All UK/Ireland articles – Page 183
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NewsSara Putt confirmed as next Bafta chair
Putt has served as deputy chair since June 2021, and had been lined up to succeed Majumdar since October last year.
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News‘Four Weddings’ director Mike Newell calls for creation of “UK film czar” to boost indie sector
A film czar could represent all various indie interests to government, said Newell.
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News‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’ retakes UK-Ireland box office lead from ‘The Flash’; ‘Asteroid City’ starts third
Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ holds well.
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NewsNicolas Winding Refn teams with Moonage Pictures for BBC adaptation of ‘The Famous Five’
Series is billed as ”modern, timely and irreverent” take on classic childrens’ books.
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NewsBlack Bear expands UK distribution team with three appointments
New team members include VP publicity Eugene O’Connor.
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NewsCineworld files for administration in the UK as part of restructuring plan
Exhibitor says its cinemas continue to operate as usual.
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NewsUK cinemas face threat from ‘competitive socialising venues’, says report
Darts venue Flight Club and bowling outfit Hollywood Bowl are enjoying growth.
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NewsOlivia Colman, Antonio Banderas, Rachel Zegler join ‘Paddington In Peru’ cast; Emily Mortimer to replace Sally Hawkins
Principal photography will begin on July 24 this year.
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News“Change is possible” says outgoing Bafta chair Krishnendu Majumdar in final letter to members
Majumdar said he is “most proud” of the 2020 review – “we responded to the lack of diversity”.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Asteroid City’ shoots for the stars in 347 cinemas
Sony opening ‘No Hard Feelings’ in 554 cinemas.
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NewsSasha Nathwani’s ‘Last Swim’ wraps in London for ‘Sound of Metal’, ‘War Pony’ producer Caviar (exclusive)
Film is written by Nathwani and Screen Star of Tomorrow Helen Simmons.
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News‘Philomena’ writer Jeff Pope to make Disney+ series ‘Suspect: The Shooting Of Jean Charles de Menezes’
The dramatised series has de Menezes’ parents and relatives as consultants.
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NewsAmazon reveals investment spend in UK creative industries
Prime Video films and series also welcomed into British Film Institute’s National Archive.
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NewsJeymes Samuel’s ‘The Book Of Clarence’ pushed to January 2024
El Muerto undated for now; Dumb Money moves up to September.
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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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Features“It’s about two great friends who lived the dream,” says Ventureland’s John Battsek of Sheffield DocFest title ‘Wham!’
Oscar winning documentary producer is at Sheffield DocFest with Chris Smith’s ‘Wham’ and Sundance hit The Deepest Breath.