All UK/Ireland articles – Page 757
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NewsIFC strikes US deal for Cheerful Weather For The Wedding
IFC Films has acquired all US rights to Donald Rice’s Cheerful Weather For the Wedding, which had its world premiere at Tribeca.
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NewsBrave hits its target as it topples Ted at the UK box office
Disney/Pixar’s latest shoots an estimated $8.1m (£5.2m) debut, including previews; Bourne Legacy records second highest opening of franchise.
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FeaturesTaxing times
The UK has a popular film tax credit and newly boosted investment schemes. But are controversial tax avoidance stories hurting film finance? Geoffrey Macnab reports
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NewsNetflix clocks 1m UK subs in record time
Rival European SVOD service LoveFilm has more than 2 million members in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway.
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NewsThe Arab British Centre unveils new week-long film season
Safar: A Journey Through Popular Arab Cinema runs Sept 21-27 at London’s ICA.
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FeaturesFemi Oguns
Screen talks to the founder and CEO of Identity Drama School, Britain’s first black drama school and leading talent agency, IAG.
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NewsMorgan, Straughan among screenwriters to deliver lectures for BAFTA & BFI
Third screenwriters’ lecture series to take place during Sept 26-Oct 27.
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NewsCreative England launches crew and locations databases, plans more crew networking events
The networking event at Elstree on September 19 will be the eighth in the nationwide programme.
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Fifth Column to give theatrical release in UK to Tempest docudrama
Fifth Column Films will self-release its latest feature, Tempest, starting on Oct 26 in the UK.
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Kaleidoscope, Scanner-Rhodes launch production outfit, Femi Oyeniran writes first film
Mirror Image launches with urban comedy written by Femi Oyeniran.
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FeaturesThe UK public funding boom
Are we in a golden era for public film funding? The UK is stumbling through a prolonged recession and yet the film industry has seemingly emerged largely unscathed from the ongoing cuts. Geoffrey Macnab analyses where the cash is headed.
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NewsChris O’Dowd writing feature, hopes to continue to work with Baby Cow
EXCLUSIVE: Bridesmaids and The Sapphires star is writing feature set against backdrop of Irish boom and bust.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
German director Leander Haussmann’s [pictured] new feature as well as a second film about Norwegian nobleman Peter Wessel Tordenskiold are among the newly added productions this week.
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UK man jailed for four years for online piracy
A website owner who created and ran one of the world’s most popular pirate websites has been sentenced to four years imprisonment in the UK.
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NewsFalk Hentschel joins cast of Emmerich’s White House Down
StreetDance 2 star to play one of the mercenaries who invades the White House.
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NewsHoly Motors to close Cambridge Film Festival
32nd edition to take place Sept 13-23, featuring Hope Springs, Snows Of Kilimanjaro and To Rome With Love on the opening night.
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NewsTed carries on dancing at the UK box office
Universal’s comedy defies good weather and Olympics fever to retain top spot; Step Up Revolution debuts softly in third with $1m (£650,000).