All articles by Mona Tabbara – Page 50
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NewsBarbenheimer drives UK and Ireland August box office to rise 67% on 2022
However, the year-to-date box office total is still down on pre-pandemic levels.
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NewsBritish Urban Film Festival relocates to Leeds and Halifax for 2023 edition
The festival will take place in Leeds and Halifax.
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NewsFrench animation ‘The Jungle Bunch World Tour’ swings to the UK and Ireland (exclusive)
A theatrical release is plotted for early 2024.
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NewsUK tax relief claims for high-end TV overtake amounts paid out for film tax relief for first time
HETV claimed £829m against £517m for film, for the tax year ending March 2022.
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NewsDinard 2023 line-up includes ‘The Old Oak’, ‘The Zone Of Interest’, ‘Scrapper’
’Silent Roar’, ‘Shoshana’ and ’How To Have Sex’ will also play at the French seaside festival that spotlights UK and Irish cinema.
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Features“The labour of women is valued so little,” says co-director of Edinburgh event ‘The Lynda Myles Project’
Susan Kemp has undertaken the two-film ’The Lynda Myles Project’ with Mark Cousins.
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NewsIranian filmmaker Saeed Roustaee sentenced to jail for Cannes screening of ‘Leila’s Brothers’
He has been sentenced to six months along with the film’s producer Javad Noruzbegi.
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NewsEuropean Film Awards first 2023 selection includes ‘Anatomy Of A Fall, ‘How To Have Sex’
Further Cannes titles to be selected include ’Firebrand’ and ’The Old Oak’.
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NewsJustine Bateman spearheads stamp of approval for AI-free film and TV projects
’The Handmaid’s Tale’ director Reed Morano and actor Juliette Lewis are also supporting the initiative.
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NewsBFI chair Tim Richards to step down in 2024 as DCMS opens applications for successor
CEO of Vue International Tim Richards ends his tenure in 2024.
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NewsGuy Nattiv’s ‘Golda’, starring Helen Mirren, set for UK-Ireland theatrical release
The film premiered in Berlin and went on to open the Jerusalem Film Festival.
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NewsJuan Pablo González, Sergio Castro San Martín return to San Sebastian co-production forum
Fifteen projects have been selected for the forum, seven from first or second-time directors.
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NewsNetflix, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, launch female-focused training programme
45 women will be able to take part in the scheme.
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NewsFfilm Cymru Wales founding CEO Pauline Burt to step down
Recruitment for a new CEO is underway.
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NewsJames Hawes’ ‘One Life’, starring Anthony Hopkins, joins BFI London Film Festival line-up
Film selected as the American Express Gala.
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NewsPlans afoot for Aberdeen’s only independent cinema to re-open
The Belmont Filmhouse has been shut since October of last year.
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NewsScottish horror ‘Mercy Falls’ scores UK theatrical deal (exclusive)
It will be released in UK cinemas from September 1.
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NewsDisney+ to launch ad-supported plans in UK, Canada, parts of Europe
A crackdown on password sharing is also on the horizon.
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NewsUK’s Glasgow Film Theatre strikes landmark union agreement
A voluntary recognition agreement has been signed between GFT and union Unite – the first of its kind for a Scottish cinema.
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NewsWarner Bros Discovery UK and Ireland names new president and managing director
Antonio Ruiz left the role in March.