All articles by Mona Tabbara – Page 85
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NewsUS streamers to face stricter regulation in the UK
A new Video-on-Demand Code from Ofcom will have the power to fine streaming services that fail to comply with its standards.
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NewsProtagonist Pictures, CAA add Un Certain Regard title ‘War Pony’ to Cannes slates
The debut feature from Riley Keough and Gina Gammell was previously known as ‘Beast’.
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NewsBlue Finch Films acquires Amanda Kramer’s musical ‘Please Baby Please’ (exclusive)
The Rotterdam premiere stars Andrea Riseborough, Harry Melling and Demi Moore.
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NewsUK’s Rocket Science bolsters sales team with Voltage Pictures hire
A new director of sales has been appointed.
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NewsKatharine Hepburn doc ‘Call Me Kate’ starts shooting for UK’s Salon Pictures (exclusive)
The feature documentary has been picked up by Netflix and Sky.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent’ hopes to draw audiences
Festival titles ‘Happening’ and ‘Playground’ are also new this week.
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NewsFilm Constellation, WME Independent board Cannes’ first Pakistani title, ‘Joyland’ (exclusive)
Saim Sadiq’s feature will play in Un Certain Regard.
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NewsJacob Tremblay, Gaten Matarazzo lead voice cast on Cartoon Saloon’s ‘My Father’s Dragon’
Nora Twomey directs the animation, with Netflix releasing.
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NewsRealness Institute, Series Mania team on African screenwriting programme (exclusive)
The six-month programme takes place in South Africa and Switzerland.
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NewsTribeca 2022 world premieres include ‘Corner Office’ with Jon Hamm, Ray Romano’s directing debut
The festival is set to take place from June 8-19, and features 88 world premieres.
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News‘Fantastic Beasts 3’ holds onto UK-Ireland box office top spot, ‘The Lost City’ leads debuts
‘The Northman’ and ‘Operation Mincemeat’ also opened in the top five.
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News7 key takeaways from the Cannes 2022 line-up
An intriguing Competition; the return of Hollywood; and familiar gender balance complaints.
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NewsHenry Blake, Carol Salter among first Uncertain Kingdom development fund recipients
Four features have received support in the development fund’s first round.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: new openers include ‘Operation Mincemeat’, ‘The Lost City’, ‘The Northman’
‘Operation Mincemeat’ is opening with a very wide release of 657 sites.
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NewsPrague shoot begins on Sky’s Franz Beckenbauer feature ‘Der Kaiser’
‘Das Boot’ star Klaus Steinbacher leads the cast.
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NewsSundance Film Festival: London to host first industry programme (exclusive)
US producer Christine Vachon has been confirmed as keynote speaker.
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NewsRiverlet Films scores French deal on Rotterdam title ‘The Assault’
The thriller is directed by Kazakhstan’s Adilkan Yerzhanov.
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News‘Fantastic Beasts 3’ tops UK-Ireland box office but opens below predecessors
The third instalment in the Harry Potter spin-off series took £5.9m.
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NewsScreen Ireland bolsters film production and development team (exclusive)
Celine Haddad, Eimear Markey and Heather Browning take up new positions.
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NewsNewen-backed Ringside Studios acquires stake in Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s Joi Productions
Gharoro-Akpojotor was a 2020 Screen Star of Tomorrow, and produced ‘Blue Story’ and ‘Boxing Day’.