All articles by Mona Tabbara – Page 6
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FeaturesWord of Mouth: We Are Parable’s Anthony Andrews on his love of French New Wave and reality TV
The co-founder of UK exhibition and distribution specialist We Are Parable turns to BFI Player and The British Blacklist founder Akua Gyamfi for viewing tips.
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News‘Lollipop’ filmmaker to campaign for social care and maternal imprisonment reform in UK parliament
EXCLUSIVE: Writer-director Daisy-May Hudson will be joined by Labour MP Jess Asato to try and motivate policy change on issues raised in the film.
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NewsTallinn, Glasgow premiere 'Spilt Milk' acquired for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: It is the first UK-Ireland acquisition for nascent Ireland-based distributor Beach Pictures.
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NewsWhat could a Netflix-Warner Bros deal mean for the UK?
Production, distribution, exhibition and studio facilities will all face a shake-up.
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NewsCynthia Erivo to be honoured at 2026 London Critics’ Circle Film Awards
The ‘Wicked: For Good’ star is the third recipient of the Derek Malcolm award for innovation.
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NewsLarry Ellison provides personal $40.4bn guarantee in revised Warner Bros Discovery offer
WBD acknowledges receipt, says it will review offer.
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News‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ heats up UK-Ireland box office with £9m opening
’Zootropolis 2’, ‘Wicked: For Good’ and ’Dhurandhar’ lead among holdovers.
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News‘Extra Geography’, Leonardo DiCaprio-produced ‘Monolith’ among UK Global Screen Fund recipients
Plans for the expanded £18m per year fund are to be revealed early next year.
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FeaturesBafta flashback: ‘Kneecap’ director Rich Peppiatt on getting his award through Heathrow security
“I had a meeting with Eric Fellner from Working Title [the next day]. I was so hungover I fell asleep on his sofa midway through the meeting.”
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Features‘The Ballad Of Wallis Island’ filmmakers on its long journey to becoming a “well-timed” word-of-mouth hit
Director James Griffiths and writers/stars Tom Basden and Tim Key recount how trying to turn their 2008 Bafta-nominated short into a feature nearly became “one of life’s regrets”
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News99% of UK film and TV performers prepared to take industrial action over AI, reveals Equity vote
Performers voted yes to refuse to be digitally scanned on set to secure AI protections.
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NewsGlobal box office predicted to reach $35bn in 2026, highest point since 2019
Gower Street Analytics has unveiled its estimates for the year ahead.
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NewsWomen and non-binary filmmakers direct just 16% of films released in UK-Ire in 2025
This is the lowest figure since 2018.
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News2025 film and high-end TV productions shooting in the UK and Ireland: latest updates
Screen reveals a snapshot of the latest high-end TV and film productions shooting in the UK for the big studios and streamers.
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NewsWarner Bros Discovery board of directors unanimously rejects Paramount offer
Board believes offer remains “inferior” to Netflix merger”. Paramount responds, says its offer brings WBD shareholders “superior value”.
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NewsCopyright licenses should be mandatory when training AI models, say 88% of respondents to UK consultation
The UK government has published the results of its consultation with 11,500 respondents from creative, cultural, tech, legal and academic professions.
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NewsYvonne Ibazebo, Daisy Allsop among UK producers to participate in Get It Seen 2026 programme
EXCLUSIVE: The programme aims to help producers develop ambitious slates of film projects.
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NewsProtagonist boards Rotterdam title ‘Butterfly’ starring Renate Reinsve
EXCLUSIVE: It is produced by Maria Ekerhovd of Norway’s Mer Film, behind ‘Sentimental Value’.
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News‘Zootropolis 2’ stays top at UK-Ireland box office; ‘Fackham Hall’ debuts in top five
‘Wicked: For Good’ and ‘Five Nights At Freddy’s 2’ hold steady, while ‘Dhurandhar’ pushes into the top five.
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NewsIreland launches €14m Shared Island Media Fund to encourage cross-border collaboration
The Shared Island Media Fund is open to producers living on the island of Ireland.