All UK/Ireland articles – Page 215
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Reviews‘God’s Creatures’: Cannes Review
Emily Watson puts in a commanding performance in this trad rural Irish mother-son drama
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NewsMia Bays to talk on the role of national film funds at Cannes’ UK Pavilion today
The panel will take place on Friday (May 20).
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NewsStephen Frears to direct Christopher Hampton adaptation of ‘Mr. Wilder & Me’
Film is based on Jonathan Coe’s 2020 novel of the same name.
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NewsElysian Films’ Danny Perkins vows to attract teens to cinemas with comedy slate
Beyond ‘Greatest Days’, Perkins has nine projects in development as part of Mews Films label
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NewsDave Bishop talks Protagonist Pictures’ return to Cannes and growth plans (exclusive)
UK-based company is aiming to ”move faster and come onto projects even earlier”.
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NewsUK’s Film Seekers close theatrical deals for sci-fi ‘Blank’ (exclusive)
Thriller is the debut feature of UK director Natalie Kennedy.
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NewsMubi, Wscripted unveil second female-focused Cannes Screenplay List (exclusive)
List features screenplays by US-Egyptian filmmaker Dina Amer, Nigerian screenwriter Onyinye Egenti and Chinese-US director Eris Qian.
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NewsM-Line Distribution scores deals on ‘The Killer’ (exclusive)
Jang Hyuk plays a retired hitman charged with looking after a teenage girl who is kidnapped.
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News‘The King’s Speech’ exec sets Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier drama (exclusive)
’Viv…’ will centre on the divorce of the celebrity couple.
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NewsJinga Films sells ‘The Ghosts Of Monday’ to US, UK (exclusive)
North America, Canada, UK and Ireland and Germany and Austria have acquired the film.
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NewsStudiocanal, Film4 in talks to board Lynne Ramsay’s ‘Stone Mattress’ with Julianne Moore and Sandra Oh
The project is based on a short story by Margaret Atwood and is produced by John Lesher and JoAnne Sellar.
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NewsSphere sells drama ‘It Is In Us All’ to US, UK, ANZ (exclusive)
Additional deals closed on Luc Picard’s action crime drama ’Confessions Of A Hitman’.
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NewsSci-fi drama ‘Vesper’ sells around the world for Anton (exclusive)
UK, Germany, Italy and Japan among distributors to have taken dystopian drama.
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NewsMet Films’ ‘Piano Dreams’ scores ANZ, Europe sales (exclusive)
Piano prodigies documentary directed by Guy Lennon.
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NewsSC Films International takes world sales on ‘Girl In The Clouds’ (exclusive)
The $15m CGI animation is now in production.
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NewsSTX international president John Friedberg switches to consultancy role
London-based executive’s move follows acquisition of STX by The Najafi Companies.
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NewsSky announces four new original films for 2022
Feature films are feature films After Yang, Poker Face, Aisha and The Independent.
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NewsRenowned UK TV writer Kay Mellor dies suddenly aged 71
Her credits included Band Of Gold, Fat Friends and The Syndicate.
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FeaturesCannes 2022: the buzz titles from the UK
Include Meg Ryan’s ‘What Happens Later’ and ‘The Return’ with Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche.
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NewsFortissimo Films acquires UK-China drama ‘Untamed’ ahead of Cannes (exclusive)
The drama will revolve around the true story of Zhu Shenghao, the first person to translate nearly all of Shakespeare’s works into Chinese in the 1930s.