All UK/Ireland articles – Page 49
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NewsLocal box office market share for UK indie films nearly doubles in 2024
The 2024 box office for films on release in the UK totalled £979m.
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NewsIain Forsyth, Jane Pollard’s ‘The Extraordinary Miss Flower’ acquired for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Film will play at Dublin and Glasgow film festivals before cinema release.
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NewsPicturehouse launches new UK industry event, Picturehouse Create (exclusive)
The company also confirmed that Sundance Film Festival: London will not take place in 2025.
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NewsMichael Winterbottom and Mohammed Sawwaf now filming ‘Gaza Year Zero’ in Palestine (exclusive)
Le Pacte has acquired international rights to the fiction film.
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NewsBafta reveals recipient of outstanding British contribution to cinema award
The recipient will be honoured at the Bafta Film Awards on February 16.
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NewsCNC appoints Gaetan Bruel as president and permanent replacement to disgraced Dominique Boutonnat
Bruel previously headed up the cultural services department of the French embassy in the US.
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FeaturesFour UK indie distributors share strategies behind their highest-grossing titles of 2024
Win-win windows, National Trust inspiration - and an audience member throwing up.
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NewsFilm Seekers acquires Bangkok-set psychological thriller ‘Crushed’ (exclusive)
Sales will launch on the English-language film at the EFM.
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NewsNo progress being made in the number of female-made films released in the UK, says Reclaim The Frame
Only 12% of films were directed and written by women and those of a marginalised gender.
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NewsCornerstone boards survival thriller ‘Breathe Deep’, starring social media breakout Avani Gregg
Cast also includes Ingrid Torelli and Michiel Huisman.
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NewsTake That, Jeff Goldblum to perform at Baftas 2025
Take That’s song Greatest Day featured in ’Anora’.
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NewsBFI Flare to close with erotic thriller ‘Night Stage’
The festival also announced “Dreams In Nightmares’ as a special presentation.
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NewsEdinburgh Filmhouse appoints Andrew Simpson as executive director
Andrew Simpson joins from Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle.
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NewsReason8 acquires post-apocalyptic New Zealand horror ‘Forgive Us All’ (exclusive)
An Australia-NZ theatrical release is planned for the second quarter of 2025 through Rialto Distribution.
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NewsUK film and TV industry at risk of worker “exodus” due to mental health crisis, according to charity
Production downturn and lack of support have been cited as contributing to poor mental health.
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NewsJames Norton, Cosmo Jarvis join Guy Ritchie’s ‘Wife & Dog’ as filming begins in the UK for Black Bear
Paddy Considine and Pip Torrens have also joined the cast for Black Bear.
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NewsCharades boards Berlinale title ‘Christy’, sells to UK-Ireland (exclusive)
‘Christy’ is a UK-Ireland co-production and the opening title of Generation 14plus.
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NewsFilm London, Sony Picture Television, Channel 4 partner on hair and make-up academy
The academy aims to improve diversity of hair and make-up crews and redress industry skills gaps.
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NewsFounder of UK’s Day for Night launches Asia-based company Not That Films (exclusive)
The sister firm will handle distribution, sales and co-production from its base in Tokyo, Japan.
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News‘Companion’ leads UK-Ireland box office openers; ‘A Complete Unknown’ stays top again
‘The Brutalist’ posts excellent second weekend, remaining in top five.