UK News – Page 252
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NewsKerry Film Festival appoints new head of programming (exclusive)
The festival is preparing to mark its 20th anniversary.
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NewsBFI London Film Festival adds Rian Johnson’s ‘Knives Out’
‘Whodunnit’ starring Daniel Craig selected as American Express Gala.
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NewsUS management and production outfit Zero Gravity sets up London office, makes key hire
Company hires Sense8 producer to lead UK office.
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NewsUK box office preview: ‘Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood’ off to stellar start with £2.4m
Quentin Tarantino’s latest records his highest single day at the UK box office.
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NewsUK’s Film Distributors’ Association appoints Andy Leyshon as new chief executive (exclusive)
The former STX exec is taking over from the long-serving Mark Batey.
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NewsUK post-house Molinare promotes Nigel Bennett after CEO Julie Parmenter departs
Bennett moves into newly-created managing director role.
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NewsOlivia Colman to receive inaugural Raindance Film Festival Icon Award (exclusive)
‘The Favourite’ actress will accept the award in person on Tuesday August 20.
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NewsDevilworks seals deals for alien encounter sci-fi ‘After The Lethargy’ (exclusive)
The film is Marc Carreté’s second feature after ‘Asmodexia’.
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NewsParkland Entertainment buys Richard Dreyfuss space film ‘Astronaut’ (exclusive)
Film premiered at this year’s Edinburgh film festival.
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NewsRecord-breaker ‘The Lion King’ tops UK box office again; ‘Blinded By The Light’ opens fourth
The Disney animal adventure has been top for 24 consecutive days.
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NewsFox UK staff face redundancy threat
Screen understands Chris Green, 20th Century Fox’s UK managing director, left his post on July 31.
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NewsJackie Collins documentary in the works at Passion Pictures
AGC Studios, CNN Films, and the BBC Arts are co-financing Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story.
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NewsUK box office preview: can ‘Blinded By The Light’ become the latest music-themed hit?
Screen Star of Tomorrow Viveik Kalra leads Gurinder Chadha’s latest.
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News‘Are You Proud?’ director suffers apparent homophobic attack
Ashley Joiner required 10 stitches after the incident.
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NewsIwan Rheon, Tom Cullen to star in UK thriller ‘Barbarians’ (exclusive)
The cast also includes Catalina Sandino Moreno, Conor Swindells, Will Kemp, and Tommy McDonnell.
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NewsUniversal buys select international territories on Kristen Stewart Venice title 'Seberg' (exclusive)
Studio takes rights including Nordics, Benelux, Latin America.
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NewsBafta upholds theatrical eligibility rules for film awards but promises closer scrutiny of all entrants
Bafta says it will encourage Netflix and Sky to reveal box office figures for the films they enter.
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NewsBafta introduces new casting category for 2020 film awards
Bafta have also announced that the original music category will be renamed original score.
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NewsBafta to trial extended eligibility window for foreign language award in 2020 (exclusive)
UK distributors will be able to release films up to four weeks after the awards ceremony.
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BFI launches ‘up to £120k per project’ animated shorts fund
The fund expects to back six to 10 projects per year from animators ‘with a track record’.