UK News – Page 6
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NewsTiger Aspect exec joins London Film School as chief operating officer
Helen Wright has held the COO role at Tiger Aspect for 10 years.
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NewsRepublic of Story, British Blacklist launch platform for Black and Global Majority producers
As well as a directory, No Password Required will host a dedicated industry market in London.
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NewsGarden Studios to support independent films with co-production fund
The scheme will target films in the £5-10m with support from a £17m revolving credit facility,
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News‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ knocks ‘Thunderbolts*’ off top spot at UK-Ireland box office
Lionsgate’s ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ debuted at number five.
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NewsIreland’s Keeper Pictures on lively slate and “huge growth” of local industry
The development slate includes Aislinn Clarke’s genre film ’Thomas’ and ‘The Colony’ adpated by Mark O’Halloran.
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NewsThink-Film Impact Production marks 10th anniversary with busy Cannes schedule
Impact specialists are hosting discussion panel on censorship.
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NewsJennifer Lawrence: “I highly recommend having kids if you want to be an actor”
Lawrence and Robert Pattinson joke over whether parenthood gives you energy.
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NewsFirst look at Emily Atef’s English-language debut ‘Call Me Queen’ as production wraps
EXCLUSIVE: Eliane Umuhire, Denise Gough lead the adaptation of Lara Santoro’s novel ‘Mercy’.
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NewsJames McArdle, Ewen Bremner to lead Sunderland-set dark comedy ‘Kill Paddy’
EXCLUSIVE: The independent title is produced by Carley Armstrong.
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NewsAustralian folk horror ‘The Banished’ heads to North America
Blue Finch Films is selling the film and will release in UK-Ireland and Australia-New Zealand.
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NewsCJ Beckford, Mirren Mack to lead UK romantic comedy ‘Arthur & Clara’
EXCLUSIVE: Directorial debut of Kieran Bourne.
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NewsJack Davenport, Sophia Di Martino to star in Yorkshire-set comedy ‘Blueberry Inn’
EXCLUSIVE: Shooting took place at Castle Howard in Yorkshire.
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News“AI should be a tool for liberation”: Cannes UK pavilion to dig into the thorny AI in filmmaking debate
A discussion on the rise of indigenous languages in film, how genre films travel across borders and a talent talk with ’Pillion’ director Harry Lighton are also still to come.
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NewsWestEnd boards ‘The Highway That Eats People’ directed by Mary Harron
EXCLUSIVE: WestEnd is selling the film at Cannes, starring Anna Cobb and Charlie Plummer.
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NewsBMAN, Forty Foot Pictures, Bankside select genre projects for €50,000 Irish scheme
Three projects receive a share of €50,000.
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NewsCineverse swoops for Blue Finch slate
EXCLUSIVE: ‘The Draft!’, ’A Mother’s Embrace’ and ’Above The Knee’ have all been acquired for North America.
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NewsBuyers swing for Serbian epic ‘Sword Of Vengeance’
The feature is being billed as Serbia’s answer to ‘Mad Max’.
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NewsTrudie Styler’s ‘Rose’s Baby’ to film in London for Maven Screen Media, Beta Cinema
EXCLUSIVE: The shoot set to take place this summer around London, with Beta Cinema selling the project and CAA representing North America.
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NewsFormer Element Pictures exec launches Ireland-UK distribution venture Beach Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: Irish exec Dave Reid will focus on animation, independent cinema and non-English language films.
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News“We want the UK to be the best place in the world to make film,” says UK creative industries minister in Cannes
”I want to us to make films where the intellectual property stays in the UK and people make a long-term living,” Chris Bryant added.