UK News – Page 112
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NewsCinesite snaps up majority stake in Mumbai animation studio Assemblage
It marks Cinesite’s first Asian acquisition.
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund unveils £2.2m co-production funding
Talent involved includes Joshua Oppenheimer, Tilda Swinton and Odessa Young.
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News‘Aftersun’ leads Bifa craft winners with three awards
Prizes for ‘Blue Jean’, ‘The Wonder’, ‘Living’ and more.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: cinemas serve up ‘The Menu’, ‘Aftersun’
James Gray’s ‘Armageddon Time’, Greg Mottola’s ‘Confess, Fletch’ also start.
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NewsUK film and TV tax reliefs could be merged from 2024 under proposed reforms
Pact head John McVay said the proposals were “broadly supportive”.
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News‘The Crown’ producer Left Bank promotes Siân McWilliams to creative director
McWilliams succeeds Suzanne Mackie in the role.
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NewsKevin Spacey charged with seven more sexual offences in the UK
Spacey will face a full trial in the UK on June 6, 2023.
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NewsCampaign underway to raise £2m to save Edinburgh Filmhouse
The campaign is spearheaded by former Filmhouse employees Rod White, David Boyd, James Rice and Ginnie Atkinson.
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NewsBFI partners with University of Westminster, Regent Street Cinema to create film business degree
The ‘business of film’ course commences in January 2023.
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NewsUK’s Embankment Films makes key acquisitions, production and distribution hire (exclusive)
An acquisitions, production and distribution manager has joined the fold.
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NewsIssy Knowles’ ‘Model Behaviour’ tops The Brit List 2022 of unproduced screenplays
Left Bank Pictures, Joi Productions projects feature on the 19-strong list.
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News‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ rules UK-Ireland box office with £12.4m start; tops first film opening
Sequel starts with an impressive £17,663 per cinema from 700 venues.
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NewsBritish Urban Film Festival unveils 2022 nominations
The late Denise Dowse’s ’Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story’ has received the most nominations.
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NewsA24 to produce ‘Shuggie Bain’ series for BBC
The acclaimed novel, set in working-class Glasgow in the 1980s, will be adapted by its author Douglas Stuart in his first television series.
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NewsProduction starts on Sadie Frost’s ‘Twiggy’ doc, Paul McCartney and Brooke Shields to feature (exclusive)
Real-life moments from Twiggy’s career will be recreated using virtual production, with Twiggy playing herself.
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News5,000 industry workers at risk of poverty in UK, says Film and TV Charity
Charity calls for donations from those who can afford them.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ opens in 700 cinemas
‘No Bears’, ‘A Bunch Of Amateurs’, ‘Retrograde’ as counter-programming.
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NewsJon Else’s ‘Land Of Gold’ picked up by boutique distributor Juno Films
The documentary premiered at Telluride.
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NewsAnnecy title ‘Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman’ lands UK and Ireland deal (exclusive)
An early 2023 UK-Ireland release is planned.
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NewsAmbika Mod, ‘Sweetheart’ star, director among Bafta Breakthrough 2022
Chloe Fairweather, who directed documentary ‘Dying To Divorce’ has also been selected