All UK/Ireland articles – Page 156
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NewsNorman Reynolds, Oscar and Bafta winning UK production designer, dies aged 89
Reynolds won an Oscar and Bafta for his work on 1981’s ’Raiders Of The Lost Ark’ and an Oscar for 1977’s ’Star Wars: A New Hope’.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ smashes animation record
Busy week sees 19 releases, including Ben Affleck’s ‘Air’, and ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’.
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NewsThe Writers Lab to run first combined UK and European programme (exclusive)
Advisors and guests include ’Succession’ writer Susan Soon He Stanton and ’Call My Agent!’ star Camille Cottin.
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NewsNetflix and Creative UK’s debut filmmaking scheme Breakout unveils first projects (exclusive)
The six teams each received £30,000 of development funding.
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NewsDamian Jones, Emily Morgan among UK producers taking part in BFI, CNC co-production meetings
Further producers include Nikki Parrott and Tom Wood.
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NewsGareth Ellis-Unwin to step down from ScreenSkills; reflects on proudest moments, greatest challenges in the sector (exclusive)
Ellis-Unwin is to return to full-time producing having held the post of head of film and animation at ScreenSkills since 2017.
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News‘The Offing’ with Helena Bonham Carter scores joint Curzon, Cineart, Madman deal
Film is lined up for production later this year.
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News‘A Deal With The Universe’ producer Loran Dunn awarded £15,000 Simon Relph Bursary (exclusive)
Dunn was a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2017
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NewsDavid Puttnam calls on UK film industry to urgently invest in training; confirms he is standing down as FDA president
“We are pissing money down the drain at the moment in wage inflation as a direct result of having scarcity of production personnel.”
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NewsPalestine territory documentary ‘H2: The Occupation Lab’ scores US theatrical deal (exclusive)
Further deals for Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Turkey.
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NewsUK and Ireland cinemas saw solid post-pandemic recovery in 2022, says FDA report
UK and Ireland cinema admissions were up 60% to 128 million in 2022.
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NewsBFI Distribution acquires London Film Festival documentary ‘Name Me Lawand’ (exclusive)
The film will have its international premiere at Hot Docs in May.
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NewsTolley Shields, director of awards EMEA, departs Netflix
Shields built Netflix relationships with Bafta, BFI, Bifa and more.
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NewsManchester Film Festival winner ‘Wait For Me’ secures UK-Ireland theatrical deal (exclusive)
Keith Farrell won best director for the film at last month’s festival.
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News‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves’ steals UK-Ireland box office top spot with £3.4m opening
Lionsgate’s ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’, Disney’s ‘Rye Lane’ hold well.
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Features“I genuinely didn’t love it”: PR guru Matthew Freud on turning producer for Oscar winner ‘The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse’ (exclusive)
Freud reflects on a “consuming two years” bringing the adaptation of Charlie Mackesy’s hit book to the screen.
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NewsCineworld sets business restructure with lenders and drops sale of US, UK businesses
The proposed agreement would reduce the company’s indebtedness by around $4.53bn.
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News‘Chernobyl’ director Johan Renck readies feature on the last days of Saddam Hussein
’The Prisoner in His Palace’ is based on accounts of the US soldiers who guarded Iraqi ruler before his execution.
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NewsMia Bays defends BFI’s commitment to being “an anti-racist organisation” at New Black Film Collective event
Bays was speaking alongside BFI exec Ama Ampadu, following allegations that the organisation has failed to address systemic racism.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves’ starts its quest
Animation ‘Mummies’, French hit ‘The Night Of The 12th’ also open.