All UK/Ireland articles – Page 56
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NewsUK and Netherlands pledge closer film and TV production links
British Film Commission (BFC) and the Netherlands Film Commission (NFC) sign a memorandum of understanding.
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Features‘Santosh’ shows “a third way to be a woman in India”, says director Sandhya Suri
The UK’s international feature Oscar entry is fresh off two wins at the BIFAs.
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News‘Moana 2’ passes £20m at UK-Ireland box office; ‘Wicked’ enters 2024 top five
‘Conclave’ posted an excellent second weekend, dropping just 12%.
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NewsDavid Tennant to return as host of 2025 Bafta Film Awards
The awards will take place on February 16 at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.
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News‘Kneecap’ leads winners at 2024 Bifas with seven awards
Other winners included ’On Becoming A Guinea Fowl’, ’Santosh’ and ’Grand Theft Hamlet’, with two awards each.
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NewsTunisia's Dhafer L’Abidine wraps ‘Sophia’ with cast including Jessica Brown Findlay (exclusive)
L’Abidine wrote, directed and also stars in drama about cultural crossover between the Middle East and the west
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FeaturesUK producers on filming in Saudi Arabia: ‘Infrastructure is beginning to emerge’
UK producers Georgie Paget and Thembisa Cochrane talks filming in Saudi Arabia for Ahd Kamel’s My Driver And I.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Nightbitch’ and ‘Rumours’ launch as Andre Rieu’s Christmas concert leads the way
Further releases include video game documentary ‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ and Amazon’s ‘Unstoppable’.
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NewsBafta makes progress in diversifying, membership figures reveal
Bafta saw a record-breaking number of applications in 2024.
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NewsSpirit Award nominee ‘Good One’ scores UK-Ireland distribution deal (exclusive)
India Donaldson’s debut feature follows a young woman on a backpacking trip.
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NewsVietnamese pop star Mono to star in ‘Dumb Luck’ for Fremantle’s Beach House Pictures, Anh Teu Studio
The film is an adapation of the most popular Vietnamese novel of the 20th century.
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Reviews‘Get Away’: Review
Nick Frost writes and stars in this uneven horror comedy about a Swedish holiday from hell
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NewsSandhya Suri’s ‘Santosh’ acquired for UK-Ireland distribution
Suri’s film is representing the UK in the international feature Oscar category.
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NewsPremier promotes Lawrence Francis to managing director
Other staff moves include Elaine Pearce to managing director with board-level responsibility for people and resources.
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News‘Official Secrets’ director Gavin Hood joins figures including Hugh Grant protesting sale of UK’s The Observer
The South African director’s film explored an Iraq War investigation by the newspaper.
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NewsUK standards authority CIISA launches consultation for behaviour guidelines
The CIISA Standards are a set of minimum expectations around behaviour.
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News‘Tokyo Vice’ producer Alex Boden teams with Ringside Studios to launch services firm Tetra
Tetra’s first project is the upcoming ’10Dance’ for Netflix Japan.
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News‘Moana 2’ makes waves at the UK-Ireland box office with £12m debut
‘Moana 2’ had the highest post-pandemic opening for an animated film.
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NewsSophie Okonedo to receive Richard Harris award at Bifas 2024
The actor is Oscar-nominated for 2004’s ‘Hotel Rwanda’.
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NewsArmando Iannucci, Kevin Loader launch Touchscreen with BBC Studios development deal
Touchscreen aims to develop and co-produce scripted programming which will be distributed by BBC Studios.