UK News – Page 94
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NewsTom Tykwer returns to filmmaking with contemporary German drama ‘The Light’
’The Light’ is one of a slate of features to receive backing from German regional fund Film-und Medienstiftung NRW.
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NewsAlicia Vikander, Elizabeth Olsen to star in ‘The Assessment’ for Number 9 Films, augenschein (exclusive)
The UK-Germany co-production is set to shoot in Cologne this year.
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NewsUK doc ‘SCALA!!!’ secures UK-Ireland theatrical release (exclusive)
Film includes interviews with John Waters, Ben Wheatley, Mary Harron.
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NewsScreen Scotland’s Film FastTrack to give £30,000 bursary to four producers
The two-year programme for Scotland-based producers will be delivered by Julia Short and TRC.
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NewsPremium ticket prices helping European cinemas offset admissions lag, CineEurope hears
The box office for January-May 2023 shows a very mixed pattern of recovery across Europe.
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News‘The Flash’ tops UK-Ireland box office with £3.2m; ‘Greatest Days’ opens fifth
Warner Bros blockbuster started below that of other DCEU standalone character titles.
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NewsKoji Fukada’s Venice 2022 title ‘Love Life’ secures UK-Ireland theatrical deal
The film played in Competition at Venice before heading to TIFF and LFF.
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NewsSheffield DocFest reveals 2023 film, pitch winners; records delegate attendance increase
A 17% increase in the number of delegates compared to 2022.
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NewsCineworld management team in line for $35m exit payout - report
Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger and his brother Israel will receive most of the money.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Take That musical ‘Greatest Days’ goes up against ‘The Flash’
Also opening is ‘Fleabag’ and ‘Pretty Red Dress’.
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NewsUK projects revealed for BFI, BMW Filmmaking Challenge led by Michaela Coel
Five titles shortlisted in initiative to support rising UK filmmakers.
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News‘Ozi – Voice of The Forest’, produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Mike Medavoy, secures key sales (exclusive)
Medavoy tells Screen about the film’s two concerns: environmentalism and artificial intelligence.
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NewsA24, Black Bear execs join industry line-up for Sundance London 2023
Guests to attend include Harris Dickinson, Emilia Jones, Anton Corbijn.
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NewsIDFA award-winner ‘Much Ado About Dying’ scooped up for UK and Ireland (exclusive)
The documentary has as its UK premiere at Sheffield DocFest today (June 15)
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NewsNetflix UK reworks emerging filmmaking initiative Breakout and reshapes local film team (exclusive)
None of the six selected projects will now be greenlit through the scheme.
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NewsOscar-winning actress Glenda Jackson dies aged 87
Jackson won Academy Awards for ’Women In Love’ and ’A Touch Of Class’.
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NewsBette Gordon’s ‘Variety’ restoration to be released in UK and Ireland (exclusive)
The 1983 underground hit follows a woman who works at a pornographic cinema.
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News‘Matilda’ writer Dennis Kelly calls on streamers to “share the proceeds of their wealth” at UK solidarity protest
“The only way out is for the streamers to start talking to the WGA,” added Kelly.
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NewsJesse Armstrong, Simon Beaufoy among writers at UK solidarity march for WGA strike
The demonstration took place at London’s Leicester Square as part of a Global Day of Solidarity for the WGA.
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NewsTogether Films boards Sheffield DocFest opener ‘Tish’, unveils UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
A UK-Ireland deal with distributor Modern Films has already been signed.