UK News – Page 7
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News‘The Odyssey’ scores impressive £11.9m second weekend at UK-Ireland box office
Christopher Nolan’s epic passes £35m after just 10 days in cinemas.
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NewsRay Winstone, Danny Dyer team up for crime thriller ‘Going Under’
EXCLUSIVE: Producers include ‘Obsession’s James Harris; Vertigo Releasing to release in UK-Ireland next year.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Andy Serkis’s ‘Animal Farm’ launches for Vue Lumiere
Animated titles dominate new releases as big studios steer clear of ‘The Odyssey’.
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NewsScreen Summit 2026 unveils further top-level speakers
The third annual Screen Summit is taking place at the BFI Southbank on September 29.
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NewsMax Minghella, Prano Bailey-Bond among Edinburgh industry speakers
Events include Bifa industry talk on working beyond first feature.
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NewsBFI reveals next director of Filmmaking Funds
New director will take over from Mia Bays in October.
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News‘Stuffed’ starring Jodie Comer and Harry Melling among Toronto 2026 Discovery lineup
The lineup also includes UK drama ‘Salvation’ and Ireland-UK project ‘Ancestors’.
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NewsBafta tweaks film voting rules, expands longlist in key categories
The main changes are to outstanding British film and the four performance categories.
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News‘Low Expectations’ starring girl in red acquired for UK-Ireland cinema release
EXCLUSIVE: Film will come to UK-Ireland cinemas in early 2027.
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NewsUK appoints new chancellor in role that controls government cultural funding
Burnham is first UK prime minister to have previously been culture secretary.
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NewsUK’s Curzon revamps senior team
EXCLUSIVE: Jake Garriock promoted, Damian Spandley departs, Louisa Dent becomes a consultant.
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NewsMia Threapleton, Danny Huston join political thriller ‘The Price Of Peace’
Guy Pearce, Jared Harris and Merab Ninidze also star in the film.
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News‘The Odyssey’ fires up UK-Ireland summer box office with huge £12.6m weekend
Second-biggest opening weekend of the year, second-biggest opening ever for Christopher Nolan.
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NewsSan Sebastian world premiere ‘February, Seven Days’ boarded for sales
EXCLUSIVE: The film will premiere in the New Directors section.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ journeys into 760 cinemas for Universal
It is a wider opening than the director’s 2023 Oscar winner ‘Oppenheimer’.
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NewsIrish female filmmakers demand gender balance in production funding: “Stop just giving us mentorship”
A discussion took place last week at the Galway Film Fleadh.
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NewsDanny Boyle’s ‘Ink’ to open Venice Film Festival 2026
Jack O’Connell stars in the film about the early days of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
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NewsEquity bolsters support for indie film actors
Mostafa Rajaai will help to enforce the rights of actors and supporting artists on films of £3m and under.
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NewsIldikó Enyedi’s Venice prize winner ‘Silent Friend’ picked up for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: A theatrical release is planned for January 2027.
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NewsPathe, Tricky Knot, Saatchi and Logical Pictures execs to speak at Screen’s 2026 UK finance Summit
The ‘Financing the Future of UK Film’ summit takes place on September 29 at the BFI Southbank in London.