All UK & Europe Newsletter articles – Page 26
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NewsAlan Parker, filmmaker and giant of the UK industry, dies aged 76
His body of work includes Bugsy Malone, Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning, The Commitments, Evita, Fame, Birdy, Angel Heart and Angela’s Ashes.
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NewsThe films opening around the world this weekend: ‘Proxima’, ‘Unhinged’, ’The King Of Staten Island’
Santiago Segura’s Father There Is Only One sequel is a major new opener in Spain.
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NewsJon Favreau project among Venice VR competition titles
Venice VR Expanded will run online this year.
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NewsFace coverings to be enforced at cinemas in England
Rule will become enforceable in law from August 8.
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FeaturesLocarno chief Lili Hinstin talks 2020 edition and protecting the festival’s future
This year, rather than trying to replicate its normal structure online, the festival has developed a completely different hybrid iteration.
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: UK writer-director Jessica Swale
“There’s such a hunger to get back to work… but there’s also a nervousness.”
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NewsThe Match Factory boards Michel Franco’s Venice/TIFF drama ‘New Order’ (exclusive)
Dystopian drama has been selected for Toronto and will debut at Venice in competition.
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NewsToronto Film Festival unveils line-up, Mira Nair’s ‘A Suitable Boy’ to close festival
Films include ’Ammonite’, ’Notturno’, ’New Order’ and ’Penguin Bloom’.
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Reviews‘Unhinged’: Review
’Needlessly unpleasant, abrasively stressful but, at the same time, oddly monotonous’
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NewsWhat could the AMC-Universal deal mean for Hollywood?
“I don’t know why everyone wouldn’t be looking [at a similar deal].”
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NewsInternational industry tunes in for hot new projects at Polish Film Days
Jakub Piątek’s ’Prime Time; won the Screen International Best Pitch award
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NewsSan Sebastian Film Festival unveils Spanish titles
Two series selected for out of competition slots.
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NewsRiz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer board Amazon-backed thriller ‘Invasion’ from ‘Beast’ director
The project is produced by Amazon alongside Film4, who developed it with Raw.
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NewsVue confirms UK cinema reopening plans
Phased reopening starts with 10 sites on Friday August 7.
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NewsVenice chief on safe, plentiful screenings, women directors and a possible Cannes partnership
Alberto Barbera also revealed which (male) directors turned him down.
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NewsFilms Boutique boards Venice-bound ‘And Tomorrow The Entire World’ (exclusive)
Julia von Heinz’s feature is the first made under her new Seven Elephants banner.
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NewsDetails revealed of UK’s £500m production insurance fund
A £500m government scheme is aimed at kickstarting film and TV productions, which have struggled to secure insurance for Covid-related costs.
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NewsKelly Reichardt’s ‘First Cow’ to open Locarno’s hybrid 2020 edition
Jean-Marie Straub’s short film La France Contre Les Robots to close festival; juries unveiled.
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NewsUniversal, AMC Theatres agree to collapse theatrical window, share PVoD revenue
”AMC is highly confident moviegoers will come to our theatres in huge numbers in a post-pandemic world.”
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NewsBFI readies £30m recovery fund for England’s independent cinemas
Grants part of UK government’s £1.57bn culture support package.