UK News – Page 255
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NewsMUBI buys UK rights to Bertrand Bonello’s ‘Zombi Child’ (exclusive)
Film premiered in Cannes this year.
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NewsScreenSkills gives high-end drama a £1m boost
Industry training body’s spend for 2019/20 tops £4m.
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NewsVertigo Releasing takes UK rights to Jennifer Kent’s ‘The Nightingale’ (exclusive)
Film will be released day-and-date in November.
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NewsNetflix hires Sasha Bühler as director of original film for Germany, France, Nordics
Executive joins from Germany’s Constantin Film.
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NewsPeter Stormare joins Timothy Spall in UK comedy ‘The Obscure Life Of The Grand Duke Of Corsica’ (exclusive)
Project begins shooting in Malta this week.
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NewsGlen Basner, Vincent Maraval, Mariette Rissenbeek set for BFI London Film Festival industry programme
Plan B’s Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner will also deliver a talk.
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NewsUK film industry reacts to Disney/Pinewood deal
Could the move freeze out independent British productions?
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NewsOpen City crowns inaugural winner of £10,000 development prize
Miko Revereza’s ’Nowhere Near’ wins pitching event.
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NewsUK’s Alliance Media Partners, Canadian producer Robert Menzies form partnership (exclusive)
AMP also signs post-production deal with Canadian company Eggplant.
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News‘It: Chapter Two’ lands top of UK box office with £6.9m; falls short of original
Polish drama ’Polityka’ opens in surprise fifth place.
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NewsRebecca Daly, Malgorzata Szumwoska films lead Cowtown slate (exclusive)
Cowtown’s debut completed film is Peter Mackie Burns’ Rialto, which premiered at Venice’s Horizons.
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NewsThe Walt Disney Co signs long-term lease for entire Pinewood Studios site in the UK
Netflix recenty signed a 10-year arrangement with the UK’s Shepperton site.
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NewsDevilworks seals North American deal for horror ‘The Young Cannibals’ (exclusive)
The Asylum will release the film on October 1.
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NewsSleeper Film, Curate Films line up Somali boxing champion drama 'In The Shadows'
Anthony Wonke makes narrative fiction feature directorial debut; Film4 backs development.
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NewsUK box office preview: ‘It: Chapter Two’ headlines quiet week
Warner Bros sequel likely to dominate, but will it match its record-breaking predecessor?
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NewsIndependent Cinema Office launches online platform, expands training activities (exclusive)
FEDS Elevate scheme looks to increase management diversity.
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NewsLocksmith, Doc Society among Encounters Film Festival industry programme
The industry sessions will run from September 25-27.
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NewsStudioCanal acquires Thomas Vinterberg’s ‘Another Round’ for UK; first image revealed (exclusive)
TrustNordisk has also sold the film to Germany, Switzerland, Greece and Poland.
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NewsEU funding recipients in UK respond to no-deal Brexit scenario
UK companies are still successfully securing substantial funding from the EU’s Creative Europe programme.
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NewsJakob Ihre wins NFTS cinematography award for ‘Chernobyl’
The award is given in memory of UK cinematographer Sue Gibson.