UK News – Page 424
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NewsAsif Kapadia to direct 'Silver Ghost'
The British director of Oscar-nominated documentary Amy, whose romance Ali & Nino premiered in Sundance this week, is lining up a drama about the iconic car manufacturer for producer Martin Scorsese.
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NewsMuch-changed Dublin festival reveals line-up
It is all change for Dublin as the city’s 10-day festival launches a new programme, new sponsors and a new general manager.
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NewsSkillset, Puttnam launch executive MBA for creative industries
Channel 4 will fund six bursaries over three years.
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NewsBFI: UK independent films clock 11% of box office in 2015
Overall admissions were up 9%, but production spend on UK domestic titles was down 7% in 2015.
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NewsDolby team with Wanda to launch 100 premium cinema sites in China
Dolby Cinema to be installed in 100 Wanda Cinema locations by 2021.
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NewsTIFF horror 'Baskin' secures key territory deals
EXCLUSIVE: UK, Germany, Australia, Italy sign up for genre festival hit.
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News'Trance' co-writer begins shoot on thriller 'B&B'
EXCLUSIVE: Creative England backs feature about gay couple who plot revenge against a conservative B&B owner.
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NewsBulldog sinks teeth into 'The Violators' for UK release
Helen Walsh’s directorial debut will hit UK/Ireland cinemas in May 2016.
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NewsPinewood launches TV production arm
Pinewood Group has recruited the producer of Fortitude, The Enfield Haunting and The Last Kingdom to lead its newly-formed TV production company.
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NewsBFI launches Shakespeare on Film; British films to tour 110 countries
Events will include an international tour of British Shakespeare films and a nationwide simulcast of Ian McKellen’s Richard III.
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News'The Revenant' retains UK lead; tops $17m
Universal’s Ride Along 2 is the week’s highest new entry with $3m (£2.13m) from 418 sites to chart second.
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News'The Revenant' tops buzz chart for second week running
New openers Ride Along 2 and The Big Short fail to dethrone last week’s top titles.
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NewsBAFTA canvasses diversity in UK membership
BAFTA seeks greater insight into membership make-up as #Oscarssowhite furore builds.
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NewsCraig Roberts launches production company; readies second feature
EXCLUSIVE: Cliff Edge Pictures will develop and produce film and TV projects, starting with the Submarine star’s next feature as a director.
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NewsCurzon Artificial Eye acquires Whit Stillman’s 'Love & Friendship'
EXCLUSIVE: UK deal for Sundance title starring Kate Beckinsale and Chloe Sevigny.
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NewsGlasgow Film Festival unveils 2016 programme
Festival to host 60 UK premieres, including Time Out Of Mind [pictured] starring Richard Gere and Disney’s Zootropolis.
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NewsEd Vaizey: "The creative industries exist outside of London"
The minister for culture discussed the health of the UK’s creative industries at a gathering of business leaders in London.
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News'45 Years' director Andrew Haigh among Creative England Future Leaders
Sunset Song producer Hurricane Films and Duck Soup Films, set up last year by two UK producers with ties to Warp Films, are also on the list.
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NewsStephen Fingleton developing US big budget sci-fi
BAFTA-nominated director in talks to direct a thriller set in the near future.
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News'Paddington', 'X+Y' score at GB Writers’ Guild Awards
Paul King beat out Nick Hornby and Alex Garland.