All UK/Ireland articles – Page 31
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FeaturesWord of mouth: Screen Scotland’s Isabel Davis on her ruthless family WhatsApp group
Davis is the executive director of Screen Scotland.
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Reviews‘My Father’s Shadow’ review: Sope Dirisu stars in this electric debut set in 1990s Nigeria
The semi-autobiographical first feature from Akinola Davies Jr premieres in Un Certain Regard
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Reviews‘Pillion’ review: Alexander Skarsgard and Harry Melling star in frank British debut
Writer/director Harry Lighton sensitively explores a submissive gay relationship
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NewsJennifer Lawrence: “I highly recommend having kids if you want to be an actor”
Lawrence and Robert Pattinson joke over whether parenthood gives you energy.
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NewsJames McArdle, Ewen Bremner to lead Sunderland-set dark comedy ‘Kill Paddy’
EXCLUSIVE: The independent title is produced by Carley Armstrong.
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NewsJack Davenport, Sophia Di Martino to star in Yorkshire-set comedy ‘Blueberry Inn’
EXCLUSIVE: Shooting took place at Castle Howard in Yorkshire.
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NewsFirst look at Emily Atef’s English-language debut ‘Call Me Queen’ as production wraps
EXCLUSIVE: Eliane Umuhire, Denise Gough lead the adaptation of Lara Santoro’s novel ‘Mercy’.
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NewsCJ Beckford, Mirren Mack to lead UK romantic comedy ‘Arthur & Clara’
EXCLUSIVE: Directorial debut of Kieran Bourne.
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NewsAustralian folk horror ‘The Banished’ heads to North America
Blue Finch Films is selling the film and will release in UK-Ireland and Australia-New Zealand.
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News“AI should be a tool for liberation”: Cannes UK pavilion to dig into the thorny AI in filmmaking debate
A discussion on the rise of indigenous languages in film, how genre films travel across borders and a talent talk with ’Pillion’ director Harry Lighton are also still to come.
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FeaturesBFI Filmmaking Fund team talk Cannes success, AI and investment strategy
My Father’s Shadow, Pillion and Urchin have been selected for Cannes.
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NewsWestEnd boards ‘The Highway That Eats People’ directed by Mary Harron
EXCLUSIVE: WestEnd is selling the film at Cannes, starring Anna Cobb and Charlie Plummer.
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Reviews‘Urchin’ review: Harris Dickinson directs an elevated study of addiction
British actor-turned-filmmaker bows in Un Certain Regard
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Features“A love letter to Lagos”: ‘My Father’s Shadow’ producers talk filming on location in Nigeria
Nigerian cinema joins the A-list with Akinola Davies Jr’s debut, following two brothers on a road trip across Lagos. Screen talks to producers Rachel Dargavel and Funmbi Ogunbanwo.
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NewsBuyers swing for Serbian epic ‘Sword Of Vengeance’
The feature is being billed as Serbia’s answer to ‘Mad Max’.
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NewsCineverse swoops for Blue Finch slate
EXCLUSIVE: ‘The Draft!’, ’A Mother’s Embrace’ and ’Above The Knee’ have all been acquired for North America.
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NewsFormer Element Pictures exec launches Ireland-UK distribution venture Beach Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: Irish exec Dave Reid will focus on animation, independent cinema and non-English language films.
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NewsTrudie Styler’s ‘Rose’s Baby’ to film in London for Maven Screen Media, Beta Cinema
EXCLUSIVE: The shoot set to take place this summer around London, with Beta Cinema selling the project and CAA representing North America.
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NewsBMAN, Forty Foot Pictures, Bankside select genre projects for €50,000 Irish scheme
Three projects receive a share of €50,000.
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News“We want the UK to be the best place in the world to make film,” says UK creative industries minister in Cannes
”I want to us to make films where the intellectual property stays in the UK and people make a long-term living,” Chris Bryant added.