All UK/Ireland articles – Page 694
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NewsSignature, Job Centre, UnLtd team on shorts trainee scheme
Scheme gives unemployed experience of working in film production, first film screens Monday.
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NewsBBC developing Steve McQueen drama
BBC, Rainmark Films developing “major drama” with 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen.
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NewsCineworld to buy eastern Europe rival
Cineworld set to buy about 100 multiplexes in eastern Europe, finalises new management team.
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NewsStudioCanal partners with Media Storehouse
Partnership will see the launch of the StudioCanal store, with over 5,500 images already available.
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NewsSecret Cinema announces 21st production
Popular immersive cinema experience, created by Future Cinema, to return in March; tickets on sale now.
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NewsKatherine Butler departs Film4 for Raw
Katherine Butler, Film4’s Deputy Head of Film, is to become head of film and TV drama at UK indie Raw, producers of TV series Gold Rush and feature doc The Imposter.
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NewsBAFTA nominations: industry reacts
UPDATED: Nominees including Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, David O.Russell, Steve Coogan, Judi Dench react.
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NewsGravity leads BAFTA nominations
UPDATED WITH ANALYSIS: Gravity leads the pack with 11 nominations; 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle follow closely with 10.
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NewsSignature hires Sam Ross
Publicist [pictured] joins as UK independent distributor as marketing manager.
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NewsThe Brother wraps shoot
Ryan Bonder’s crime thriller stars Anthony Head and Belinda Stewart-Wilson.
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NewsSheffield CrossoverMarket adds cash prize
Sheffield Doc/Fest’s second CrossoverMarket will now offer one winner a €3000 cash award for the first Ramillas Sheffield Interactive Fund.
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NewsUK film industry: All white at the top
The UK commercial film industry is painfully bereft of black, asian and ethnic minority executives. Why?
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NewseOne announces $100m acquisition fund
Entertainment One Films International (eOne) today announced that it has established a $100 million acquisition fund to bolster the coffers of new president Harold van Lier and his team.
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NewsAmerican Hustle leads UK box office
Entertainment’s drama posts $5.7m (£3.5m) as it expands nationwide to top chart, including previews; Warner Bros’ The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug leads Fri-Sun weekend with $5.2m (£3.2m); Disney’s Frozen crosses £30m mark.
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NewsHedmans depart UK's Koch Media
EXCLUSIVE: Thomas and Nik Hedman depart from UK distributor’s acquisitions team.
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NewsUK box office down 1% in 2013
Admissions also tracking to be down on 2012’s 172.5m; eOne leads the independent sector for second straight year, also topping Paramount and Sony.
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NewsMitty, 12 Years lead UK buzz
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty leads Way to Blue’s UK buzz chart a week after its debut, while the upcoming 12 Years a Slave is generating buzz ahead of its release.
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NewsWarner Bros reclaims UK crown
Gravity and The Hobbit help generate box office revenues of more than $320m (£194m) in the UK.
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NewsDigital boosts UK film sales
New figures also reveal Skyfall as the biggest-selling DVD in the UK in 2013.