UK News – Page 89
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NewsJustine Triet’s Cannes contender ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ acquired for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
The film is Picturehouse Entertainment’s fourth acquisition at the Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsCineworld expects to emerge from bankruptcy in July
The global exhibitor says almost all of its ‘legacy’ lenders have approved a restructuring plan.
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News“We can’t be all the answers,” says BFI Filmmaking Fund team at Cannes’ UK Pavilion
“Be as production-ready as possible,” they advised of applications to the new-look Fund.
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NewsPicturehouse eats up Tran Anh Hung’s Cannes title ‘The Pot-Au-Feu’ for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
The film is Picturehouse Entertainment’s third acquisition at the Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsRebel Wilson to make feature directing debut with Australian musical adaptation ‘The Deb’
Film is produced by Unigram and AI Film which recently co-financed and produced ‘Tetris’ for Apple TV+
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NewsCannes Critics’ Week drama ‘Power Alley’ lands UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
Brazilian drama marks the directorial debut feature of Lillah Halla.
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NewsKristen Stewart, Josh O’Connor, Elle Fanning to star in Karim Aïnouz’s ‘Rosebushpruning’
The Match Factory and Mubi team on the adaptation of Marco Bellocchio’s ‘Fists in the Pocket’.
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NewsUK’s ScreenSkills calls for ‘fundamental’ reform of screen industry apprenticeships and levy
National training body urges change.
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NewsNuri Bilge Ceylan’s Cannes title ‘About Dry Grasses’ picked up for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
The film is Picturehouse Entertainment’s second acquisition at the Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsBFI, Diversity In Cannes reflect on Black women in film programme: “This has to happen again”
The BFI teamed up with Yolonda Brinkley’s Diversity In Cannes to launch a programme of events to build creative and financial partnerships for Black women in film.
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News’Give Me Pity!’ lands for UK and Ireland (exclusive)
Sophie von Haselberg stars in the film that has played at Rotterdam, Fantasia, Edinburgh and Fantastic Fest.
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NewsUK’s 1185 post house moves into film financing (exclusive)
1185 will provide gap funding, secured against minimum guarantees, equity investment and tax break/expenditure credit cashflow.
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NewsActor Ray Stevenson dies aged 58
Stevenson reportedly died in Italy on Sunday (May 21), though no other details of his death have been revealed.
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News‘Fast X‘ tops UK-Ireland box office with £5.9m, behind recent franchise entries
Film scores £9,001 average from 644 sites.
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NewsJude Law on the perfume he wore to ensure he “smelt awful” as Henry VIII in ‘Firebrand’
Specially-made scent was constructed of ”puss, blood, faecal matter and sweat” said the actor.
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund partners on European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian filmmakers
The emergency funding programme has an overall budget of €1.2m.
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NewsBFI’s Mia Bays, Ama Ampadu and Louise Ortega to explore restructured Filmmaking Fund at Cannes’ UK Pavilion
Taking part will be Mia Bays, director of the BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund and Ama Ampadu and Louise Ortega, the fund’s senior production and production executives.
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NewsUK producers call for more support to be able to work with local talent
“We’re the ones making work for actors and everybody,’” said Anna Griffin at a BFI / Screen panel in Cannes.
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NewsFilm Constellation locks key territories for Man Ray Cannes Classics title ‘Return To Reason’ (exclusive)
It is the first 4K restoration of Man Ray’s four surrealist short films, paired with an original soundtrack by Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan’s New York band Sqürl.
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NewsSovereign to release ‘Lost In The Night’ in the UK and Ireland (exclusive)
Amat Escalante’s title debuted in the Cannes Premiere section.