All UK/Ireland articles – Page 795
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Second British Film Festival coming to Kurdistan
The second British Film Festival will be held in Iraq’s Kurdistan region this month. A programme of films, screening in Erbil, will celebrate British cinema as well as the growing relationship between Kurdistan and the UK.New this year, the festival will also show some shorts and medium-length films by Kurdish ...
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NewsUPI promotes Antonini, Wormley
Pair promoted to senior vice presidents of creative advertising.
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NewsSignature inks three during EFM
UK distribution outfit Signature has picked up three titles for home entertainment release during the EFM.
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NewsDogwoof reels in Blackfish rights
Dogwoof secures UK and international rights to Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s doc Blackfish
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NewsBFI earmarks $1.6m for co-pros
Isabel Davis, the British Film Institute’s head of international, is in Berlin spreading the word about the BFI Film Fund’s increased commitment to funding co-productions.
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NewsTLA takes Five Dances
TLA Releasing has acquired the US, UK and French-speaking Europe to Alan Brown’s contemporary drama.
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NewsJadoo duo reunites on UK comedy
EXCLUSIVE: Jadoo producer Richard Holmes is to executive-produce a new comedy produced by Farhana Bhula.
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NewsJadoo producer readies Keeping Rosy
EXCLUSIVE: Richard Holmes, producer of Culinary Cinema selection Jadoo, is planning a March 4 start date for his next production, Keeping Rosy.
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FeaturesUK brunch in Berlin
The new We Are UK film umbrella held a brunch in Berlin on Tuesday. The group includes the BFI, British Council, British Film Commission, FIlm Agency For Wales, Creative England, Film London, Northern Ireland Screen, UK Trade & Investment, Creative Scotland and Film Export UK.
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NewsNun on the run to UK
EXCLUSIVE: Le Pacte’s in-demand Berlinale Competition entry The Nun has sold to Metrodome for the UK.
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NewsMarc Samuelson joins Pact
The UK’s trade body for independent film and TV producers has bolstered film production expertise with the appointment of Marc Samuelson to its board.
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Angus Finney goes back to school
Angus Finney, former director of Renaissance Films and project manager for the Film London Production Finance Market, has been appointed as lead tutor on the London Film School’s new Masters programme in Independent Film Business.
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NewsFilm editor Gerry Hambling dies
Award-winning British film editor Gerry Hambling, who cut 14 films with Sir Alan Parker, has died aged 86.
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NewsIpso Facto gains Nothing to Lose
Christine Alderson’s UK production company Ipso Facto has snapped up remake rights to Pieter Kuipers’ thriller Nothing To Lose from Dutch production outfit Pupkin Films.
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NewsConstantin acquires Status Quo film; sequel greenlit
First major territory deal secured for the upcoming UK action comedy; greenlight for a sequel in India.
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NewsWreck-It Ralph smashes UK box office
Disney’s 3D animation dethrones Les Misérables after four weeks at the UK’s summit; StudioCanal’s I Give It A Year impresses with $2.4m (£1.5m) debut in third.