UK News – Page 186
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest MeetMarket titles tackle corruption, diversity and Beirut explosion
The 55 projects selected for the pitching forum have been revealed.
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NewsOscars 2021: Anthony Hopkins, Daniel Kaluuya lead strong night for Brits
Emerald Fennell, Christopher Hampton also won awards.
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NewsBFI to launch US streaming service in May
BFI Player Classics includes Alexander Mackendrick’s The Ladykillers (1955), Ken Russell’s feature debut French Dressing (1963).
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News“Force of nature”: UK industry looks forward to the Mia Bays era at the BFI Film Fund
Bays will take on the role for an initial three-year period from October.
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NewsOscar-nominated ‘The Man Who Sold His Skin’ acquired for UK-Ireland
The Tunisian drama debuted at Venice and is nominated for best international feature.
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NewsBafta restructures senior management team
Donna Mathews joins from Channel 4 as executive director of PR and communications.
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NewsUK’s Global Screen Fund to go live from April 28
Recruitment for the head of the Fund is ongoing.
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NewsQuestlove’s ‘Summer Of Soul’ to open Sheffield Doc/Fest 2021
World premiere of Mark Cousins’ ‘The Story Of Looking’ will close the UK documentary festival.
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NewsMajority of UK screen workforce from privileged backgrounds, survey finds
Only one in four of the screen workforce are from working class background.
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NewsMia Bays appointed new director of BFI Film Fund (exclusive)
Bays will take over for an initial three-year term.
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NewsYalla Yalla signs Terry George, Mariam Naoum for Egypt-set drama ‘The Alexandria Killings’
Arabic-language series based on two infamous killer sisters in 1920 Alexandria.
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NewsSzabolcs Hajdu’s ‘Treasure City’ acquired for UK-Ireland
Hungarian drama from award-winning filmmaker previously screened at Film Festival Cottbus and Russia’s Sofia International Film Festival.
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NewsNew film and TV studios planned for Brighton on UK south coast
The studio is launching to mark the School’s 15th anniversary.
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News‘Downton Abbey 2’ starts shoot, adds cast, sets Christmas 2021 release
Dominic West, Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye join the household.
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NewsMunro Film adds two UK titles to 2021 theatrical slate (exclusive)
Both titles picked up from Media Luna New Films.
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NewsUK independent cinemas begin to confirm May 17 reopening date
Cineworld will also open from May.
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NewsHelen McCrory, ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Peaky Blinders’ star, dies aged 52
The news was announced by McCrory’s husband, actor Damian Lewis.
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News‘The Queen’s Gambit’ star Jacob Fortune-Lloyd to play Brian Epstein in ‘Midas Man’
UK actor to lead a biopic of The Beatles’ late manager.
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News‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ completes financing with $6.5m boost from LA-based Align (exclusive)
Former Umedia exec Adrian Politowski’s new company invests $6.5m into the animated feature.
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NewsDisney+ orders first UK scripted projects including J Blakeson heist thriller
The series include ‘Culprits’ from the producers of ‘The Night Manager’ and ‘Killing Eve’.