UK News – Page 20
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UK Global Screen Fund awards ‘Hoard’, ‘The Radleys’, ‘How To Have Sex’ in latest funding round
A total of £208,217 was awarded to 10 projects through the international distribution strand.
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‘How To Train Your Dragon’ live-action film to begin Northern Ireland shoot next year
The live-action remake was prepping for filming in July when the SAG-AFTRA strike began.
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UK delegation headed to Jeddah to strengthen Saudi co-production partnerships
More than 50 representatives from across the UK industry will also make the trip to Jeddah.
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Newly-merged UK-Ireland outfit Parkland secures €25m production fund from Silver Rock Studios (exclusive)
The distributor, sales and production outfits will operate under a single entity, Parkland.
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Bella Ramsey, Adjani Salmon, ‘Rye Lane’ director, actor among Bafta Breakthrough line-up
Six of the 20 UK talents have previously been named Screen Stars of Tomorrow.
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See-Saw sets up high-end drama label under ‘Heartstopper’ exec producer
The label’s first project is Sky’s eight-part black comedy Sweetpea.
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Sony Pictures Entertainment strikes film and TV deal with UK newspaper The Guardian
Sony will take exclusive first rights to UK-based newspaper’s journalism
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Premier acquires Edinburgh-based PR agency The Corner Shop
The Corner Shop’s managing director Susie Gray will continue to lead the firm
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Disability advocates Sara Johnson, Julie Fernandez join UK talent agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates (exclusive)
Bridge06 is an agency and consultancy that supports access coordinators and disabled, d/Deaf and neurodiverse talent.
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Wellington Films’ Rachel Robey joins UK's National Film and Television School
Robey will start in her role in January 2024.
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‘Napoleon’ tops UK-Ireland box office with £3.8m opening weekend
‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes’ adds £2.7m to hold off ’Wish’ with £2.4m.
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UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Napoleon’ charges out as Sony’s widest release ever
Disney opens animation ‘Wish’; indie titles include ‘The Eternal Daughter’, ‘Girl’.
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IPR.VC unveils €100m film and TV fund, hires Ingenious exec as investment director
Company has slate wide partnerships with US and European producers including A24, XYZ Films and Gigglebug.
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Stephen Graham to receive Richard Harris award at 2023 Bifas
Award recognises outstanding contribution by an actor to British film.
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Warner Bros, ‘Barbie’, ‘Aftersun’ lead winners at The Big Screen Awards 2023
Awards took place at The Brewery in London, with Ellie Taylor presenting.
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“Next year is going to be tough,” says Vue CEO Tim Richards, but 2025 could be “bumper”
“We need more small and medium-sized films,” Richards told the British Screen Forum.
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UK’s Film and TV Charity hardship fund sees post-SAG-AFTRA strike dip in applications
The amount of money being handed out by the fund is still up on this time last year.
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Organic appoints ITV Studios exec Nick Rylance to senior team (exclusive)
Nick Rylance joins Organic from ITV Studios where he was head of film.
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UK planning VFX film & TV tax credit boost; increases BFC, BFI certification funding
Chancellor to launch “call for evidence” for how to increase the tax credit.
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What are the key themes to emerge from the submissions to the UK government film and TV committee?
Hot topics included more support for the public funders, an enhanced tax break for lower-budget productions and streamer interventions.