All articles by Mona Tabbara – Page 69
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Features“The whole business has pressed the reset button”: UK sellers look forward to an unpredictable Cannes
There are big questions around what will sell, who will buy and the impact of the US writers’ strike.
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NewsAlief picks up Monica Sorelle’s Tribeca drama ‘Mountains’ (exclusive)
It is the debut from Haitian-American filmmaker Monica Sorelle.
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NewsUK writers’ union joins Brussels protest in show of solidarity with WGA
An impromptu protest took place on May 11 outside the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) office of the Motion Picture Association (MPA) in Brussels.
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NewsMia Bays, Molly Manning Walker, Anthony Andrews join line-up for Cannes UK Pavilion 2023
Revised BFI Filmmaking Fund and UK tax credits system up for discussion in UK Pavilion events programme.
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NewsAnton launches sales on Niels Arden Oplev’s thriller ‘Thirty Three’, Mark Strong and Paula Beer to star (exclusive)
It’s based on a true story, set in Germany’s Weimar Republic in 1933.
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NewsDogwoof swoops for Cyndi Lauper documentary ‘Let The Canary Sing’ (exclusive)
It is directed by Alison Ellwood and financed by Sony Music Entertainment and Concord Originals.
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NewsLetitia Wright to star in UK boxing drama ‘In The Shadows’ for Altitude Film Sales
’Dettori’ filmmaker Anthony Wonke directs.
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NewsBankside Films boards Irish comedy ‘West The Road’ starring Imelda Staunton, Hannah Waddingham (exclusive)
Siobhán McSweeney and Eileen Walsh are also attached.
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NewsJohn Maclean survival thriller ‘Tornado’ swept up by HanWay
Jack Lowden, Takehiro Hira and Kōki star.
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NewsWorldwide deals roll in for Cornerstone’s ‘The Tank’
UK and Ireland, Germany, Italy, the Middle East and Central Eastern Europe have all sold.
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NewsSignature swoops for romantic comedy ‘Cupid & Me’ starring Brittany Snow, Cobie Smulders (exclusive)
Project is written and directed by UK filmmaker Jamie Adams.
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NewsLoop Talent expands team of agents and representation remit
Nikki Molloy and Zoe Martin have joined as lead agents.
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News‘Chuck Chuck Baby’, ‘Starve Acre’, ‘Layla’ among UK’s Great 8 showcase at Cannes 2023
The buyers’ event is organised by the BFI and British Council.
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NewsHanWay Films acquires erotic horror ‘The One’; Melissa Barrera, Lana Condor, Nicholas Hoult star
WME Independent and UTA co-rep for North America.
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NewsUK-Ireland releases hit nine-year high in Q1 2023 but cinema admissions plummet
The BFI has issued statistics on box office and production activity for the first quarter of 2023.
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NewsScreen Ireland names director of industry and corporate affairs
It is a newly-created role for the national agency.
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NewsBafta reveals membership data, chair calls on industry to step up
Krishnendu Majumdar described a ”shared mission for a more equitable industry”.
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NewsProtagonist Pictures alights UFO comedy ‘Jules’ starring Ben Kingsley (exclusive)
Marc Turtletaub directs, cast also includes Harriet Sansom Harris, Succession’s Zoe Winters and Jane Curtin.
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NewsSundance Film Festival: London sets 2023 line-up, Gregg Araki retrospective
Nicole Holofcener’s ‘You Hurt My Feelings’ will close this year’s festival.
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NewsSignature Entertainment acquires Second World War spy thriller ‘The Partisan’ (exclusive)
Cast includes ‘A Clockwork Orange’ star Malcolm McDowell and Morgane Polański.