UK News – Page 79
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NewsUK’s Film & TV Charity gets £500,000 grant boost
Broadcasters back support package amid rise in applications.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Warner Bros’ ‘Blue Beetle’ chased by Universal’s ‘Strays’
Curzon is re-releasing Lars von Trier’s ‘The Idiots’.
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NewsElla Glendining talks plans for fiction feature debut ‘Curiosities Of Fools’ (exclusive)
Glendining is touring the festival circuit with her documentary Is There Anybody Out There?
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NewsMusic documentary ‘Getting It Back: The Story Of Cymande’ drums up UK-Ireland theatrical deal (exclusive)
Tim Mackenzie-Smith’s feature debut tells the story of the 1970s Black British group.
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NewsNetflix hires former Altitude, UK Film Council exec to handle UK film slate (exclusive)
New role takes over many of the duties formerly held by Fiona Lamptey.
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NewsWorld premiere of ‘The Kitchen’ from Kibwe Tavares, Daniel Kaluuya to close BFI London Film Festival
The Closing Night Gala will take place on Sunday, October 15.
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NewsBFI chair Tim Richards to step down in 2024 as DCMS opens applications for successor
CEO of Vue International Tim Richards ends his tenure in 2024.
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NewsConcert film ‘Billy Idol: State Line’ secures sales representation, UK distribution (exclusive)
The rock icon performs two unique sets on the Hoover Dam.
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NewsGuy Nattiv’s ‘Golda’, starring Helen Mirren, set for UK-Ireland theatrical release
The film premiered in Berlin and went on to open the Jerusalem Film Festival.
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News‘Barbie’ nears £80m at UK-Ireland box office; ‘Oppenheimer’ tops £45m; ‘Haunted Mansion’ opens to £1m
‘Gran Turismo’ makes a slow start with less than £1m opening.
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NewsTim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Hans Zimmer buy music recording facility Maida Vale Studios
Working Title chairman and composer have bought the studios with music producer Steven Kofsky from the BBC.
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NewsFfilm Cymru Wales founding CEO Pauline Burt to step down
Recruitment for a new CEO is underway.
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NewsJames Hawes’ ‘One Life’, starring Anthony Hopkins, joins BFI London Film Festival line-up
Film selected as the American Express Gala.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Gran Turismo’ clicks into gear
Disney opens the doors to the ‘Haunted Mansion’.
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NewsPlans afoot for Aberdeen’s only independent cinema to re-open
The Belmont Filmhouse has been shut since October of last year.
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NewsFrightFest horror-comedy ‘Werewolf Santa’ scores international sales deal, UK and US theatrical releases (exclusive)
Santa turns into a werewolf on Christmas Eve, and wreaks havoc on a seaside town.
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NewsHaugesund’s New Nordic Films to host UK focus including four co-production pitches
Hot Nordic works-in-progress at the Norwegian event include ’Handing The Undead’ starring Renate Reinsve.
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NewsScottish horror ‘Mercy Falls’ scores UK theatrical deal (exclusive)
It will be released in UK cinemas from September 1.
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NewsDisney+ to launch ad-supported plans in UK, Canada, parts of Europe
A crackdown on password sharing is also on the horizon.
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NewsUK’s Glasgow Film Theatre strikes landmark union agreement
A voluntary recognition agreement has been signed between GFT and union Unite – the first of its kind for a Scottish cinema.