All articles by Orlando Parfitt – Page 4
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FeaturesStars of Tomorrow 2025: Bella Maclean (actress)
Maclean plays the key role of Taggie in Disney+’s hit adaptation of Jilly Cooper novel ’Rivals’.
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FeaturesStars of Tomorrow 2025: Daniel Quinn-Toye (actor)
Quinn-Toye wrapped on Amazon’s $100m science-fiction feature ’Voltron’ In May.
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NewsBafta names new film committee chair and deputy chair
Hilary Rosen has been re-elected chair of the television committee.
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NewsUK’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.
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NewsKristen Stewart’s ‘The Chronology Of Water’ scores raft of sales including UK-Ireland
The film premiered at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section this year.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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NewsSan Sebastian adds nine titles including Juliette Binoche’s directing debut
Festival also selects world premiere of Joachim Lafosse’s ’Six Days In Spring’.
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NewsToronto 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”.
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NewsSee-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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NewsGermany picks five for Oscars shortlist including ‘Amrum’, ‘Sound Of Falling’
Other titles are Joachim A. Lang’s Cranko, Andres Veiel’s Riefenstahl and Dennis Gansel’s anti-war drama The Tiger.
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FeaturesEight talking points from the Venice 2025 line-up
Long films, up to 305 minutes; starry nights, with Julia Roberts, George Clooney set to attend; political topics.
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NewsVenice Film Festival unveils 2025 lineup
Selection includes new films by Kathryn Bigelow, Benny Safdie, Luca Guadagnino, Mona Fastvold and Olivier Assayas.
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NewsCarlos Reygadas, Joslyn Barnes join Locarno jury
Other competition jurors are Swiss actress Ursina Lardi and the Netherlands’ Renée Soutendijk.
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NewsBFI and CNC sign major pact to work together to enhance the UK and French screen industries
The signing of the agency-to-agency agreement has formed part of Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to the UK.
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NewsPaolo Sorrentino’s ‘La Grazia’ to open 2025 Venice Film Festival
The film stars Toni Servillo and Anna Ferzetti.
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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.