UK News – Page 208
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NewsAmazon sets up $6m fund to support European production community
First donations are £1m to UK’s Film and TV Charity, £500,000 to Theatre Community Fund.
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NewsMaven secures backing for move into TV from UK Creative Content Fund
Production company was founded by Celine Rattray (‘The Kids Are Alright’) and Trudie Styler (‘American Honey’).
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NewsUK and Canada launch £300,000 immersive storytelling fund
The fund will support UK and Canadian artists working in VR, AR, and MR.
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News‘Days Of The Bagnold Summer’ to open Dinard Film Festival
Festival adds ‘Quiz’ series with Matthew Macfadyen, Sian Clifford.
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News‘Unhinged’ holds top spot as UK-Ireland box office slips back
Top five titles grossed 20 percent less than last week.
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News‘End of the F***ing World’ producer in Bafta TV award row
Dominic Buchanan ‘devastated’ at refusal to send him a trophy.
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NewsFrance, US, Russia, among 2020 GSA Bafta student film awards winners
Special jury prize awarded to Laura Zéphirin for Making Waves.
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News‘Mangrove’: first trailer for Steve McQueen’s Cannes ‘Small Axe’ title
Sunday August 9 marks 50th anniversary of Mangrove protest.
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NewsThe films opening around the world this weekend: ‘An American Pickle’, ‘Irresistible’, ‘High Life’
Other openers include ‘Perfect 10’ in the UK and Paramount’s horror ‘Body Cam’ in Germany.
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NewsModern Films acquires Hilma Af Klint, Molly Ivins docs for UK and Ireland (exclusive)
‘Beyond The Visible: Hilma Af Klint’ and ‘Raise Hell: The Life And Times Of Molly Ivins’ are set for release in October.
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News“Hugely disappointing”: UK Cinema Association blasts Disney’s ‘Mulan’ decision
The exhibition community is up in arms over Disney’s decision to release Mulan on PVoD in multiple markets.
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NewsLockdown leads to surge in streaming in the UK
An estimated 12 million people have signed up to a new video streaming service during the virus crisis.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office gains momentum as more cinemas reopen
Takings rose 30% on previous weekend as more than a third of all cinemas are now open.
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NewsBFI begins search for new chair to replace outgoing Josh Berger (exclusive)
Berger has served the maximum ten-year term permissible as a governor and chair under the BFI Royal Charter.
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NewsPhyllida Lloyd’s ‘Herself’ secures UK theatrical release date
Post-lockdown release date set for Sundance drama.
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NewsWorking Title Films boards Roger Michell’s ‘Good Morning, Mr. Mandela’ (exclusive)
Shawn Slovo is adapting the screenplay.
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NewsSky acquires ‘The Secret Garden’ from Studiocanal for UK and Ireland
’The Secret Garden’ was originally slated for an April 3 release via Studiocanal before it was pushed back due to the Covid-19 crisis.
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News‘Unhinged’ drives UK & Ireland box office forward with 263% top spot surge
The Russell Crowe thriller is the first film to gross over £100,000 since reopening.
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News“A maverick from the outset”: Industry colleagues pay tribute to Alan Parker
UK filmmaker Alan Parker died aged 76 on Friday.