UK News – Page 103
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania’ searches for Marvel buzz
‘Women Talking’, ‘Marcel The Shell With Shoes On’ start in cinemas.
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NewsBafta CEO Jane Millichip reflects on her first four months: “A small team does an awful lot”
Former Sky exec prepares to oversee her first Bafta Film Awards,
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NewsUK’s Pinewood Studios set for major expansion, will become world’s biggest studio complex
It is estimated that the expansion will create 8,000 jobs and inject £640m into the UK economy.
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NewsBankside’s ‘Ballywalter’ lands UK and Ireland deal (exclusive)
It is the directorial debut of Prasanna Puwanarajah and the first leading film role from Northern Irish TV presenter Patrick Kielty.
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NewsHanWay reveals first look at Alice Lowe’s ‘Timestalker’ (exclusive)
HanWay is selling the title at the European Film Market (EFM).
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NewsCornerstone secures multiple sales for spider horror ‘Sting’, Studiocanal takes key territories
Kiah Roache-Turner directed film wraps production in Sydney.
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NewsCinema attendance up 63% in UK and EU in 2022 according to European Audiovisual Observatory; still below pre-pandemic levels
Admissions reached 643 million in 2022.
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NewsMental health and wellbeing improving among UK industry, according to Film and TV Charity survey
80% of those working in the industry have sensed positive change in culture and behaviours.
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NewsHanWay Films unveils three major hires (exclusive)
The UK sales outfit’s new hires include its first head of production.
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NewsDogwoof snaps up Sundance documentary ‘Beyond Utopia’ (exclusive)
The documentary feature won the US documentary audience award at Sundance.
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NewsReason8 closes major deals on San Sebastian title ‘Suro’ (exclusive)
The drama has sold widely across Europe and Latin America.
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NewsBerlinale competition title ‘Totem’ sells to UK-Ireland and Spain for Alpha Violet (exclusive)
The film is the second from Mexican director Lila Avilés.
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NewsBFI earmarks £6m for documentary filmmaking, reappoints Doc Society as funding partner
The £6m of National Lottery funds will be invested over three years.
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NewsStephen Fry-led doc ‘Willem & Frieda’ to world premiere at BFI Flare; full festival line-up unveiled
The LGBTQIA+ festival takes place March 15-26.
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News‘Poor Greg Drowning’ creator Jeffrey Scott Collins preps horror feature ‘The Caged’
Teams with producers Ian Dawson, Gaby Whyte-Hart and Rupert Hollier.
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NewsProtagonist Pictures closes key international sales on survival thriller ‘Dive’ (exclusive)
The film stars Sophie Lowe and Louisa Krause and is directed by Maximilian Erlenwein.
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NewsLondon audience award winner ‘Blue Bag Life’ picked up for UK and Ireland (exclusive)
The documentary picked up the audience award at LFF and Hainan.
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NewsFilm4 showcases disabled and neurodivergent talent with short film collection (exclusive)
The four short films centre around the theme of love.
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NewsIndustry pays tribute to ‘Chariots Of Fire’ director Hugh Hudson
The filmmaker passed away at the age of 86 following a short illness.
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NewsMinerva boards Andrea Riseborough, Stellan Skarsgård crime drama ‘What Remains’ (exclusive)
Feature is directorial debut of Ran Huang.