UK News – Page 121
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News‘See How They Run’ tops UK-Ireland box office with ‘Jaws’ in second place
Top five takings down over 80% since the start of July.
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NewsGabe Polsky on directing TIFF entry ‘Butcher’s Crossing’: ‘There was a lot of unpredictability’
Nicolas Cage western premieres at TIFF on Friday, September 9.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘See How They Run’, ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ launch as cinemas stay open
Government advice is that cinemas can stay open during official mourning period for Queen Elizabeth II.
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NewsSundance winner ‘Utama’ acquired for UK-Ireland theatrical release (exclusive)
Newly-formed distributor Conic has taken the title.
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NewsCineworld receives approval for ‘first day’ relief from US bankruptcy court
The approval follows the exhibitor’s Chapter 11 filing on September 7.
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NewsFirst look, world sales deal unveiled for Ed Westwick thriller ‘Darkgame’ (exclusive)
Reunites director Howard J Ford with GFM Film Sales.
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NewsBafta leads film industry tributes to Queen Elizabeth II
The UK’s longest-reigning monarch died aged 96 on September 8.
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NewsWhat is UK cinema protocol following the death of Queen Elizabeth II?
“Judge the public mood in celebrating a life well-lived,” said a UKCA email.
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NewsWilliam Stone comedy drama ‘The Fence’ strikes UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
UK feature has been self-released in theatres.
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News‘The Banshees Of Inisherin’, ‘Good Luck To You, Leo Grande’ among Dinard line-up
The festival celebrates UK independent cinema and runs September 28 - October 2.
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NewsFirst look: Gabriel Byrne as Samuel Beckett in James Marsh’s biopic ‘Dance First’ (exclusive)
Film Constellation is handling world sales on the Sky Original title.
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NewsBFI exec to head new UK anti-bullying Independent Standards Authority
Jen Smith is on secondment from her BFI role.
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NewsCannes UCR jury prize winner ‘Joyland’ seals UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
Saim Sadiq’s debut feature was the first film by a Pakistani director to be selected for Cannes.
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NewsNeon to reunite with ‘The Worst Person In The World’ stars on horror ‘Handling The Undead’
Border screenwriter John Ajvide Lindqvist wrote novel on which feature is based.
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NewsNoel Clarke withdraws proposed legal action against Bafta
Clarke has been accused of sexual misconduct by at least 20 women.
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NewsCineworld files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US
The move is “expected to significantly reduce debt and strengthen Cineworld’s balance sheet and liquidity position”.
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NewsSomalia’s first ever Oscar submission ‘The Gravedigger’s Wife’ secures UK deal (exclusive)
The title premiered in Cannes Critics’ Week in 2021.
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NewsRising Stars Scotland 2022 special: digital edition
The issue profiles the inaugural Rising Stars Scotland line-up and features an in-depth look at how Scotland has become such a hotbed of new talent.
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First look: Jodie Comer in Mahalia Belo’s ‘The End We Start From’
Comer plays a new mother trying to get back home as environmental disaster submerges London in floods.
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NewsFederation acquires majority stake in UK’s Vertigo Films
Federation is a France-based production and distribution company.