UK News
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News“Hunger for IP-driven material can seem overwhelming”: producers to discuss adaptations at Cannes UK Pavilion
Speakers include Element Pictures’ Chelsea Morgan Hoffman, Good Gate Media’s John Giwa-Amu and Fumes and Piki Films’ Carthew Neal.
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NewsUK-Ireland film cinema release dates: latest updates for 2026
Bookmark this page and keep track of the latest film release dates in the UK & Ireland.
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund head reveals details of £100,000 minimum guarantee funds for sales agents
”It will be a competitive application process,” said Denitsa Yordanova.
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NewsUK producer Tracy O’Riordan on ’I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning’, rallying for arts funding and future projects
O’Riordan is attending Cannes with Clio Barnard’s Directors’ Fortnight title, ‘I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning’.
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NewsMaxine Peake, Gemma Jones to star in Altitude’s ‘The Bright Side Running Club’
EXCLUSIVE: The drama is the first film to be supported by Norfolk Screen’s regional incentive.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Universal horror ‘Obsession’ stalks 487 cinemas
Several studios have re-releases and Picturehouse launches ‘The Christophers’.
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News2026 film and high-end TV productions shooting in the UK and Ireland: latest updates
Screen reveals a snapshot of the latest high-end TV and film productions shooting in the UK for the big studios and streamers.
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News“UK sales companies have become more aggressive," say UK execs of securing buzzy local projects for Cannes
Buzzy UK projects include Cornerstone’s ’A Waiter In Paris’, Bankside’s ’Ceasefire’ and Altitude’s ‘Mars Express’.
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News‘Deployed: Colombia’ to be first adaptation in series of Andy McNab’s Liam Scott novels
EXCLUSIVE: MasonMediaMatrix producing, Circus Studios handling sales.
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News“We are dealing with a polarised theatrical market”: exhibition specialists to dig into audience trends at Cannes UK Pavilion
BBC Film, Film4, BFI and UK Global Screen Fund execs will also take to the stage across the first two days of UK pavilion events.
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NewsQuiddity Films, Glimmer Films among latest UK Global Screen Fund award recipients
The fund has made an additional 24 awards worth a total of £2.1m via the international business development strand.
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NewsUK standards authority CIISA recognised as external whistleblowing body and confirms revamped funding model
CIISA has gained parliamentary recognition and will launch its first-stage reporting service in September.
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NewsUK and Ireland box office forecast to rise 10% in 2026
Comscore delivers update at UK Cinema Association conference.
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NewsITV remains in ‘active discussions with Sky’ as report suggests M&A deal at advanced stage
Financial details for acquisition of media and entertainment business in process of being thrashed out.
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NewsCannes Competition drama ‘Fjord’ starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve sells to UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: The family drama marks the first feature with an international cast for Romanian Palme d’Or winner Mungiu.
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NewsTwo sequels to ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ to be produced by UK’s Neal Street and Elysian
EXCLUSIVE: ’The Magic Faraway Tree’ has grossed $20m in the UK-Ireland.
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NewsJustin Hardy’s ‘Wrath Of The Gods’ launches in Cannes to mark conclusion of ‘Wicker Man’ trilogy
EXCLUSIVE: Laurence Gornall’s Unannounced Film Company is handling international sales.
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NewsBlue Finch’s one-shot horror ‘Bury The Devil’ lands deals in North America and beyond
EXCLUSIVE: Germany, Poland, India and the MENA region have also locked in deals.
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News‘West The Road’ starring Imelda Staunton sells to UK-Ireland with a first look revealed
EXCLUSIVE: The shoot is underway in County Kerry, Ireland.
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NewsWestEnd unveils first look at Corinna Faith’s horror ‘Unspeakable’ as Sky Yang joins cast
EXCLUSIVE: A UK shoot is underway, in Wales.