UK News – Page 27
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News‘Paddington In Peru’ sets China release date
‘Paddington 2’ took more than $30.4m (RMB200m) in 2017.
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NewsFilm and TV inquiry asks if UK can be AI leader without harming creative industries
Speakers included Benjamin Field, founder of Deep Fusion Films, and Equity’s Liam Budd.
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NewsUK development fund The Uncertain Kingdom to end
The November 2024 funding round will be awarded as planned in the new year.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The War Of The Rohirrim’, ‘Kraven The Hunter’ battle it out
Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’ starring Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey also launches.
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News‘Insomniac City’, ‘Ok Boomer’ set to shoot for Brouhaha in 2025 (exclusive)
Troy Lum, Andrew Mason and Gabriella Tana’s Brouhaha Entertainment is based between Sydney and London.
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NewsScreen Scotland sets aside £1.2m for four talent development initiatives
The initiatives are aimed at short films and those on the cusp of a first feature.
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NewsEdinburgh Filmhouse poised for spring 2025 opening, Lizzie Francke joins board
Planning applications for alterations to the building have been approved.
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NewsEdinburgh International Film Festival sets 2025 dates
The festival is once again running in August.
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News‘Brides’, ‘The Thing With Feathers’, ‘Rabbit Trap’ among UK films heading to Sundance 2025
Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel and Carey Mulligan among UK stars with Sundance-bound features
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NewsUK’s first intimacy coordinator registry launched by Bectu
The registry is the first of its kind in the UK.
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NewsEncounters film festival to return in 2025 with new executive director
The festival will run from September 24-28.
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NewsCineworld to close six more cinemas as part of restructuring plan
The exhibitor said the closures mark the end of the restructuring plan.
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NewsFilm4-backed Genre Feature Lab selects three projects from Northern creatives (exclusive)
Bafta-winning producers Ivana Mackinnon, Emily Leo lead the Lab.
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NewsOlsberg SPI promotes Leon Forde to CEO; Jonathan Olsberg moves to US (exclusive)
Forde joined SPI Olsberg in 2014.
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NewsUK and Netherlands pledge closer film and TV production links
British Film Commission (BFC) and the Netherlands Film Commission (NFC) sign a memorandum of understanding.
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News‘Moana 2’ passes £20m at UK-Ireland box office; ‘Wicked’ enters 2024 top five
‘Conclave’ posted an excellent second weekend, dropping just 12%.
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NewsDavid Tennant to return as host of 2025 Bafta Film Awards
The awards will take place on February 16 at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.
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News‘Kneecap’ leads winners at 2024 Bifas with seven awards
Other winners included ’On Becoming A Guinea Fowl’, ’Santosh’ and ’Grand Theft Hamlet’, with two awards each.
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NewsTunisia's Dhafer L’Abidine wraps ‘Sophia’ with cast including Jessica Brown Findlay (exclusive)
L’Abidine wrote, directed and also stars in drama about cultural crossover between the Middle East and the west
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Nightbitch’ and ‘Rumours’ launch as Andre Rieu’s Christmas concert leads the way
Further releases include video game documentary ‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ and Amazon’s ‘Unstoppable’.