UK News – Page 9
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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.
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NewsUK comedy ‘The Ballad Of Wallis Island’ starring Carey Mulligan to open Munich film festival
Directed by James Griffiths, the film stars Tom Basden, Carey Mulligan and Tim Key.
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NewsTom Cruise on using action to generate “emotion” and why shooting in the UK is “a dream”
The actor and producer participated in an on-stage conversation at the BFI Southbank.
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NewsEdinburgh lines up industry partnership with UK production company Unified
EXCLUSIVE: Unified is Amy Jackson and Lauren Dark’s nascent company.
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NewsScreenbound adds punk icon Harley Flanagan, Live Aid docs to Cannes slate
The UK outfit will be sellling ’Harley Flanagan: Wired For Chaos’ and ’Stand Together As One’.
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NewsCapture launches sales on historical action epic ‘Tamerlane: Rise Of The Last Conqueror’
EXCLUSIVE: The feature is based on a true story.
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NewsBlue Finch boards Brock Bodell’s Fantasia horror ‘Hellcat’
EXCLUSIVE: It is the feature debut of US writer-director Bodell.
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NewsMichelle Dockery, Eva Birthistle join cast of ‘West The Road’ as Bankside locks in pre-sales
EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Murphy and Philippa Dunne have also joined the cast.