UK News – Page 4
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NewsUK’s National Cinema Day to return as weekend edition for 2026
National Cinema Weekend will take place on September 5-6 across the UK.
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NewsMediawan, UK director Danny Cannon board Nordic Noir series ‘The Faithful Reader’
EXCLUSIVE: Max Seeck’s books centre on Finnish detective Jessica Niemi.
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NewsAmazon Prime Video to significantly increase UK spend
“The UK budget now sits in the UK, and the decision-making sits with me,” said Nicole Clemens, head of international originals.
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NewsLucrecia Martel’s LFF winner ‘Landmarks’ acquired for UK-Ireland distribution
EXCLUSIVE: Film will release in cinemas in December-January in the territory.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Ridley Scott’s ‘The Dog Stars’ flies into 631 cinemas
Gregg Araki’s ‘I Want Your Sex’ and Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Bitter Christmas’ are also out.
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NewsScreen Scotland, the Fringe Society plot Edinburgh content event for August 2027
Rowan Woods is leading consultation on the proposed event.
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NewsMartin Freeman to star in Dakota Gorman’s thriller ‘Speak Up’ for Altitude
EXCLUSIVE: Altitude is introducing the project to buyers at TIFF.
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NewsMediawan, Curzon senior execs join Screen Summit 2026
Elisabeth d’Arvieu will take part in a one-to-one conversation; Philip Knatchbull joins the ’Future Thinking’ panel.
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NewsFarah Abushwesha, Nadine Marsh-Edwards among BFI Black and global majority TIFF producer delegation
Six Black and global majority UK producers are being supported by the BFI to attend Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)’s inaugural market.
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News‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ actor Tim Curry dies aged 80
The UK-born actor also starred in mini-seires ’It’ and ’Home Alone 2: Lost in New York’.
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News“Saying you’re working with AI is like saying you have an STD,” argues Tilly Norwood creator
Eline van der Velden has signed “hundreds of NDAs” with businesses exploring the tech, and urges PSBs to invest more in the space.
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NewsScreen Scotland to introduce angel investors to film and TV producers
Projects pitched as part of the initiative could receive £50,000 of investment.
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NewsTIFF title ‘Salvation’, from Rising Star Scotland Tom Nicoll, boarded for world sales
EXCLUSIVE: Film is backed by Screen Scotland and will launch in TIFF Discovery.
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NewsPR veteran and former studio executive Leonard Morpurgo dies at 93
“He was in one desert for the filming of Lawrence Of Arabia and another for Dune.”
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NewsWME, BFI, DDA executives join Screen Summit 2026 speakers lineup
The Screen Summit takes place at the BFI Southbank on September 29.
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NewsHilary Strong steps down as CEO of John Gore Studios
Departure comes amid a restructuring of theatre impresario John Gore’s business.
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NewsAustralian First Nations outfit Djali House heading to PFM as 37º South winner in Melbourne
The prize included A$3,000 in expenses to attend Film London’s Production Film Market (PFM) at the UK’s BFI London Film Market in October.
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NewsNetflix UK revenues pass £2bn for the first time
Crossing the £2bn revenue threshold means Netflix is now generating more income than any of the commercial PSBs.
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NewsYouTube to invest £3m to grow creator economy and screen industry careers
The investment will include an expansion of the YouTube-backed, NFTS-led Creator Incubator.
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News‘Insidious 6’, ‘Spa Weekend’ land in UK-Ireland box office top five; ‘Spider-Man 4’ passes £87m
Mubi’s ‘Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma’ makes healthy start.