UK News – Page 3
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NewsEdinburgh award-winner ‘The Ceremony’ picked up for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: Jack King’s debut feature will hit cinemas August 22.
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News"A self-imposed injury": UK industry reacts to budget cuts at Department of Culture, Media and Sport
“A real-terms cut for DCMS is the wrong choice by the chancellor”
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NewsJason Isaacs, Celia Imrie to receive UK’s Raindance Icon Award
The UK festival opens with the world premiere of ‘Heavyweight’.
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News‘Once Upon A Time In Gaza’ producer’s next project part of Palestinian showcase at Sheffield DocFest
EXCLUSIVE: Second edition of the Palestine Film Institute showcase at Sheffield DocFest takes place with support of British Council and Switzerland’s Akka Films.
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NewsLoneliness driving poor mental health in UK film and TV workers, says report
The report suggested poor mental health could be costing the screen industry £400m a year.
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NewsStudiocanal, Altitude, Hanway execs heading to No Password Required’s inaugural London market
The market connects Black and Global Majority-owned production companies with sales agents and distributors.
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NewsUK government to spend £2bn on AI action plan
The plan involves adopting the 50 recommendations of the AI Opportunities Action Plan.
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NewsPedro Almodóvar’s ‘Bitter Christmas’ sells to UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Bitter Christmas’ is starting to film this month in Madrid and Lanzarote.
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NewsEmma Hewitt to join UK standards authority CIISA from BBC Film
EXCLUSIVE: Hewitt has been communications lead at BBC Film since 2018.
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News“A cornerstone of UK film”: LipSync executive Norman Merry dies aged 63
Merry had more than 170 credits including ‘We Need To Talk About Kevin’.
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NewsBFI outlines nine recommendations for UK screen sector in era of AI
Robust licensing framework to address copyright concerns, more formal AI training for creative workforce among suggestions.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office up 50% in May, with 2025 now £75m up on last year so far
Disney, Universal and Warner Bros hold nine of the top 10 films so far this year.
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NewsJim Jarmusch’s ‘Father, Mother, Sister, Brother’ headed to Venice, confirms Mubi CEO
Efe Cakarel was speaking today at SXSW London.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Lionsgate’s ‘Ballerina’ dances into 571 cinemas
Indie releases include ‘Falling Into Place’, Nick Skelton documentary.
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NewsUK producers consider what Ollie Madden’s move to Netflix could mean for the local film sector
Reactions ranged from enthusiasm to caution.
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NewsEdinburgh Filmhouse confirms June re-opening date, outlines programming and festival plans
The historic cinema is to re-open after nearly three years of closure.
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News“I want to build the African Odeon”: Idris Elba talks ambitions for the continent’s film infrastructure
The ‘Luther’ star, director and co-founder of the Akuna Group was talking at SXSW London’s inaugural edition.
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NewsSundance, SXSW London premiere ‘Plainclothes’ picked up for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: Magnify has closed further deals across key territories.
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News‘The Amazing Maurice’ producer signs first-look feature deal with ReDefine Originals
Both companies will bring projects to the combined venture.
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NewsStudiocanal shuts ‘It’s A Sin’ producer Red Production Company
Chief executive Patrick Schweitzer has exited the 30-year-old UK TV production company.