UK News – Page 99
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NewsFremantle launches documentary film and series label Undeniable
Label launched at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen.
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NewsUK’s Embankment Films hires from Salon Pictures, CB Films to lead new unscripted team
Nick Taussig, Malcolm Neaum, Sophie Harmer and Henry Farrington set to join Embankment Films.
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News“No one owns the challenge, no one owns the solution”: ScreenSkills, BFI address changes to public funding for skills
Skills clusters are being created around the UK.
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NewsUK-Ireland cinemas need more saturation releases in 2023 to reach “full potential”, says report
Box office is currently 3% behind the same period in 2022.
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NewsBFI director Mia Bays digs into detail on revised Filmmaking Fund: “Whatever you apply with, it’s an even playing field”
Four new funds have been created covering development and production support.
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NewsRevamped BFI Filmmaking Fund unveils details of four new production and development funds
The BFI is investing £36.6m of National Lottery funding in fiction feature support over three years.
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NewsFilm4 promotes Farhana Bhula to head of creative (exclusive)
Bhula fills the role vacated by Ollie Madden, who became director of Film4.
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News‘Shazam! Fury Of The Gods’ tops UK-Ireland box office with £2.4m; ‘Allelujah’ opens in top five
The ‘Shazam!’ sequel is down 40% on its predecessor.
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NewsBerlin Encounters title ‘Samsara’ picked up for UK and Ireland (exclusive)
The Spanish film follows a Buddhist monk who helps an elderly woman transition from death to her next life
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NewsEight-stage studio in UK’s High Wycombe gets green light
Wyecombe Film Studios will feature almost 295,000 sq ft of production space
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Shazam! Fury Of The Gods’, ‘Rye Lane’ lead busy weekend
‘Pearl’, ‘Allelujah’ and ‘Winners’ are also out this weekend.
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NewsProject to support Ukrainian craftspeople find work in the film and TV industry launches in the UK
The classes are run by Talented U with the support of the Film and TV Charity
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NewsArchery Pictures to adapt Sarah Underwood’s novel ‘Lies We Sing To The Sea’
It is being written by Ripley Parker whose credits the upcoming Netflix series, ’Everything Now’.
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NewsBerlin award-winner ‘20,000 Species Of Bees’ picked up for UK and Ireland (exclusive)
The film’s star Sofía Otero won the Silver Bear for best leading performance at the Berlinale.
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NewsAshley Walters, Coky Giedroyc to direct Steven Knight's Disney+ series ‘A Thousand Blows’
The cast includes Stephen Graham, Malachi Kirby and Erin Doherty.
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NewsIdris Elba, Mo Abudu partner on Afro-centric development slate and education initiative
Partership will develop joint film and TV development slate and offer pathways into industry for new talent
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NewsGlasgow Film Festival reports 25% boost in cinema attendance
The industry presence saw a return to pre-pandemic levels.
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NewsUK to reform film and high-end TV tax reliefs with only marginal rise expected
The change will come into effect from January 1 2024.
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NewsFantawild deals for ‘Boonie Bears: Guardian Code’ include UK, France, Canada (exclusive)
The UK, France, Canada and EMEA among key sales.
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NewsIn pictures: British Consul General 2023 pre-Oscars event
The event was co-hosted by Oscar-nominated cinematographer Roger Deakins