All articles by Orlando Parfitt
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NewsGillian Anderson, Marie Kreutzer among speakers for The Writers Lab UK and Europe 2025
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Sally El Hosaini, Prano Bailey Bond and Mona Qureshi also taking part.
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NewsAmazon MGM sets international distribution pact with Sony
The first title under the agreement is Luca Guadagnino’s ’After The Hunt’.
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NewsEight screenwriters picked for 2025 Oxbelly retreat; Jane Campion, Radu Jude among guests
The event takes place on June 28–July 6 at Costa Navarino in Messinia and includes programs for writers working in film and literary fiction.
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News‘Two Prosecutors’, ‘It Was Just An Accident’ finish joint top of Screen’s Cannes jury grid
The Dardenne brothers’ ’Young Mothers’, and Kelly Reichardt’s ’The Mastermind’ were the last titles to land on the grid.
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NewsChile’s ‘The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo’ wins top Un Certain Regard award at Cannes
Other winners include ’A Poet’, ’Pillion’, ’Once Upon a Time in Gaza’ and ’Urchin’
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NewsNine talking points from the 2025 Cannes Film Festival
From tariffs to trees, there was plenty to talk about at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsBi Gan’s ‘Resurrection’ divides critics on Cannes jury grid; ‘Woman And Child’ also lands
Saeed Roustayee makes his second appearance on the jury grid.
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NewsDecent showings for ‘Sentimental Value’, ‘Romeria’ on Cannes jury grid; ‘The History Of Sound’ scores low
Joachim Trier, Carla Simon and Oliver Hermanus titles all land on Screen’s grid.
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NewsJulia Ducournau’s ‘Alpha’ lands joint bottom of Screen’s Cannes jury grid
Tarik Saleh’s ‘Eagles Of The Republic’ also disappoints.
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News‘Sirat’ splits critics on Screen’s Cannes jury grid; ‘Case 137’ also lands
Oliver Laxe’s film received scores of both four and zero from our critics.
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News‘Sound Of Falling’, ‘Two Prosecutors’ kick off Cannes jury grid with strong scores
Mascha Schilinski and Sergei Loznitsa projects are first two Cannes Competition titles to be scored on the grid.
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NewsCannes adds four films including new Competition title
Bi Gan’s ’Résurrection’ joins the competition lineup.
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NewsScreen reveals 2025 Rising Stars Ireland line-up
10 emerging actors, directors, producers and writers who are on the verge of their major professional breakthrough have been selected.
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NewsWill Poulter, Kit Connor to star in horror ‘Rapture’; HanWay boards sales
The film is set in a remote monastery in fourteenth-century England.
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NewsMaren Ade to head Cannes short film jury; lineup unveiled
Also joining the jury are Reinaldo Marcus Green, Camélia Jordana, José María Prado and Nebojša Slijepčević.
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NewsCannes adds 16 films including Lynne Ramsay, Kristen Stewart, Ethan Coen titles
Two new titles confirmed for Competition; four added to Un Certain Regard strand.
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NewsCannes unveils 2025 Official Selection
Films by Julia Ducournau, Kelly Reichardt, Richard Linklater, Joachim Trier and Wes Anderson in competition.
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NewsCristian Mungiu, Neasa Ní Chianáin, Kantemir Balagov projects among 23 backed by Eurimages
€7.1m in Eurimages funding has been shared out in latest round.
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NewsUniversal’s first European theme park confirmed for UK
The park will provide a “£50bn boost for the economy” according to the government.
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NewsUK actor and comedian Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault
The charges relate to four different women.