All UK & Europe Newsletter articles – Page 14
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      NewsFinnish Film Affair unveils 2020 lineup, including first look at ‘The Twin’
The hybrid event will run September 23-25 in Helsinki.
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      News“The studios will be back” says Venice head Alberto Barbera
Festival’s 77th edition was the first major international film event to take place against the backdrop of the pandemic.
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      NewsTrustNordisk boards cancer comedy-drama ‘Nothing To Laugh About’ (exclusive)
’Elling’ director Petter Næss directs based on actor Odd Magnus Williamsom’s script.
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      NewsUK’s Distributor Slate Day draws 26 companies for online edition
Major companies such as Disney will mix with indies including Dogwoof.
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      NewsUK actress Diana Rigg dies aged 82
Award-winning actress was best known for roles in ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ , ‘The Avengers’ and ‘Game Of Thrones’.
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      News‘Waiting For The Barbarians’ secures key international deals
Germany, Australia, France among territories sold
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      NewsUK’s leading African film festivals unite for online showcase
The UK’s five biggest festivals of African film to join forces to showcase 10 features.
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      NewsMipcom moves 2020 event fully online due to travel restrictions
Coronavirus has scuppered another physical event.
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      NewsZurich Film Festival reveals 2020 line-up; Johnny Depp to attend
More than half of all competition titles directed by women.
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      NewsCurzon swoops on Cannes 2020, TIFF Discovery title ‘Spring Blossom’ (exclusive)
’Spring Blossom’ is being sold by Luxbox.
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      NewsMarrakech cancels festival, moves industry-focused Atlas Workshops online
Physical festival had been due to take place in Marrakech with new new artistic director Remi Bonhomme at the helm.
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      NewsStudiocanal launches world sales on Tomas Alfredson’s ‘The Jonsson Gang’
SF Studios will release the comedy in Sweden in December.
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      NewsSaban Films, Altitude strike UK-Ireland distribution pact (exclusive)
Partners will release 10 to 12 films a year in UK and Ireland.
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      NewsFrance’s Pulsar, XYZ Films board hot Russian serial killer thriller ‘The Execution’ (exclusive)
Feature is produced by long-time Kirill Serebrennikov collaborator Hype Film in Moscow.
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      NewsFilm Seekers boards Australian documentary ‘Envoy: Shark Cull’ (exclusive)
The film spotlights the archaic methods used in Australian shark control programmes.
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      FeaturesHow will the Covid-19 crisis transform the upcoming awards season?
The coming awards season is going to look very different given the depth of the pandemic and the global crisis in cinema.
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      NewsAnthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn join Holocaust drama ‘One Life’
Drama based on life of Nicholas Winton, who saved hundreds of children from the Nazis.
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      NewsBest Friend Forever boards sales on Egyptian Cannes 2020 title ‘Souad’
Egyptian drama follows two teenage sisters who escape conversative reality via the social networks.
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      NewsDominic Buchanan, Bennett McGhee launch film and TV outfit Home Team
The firm will focus on under-represented creatives.
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      NewsInternational box office: ‘Tenet’ adds $58m; ‘After We Collided’ makes strong start (update)
In holdover markets, the overall decline for ‘Tenet’ was 36%, a decent hold for blockbuster fare.
 








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