UK News – Page 21
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NewsUK Next Wave Genre Lab selects projects, contributors for second phase (exclusive)
‘Love Lies Bleeding’ producer Andrea Cornwell is among contributors to the scheme.
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NewsUK’s Curzon acquired by US investment group Fortress
The deal will “secure the jobs of Curzon’s more than 350 employees”, according to the new owners.
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NewsHong Sangsoo’s Locarno title ‘By The Stream’ acquired for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
The film centres around a scandalous incident involving a lecturer and her uncle.
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NewsUS abortion rights doc ‘Zurawski v Texas’ acquired for international sales (exclusive)
The documentary follows women denied abortions, who group together to sue the state.
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News‘Paddington In Peru’ rejuvenates UK-Ireland box office with £9.7m opening
Biggest opening ever for Studiocanal; third-biggest of the year.
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NewsUK exhibitors sound alarm over incoming tax increases and wage rises
Clare Reddington, CEO of the Watershed, is dismayed there are no exemptions for smaller organisations.
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News“You had better pay attention”: AI is going to disrupt your industry, say speakers at AI Creative Summit
This week’s AI Creative Summit found delegates more upbeat about the impact of the technology than last year.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Paddington In Peru’ is widest release of 2024 so far
Festive comedy ‘Red One’ and Pharrell Williams Lego biopic ’Piece By Piece’ also open.
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News‘Everyone Is Going To Die’ starring Jaime Winstone sells to North America, Spain (exclusive)
The North American release is set for February 2025.
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NewsOdin’s Eye takes on sales for war drama ‘The Last Front’, starring Iain Glen
First World War drama launched over the weekend in the UK.
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NewsLionsgate picks up ‘H Is For Hawk’ with Claire Foy, Brendan Gleeson for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Protagonist Pictures has landed a slew of deals on the drama from Bafta-winning UK director Philippa Lowthorpe.
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NewsSXSW thriller ‘7 Keys’ opened up for sales (exclusive)
Wilkinson plans for ’7 Keys’ to be the first in a trilogy of genre films through a female lens, with a horror and action movie in the works.
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NewsUS producers eyeing up UK indie tax credit
Amid challenging conditions for production in the US, the UK’s enhanced tax credit for £15m films is proving alluring for American indies.
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NewsFirst look at ‘Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day’; Jack Whitehall, Jennifer Saunders join cast (exclusive)
Haley Bennett, Timothy Spall and Lily Allen also star.
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NewsAllison Gardner, Glasgow Film CEO and festival director, to retire in 2025
Gardner will step down in October 2025 after more than 30 years with the organisation.
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NewsMaria Bakalova, Peter Mullan star in abduction thriller ‘No Way Off’ for Altitude
It’s produced by Matthew James Wilkinson for his Stigma Films.
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NewsSaoirse Ronan, ‘La Cocina’ among winners at Evolution Mallorca
Best film went to Argentinian coming-of-age drama ’Los Frikis’.
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NewsSandra Hüller comedy ‘Two To One’ lands UK deal (exclusive)
The film is a true story based on an East German bank heist in 1990.
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NewsBankside unveils first look at Icelandic volcano thriller ‘The Fires’ (exclusive)
The feature shot on location in Iceland throughout the summer.
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NewsMister Smith’s Toronto comedy ‘Young Werther’ raises deals in UK, Europe and beyond (exclusive)
The romantic comedy starring Douglas Booth and Alison Pill has also sold in the Middle East and Australia-New Zealand.