All articles by Mona Tabbara – Page 7
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News“We are dealing with a polarised theatrical market”: exhibition specialists to dig into audience trends at Cannes UK Pavilion
BBC Film, Film4, BFI and UK Global Screen Fund execs will also take to the stage across the first two days of UK pavilion events.
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NewsCannes Competition drama ‘Fjord’ starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve sells to UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: The family drama marks the first feature with an international cast for Romanian Palme d’Or winner Mungiu.
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NewsTwo sequels to ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ to be produced by UK’s Neal Street and Elysian
EXCLUSIVE: ’The Magic Faraway Tree’ has grossed $20m in the UK-Ireland.
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NewsBlue Finch’s one-shot horror ‘Bury The Devil’ lands deals in North America and beyond
EXCLUSIVE: Germany, Poland, India and the MENA region have also locked in deals.
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NewsWestEnd unveils first look at Corinna Faith’s horror ‘Unspeakable’ as Sky Yang joins cast
EXCLUSIVE: A UK shoot is underway, in Wales.
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News‘West The Road’ starring Imelda Staunton sells to UK-Ireland with a first look revealed
EXCLUSIVE: The shoot is underway in County Kerry, Ireland.
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NewsGemma Arterton, Ewen Bremner and Olympic boxer Nicola Adams join MMA biopic ‘Killa Bee’
EXCLUSIVE: It is the first film role for Gold medal winner Adams.
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NewsRomantic comedy ‘All That She Wants’ starring Annie Murphy, Cooper Raiff and Zosia Mamet boarded for sales
EXCLUSIVE: A first-look image has also been revealed.
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NewsHirokazu Koreeda’s Cannes Competition sci-fi ‘Sheep In The Box’ picked up for UK-Ireland
The Japanese sci-fi drama follows a married couple who decide to welcome a humanoid robot into their home as their son.
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NewsMackenzie Crook to direct debut feature ‘Mars Express’ starring Toby Jones
EXCLUSIVE: The films tells the extraordinary true story of an English couple’s mission to find life on Mars.
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FeaturesCannes market 2026: 20 buzz titles from the UK
Screen presents a selection of the buzziest projects from UK available to international buyers at this year’s Cannes market.
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NewsSundance prize winner ‘Filipiñana’ heads to UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: A release is planned for autumn 2026.
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NewsFlorence Pugh to star in and produce Matt Haig adaptation ‘The Midnight Library’ for Studiocanal, Blueprint
Studiocanal will release in UK-Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Benelux, Australia and New Zealand.
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News‘Stranger In Town’, set in a Canadian sect, boarded for sales
EXCLUSIVE: Cast includes ’Yellowjackets’ star Sophie Nélisse and ’The Testaments’ actor Charlie Carrick.
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NewsBBC Film, Film4, BFI, Element Pictures execs join Cannes UK Pavilion lineup
Events run from Friday May 15 - Monday May 18.
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FeaturesHow are UK sellers and buyers navigating tough market conditions going into Cannes?
Geopolitical tensions, challenges with the pay-1 deal and the impact of the Warner Bros-Paramount merger are on the minds of the indie sector.
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NewsSimon Callow’s ‘About A Bell’ starring Omid Djalili picked up for sales
Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Christopher Eccleston, Nigel Havers and Roger Allam also star.
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NewsColm Bairéad’s ‘Mary Rose’ boarded by mk2, locks in UK-Ireland, France and Benelux deals
EXCLUSIVE: The film will shoot this summer in Ireland.
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NewsUK’s Cannes Great 8 showcase includes ‘Florid’, ‘Our Share Of Sand’
‘Ancestors’, ‘In Starland’ and ‘Daughter Of Eden’ are also in this year’s lineup.
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NewsMetFilm’s Welsh-language western ‘Lluest’ starring Aimee-Ffion Edwards starts filming in Wales
EXCLUSIVE: It is the first film to be greenlit under S4C’s Sinema Cymru initiative for Welsh-language filmmaking.