All articles by Mona Tabbara – Page 4
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NewsRomania’s Ada Solomon elected chair of European Film Academy board
Ukraine’s Petro Rusanienko joins the board to represent Roma and Sinti filmmakers in Europe, in an EFA first.
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NewsUK’s Equity to hold ballot in support of industrial action over AI
Performers will be asked whether they are prepared to refuse to be digitally scanned on set.
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NewsBafta hits five-year membership diversity targets but gender falls short
For the 2025 survey, all members were required to resubmit their responses for the first time since the 2020-21 review.
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NewsGlasgow’s Funny Features Lab lineup includes ‘Notice Me’ from ‘Bearcave’ producer
Ten feature comedy projects in development will take part in the second iteration of the lab.
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NewsMo Harawe among Realness Institute’s latest Creative Producer Indaba participants
EXCLUSIVE: Mozambique’s Ique Langa and Moroccan-French Linda Qibaa are also taking part.
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NewsEmily Morgan, Karim Aïnouz join BFI-backed Matchmakers Global South Lab programme
EXCLUSIVE: UK production company DreamCoat Films and UK-Brazil outfit Mairare will deliver the lab.
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NewsGuillermo del Toro to receive BFI Fellowship
The Mexican ‘Frankenstein’ and ’Pan’s Labyrinth’ filmmaker will receive the fellowship next year in May.
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NewsLondon Screenings cancelled following withdrawal of BFI funding
EXCLUSIVE: Organised by Film London, the post-Cannes event has been running for 21 years.
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News‘Wicked: For Good’ holds UK-Ireland box office lead while ‘Zootropolis 2’ opens with £6m
Bifa winner ‘Pillion’ also enjoyed a strong start at the box office for Picturehouse and Warner Bros.
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NewsOscar-winning screenwriter and playwright Tom Stoppard dies aged 88
Stoppard’s film credits included ‘Shakespeare In Love’, ‘Anna Karenina’ and ‘Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead’.
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News‘Pillion’ leads winners at 2025 Bifas with four awards
‘The Ballad Of Wallis Island’ and ‘A Want In Her’ were also key winners at the London ceremony.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Disney’s ‘Zootropolis 2’ unleashed at 618 sites
Also out this weekend is Black Bear’s ‘Christy’ and ‘Pillion’ for Picturehouse/Warner Bros.
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NewsFormer Lionsgate UK exec Nicola Pearcey appointed CEO of UK’s Facilities by ADF
Pearcey takes up the role at the UK production services provider from January 12.
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NewsCherien Dabis’ Palestinian historical epic ‘All That’s Left Of You’ picked up for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: Jordan’s Oscar entry will be released theatrically across UK-Ireland on February 6.
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NewsUK government confirms apprenticeship reform for small to medium-sized film and TV companies
The 40% business rates relief for film studios until 2034 was also reconfirmed.
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News‘Chasing Red’ starring Madelaine Petsch and Gavin Casalegno to shoot in AlUla in Saudi Arabia
Production will begin in AlUla in December 2025.
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NewsPinewood’s Indie Film Hub moves away from IFTC pledge after hosting ‘Anxious People’ with Angelina Jolie
EXCLUSIVE: The first project to shoot in the hub is Marc Forster’s ’Anxious People’, which did not use the IFTC.
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NewsUS horror ‘Dolly’ scores multiple deals for Blue Finch Films
EXCLUSIVE: The Fantastic Fest and Sitges Film Festival title has sold to Latin America, France and more.
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NewsAkinola Davies Jr, Laura Carreira among 2025 Bafta Breakthrough UK cohort
’Grand Theft Hamlet’ co-director Pinny Grylls and star of BBC series ’What It Feels Like For A Girl’ Ellis Howard have also made the line-up.
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NewsSpeakers call for radical overhaul of UK film and TV sector at British Screen Forum
Speakers at the annual conference included Screen Scotland’s Isabel Davis, Access Entertainment’s Danny Cohen and writer-director Richard Curtis.