UK News – Page 2
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News“She built connections founded on trust and friendship”: BFI pays tribute to Liz Muggeridge
Liz Muggeridge, director of business partnerships and enterprise, died suddenly in late August.
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NewsProduction Finance Market 2026 includes new Rocliffe, Last Conker projects
EXCLUSIVE: Hillbilly Films, Braintrust, A Private View among companies pitching.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Universal’s ‘Sense And Sensibility’ opens in 725 cinemas
Brad Pitt thriller ‘Heart Of The Beast’ and Na Hong-jin’s ‘Hope’ are also out.
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NewsFormer EFA chair Mike Downey to receive lifetime achievement award from Georgia’s Batumi film festival
Agnieszka Holland and Georgian director Temur Babluani are also being honoured.
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NewsBFI Network@LFF unveils 2026 cohort
EXCLUSIVE: Screen Star of Tomorrow 2026 Luís Hindman and ’Boarders’ director Yero Timi-Biu are among the 15 participants.
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NewsWhy Tom Cruise is optimistic about cinema in face of AI and streaming threats
Cruise stars in and produces Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s dark comedy ‘Digger’.
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NewsBFI London Film Festival unveils full 2026 industry lineup
Filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr and producers Alan Maher, Adrià Monés, Dyveke Bjørkly Graver and Rodrigo Teixeira have joined the lineup.
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NewsScreen Yorkshire creates three-year plan to build a sustainable regional industry
The aim is to move beyond a production service economy.
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NewsUK feature ‘Masc’ boarded for world sales after Toronto premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Film is directed by Star of Tomorrow Bertil Nilsson.
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News‘Resident Evil’ tops UK-Ireland box office with franchise record opening £4.2m
‘Shaun The Sheep: The Beast Of Mossy Bottom’ starts fourth.
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NewsTessa Ross to receive lifetime achievement award at Rome film festival
Award to producer of Danny Boyle’s Ink will be presented on opening night of Rome Film Fest.
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NewsWyatt Russell joins cast of John Carroll Lynch’s comedy ‘Happy’
Embankment Films is repping sales.
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NewsWest of England launches £4.5m production fund
The Greenlight West fund will support productions with non-recoupable grants of between £50,000 and £500,000.
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News‘I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning’, ‘Skintown’ to compete at Dinard British and Irish Film Festival 2026
The 2026 edition is the last under the artistic direction of Dominique Green.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Can Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil’ reach ‘Weapons’ heights?
‘Shaun The Sheep: The Beast Of Mossy Bottom’ is also out.
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NewsNetflix’s Anne Mensah, Piers Tempest honoured at Production Guild UK awards 2026
Netflix film ‘Frankenstein’ and Amazon MGM series ’Young Sherlock’ also received awards.
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NewsUK and Canada sign updated co-production treaty
”The treaty is more user-friendly and recognises the major shifts we’ve seen in our sector,” said the BFI’s Harriet Finney.
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News‘Practical Magic 2’, Oasis doc and ‘Pressure’ take top spots at UK-Ireland box office
’The Odyssey’ and ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ both broke new records.
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NewsTrudie Styler’s ‘Up Against It’ scores additional sales ahead of Toronto premiere
Beta Cinema unveils new distribution deals for family comedy starring Antonio Banderas and Eva Birthistle.