All articles by Mona Tabbara – Page 6
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NewsTake That, Jeff Goldblum to perform at Baftas 2025
Take That’s song Greatest Day featured in ’Anora’.
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FeaturesIreland’s largest pizza and drinking with Michael Fassbender: eight memorable moments in the ‘Kneecap’ journey
Kneecap is the explosive hit of this year’s Baftas. Writer/director Rich Peppiatt and the band’s JJ Ó Dochartaigh discuss eight memorable events in the creation and release of the film.
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NewsEdinburgh Filmhouse appoints Andrew Simpson as executive director
Andrew Simpson joins from Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle.
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NewsReason8 acquires post-apocalyptic New Zealand horror ‘Forgive Us All’ (exclusive)
An Australia-NZ theatrical release is planned for the second quarter of 2025 through Rialto Distribution.
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NewsJames Norton, Cosmo Jarvis join Guy Ritchie’s ‘Wife & Dog’ as filming begins in the UK for Black Bear
Paddy Considine and Pip Torrens have also joined the cast for Black Bear.
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NewsCharades boards Berlinale title ‘Christy’, sells to UK-Ireland (exclusive)
‘Christy’ is a UK-Ireland co-production and the opening title of Generation 14plus.
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NewsFilm London, Sony Picture Television, Channel 4 partner on hair and make-up academy
The academy aims to improve diversity of hair and make-up crews and redress industry skills gaps.
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NewsSylvester Stallone invests in film and TV AI company Largo.ai
Stallone has joined as strategic partner and investor.
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NewsMike Leigh to re-team with Bleecker Street, Cornerstone, Film4, Studiocanal for next film
Cast, title and plot are under wraps.
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NewsJonathan Pryce, Nick Mohammed to star in ‘Sleeping Lions’ for Mister Smith Entertainment (exclusive)
The comedy murder mystery is directed by the UK’s Mat Whitecross.
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News‘Rocks’ and ‘Bring Them Down’ producers among recipients of BFI Doc Society funding
Twelve non-fiction feature projects in early development have been supported over the last year through the £61,000 RAD fund.
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NewsTimeless Films boards Locksmith Animation’s Lissa Evans adaptation ‘Wed Wabbit’
It is the first independent animated feature from the Elisabeth Murdoch co-founded company behind ‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’ and ‘’That Christmas’.
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NewsHanWay Films appoints director of international sales (exclusive)
Andrei Kamarowsky will replace Agathe Valentin.
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NewsUK creative industries minister wants more Bollywood and Nigerian production to come to the UK
Chris Bryant also gave insights into DCMS thinking on rejoining Creative Europe, tax reliefs and a streamer levy.
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NewsSC Flms adds family animation ‘Jungle Beat 2 The Past’ to EFM slate (exclusive)
It is the follow-up to 2020 Annecy premiere and Netflix title ’Jungle Beat: The Movie’
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NewsUK home entertainment sector, including streaming, surpasses £5bn for the first time
‘Wonka’ was the best performing home entertainment title of 2024.
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NewsBFI heads confirm UK in talks with government to rejoin Creative Europe Media
Ben Roberts and Jay Hunt today gave wide-ranging testimony to the UK’s cross-party CMS committee.
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NewsTribeca, Glasgow thriller ‘Restless’ sells to UK-Ireland (exclusive)
It is the debut feature from UK filmmaker Jed Hart.
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NewsScreen Ireland unveils five-year strategic plan, with €5.5m for regional and Irish-language production
The Gross Valued Added (GVA) of the audiovisual industry in Ireland has been valued at over €1bn.
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NewsKevin Macdonald’s ‘One To One: John & Yoko’ acquired for UK-Ireland at Sundance (exclusive)
The film is set for release in cinemas in April.