UK News – Page 50
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NewsBFI confirms details, partners of Wales skills cluster (exclusive)
The BFI is investing £900,000 across two years in the Welsh cluster.
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NewsDecent showing for UK and Ireland in Cannes 2024 official selection
Films backed by BBC Film, BFI and Element Pictures make the cut, while Andrea Arnold’s ‘Bird’ lands in Competition.
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NewsVue planning further shift into UK-Ireland distribution after ‘There’s Still Tomorrow’
Vue CEO Tim Richards said the company is going to “start bringing in Polish films, German films, Dutch films and Danish films”.
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NewsHugh Grant settles privacy case with UK newspaper The Sun
The allegations surround unlawful information gathering.
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NewsFDA chief exec gives upbeat assessment of the UK and Ireland distribution sector in 2024
Andy Leyshon was talking at the launch of the FDA Yearbook this week.
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NewsDonna Langley to receive Kering’s Women In Motion Award at Cannes
Langley is the chairman and chief content officer of NBCUniversal Studio Group.
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NewsClare Binns to receive UNIC achievement award at CineEurope
Binns will receive the award during CineEurope in June.
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News‘Back To Black’ leads UK-Ireland box office with £2.7m debut; ‘Civil War’ opens third
Studiocanal’s Amy Winehouse biopic scored a £3,853 location average.
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NewsPierce Brosnan, Amir El-Masry to star in AGC’s ‘Giant’; shoot moves to UK for new indie tax credit
True Brit has acquired UK distribution rights.
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NewsFilm Export UK chief executive Charlie Bloye to retire: “We aren’t a zombie legacy business” (exclusive)
The long-serving executive will step down after 17 years this July.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Back To Black’ set for widest opening of the year in 719 cinemas
Alex Garland’s ‘Civil War’, Oscar-nominated ‘The Teacher’s Lounge’ also out.
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NewsScreen International unveils raft of editorial promotions
The promotions take place with immediate effect.
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NewsUK culture committee calls for freelancers’ commissioner, tighter protection of royalties
A statutory mechanism called the Smart Fund has been proposed, that ensures creators and performers are paid fairly for their work when it is accessed, distributed, and stored on digital devices.
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NewsSky Studios exec joins London’s Garden Studios as chief operating officer
Bee Devine replaces Anthony Gannon.
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NewsUK’s Winnersh Film Studios enters administration
The studio says last year’s strikes have had a “detrimental” impact on cash flow.
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NewsBFI Distribution acquires Chantal Akerman film catalogue for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
BFI Distribution sets 2025 theatrical re-release for ‘Jeanne Dielman’.
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NewsPaul Mescal, Olivia Colman, Spike Lee, Susan Sarandon join Cinema For Gaza fundraiser
Shane Meadows, Lukas Dhont among new joiners; total passes £90,000.
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News‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ takes UK-Ireland box office lead; ‘Monkey Man’ starts fifth with £760k
‘Kung Fu Panda’ knocks ‘Godzilla x Kong: A New Empire’ off top spot.
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NewsUK’s Reel Cinemas founder KC Suri dies aged 68
Suri moved from India to the UK in 1981, founding the Reel Cinemas chain in 2001, and growing it to 16 sites.