UK News – Page 5
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NewsSheffield DocFest managing director Annabel Grundy to depart
Grundy will leave at the end of this year.
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NewsTribeca gaming doc ‘Break The Game’ picked up for sales (exclusive)
The feature doc follows a celebrated gamer who loses her online fanbase after coming out as trans.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Awards contenders ‘Anora’, ‘Blitz’, ‘Juror #2’ debut
‘Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story’ and Hugh Grant horror ‘Heretic’ also open.
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News‘Trailer Park Boys’ feature scores international sales deal, UK-Ireland pickup (exclusive)
Canadian mockumentary series ‘Trailer Park Boys’ has run since 2001.
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News“It’s make or break”: UK sellers talk AFM expectations ahead of first Las Vegas edition
After a chaotic 2023 edition in Santa Monica, UK sales agents hope a move to Sin City will give the AFM a fresh lease of life.
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NewsPsychological thriller ‘Row’ boarded for world sales, UK-Ireland distribution (exclusive)
Matthew Losasso’s film was inspired by a failed transatlantic world record rowing attempt.
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News‘Peaky Blinders’ costume designer Stephanie Collie dies aged 60
Collie worked with Daniel Craig on pre-James Bond hit ‘Layer Cake’.
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NewsEmbankment on board for Rob Savage horror ‘Molepeople’ starring Anthony Ramos, Ben Mendelsohn
BoulderLight Pictures and Rough House Pictures produce the New York-set horror.
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NewsBafta Rocliffe selects winners for new film writing competition
Winners were selected by jury including BFI, Lionsgate, BBC Film executives.
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NewsUK parliament to launch second British film and high-end TV inquiry
Artificial intelligence in filmmaking and the work of the BFI will be under the spotlight.
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NewsLyn Goleby rejoins Picturehouse Cinemas in senior role (exclusive)
Goleby will work closely with Picturehouse’s Clare Binns and Cineworld’s Javier Sotomayor.
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NewsUK autumn budget confirms VFX tax relief uplift, generative AI exclusion dropped
A 40% relief in business rates for retail, hospitality and leisure has also been set.
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NewsFrancois Ozon’s ‘When Fall Is Coming’ registers UK-Ireland release deal (exclusive)
Helene Vincent, Ludivine Sagnier star in the family drama.
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NewsSXSW prize winner ‘We Were Dangerous’ boarded for sales (exclusive)
New Zealand filmmaker Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu won a special jury prize for filmmaking at SXSW.
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News‘The Great Lillian Hall’ starring Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Pierce Brosnan picked up for sales (exclusive)
Signature Entertainment will launch sales at the upcoming AFM.
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NewsWorld Of Studios UK 2025: digital edition
World of Studios is a comprehensive guide to studio facilities of all sizes around the UK’s nations and regions.
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NewsBritish Urban Film Festival unveils 2024 winners
Marcus Flemmings’ ’White Guilt’ took home the best feature prize.
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NewsTrue Brit bolsters senior team with former Studiocanal, eOne, STX execs (exclusive)
John Trafford-Owen joins the UK distributor as a consultant.
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NewsMisfits Entertainment hires Film4 exec in new head of scripted role (exclusive)
Producer will oversee an expansion into scripted space for ‘McQueen’ makers Misfits.
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News‘Venom: The Last Dance’ licks the competition at UK-Ireland box office with £4.3m start
‘The Room Next Door’ opens with £240,000; ‘The Substance’ sets Mubi record.