All UK & Europe Newsletter articles – Page 41
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NewsUK cinemas given access to 450 films to boost recovery
Hollywood classics, indie hits and recent blockbusters to help relaunch cinemagoing in the UK.
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NewsKaleidoscope launches doc ‘Owen’ about tragic wrestling star Owen Hart (exclusive)
Hart died in an accident in a live televised wrestling stunt.
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NewsNeuchâtel launches programme for 2020 online edition
Titles include Neasa Hardiman’s ‘Sea Fever’.
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NewsFrance increases incentive for VFX-heavy international productions
Country’s TRIP incentive rises to 40% from 30% for big VFX-related spending.
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News‘The Trip To Greece’ tops New Zealand box office as cinemas return to full capacity
However the total box office for the week was just 17% of the comparable week last year.
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News101 Films International adds ‘Take Back’ with Mickey Rourke to Cannes online slate (exclusive)
The company has also picked up ‘The Complex – Lockdown’.
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NewsUK’s Curzon appoints Sophie Wong to senior distribution role
Barbara Dias steps down after eight years at Curzon.
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NewsEvolutionary Films sells trio to SP Releasing for North America, US (exclusive)
Deals for ‘Trick Or Treat’, ‘Tribal – Get Out Alive’, ‘Things I Do For Money’.
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NewsTelepool’s Global Screen to launch genre label Fearious with three US titles (exclusive)
New banner to launch with three titles including Elle Callahan’s ‘Witch Hunt’ and Will Forbes’ ‘John Henry’.
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NewsAlpha Violet boards ‘Abu Omar’ starring Kais Nashif, releases first image (exclusive)
Feature is lead produced by Israeli The Cakemaker producer Itai Tamir.
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NewsCharades unveils multiple deals on Neon titles including ‘Spaceship Earth’ (exclusive)
Titles were sold with a special Covid-19 era marketing package devised by Neon.
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NewsBFI Distribution acquires Jóhann Jóhannsson’s final film for UK (exclusive)
Narrated by Tilda Swinton, ‘Last And First Men’ debuted at the Berlinale earlier this year.
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NewsM-Appeal swoops on ‘King Of Ravens’ for virtual Cannes (exclusive)
The erotic drama is the second feature of Piotr J Lewandowski (‘Jonathan’).
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NewsHeretic Outreach picks up ‘The Users’ ahead of Cannes market (exclusive)
Ivan Ikić’s second feature is a love triangle drama set in an institution for youngsters with special needs.
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NewsFinnish financiers join forces with publisher Otava Oy to launch Aurora Studios
Company will distribute Aku Louhimies’ The Wait in 2021; also developing Marimekko CEO biopic.
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NewsHong Kong Filmart and HAF go virtual for August 2020 edition
Filmart Online (August 26-29) will encompass slate presentations, a virtual meeting platform and seminar programme.
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NewsAgency-led Cannes market website goes live
Recorded presentations viewable in Tokyo, Cannes or Los Angeles.
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NewsKristen Stewart to play Princess Diana in Pablo Larraín’s ‘Spencer’
Pablo Larraín to direct from Steven Knight screenplay.
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NewsBFI outlines initial steps to counter film and TV industry’s “diversity deficit”
“We need to embody the change we want to see,” says BFI chief executive Ben Roberts.
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NewsHelsinki, Finnish Film Affair set September dates for physical events
The festival will run from September 17-27.