All News articles – Page 55
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NewsUK cinema admissions up in 2024, but average ticket price down
The total number of admissions last year was 126.5m.
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NewsDea Kulumbegashvili’s Venice title ‘April’ acquired for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
The film is about a doctor who provides unsanctioned abortions in Georgia.
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NewsCannes animated space thriller ‘Mars Express’ lands UK deal (exclusive)
A theatrical release is planned for May.
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NewsJoan Plowright, star of ‘Enchanted April’ and ‘Tea With Mussolini’, dies aged 95
Plowright was the widow of Laurence Olivier.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘A Complete Unknown’ knocks on 700 sites for Disney
Also out this weekend: Universal’s horror revamp ’Wolf Man’ and Curzon’s ‘Here’ starring Tom Hanks.
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NewsKorea’s Redice Entertainment to launch debut sales slate at EFM
Titles include ‘Sister’, starring Jung Zi-so of ‘Parasite’.
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News‘Blue Velvet’ director David Lynch dies aged 78; Scorsese, Spielberg pay tribute
His work also included ’Mulholland Drive’, ’The Elephant Man’ and ’Twin Peaks’.
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund to receive £7m funding, as government brings forward apprenticeship reform
The announcements form part of the government’s additional £60m investment in the creative sectors.
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News‘The Brutalist’, ‘Conclave’, ’Anora’, ‘Emilia Pérez’ among PGA nominees
Nickel Boys, Sing Sing miss the cut.
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NewsAmma Asante, David Morrissey join UK’s Film and TV Charity ambassadors programme
The programme seeks to promote wellbeing and healthier working practices in the screen industries.
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NewsGerman box office falls 8% in 2024 but ‘The Zone Of Interest’, ‘Anyone But You’ impress
‘The Zone Of Interest’ was a surpise success to make Germany the film’s biggest international territory.
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NewsFilm Constellation lands French release for Canada and Ghana-set ‘Paradise’ (exclusive)
The drama thriller is Jeremy Comte’s directorial debut.
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NewsNew Europe boards Berlinale Generation Kplus animation ‘Tales From The Magic Garden’ (exclusive)
Stop-motion film is based on children’s fairytale book that celebrates the art of storytelling.
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NewsBerlinale reveals Special, Panorama, Generation and Forum titles
The Berlin film festival runs February 13-23.
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NewsHong Kong boosts film funding scheme for local productions
The Film Production Financing Scheme 2.0 is aimed at bolstering the local film industry and sustain its long-term development.
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NewsMargy Kinmonth’s ‘War Paint – Women At War’ picked up for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Kinmonth’s ‘Eric Ravilious – Drawn To War’ was a box office hit in 2022.
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NewsDisabled UK-based filmmakers to attend Rotterdam as part of BFI initiative
‘Is There Anybody Out There?’ filmmaker Ella Glendining is among the filmmakers attending.
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NewsMixed FilmLA report shows Q4 production growth, overall drop in 2024
Feature film, television drama are bright spots.
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News‘Hit Man’, ‘My Old Ass’ among WGA screenplay nominees
Nominations announcement had been delayed due to ongoing LA wildfires.
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NewsSouth Korea’s Green Narae Media wins Unifrance’s inaugural €10,000 distribution award (exclusive)
South Korean distributor Green Narae Media wins €10,000 prize for its ambitious release of ’The Taste Of Things’.