UK News – Page 6
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Moana 2’ sails into 630 cinemas; ‘Conclave’ also opens
Payal Kapadia’s Cannes award-winner ‘All We Imagine As Light’ also opens.
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NewsIrish rap trio Kneecap wins arts funding case against UK government
The Irish rap group has been re-awarded £14,250.
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NewsGlasgow, Locarno, IDFA join European film market alliance
The F.A.M.E. Alliance also includes CPH: Dox, Les Arcs and Zurich.
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NewsYouTube beginning to dominate UK video consumption among adults, says Ofcom
Regulator’s Online Nation report finds 9 in 10 of all online adults using the Google service.
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NewsSky’s Karl Holmes to lead Disney+ in EMEA
Former Sky UK and Ireland finance chief to oversee Disney+ and direct-to-consumer operations.
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NewsFfilm Cymru Wales names Amanda Rees next chair (exclusive)
Outgoing chair Ruth McElroy departs in December.
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NewsMohsen Makhmalbaf urges UK government to open doors to Afghanistan’s creatives
“Bringing these people here is not just saving the life of individuals. It’s saving culture.”
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NewsPhilip Knatchbull to return to UK’s Curzon on interim basis; Edward Fletcher to depart (exclusive)
Curzon was acquired at auction by US’ Fortress Investment Group earlier this month.
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NewsTogether Films selects projects for $50,000 climate action fund (exclusive)
Two projects highlight innovative approaches to tackling climate crisis.
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NewsBFI London Film Festival award winner ‘Four Mothers’ picked up for UK-Ireland
The feature is set for release in April next year.
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News‘Kneecap’, ‘Civil War’ lead Bifa 2024 craft winners
Further winners include ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ and ‘Firebrand’.
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News‘Wicked’ shines with biggest opening weekend of 2024 at UK-Ireland box office
The musical has also broken the box office record for best-peforming debut for a stage-to-screen adaptation in the territory.
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NewsFirst-look images for Wales-shot ‘Madfabulous’ starring Callum Scott Howells unveiled (exclusive)
Rupert Everett also stars.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Wicked’ aims to cast its spell in 698 sites
Also out this weekend: Sundance drag queen romance ‘Layla’ and a raft of documentaries, including ‘Bread & Roses’ and ‘Silent Men’.
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NewsShifting business models leads discussion at British Screen Forum
Speakers include David Puttnam, Kathleen Kennedy, Jane Featherstone, Jane Millichip and Caroline Dinenage.
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NewsLuna Carmoon, Sean Wang, Nava Mau among Bafta Breakthrough 2024 line-up
43 creatives include 21 from UK, 13 from US and nine from India.
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News‘The Penguin Lessons’, ‘Kneecap’ receive UK Global Screen Fund support; fund lands key hire
Jordan Allwood joins the UKGSF team from sales outfit Independent Entertainment.
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NewsSister’s Jane Featherstone on ‘Kaos’ cancellation and her mission to “make mainstream fashionable again”
Featherstone anticipates a return to less risky, long-form TV comissioning, with pure TV talent attached: ”Movie stars don’t want to do a TV schedule.”
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NewsVue Cinemas launches UK-Ireland distribution company Vue Lumière (exclusive)
AI tool identified a gap in the market for smaller and international films, said CEO Tim Richards.
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NewsTamer Hassan, Leo Gregory join cast Of ‘Rise Of The Footsoldier: Ibiza’, first pictures revealed (exclusive)
There are plans for three more films and a TV series in the cult crime franchise.