All UK/Ireland articles
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NewsUK’s Global Screen Fund to go live from April 28
Recruitment for the head of the Fund is ongoing.
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Questlove’s ‘Summer Of Soul’ to open Sheffield Doc/Fest 2021
World premiere of Mark Cousins’ ‘The Story Of Looking’ will close the UK documentary festival.
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Majority of UK screen workforce from privileged backgrounds, survey finds
Only one in four of the screen workforce are from working class background.
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Mia Bays appointed new director of BFI Film Fund (exclusive)
Bays will take over for an initial three-year term.
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Yalla Yalla signs Terry George, Mariam Naoum for Egypt-set drama ‘The Alexandria Killings’
Arabic-language series based on two infamous killer sisters in 1920 Alexandria.
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Szabolcs Hajdu’s ‘Treasure City’ acquired for UK-Ireland
Hungarian drama from award-winning filmmaker previously screened at Film Festival Cottbus and Russia’s Sofia International Film Festival.
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Awards season calendar 2020/21: key Oscar, Bafta, Golden Globe and international dates
The 2020-2021 awards season will be like no other before, with changes to dates, locations and formats due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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New film and TV studios planned for Brighton on UK south coast
The studio is launching to mark the School’s 15 th anniversary.
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‘Downton Abbey 2’ starts shoot, adds cast, sets Christmas 2021 release
Dominic West, Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye join the household.
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Munro Film adds two UK titles to 2021 theatrical slate (exclusive)
Both titles picked up from Media Luna New Films.
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UK independent cinemas begin to confirm May 17 reopening date
Cineworld will also open from May.
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Features
My Screen Life: UK composer Daniel Pemberton talks biggest mistake and ‘Spider-Verse 2’
The Oscar-nominated film composer discusses his messy studio, the upsides of the pandemic and being mistaken for Owen Wilson.
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Helen McCrory, ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Peaky Blinders’ star, dies aged 52
The news was announced by McCrory’s husband, actor Damian Lewis.
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‘The Queen’s Gambit’ star Jacob Fortune-Lloyd to play Brian Epstein in ‘Midas Man’
UK actor to lead a biopic of The Beatles’ late manager.
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‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ completes financing with $6.5m boost from LA-based Align (exclusive)
Former Umedia exec Adrian Politowski’s new company invests $6.5m into the animated feature.
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Disney+ orders first UK scripted projects including J Blakeson heist thriller
The series include ‘Culprits’ from the producers of ‘The Night Manager’ and ‘Killing Eve’.
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‘Fisherman’s Friends 2’ kicks off UK shoot, reveals cast, sales representation
James Purefoy, Dave Johns are back; Daniel Mays, Tuppence Middleton, Noel Clarke not.
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M-Appeal strikes US, Europe deals for Berlin award-winner ‘Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy’ (exclusive)
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s romantic drama has also been secured in Asian territories.
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Edinburgh film festival’s development scheme reveals 2021 projects (exclusive)
Six projects include upcoming titles produced by Jack Tarling among others.
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‘King’s Speech’ producer Gareth Ellis-Unwin takes crowdfunding route for wildlife drama ‘Cheetah’ (exclusive)
Bafta and Oscar-winning producer Gareth Ellis-Unwin to produce feature, which has launched a crowdfunding campaign.
