in Peter Hoar’s ‘A Waiter In Paris’ for Cornerstone Films
Source: Ron Adar-Shutterstock, Peter Searle Clémence Poésy, Leo Woodall The project has been developed with the support of the Curzon CM Development Fund.
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NewsCatherine Zeta-Jones joins ‘A Visit To Grandpa’s’ as UK shoot gets underway
A first look has been unveiled.
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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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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.