UK News – Page 202
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NewsEarly reaction to Bafta changes: “Welcome… but proof of the pudding will be in the eating”
Directors UK and Bectu heads both voice praise of the overhaul.
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NewsBafta Film Awards unveils radical overhaul of voting, membership and organisation
Bafta aims to be more British, more respresentative and more welcoming.
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NewsPeckhamplex closes temporarily as UK indie cinemas struggle with lack of big releases
UK Cinema Association warns that more venues may follow suit.
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NewsScreen welcomes Amazon Prime Video as headline sponsor for UK & Ireland Stars of Tomorrow
The 2020 cohort for our annual talent showcase is being revealed on Monday, September 28.
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NewsCineworld posts $1.6bn pre-tax loss due to coronavirus
UK-based exhibitor also operates Regal in the US.
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News£650m UK-Ireland box-office deficit due to blockbuster absence, say distribution experts
“A very similar picture to the territories we would compare ourselves to.”
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NewsUK’s FrightFest cancels physical edition and moves online
New Covid restrictions were a “tipping point”: said organisers.
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News‘God’s Own Country’ producers launch development award with Curzon, Charades (exclusive)
Award is aimed at UK-based filmmakers with non-English scripts.
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NewsBFI London Film Festival 2020 adds Steve McQueen’s ‘Lovers Rock’
Second of McQueen’s ‘Small Axe’ series to play the event.
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News‘Fisherman’s Friends’ producers to make biopic of UK Covid-19 fundraiser Tom Moore
Fred Films and Powder Keg to shoot feature in 2021.
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NewsCinemas exempt from 10pm curfew as England imposes new Covid-19 restrictions
Hospitality businesses now legally required to take customer details.
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NewsSPC acquires Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent drama ‘The Duke’
Comedy-drama debuted at the Venice Film Festival.
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NewsUK’s Film and TV Charity launches new diversity-focused £2m Covid-19 Recovery Fund
The Fund has received a £1m donation from Amazon Prime Video.
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NewsAleem Khan’s ‘After Love’ secures UK and Ireland deal (exclusive)
After Love will have its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival in October.
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NewsBFI London Film Festival launches UK works-in-progress showcase
Seven upcoming UK films and immersive works will be presented to buyers and festival programmers.
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NewsUK-French actor and ‘Moonraker’ star Michael Lonsdale dies aged 89
Paris-born actor was best-known internationally for Moonraker and Of Gods And Men.
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News‘After We Collided’ increases as ‘Tenet’ holds UK-Ireland box office weekend crown
Christopher Nolan’s thriller stays top for 4th weekend.
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NewsEveryman Cinemas CEO Crispin Lilly resigns from boutique cinema chain
Lilly had spent almost six years as chief executive.
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NewsShudder, Vertigo to release ‘Host’ in UK and Ireland cinemas (exclusive)
Rob Savage directed the Zoom-based horror during the Covid-19 quarantine.
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NewsBFI reveals IWC emerging filmmaker award finalists; Michaela Coel leads jury
Cathy Brady, Aleem Khan, and Francis Lee make the shortlist.