UK News – Page 8
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NewsBen Roberts, Thierry Fremaux lead tributes to Terence Davies
“All his major works feel as fresh and relevant as when they were made.”
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News‘The Exorcist: Believer’ tops UK-Ireland box office with £1.7m debut
‘Oppenheimer’ tops ‘Barbie’ this weekend alone.
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NewsUK cinemas recorded bumper sales growth in July thanks to ‘Barbenheimer’ (exclusive)
Data specialist CACI says Curzon had 223% month on month sales growth in July.
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NewsWe Are Parable acquires Cannes Competition title ‘Banel And Adama’ for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Acquisition follows the company’s first pickup ‘Earth Mama’, which it will release in December.
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NewsRenowned UK director Terence Davies dies aged 77
Filmmaker died after a short illness, according to his family.
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NewsMartin Scorsese talks state of cinema, “content” obsession: “I didn’t want to be the last line of defence”
Scorsese gave a Screen Talk at the BFI London Film Festival, hosted by Edgar Wright.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The Great Escaper’ goes up against ‘The Exorcist: Believer’
National Amusements fires up ‘BlackBerry’; MetFilm has ‘Golda’ starring Helen Mirren and ‘The Burial’.
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NewsBlue Finch Films closes UK and key territories for Paris Zarcilla’s ‘Raging Grace’ (exclusive)
The horror will be released theatrically in the UK and Ireland on December 29.
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News‘Blade Runner 2099’ scraps Belfast shoot
The initial shoot had been delayed by the Writers’ Guild of America (WGA) strike.
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NewsEnd-of-the-pier documentary ‘Seaside Special’ scores UK-Ireland theatrical deal (exclusive)
The film is a German-Belgian co-production, directed by Jens Meurer.
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NewsUK’s ICA launches Off-Circuit screening programme for films without distribution deals (exclusive)
Source: ICA Off-Circuit UK cinema distributor the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) has launched a screening programme for independent films that have not managed to secure UK distribution. The programme, named Off-Circuit, “intends to address a shared frustration from audiences and industry alike around the fact ...
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NewsSteve McQueen’s ‘Occupied City’ scores UK-Ireland theatrical deal (exclusive)
McQueen’s documentary plays as a Special Presentation at London Film Festival today.
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NewsUK film and TV workers protest in London as SAG-AFTRA strike plight continues
Over 100 film and TV workers turned out today (October 5) to the protest at London’s Leicester Square.
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NewsPolish animation and awards hopeful ‘The Peasants’ scores UK deal (exclusive)
‘The Peasants’ comes from the same team that made ‘Loving Vincent’.
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NewsBFI CEO salutes independent filmmakers at opening night of London Film Festival
The festival opened with Emerald Fennell’s ‘Saltburn’.
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NewsUniversal Pictures Content Group acquires Kitty Green’s thriller ‘The Royal Hotel’ (exclusive)
Universal Pictures Content Group will release the title in UK, France, Germany and Italy.
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NewsUK crew demonstrate outside of BFI London Film Festival opening night gala
Under the name ‘Crew Call For Change’, the protest aimed to voice concern over the lack of support for UK film and TV crews during the US strikes.
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NewsMichael Winterbottom talks ‘Shoshana’; reveals more cast for Carlos Ghosn series
’Shoshana’ world premiered at Toronto, ahead of screenings at Dinard film festival and BFI London Film Festival.
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NewsThe Big Screen Awards unveils 2023 nominations
Disney, Picturehouse, Mubi lead with most nominations.
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NewsEdinburgh film festival embarks on search for festival director
Kate Taylor, programme director for the festival’s one-off 2023 streamlined edition, has confirmed she will not be applying.