All articles by Mona Tabbara – Page 53
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NewsGlobal box office records best quarter since 2019
The global box office has reached $8.6bn for Q2.
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NewsEdinburgh film festival one-off edition includes world premiere of ’Chuck Chuck Baby’
A total of 24 feature films, including five world premieres, make up this year’s programme.
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NewsKevin Spacey trial latest: second accuser hoped coming forward would “help” others
The complainant detailed meeting Spacey while drinking in a countryside pub and returning to a property the actor was staying in, where the alleged incident took place.
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NewsAdjani Salmon wins inaugural Menelik Shabazz award at Windrush Caribbean Film Festival
Salmon is a Screen Star of Tomorrow 2022 and the creator of BBC, A24 and Big Deal Films series ‘Dreaming Whilst Black’.
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NewsKevin Spacey trial: first alleged victim says Spacey’s behaviour was “well-known”
Source: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/swiss-image.ch / Jolanda Flubacher (licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Kevin Spacey The first alleged victim of Kevin Spacey described the US actor as a “slippery, snaky, difficult person” as Spacey’s trial gets underway at London’s Southwark Crown Court, following last week’s opening arguments. Spacey ...
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NewsLuke W Moody named head of UK’s BFI Doc Society Fund (exclusive)
Moody’s previous roles include director of film programming at Sheffield Doc Fest.
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NewsAnnemarie Jacir’s ‘All Before You’ part of Venice Gap-Financing projects
The Venice Gap-Financing Market (September 1-3), part of the Venice Production Bridge, will present 34 fiction and documentary projects.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny’ whips up widest release of 2023
Also new this weekend: Dreamworks animation ’Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken’ and ’La Syndicaliste (The Sitting Duck)’, starring Isabelle Huppert.
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FeaturesStars of Tomorrow one-to-one: Andrea Cornwell & Danielle Goff
Danielle Goff talks with Saint Maud and Apostasy producer Andrea Cornwell about the current state of film and TV commissioning, and how market imperatives can impact the casting process
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NewsBFI Filmmaking Fund names new sales and distribution senior executive
”We are forming a new-look team to deliver the ambitious strategy,” said Filmmaking Fund director Mia Bays.
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NewsKevin Spacey’s sexual offences UK trial begins, set to last four weeks
The jury has been selected, with the trial set to last for around four weeks.
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FeaturesStars of Tomorrow 2023: Danielle Goff (producer)
Goff’s credits include Bafta-nominated ‘Night Of The Living Dread’
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FeaturesStars of Tomorrow 2023: Claire McCabe (producer)
McCabe’s credits include short films ‘An Encounter’ and ‘Safe As Houses’.
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NewsGalway Film Fleadh unveils full 2023 programme, ‘The Miracle Club’ to open
The full line-up includes 21 world premieres, six European premieres and 60 Irish premieres.
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NewsEdinburgh International Film Festival 2023 to close with Babak Jalali’s ‘Fremont’
The full programme is to be announced on July 6.
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FeaturesWord of Mouth - ‘The Diplomat’ director Alex Graves: “Streaming is where more risk-taking is happening”
“I look at The Criterion Collection website for recommendations.”
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FeaturesUTA bolsters UK presence as it opens London office, eyes possible acquisitions in Europe
Managing director David Kramer reflects on acquisition of Curtis Brown Group and talks UTA expansion in Europe.
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NewsCurzon CEO Philip Knatchbull to leave UK distributor and exhibitor after 17 years (exclusive)
Knatchbull will remain in post until November.
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NewsUK’s Equity launches AI toolkit to protect performers from unregulated technology
The toolkit was produced after Equity received a substantial increase in members contacting the union for advice and support following an AI surge.
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News‘The Full Monty’ writers picket series premiere in support of US writers’ strike
Series creator Simon Beaufoy and co-writer Alice Nutter have shown their support for the US writers’ strike by picketing the Disney+ show’s premiere.