All UK/Ireland articles – Page 29
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NewsWarwick Davis to be awarded Bafta Fellowship
‘Star Wars’ and ‘Harry Potter’ star Davis will receive the prize at the 2025 Film Awards.
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NewsScreen Ireland appoints former Element Pictures exec as head of TV
Kate McColgan is taking over from Andrew Byrne.
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NewsIrish post-production house Windmill Lane Pictures closes with immediate effect
Windmill Lane recording studios remains in operation,
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FeaturesEight talking points for the UK film industry in 2025
Key questions include: will the indie tax credit be transformative? How will cinemas adapt? And what is going on with James Bond?
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Features“I tried to find Henry in me,” says Jude Law of creating the physical layers to play Henry VIII in ‘Firebrand’
Jude Law is busier than ever in front and of behind the camera as a producer through Riff Raff Films. The UK actor talks to Screen about his transformation into his Bafta-longlisted role as Henry VIII in Firebrand.
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NewsLondon Film Critics’ Circle to honour Daniel Craig
45th London Critics’ Circle film awards take place on February 2.
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NewsEve Gabereau to head Vue’s UK-Ireland distribution arm Vue Lumière (exclusive)
Gabereau is the founder and CEO of Modern Films and will now become executive chair.
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NewsDisney theatrical distribution head Tony Chambers named EMEA president
Current EMEA president Jan Koeppen is stepping down after six years in the role.
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NewsSee-Saw-backed Picking Scabs appoints executive producer
Shay Spencer previpously worked at Jungle Entertainment and Fremantle Australia.
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NewsSister’s Jane Featherstone calls for enhanced TV tax credit
Sister’s Jane Featherstone wants a tiered tax credit system to help lower-budget high-end TV as well as production in the nations and regions.
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News‘Brazil’, ‘Batman’ cinematographer Roger Pratt dies aged 77
Veteran British director of photography earned an Oscar nomination and two Bafta nods.
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News‘Nosferatu’ storms UK-Ireland box office as ‘Mufasa’ holds top spot
Robert Eggers’ horror has a strong £5.3m including previews, for the second-best post-pandemic horror start.
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NewsIrish genre writers focus of €50,000 initiative co-launched by Bankside Films (exclusive)
The €50,000 scheme supports Irish screenwriters working on their first or second feature across thriller, horror or sci-fi genre.
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NewsStrong December boosts UK-Ireland 2024 box office to reach £1bn, level with 2023
‘Wicked’, ‘Moana 2’ boost end-of-year takings to £1.06bn.
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NewsSix talking points from the Bafta 2025 film awards longlists
Some major contenders missed out while others were surprisingly well represented.
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News‘Emilia Perez’, ‘Conclave’ lead Bafta longlists for 2025 film awards
’A Complete Unknown’, ’The Brutalist’, ’The Substance’ each score 11 spots.
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FeaturesWhich films are in contention for Bafta’s new children’s and family film award?
‘Paddington In Peru’, ’Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’, ‘White Bird’ all in the running.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: audiences get teeth into ‘Nosferatu’ after fast start
Studiocanal has Andrew Garfield-Florence Pugh romance ‘We Live In Time’; Altitude starts Asif Kapadia’s ‘2073’.
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Features‘Paddington In Peru’ producer Rosie Alison on her 20-year journey with the ursine franchise
Alison has been on the Paddington train from the very beginning and is lead producer on the third film.