UK News – Page 7
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NewsTax credits and ‘Urchin’ talent talk among highlights of first day of Cannes UK pavilion 2025
There will also be talks about international co-production and working with UK festivals.
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NewsJohn Gore Studios, Embankment unveil first look at Joan Collins and Isabella Rossellini in ‘The Bitter End’
EXCLUSIVE: Miranda Richardson, Charles Dance and Laurent Lafitte have joined the cast.
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News‘Rebuilding’ starring Josh O’Connor acquired for UK-Ireland distribution
EXCLUSIVE: O’Connor plays a cowboy who loses his ranch in a wildfire.
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News‘The Occupant’ sells to US, UK-Ireland, ahead of SXSW London world premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Altitude is selling Hugo Keijzer’s sci-fi thriller.
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NewsLouise Stern’s ‘A Hand Rises’ set in deaf community wraps UK shoot
EXCLUSIVE: The BFI and BBC Film-backed debut features a predominantly deaf cast.
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NewsDogwoof acquires Mark Cousins’ 16-part ‘The Story Of Documentary Film’
It is the sixth collaboration between Cousins and Dogwoof.
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NewsBrilliant Pictures and Largo.ai strike partnership
”It’s going to enhance the way we do things, making things smarter and faster. We’re not killing the magic of cinema.”
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NewsFionnuala Halligan to leave Screen International for Red Sea programmer role
Halligan has worked at Screen since 2004 across two spells.
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NewsJason Isaacs joins the cast of UK- South Africa action drama ‘The Bleeding Ground’
EXCLUSIVE: The film will be directed by South African filmmaker Donovan Marsh.
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NewsKazoo Films takes UK & Ireland rights to animated feature ‘HitPig!’
New animation distributor also appoints Michael Guerrero as head of marketing.
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News‘2000 Meters To Andriivka’ sells widely for Dogwoof
EXCLUSIVE: The film has sold across Europe, Australia-New Zealand and Hong Kong.
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News‘Everybody Digs Bill Evans’ picked up for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: The feature enters production in Ireland later this month.
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NewsWestEnd boards Thich Nhat Hanh mindfulness documentary ‘Interbeing’ narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch
EXCLUSIVE: Thich Nhat Hanh was known as the father of mindfulness meditation movement.
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NewsUn Certain Regard title ‘Pillion’ rides to France, major territories for Cornerstone
EXCLUSIVE: Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård star in the queer biker romance from Harry Lighton.
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NewsHanWay unveils first look at Werner Herzog’s ‘Bucking Fastard’
EXCLUSIVE: The Dublin and Slovenia shoot, starring real-life sisters Rooney and Kate Mara, wrapped at the end of April.
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NewsNetflix, Black Bear execs among 20 Inside Pictures 2025 participants
EXCLUSIVE: Executives from See-Saw, Pulse, Raw also selected for the programme.
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News‘Thunderbolts*’ tops £11m at UK-Ireland box office; David Attenborough doc opens fourth
The warm weather kept cinemagoers at bay.
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NewsCannes UK pavilion to host Harris Dickinson talk plus AI, gender inclusivity and disability panels
Talent talks will also take place with Akinola Davies Jnr and Harry Lighton.
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NewsOver 100 organisations warn on threats to indie film and TV sector
Organisations call on governments worldwide to stand firm and safeguard the systems that support the indie sector.
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NewsUK’s ScreenSkills appoints Working Title exec as fund chair
Film4’s Tori Parry has been selected as deputy chair.