All articles by Orlando Parfitt
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NewsTop international film publicist Charles McDonald joins Team PR
EXCLUSIVE: UK-based Team PR was founded in 2016 by Emma McCorkell and Cheryl Mayer.
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FeaturesOscars stand-out moments: historic winners, emotional tributes, Ted Sarandos and Timothee Chalamet jokes
Autumn Durald Arkapaw becomes the first woman to win best cinematography at the Oscars.
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NewsOscars 2026: Full list of winners
Paul Thomas Anderson wins best director, with awards for Michael B. Jordan and Jessie Buckley.
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NewsFirst reactions to Warner Bros-Paramount deal: “Mega-mergers raise red flags”, “An antitrust disaster”
The UKCA, Film Export UK and Bectu are among the first industry bodies to weigh in on the deal.
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NewsWarner Bros Discovery reviewing revised offer from Paramount
The new offer follows a one-week negotiating window between WBD and Paramount that expired last night.
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NewsBaftas stand-out moments: a new host, swearing apology, and memorable speeches
Scottish actor and presenter Alan Cumming was making his debut presenting this year.
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NewsBaftas 2026: ‘One Battle After Another’, ‘Sinners’, Robert Aramayo lead winners
‘One Battle After Another’ won six awards, including best film, best director and supporting actor.
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NewsLithuania’s ‘Liberations’ takes top prize at Berlin Co-Production Market
A further three cash prizes were awarded to feature film projects at the market, which ran February 14-17.
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NewsBerlinale responds to Arundhati Roy’s withdrawal from the festival
“Her presence would have enriched the festival discourse.”
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News14 projects selected for first edition of €1.5m Prada Film Fund
Includes projects by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Hlynur Pálmason and Tatiana Huezo.
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News‘Heysel 85’: first trailer for football stadium disaster drama
It stars Violet Braeckman as the daughter of the mayor of Brussels and Matteo Simoni as a journalist drawn into the heart of the tragedy.
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News‘Variations On A Theme’ wins Tiger award at Rotterdam film festival
The Big Screen competition winner was Rezwan Shahriar Sumit’s ’Master’.
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News“She was generational”: Tributes paid to Catherine O’Hara, who has died at 71
She died at her home on Friday following a brief illness, according to her agent.
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NewsBill Nighy joins ‘A Town In Nova Scotia’; shoot underway in Liverpool
Nighy stars as a widower living in a block of council flats in Liverpool. Makram J Khoury co-stars.
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NewsFive talking points from the Bafta film nominations: Irish success, longlist misses and record breakers
‘One Battle After Another’ leads the nominations with 14, closely followed by Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ with 13.
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NewsOscars 2026: ‘Sinners’ leads with all-time record 16 nominations
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another also had a strong showing with 13 nominations.
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NewsBerlin Film Festival unveils 2026 Competition, Perspectives lineups
Competition includes new films from Kornel Mundruczo, Ilker Catak, Emin Alper, Angela Schanelec, Karim Ainouz, Anthony Chen and Hanna Bergholm.
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NewsBerlinale’s 2026 Co-Pro Market lineup includes Alonso Ruizpalacios, Amanda Nell Eu projects
The 35 projects hail from 27 countries, and will take part in the market to find financing and production partners.
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NewsRob Reiner’s son Nick “booked for murder” after parents found dead at home
His bail has been set at $4m and he was charged today.