
Orlando Parfitt
Senior editor online, based in London.
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- +44 (0)7849 120246
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- orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com
 News News- ‘I See The Demon’ leads winners at UK’s Grimmfest film festival- Jacob Lees Johnson’s sci-fi horror won best film and best screenplay. 
 News News- Oscars best international feature 2026: Madagascar makes first-ever entry with ‘Disco Afrika’- Screen is profiling each contender on this page. 
 News News- Warner Bros Discovery explores potential sale- WBD said its board had “initiated a review of strategic alternatives to maximize shareholder value”. 
 News News- ‘Conclave’, ‘The Brutalist’ composers lead winners at 2025 World Soundtrack Awards- Other winners included ’Severence’ composer Theodore Shapiro and ‘El Mal’ from ’Emilia Perez’. 
 News News- ‘Palestine 36’: first trailer for Annemarie Jacir’s Palestine Oscar entry- EXCLUSIVE: The film will have its UK premiere at the London Film Festival on Friday. 
 News News- Tallinn unveils official selection competition with 16 world premieres- Lineup includes new films from Abu Bakr Shawky, George Ovashvili and Richard Hawkins. 
 News News- ‘The Outrun’ leads 2025 Bafta Scotland nominations- The ceremony will take place in Glasgow on November 16. 
 News News- Trump again threatens “100% tariff” on all films made outside the United States- ”Our movie-making business has been stolen from the United States of America, by other Countries.” 
 News News- Screen unveils 2025 UK & Ireland Stars of Tomorrow- This year’s Stars of Tomorrow cohort comprises 11 actors and nine filmmakers. 
 Features Features- Stars of Tomorrow 2025: Bella Maclean (actress)- Maclean plays the key role of Taggie in Disney+’s hit adaptation of Jilly Cooper novel ’Rivals’. 
 Features Features- Stars of Tomorrow 2025: Daniel Quinn-Toye (actor)- Quinn-Toye wrapped on Amazon’s $100m science-fiction feature ’Voltron’ In May. 
 News News- Bafta names new film committee chair and deputy chair- Hilary Rosen has been re-elected chair of the television committee. 
 News News- UK’s Sky Studios Elstree gets approval for major expansion- The studio was previously denied planning permission for an expansion last year by Hertsmere Borough Council. 
 News News- Kristen Stewart’s ‘The Chronology Of Water’ scores raft of sales including UK-Ireland- The film premiered at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section this year. 
 News News- “He was a true visionary”: Tributes paid to ‘Harry Potter’ production designer Stuart Craig, who has died at 83- Craig won three Oscars and was nominated for 16 Baftas. 
 News News- ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival- Other major winners included ’Below The Clouds’, ’The Voice Of Hind Rajab’, Benny Safdie and Toni Servillo. 
 News News- ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ begins production in UK; Amy Adams, Aaron Pierre join cast- Flynn Gray, Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Simon Bird also board Shawn Levy-directed project. 
 News News- San Sebastian adds nine titles including Juliette Binoche’s directing debut- Festival also selects world premiere of Joachim Lafosse’s ’Six Days In Spring’. 
 News News- Toronto withdraws invitation for Canadian doc ‘The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue’- TIFF statement claims the filmmakers did not secure “legal clearance of all footage”. 
 News News- See-Saw Films, Element, Monumental heads join Screen Summit’s trailblazing producers panel- The Summit, titled Building on the UK’s Global Success, will take place at the BFI Southbank on September 30. 
 








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