UK News – Page 27
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NewsLuca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’ sold to multiple territories including UK-Ireland
Territories sold include UK-Ireland, LatAm, Canada, Germany.
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NewsCPH:DOX winner ‘Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other’ signs UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
Jacob Perlmutter and Manon Ouimet’s documentary will also play Zurich and IDFA.
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NewsFilming underway in Scotland on Big Beach’s ‘Borges And Me’ starring Fionn Whitehead, Luis Gnecco
UK-Belgium-Netherlands co-pro also stars Alan Cumming, Peter Mullan, Harriet Sansom Harris.
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NewsBFI-backed genre incubator The Residency selects 10 projects (exclusive)
Projects include ‘I Killed Your Dog’ from ‘Rye Lane’ star Vivian Oparah; Jasmer Gill’s ‘The Last Ride’; Nat McCleary’s ‘The Custodians of the Fridge’.
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NewsScreenSkills confirms Lisa Opie as chair
Opie stepped in after Richard Johnston stood down as chair in April.
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NewsMental health struggles worsening throughout UK film & TV industry, says Looking Glass survey
Respondents who said their mental health was ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’ rose to 35% in 2024 compared to 24% in 2022.
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News‘Out Of Darkness’ heads film nominees at 2024 Bafta Scotland Awards
Andrew Cumming’s film receives nominations in actor, actress and feature film.
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NewsBFI and Chanel filmmaker awards selects 2024 winners
The £20,000 prizes were awarded at a ceremony in London this evening.
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NewsControversial Cineworld restructuring plan approved by UK court
A high court judge in London approved the plan despite opposition from landlords.
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NewsTicket prices and lack of film choice are key barriers to cinema attendance, says BFI report (exclusive)
Streaming is proving more the more with audiences than watching films in a cinema environment.
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NewsIreland receives 8% tax incentive uplift for lower-budget local film production
Local films budgeted under €20m will now receive a 40% tax break.
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NewsBFI Network@LFF unveils 2024 cohort, partners with Doc Society (exclusive)
Participants include Screen Star of Tomorrow Elizabeth Rufai and The Ceremony producer Hollie Bryan.
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News‘The Outrun’ opens in UK-Ireland box office top five; ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ hits £21m
‘Megalopolis’ starts in sixth place, as ‘The Substance’ holds well for Mubi.
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News‘Peaky Blinders’ film starring Cillian Murphy begins production
Further cast include Rebecca Ferguson, Barry Keoghan, and Tim Roth.
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NewsUK production company behind ‘Sebastian’ expands into Finland (exclusive)
Bêtes Sauvages is opening a Finnish arm for Finnish and international projects.
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NewsSeven key themes to emerge from Screen’s ‘The Future of UK Film’ Summit
Screen International’s ‘The Future of UK Film’ Summit brought together leading names in the industry to debate the challenges and define the opportunities for UK independent film
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NewsGeorgia Brown joins board of UK’s Garden Studios
Former head of Amazon Studios in Europe sits alongside chair Heather Rabbatts.
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NewsOdeon, Prime Video launch trial partnership in UK
Customers who buy cinema tickets will be offered a Prime Video discount.
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News‘Kneecap’ crosses £2m at UK-Ireland box office for Wildcard, Curzon
Film has made £1.2m in Ireland and Northern Ireland, and £800,000 in England, Scotland, Wales.