All articles by Mona Tabbara – Page 50
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NewsIreland’s Blinder Films re-brands, unveils key hires and fires up slate of projects (exclusive)
Projects include ‘Orange World’, the latest from ’Sunlight’ filmmaker Claire Dix.
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NewsMia Bays defends BFI’s commitment to being “an anti-racist organisation” at New Black Film Collective event
Bays was speaking alongside BFI exec Ama Ampadu, following allegations that the organisation has failed to address systemic racism.
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NewsUK Black creatives call out “glass ceiling” at The New Black Film Collective XPO
Creative and executives from the UK screen industries came together for the second day of the London event.
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NewsBFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival sees audiences increase by 16% (exclusive)
The festival ran from March 15-26.
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NewsPeccadillo Pictures picks up ‘The Lost Boys’ and a raft of LGBQT+ titles for UK and Ireland (exclusive)
Further titles include ‘Eismayer’ and ’You Can Live Forever’.
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NewsFormer Amazon exec Georgia Brown to lead UK Production Skills Task Force for screen sector
Over 20 senior representatives from all the major broadcasters, studios and streamers will join the task force.
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Features“Films are not made by one person”: The revolutionary production story of LFF winner ‘Blue Bag Life’
The BFI London Film Festival audience award winner will be released by Modern Films in the UK and Ireland.
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News‘Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman’ triumphs at Japan’s inaugural Niigata International Animation Film Festival
Mamoru Oshii was jury president of the new prestigious animation event.
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NewsIndustry figures call for “transparency” in bidding process for Edinburgh Filmhouse takeover
Screenwriter Paul Laverty, filmmakers Mark Cousins and Kevin Macdonald and actor Tilda Swinton have weighed in.
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NewsVue to screen Eurovision Song Contest final live across UK
The contest is taking place in Liverpool.
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NewsUK producers “cautiously optimistic” about aspects of BFI Filmmaking Fund but worried about fall in overall funding
“Ouch,” said one UK independent producer.
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NewsJoanna Hogg’s ‘The Eternal Daughter’ picked up for UK-Ireland
An autumn theatrical release is planned.
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News“No one owns the challenge, no one owns the solution”: ScreenSkills, BFI address changes to public funding for skills
Skills clusters are being created around the UK.
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NewsBFI director Mia Bays digs into detail on revised Filmmaking Fund: “Whatever you apply with, it’s an even playing field”
Four new funds have been created covering development and production support.
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NewsRevamped BFI Filmmaking Fund unveils details of four new production and development funds
The BFI is investing £36.6m of National Lottery funding in fiction feature support over three years.
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NewsGlobal Screen closes North America deal on TIFF selection ‘My Sailor, My Love’ (exclusive)
The feature recently won best Irish film at the Dublin International Film Festival.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Shazam! Fury Of The Gods’, ‘Rye Lane’ lead busy weekend
‘Pearl’, ‘Allelujah’ and ‘Winners’ are also out this weekend.
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NewsFuture of Edinburgh Filmhouse building as a cinema facing uncertainty
The administrators are looking for “best value for the company and its creditors”.
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NewsArchery Pictures to adapt Sarah Underwood’s novel ‘Lies We Sing To The Sea’
It is being written by Ripley Parker whose credits the upcoming Netflix series, ’Everything Now’.
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NewsGlasgow Film Festival reports 25% boost in cinema attendance
The industry presence saw a return to pre-pandemic levels.