UK News – Page 131
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NewsParamount+ unveils seven new international projects
New titles include series about the Circeo massacre and El Chapo’s wife.
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NewsUK sales agents upbeat as international buyers head to London Screenings
The Film London event runs from June 20-23.
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NewsUK's Together Films hires Altitude executive to head new sales division (exclusive)
Vicki Brown was previously director of international sales at Altitude.
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NewsJames Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson to receive BFI Fellowships
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the James Bond film franchise.
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NewsUS actor Kevin Spacey granted unconditional bail at London court hearing
He appeared at London’s Westminster Magistrates Court this morning (June 16), on four counts of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.
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NewsFfilm Cymru Wales and Creative Wales partner for new £1m feature production fund
The fund will generate a projected £12m for the Welsh economy.
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NewsBFI invests £1m in 15 animation projects under BFI Short Form Animation Fund (exclusive)
Ten projects received awards of up to £120,000 for production, and five projects took £10,000 to support development.
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NewsUK outfit Shacklady Mercer Productions options fantasy book series ‘Chronicles Of Nick’ (exclusive)
SMP have picked film and tv rights to develop an adaptation of Sherrilyn McQueen’s young adult series ’Chronicles Of Nick’.
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NewsCreative UK’s third Simon Relph Memorial Bursary fund opens to all producers from outside London (exclusive)
The recipient will receive a £15,000 grant.
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NewsAnton’s ‘Mothers’ Instinct’ sells in key territories, new director, cast attached
‘We Own This City’ actor Josh Charles and ‘The Worst Person In The World’ star Anders Danielsen Lie round out the cast.
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NewsRetaining crew aged over 50 could help UK industry meet challenges, says research
Some 35,000 older workers ’missing’ from industry according to charity’s research.
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NewsUK’s Labour party warns Channel 4 sale could “kill off” country’s indie film sector
In an opposition day debate in Parliament happening on Tuesday (June 14), Labour will call on MPs to vote to stop the privatisation of Channel 4.
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NewsGlasgow audience winner ‘Sweetheart’ lands at Film Movement (exclusive)
Theatrical release to come later this year.
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NewsStudiocanal, Heyday Films set Dougal Wilson to direct ‘Paddington In Peru’
Production earmarked for 2023 in London and Peru.
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NewsUTA acquires UK talent agency Curtis Brown
Hollywood agency snaps up top UK literary and talent representation group.
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News‘Jurassic World Dominion’ hits UK-Ireland top spot, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is 2022’s highest grosser
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is now the highest-grossing title of the year at the UK-Ireland box office, overtaking ’Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness’.
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NewsBFI Imax to be solely operated by the BFI, Odeon agreement ends
BFI Imax will join BFI Southbank as a flagship BFI cinema venue in London.
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NewsBFI appoints new disability equality lead
It is a new role to promote disability equality both at the BFI and in the wider screen industries.
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NewsJim Archer’s ‘Brian And Charles’ wins Sundance London audience award
‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ played as a surprise film.
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NewsBFI Film Fund is “democratising” funding award applications, says Mia Bays
“I don’t want to do it the way it’s often done,” said Bays.