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UK News – Page 8
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News‘The Apprentice’ director Ali Abbasi on looking for contemporary stories: “We are living in extremely exciting, crazy times”
Abbasi conducted a director’s masterclass at the Galway Film Fleadh.
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News“How could we put booster rockets on the cross-border support?” Producers call for an island of Ireland fund
Execs from Wild Atlantic Pictures, Fine Point Films, Screen Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen took part in a discussion at the Galway Film Fleadh.
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NewsGalway prize winner ‘Gerry Adams – A Ballymurphy Man’ picked up for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: The feature doc won the best international documentary prize at Galway.
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News‘Superman’ starts with earthbound £7m at UK-Ireland box office
Heatwave across UK and Ireland sees substantial drops for most holdovers.
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NewsBrendan Canty’s ‘Christy’ wins best Irish film at Galway Film Fleadh 2025
’Horseshoe’ and documentaries ’Sanatorium’ and ’Gerry Adams – A Ballymurphy Man’ also took home prizes.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Warner Bros ‘Superman’ flies into 685 cinemas
Further releases include Johnny Depp’s ‘Modi’ and Spanish comedy ‘The Other Way Around’.
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News“It’s a hard business not to be cynical in,” says ‘Materialists’ producer Christine Vachon
The US producer was speaking at Ireland’s Galway Film Fleadh.
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NewsITV and Disney strike landmark UK content-sharing deal
Disney+ and ITVX have forged a “first-of-its-kind” agreement to share content from each other’s service on their respective UK platforms.
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News‘Life Of Brian’, ‘Bugsy Malone’ unit stills photographer David Appleby dies aged 77
Appleby was a lifelong collaborator of filmmaker Alan Parker.
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NewsBFI and CNC sign major pact to work together to enhance the UK and French screen industries
The signing of the agency-to-agency agreement has formed part of Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to the UK.
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NewsBFI London Film Festival selects opening film for 2025
Third time the festival has opened with a Netflix title.
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NewsBright Pictures’ Sarah Sulick to lead producing MA at London Film School
The course responds “to the evolving needs of the global screen industries“.
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NewsUK creative industries minister calls for a shift away from the screen sector’s freelance model
“I’m not sure if it’s really good for industry in the end if so many people are freelancers,” Chris Bryant told a parliamentary committee today/.
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News‘The Salt Path’ producers say lying allegations refer to book and not film as box office holds steady
UK newspaper ‘The Observer’ has alleged that key parts of memoir on which film is based were made up.
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NewsBFI, BBC Film and Film4 heads join Screen’s ‘Building on the UK’s Global Success’ film summit
Mia Bays, Eva Yates and Farhana Bhula will talk on panel about how their funds are working to support UK filmmakers.
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NewsStudio TF1 appoints 42 and Universal exec David O’Donoghue to major international role
The move is a sign of the international ambitions of the French media powerhouse.
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NewsUK ban on NDAs to silence workers praised by Zelda Perkins, industry bodies
If passed, proposed amendments to the government’s employment rights bill will enable victims or harassment or discrimination to speak out.
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NewsBen Rivers’ Locarno competitor ‘Mare’s Nest’ boarded by Rediance
EXCLUSIVE: The UK filmmaker is returning to the main competition at Locarno for the third time.
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NewsBifa introduces cinema award with campaign to celebrate cinemagoing
EXCLUSIVE: Award will be decided by a combination of public vote and jury selection.
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NewsCasarotto Ramsay names new chairwoman, head of film and television
Chairperson role is a new position within the UK agency.