UK News – Page 11
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NewsDisney’s ‘Toy Story 5’ sets franchise record at UK-Ireland box office
Pixar’s animation opened strongly with £14.4m in the territory.
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NewsEdinburgh’s Midnight Madness to open with Chee Keong Cheung’s ‘Bad Day At The Office’
EXCLUSIVE: Thriller was shot using GoPro cameras from a first-person perspective.
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NewsUK cinema chain Everyman on path to quit London Stock Exchange ahead of possible takeover bid
Admissions and revenue were both up year-on-year in the first 21 weeks of 2026.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Toy Story 5’ plays in 699 cinemas
’Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day’, Welsh-language ’Effi O Blaenau’ also open.
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NewsPeter Baynton to direct ‘Little Santa’ for Apple Original Films
Baynton is co-director of the Oscar-winning short The Boy The Mole, The Fox And The Horse.
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NewsUK producers raise alarm over scam VAT letters
They claim to be from the UK tax authority and encourage producers to hand over confidential information.
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NewsManchester launches £10.5m fund to boost film and TV production in the region
Local government wants to make Manchester the UK’s leading screen industry cluster outside London by 2028.
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NewsBBC to cut £80m spend and 550 jobs from Content, Nations and News
In an all-staff email this morning, Brittin said all divisions will have to make “significant savings” with the first divisions announcing their plans internally today.
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NewsUK cinemas to challenge music tariff rise in court
Music rights collective PRS wants more money from UK cinemas.
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NewsBFI’s Ben Roberts to deliver keynote at Edinburgh film festival’s inaugural conference
The UK film conference will be hosted by Picturehouse’s Clare Binns.
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NewsAustralian and UK producers meet in London for major co-production initiative
Partner With Australia (UK) was initiated by Screen Australia and Ausfilm.
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NewsBàrbara Mestanza and Marc Pujolar’s ‘Filthy’ leads Sheffield DocFest winners
The Spanish documentary won the grand jury award in the international competition.
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News‘Disclosure Day’ tops UK-Ireland box office, ‘Obsession’ scores highest placement to date
‘Disclosure Day’ scores best opening for a Spielberg film since 2018.
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NewsHelen Mirren, Aardman co-founders and Glasgow Film’s Allison Gardner recognised in King’s Birthday honours
Film composer Patrick Doyle, actor and director Dexter Fletcher and vfx exec Paul J. Franklin also honoured.
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NewsBFI to fund dedicated sustainability consultants on BFI-backed features
BFI will fund sustainability consultants on Filmmaking Fund projects.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ opens up in 720 sites
Also new this weekend is a limited release of Netflix’s ’In The Hand Of Dante’.
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NewsEleanor Mortimer’s deep sea doc ‘How Deep Is Your Love’ sells to UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: Tull Stories will release the film in the UK on September 25.
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NewsEdinburgh International Film Festival unveils closing night film
EXCLUSIVE: The festival runs from August 13-19.
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NewsChinese smash hit ‘Dear You’ heads to UK-Ireland, France with Trinity CineAsia
EXCLUSIVE: The family drama has earned nearly $240m at the China box office.
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NewsMarjane Satrapi: an appreciation by Paul Webster
“She was a force of nature,” recalls Shoebox Films co-founder and former Film4 chief executive.