All articles by Mona Tabbara – Page 6
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NewsUK cinema sector fair pay concerns raised by ICO survey
The ICO survey has also revealed a big increase in volunteer roles in the sector in the past four years.
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NewsBFI to expand geographical reach of Skills Clusters Fund
EXCLUSIVE: In addition to £9m for its existing seven skills clusters, £2.9m has been set aside for new regions.
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NewsUK’s Film and TV Charity introduces “industry first” anti-racism well-being adviser
Chartered psychologist Anthony Newton will support Black and global majority professionals working behind the scenes in film, TV and cinema who are experiencing racism, racialised bullying or harassment.
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NewsStudiocanal, Sun Africa Group sign three-year South African theatrical distribution deal
Sun Africa Group will theatrically distribute Studiocanal’s English-language slate including ’Pressure’ and ‘Ink’.
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FeaturesClio Barnard on ‘I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning’: “It’s about housing and how f**ked up that is”
Clio Barnard is the only high-profile UK filmmaker selected for this year’s Cannes Film Festival, with I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning in Directors’ Fortnight.
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News“There’s been a huge gold rush”: video game IP hot property in Hollywood, say experts at Cannes UK Pavilion
Producers from the UK and New Zealand discussed finding the right IP for cross-media adaptations.
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NewsWhich films are in the running for the 2026 Venice Film Festival?
The Adventures Of Cliff Booth, Wild Horse Nine, A Woman Unknown, Being Heumann tipped for Lido bows.
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NewsCannes Palestine Pavilion organisers on securing a long-term presence at the festival
A Palestine pavilion has returned for the third time in the festival’s history.
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News‘Rise Of The Footsoldier: Retribution’ locks in key international deals
EXCLUSIVE: Carnaby International Sales and Distribution is selling the project at Cannes.
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NewsUK comedy ‘Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint’ unwraps UK-Ireland deal
EXCLUSIVE: A first look image has been unveiled.
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NewsSee-Saw Films and Entourage Ventures enter $50m slate financing partnership
Entourage Ventures will invest up to $50m in equity across a slate of future See-Saw feature films over the next three years.
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NewsIrish producer David Collins on Cannes Critics’ Week selection ‘Tin Castle’ and the secret to a long career
‘Tin Castle’ is directed by French-Irish filmmaker Alexander Murphy, and sold by Films Boutique.
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NewsDirectors’ Fortnight’s ‘Clarissa’ filmmakers on their next feature and the future of Nigerian cinema
Arie and Chuko Esiri have co-directed a modern-day adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s ’Mrs Dalloway’.
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News“Hunger for IP-driven material can seem overwhelming”: producers to discuss adaptations at Cannes UK Pavilion
Speakers include Element Pictures’ Chelsea Morgan Hoffman, Good Gate Media’s John Giwa-Amu and Fumes and Piki Films’ Carthew Neal.
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund head reveals details of £100,000 minimum guarantee funds for sales agents
”It will be a competitive application process,” said Denitsa Yordanova.
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NewsMaxine Peake, Gemma Jones to star in Altitude’s ‘The Bright Side Running Club’
EXCLUSIVE: The drama is the first film to be supported by Norfolk Screen’s regional incentive.
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NewsUK producer Tracy O’Riordan on ’I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning’, rallying for arts funding and future projects
O’Riordan is attending Cannes with Clio Barnard’s Directors’ Fortnight title, ‘I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning’.
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NewsNigeria’s Trino Motion Pictures reveals ambitious plans to take African films global
Uche Okocha wants to bolster the company’s international sales and meet Brazilian, UK and Canadian partners
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News“UK sales companies have become more aggressive," say UK execs of securing buzzy local projects for Cannes
Buzzy UK projects include Cornerstone’s ’A Waiter In Paris’, Bankside’s ’Ceasefire’ and Altitude’s ‘Mars Express’.
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NewsHow airlines buyers are navigating stiff challenges at Cannes
Budgets and competition for passenger attention from on-board high-speed internet connections are causing shifts in buyer behaviour.