All UK/Ireland articles – Page 58
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Reviews‘The Ballad Of Wallis Island’: Sundance Review
British eccentricity rules the waves in this appealing Baby Cow-backed debut featuring Carey Mulligan
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Reviews‘Rabbit Trap’: Sundance Review
Dev Patel and Rosy McEwen create an eerie soundscape in Wales-set light horror
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NewsScreen Ireland unveils five-year strategic plan, with €5.5m for regional and Irish-language production
The Gross Valued Added (GVA) of the audiovisual industry in Ireland has been valued at over €1bn.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Flight Risk’ takes off while ‘Presence’ and ‘The Brutalist’ also launch
Lionsgate action ’Flight Risk’ leads the way in 524 cinemas.
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NewsKevin Macdonald’s ‘One To One: John & Yoko’ acquired for UK-Ireland at Sundance (exclusive)
The film is set for release in cinemas in April.
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NewsJane Tranter, Charlie Covell and Nicola Shindler among mentors for WFTV UK’s mid-career programme
The six-month programme will bring together mentees from across the UK’s four nations.
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News‘The Amazing Maurice’ producer launches UK animation distributor Kazoo Films
Kazoo Films will release around four animated titles a year.
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NewsIMDb founder Col Needham steps down as CEO, COO set to take over
Nikki Santoro is set to take over the top role.
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NewsNeon Films, Escape Plan Productions in next wave of UK Global Screen Fund awards
A further £2.2m has been administered through the international business development strand.
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NewsWorld premiere of John Maclean’s ‘Tornado’ among Glasgow Film Festival’s 2025 line-up
Documentaries ‘Hill’ and ‘Make It To Munich’ are also set to world premiere.
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NewsBob Dylan biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ opens top at UK-Ireland box office
Holdovers ’Mufasa: The Lion King’, ’Sonic The Hedgehog 3’ and ’Nosferatu’ stand firm in the top five.
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NewsScreen’s Rising Stars Ireland showcase returns for 2025 edition
Applications are now open here and will close on March 14.
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News“It could decimate the sector”: UK creative industry experts sound alarm over government’s AI growth plan
“The approach seems to overlook the fact that millions of creative workers rely on copyright and performers’ rights to make a living”
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NewsUK cinema admissions up in 2024, but average ticket price down
The total number of admissions last year was 126.5m.
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NewsDea Kulumbegashvili’s Venice title ‘April’ acquired for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
The film is about a doctor who provides unsanctioned abortions in Georgia.
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NewsCannes animated space thriller ‘Mars Express’ lands UK deal (exclusive)
A theatrical release is planned for May.
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NewsJoan Plowright, star of ‘Enchanted April’ and ‘Tea With Mussolini’, dies aged 95
Plowright was the widow of Laurence Olivier.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘A Complete Unknown’ knocks on 700 sites for Disney
Also out this weekend: Universal’s horror revamp ’Wolf Man’ and Curzon’s ‘Here’ starring Tom Hanks.
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund to receive £7m funding, as government brings forward apprenticeship reform
The announcements form part of the government’s additional £60m investment in the creative sectors.