All UK/Ireland articles – Page 274
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NewsLightbox exits Channel 4 Indie Growth Fund
Co-founders Jonathan Chinn and Simon Chinn taking back full control of the business.
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NewsNFTS, BFI partner on training initiatives aimed at diversifying UK industry (exclusive)
The Early Stage Access and Diversity Accelerator Programme aims to widen learning opportunities.
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NewsUK inward investment rallies to near record level in last quarter of 2020
Spend on UK independent features remains just 9% of total.
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NewsFilm payment platform FilmChain appoints former HanWay exec
Jan Spielhoff joins as product and account executive.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office for 2020 films down 81%; overall admissions drop to 44 million
The BFI’s annual statistics reveal a slight market-share increase for UK independent films.
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NewsFilms Boutique strikes UK deal on Sundance doc ‘The Most Beautiful Boy In The World’ (exclusive)
Katrina Lindstrom, Kristian Petri directed the World Cinema Documentary selection.
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest sets 2021 artistic team including two new programmers
Festival director Cíntia Gil leads the team.
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NewsScreen Star Akinola Davies Jr wins Sundance short prize with ‘Lizard’
The short was produced by Potboiler and backed by BBC Film.
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NewsDevilworks seals UK-Ireland deal for Frightfest thriller ‘Playhouse’ (exclusive)
‘Playhouse’ is Fionn and Toby Watts’ directorial debut.
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NewsBuzzy Sundance film ‘Flee’ lands UK, France, Australia deals (exclusive)
Neon previously picked up the animated documentary for North America.
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NewsJamie Adams wraps UK comedy starring Sian Clifford, Rosie Day and Russell Tovey (exclusive)
Project produced by Studio POW, which has credits including ‘Funny Cow’ and upcoming Brian Epstein film ‘Midas Man’.
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NewsRishi Sunak hails UK’s Covid insurance scheme after 40-plus claims
A quarter of all government-insured productions have claimed against the £500m Covid scheme since its launch in October.
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FeaturesBankside ramps up development slate with genre, drama, sci-fi projects (exclusive)
Titles include Rowan Athale’s ‘In Her Shadow’ and genre titles ‘Banshee’, ‘Remnants’ and ‘Magpie’.
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NewsDanish box office hit ‘Into The Darkness’ closes UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
War drama is directed by Anders Refn, who is at work on a sequel.
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NewsBIFA sets 2020 online ceremony date with Tom Felton to host
The ceremony will be broadcast live on Facebook.
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Reviews‘In The Earth’: Sundance Review
Ben Wheatley returns to (his) nature with a pandemic sci-fi scarer starring Joel Fry
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FeaturesFilm4 creative team talk Sundance titles, 2021 production slate
The funder is set to go into production on films from Jonathan Glazer and Martin McDonagh.
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Reviews‘Censor’: Sundance Review
Can Prano Bailey-Bond and Niamh Algar save the UK from ‘video nasties’?
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NewsCinema chains benefit from Reddit-fuelled ‘short squeeze’
Cineworld, AMC stocks have risen following fightback against hedge funds.
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NewsFirst look at comedy ‘Ballywalter’ as filming wraps in Northern Ireland (exclusive)
Bankside is selling Prasanna Puwanarajah’s debut, which stars Seána Kerslake and Patrick Kielty.