UK News – Page 586
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NewsCatching Fire retains UK lead
Lionsgate’s sequel takes $9m (£5.5m) to hold onto the top spot for the second consecutive week; Fox’s Philomena becomes Stephen Frears’ best-ever UK performer at $16.1m (£9.8m).
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NewsInbetweeners 2 sets shoot date
Creators Iain Morris and Damon Beesley take over directing duties.
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NewsNLP launches Goldfinch Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment accountancy firm Nyman Libson Paul (NLP) is launching new venture Goldfinch Pictures Ltd, dedicated to supporting British films.
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NewsBerlin to honour Ken Loach
Homage to the British filmmakers work to feature at the festival in February, where he will receive an honorary Golden Bear.
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NewsScreen Facilities Scotland launches
New trade body will represent companies providing production facilities and services in Scotland.
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NewsHorror site inks Content deal
VOD service TheHorrorShow.TV inks 50-film deal with Content Media Corp.
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NewsBAFTA unveils first Hong Kong events
Includes screening, talk and masterclass with Les Mis actor Eddie Redmayne in a bid to develop UK-Asia cultural exchange.
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NewsNew Wave rolls with Diaz’s Norte
EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor acquires rights to Lav Diaz’s Un Certain Regard entry.
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NewsWoolcock making dog-fighting doc
EXCLUSIVE: One Mile Away director Penny Woolcock is to make a documentary about illegal dog-fighting for UK broadcaster Channel 4.
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NewsDeluxe Connect plans 8,000 cinema roll-out
Deluxe plans to extend its new digital delivery network to more than 8,000 cinemas across EMEA by end of 2018.
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NewsClio Barnard wins Wellcome fellowship
The Selfish Giant director gets Wellcome Trust-BFI-Film4 Fellowship, including £30,000 grant.
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NewsShooting For Socrates revisits 1986 World Cup
Cast includes John Hannah and Richard Dormer; Metro International handles sales.
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NewsSky's Lewis to deliver Screen Film Summit keynote
Full Summit programme confirmed; delegate passes still available.
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NewsHaillay film greenlit by Biennale college
Workshop backs three for production, including UK film Blood Cells, produced by Samm Haillay.
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NewsJerzy Skolimowski preparing 'catastrophic thriller'
EXCLUSIVE: Essential Killing partners Element, IFB on board, targeting spring 2014 shoot.
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NewsDistrify, SDI launch film gifting scheme
At IDFA, Distrify and the Scottish Documentary Institute have announced today a new ‘film gifting’ scheme called Pay-It-Forward.
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NewsArrow finds Binoche drama
Global Screen also inks South Korea, China, more on A Thousand Times Goodnight.
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NewsPinewood’s revenue, net debt increase
Public inquiry into expansion plan underway; studio confirms Teddington departure date.
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NewsFrancke, Heppell join Screen Film Summit funding panel
The Screen Film Summit, to be held Monday 2 December at BFI Southbank, has added two more expert panelists to its ‘Meet The Funders’ panel.