UK News – Page 10
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News‘The Choral’ director Nicholas Hytner says there is a “limit” to what UK industry can do to support working-class talent
Additionally producer Kevin Loader advocated for cashflowing the IFTC and Ralph Fiennes discussed prep.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘I Swear’ and ‘Tron: Ares’ lead new releases
Further new titles include horror ‘Good Boy’ and drama ‘Plainclothes’.
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NewsSuper 8 documentary ‘Super Nature’ acquired for UK-Ireland release before LFF premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Film has world premiere at BFI London Film Festival on Sunday October 12.
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News‘Conclave’ producer Tessa Ross backs call for UK government to cashflow indie tax credit
Ross also spoke passionately about the need for indie producers to have space to work communally.
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NewsRian Johnson, Daniel Craig talk making ‘Knives Out 3’ in the UK, future instalments
“The crews here are fantastic,” said the director.
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NewsThe road ahead for UK producers, Trump tariffs and Bafta rule changes explained - The Screen Podcast
The team also discussed another Screen Summit talking point – where have all the UK horror films gone?
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NewsBFI London Film Festival 2025 opens on track to be “most popular edition of the festival yet”
Ben Roberts, Kristy Matheson and the cast and filmmakers of ’Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ took to the Royal Festival Hall stage.
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NewsFremantle names head of AI label Imaginae Studios
James Duffen joins as CEO with brief to leverage AI tools to drive production innovation.
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NewsTaron Egerton to star in UK comedy thriller ‘Everybody Wants To F*ck Me’ for Film4, Studiocanal, Lucky Chap
Studiocanal to launch sales at AFM in Los Angeles next month.
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NewsAltitude’s Will Clarke calls for more feel-good UK comedies, says there is money in the market
“We can make British content, but with scale and ambition,” said Clarke at the PFM.
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NewsLFF closing title ‘100 Nights Of Hero’ acquired for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: Emma Corrin, Felicity Jones, Charli XCX, Maika Monroe among starry cast.
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NewsThree major Bollywood features set to shoot in UK for Yash Raj Films
The BFI and Pact have both signed memorandum of understandings with Indian screen bodies.
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News‘Good Boy’ starring Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough sells to UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: A theatrical release is planned for early next year.
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NewsScreen Ireland receives funding boost as country extends basic income for creatives scheme
The Irish government laid out its bolstered support for the creative industries in its budget yesterday (October 7).
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NewsWestEnd Films bolsters TV team, expands US footprint
The UK-based sales agent has hired a head of television, co-production and IP.
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NewsWhat are French distributors looking for from UK and Irish films?
French distributors gave their verdict during a discussion at the Dinard Festival Of British & Irish Film professionals’ rendezvous.
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NewsJohn Gore Studios takes majority stake in Hilary Bevan Jones’ UK outfit Hilltop Screen
Francis Hopkinson has been named creative director of the John Gore Studios group.
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NewsUK indie film producers call on government to cashflow the IFTC
“The tax credit is essentially a government bond,” said Andy Paterson at the Screen Summit.
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News‘Mr Burton’, ‘The Lost Boys And Fairies’ key winners at Bafta Cymru 2025 awards
’It’s A Sin’ writer-creator Russell T Davies receiving the outstanding contribution award.