All UK/Ireland articles – Page 815
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NewsSam Riley to play title role in Softley's Ivanhoe
UK actor Sam Riley is to play the title role in Iain Softley’s epic adaptation of Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe which is being developed by Berlin-based Egoli Tossell Film New GmbH (ETF) with Spain’s Morena Films as a European co-production with partners from Belgium and the UK.
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NewsLong Distance Information wins at Rushes Soho Shorts
Douglas Hart’s film, starring Peter Mullan, won the Short Film Award at the 14th Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival.
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NewsFyzal Boulifa's The Curse wins Fujifilm Shorts competition
Screen Star of Tomorrow Fyzal Boulifa won the Best Film prize for The Curse, Adam Etherington picked up the Best Cinematography award for The World Turns.
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NewsBFI's Hitchcock season to close with The Manxman with LFF gala
The film will screen in the Archive Gala slot at the BFI London Film Festival.
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NewsFilm Agency for Wales appoints Gubbins as chair
He replaces Peter Edwards, whose term ends this summer.
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Film 4.0 to support online collaborative art project This Exquisite Forest
The scheme is aimed at bringing together artists and the wider creative community to allow people to create short animations.
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Play Poland Film Festival set for second edition in the UK, Canada and Norway
Starting in September of this year, the second Play Poland Film Festival will be held over a four-month period in a bid to promote Polish cinema abroad.
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NewsHMRC draft guidance raises doubts over EIS schemes
The HM Revenue and Customs has issued a draft guidance which could disqualify the majority of creative businesses from accessing the relief.
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NewsBFC appoints Kattie Kotok as executive vice president US production
She fills the role previously held by Andy Weltman who left in March to head up Pinewood’s LA office.
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FeaturesMalik Bendjelloul
The Swedish director talks to Screen about Searching For Sugar Man, set for release in the UK on July 26 after gaining critical acclaim and awards on the festival circuit.
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NewsTDKR smashes BFI IMAX ticket sales records
The Dark Knight Rises takes £1m in advance bookings, sells 62,300 seats. 43 shows sold out.
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NewsSound-activated cinema advert to screen ahead of The Dark Knight Rises
Sound-activated advert touted as a world first; audience will “cheer” for favourite clip.
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FeaturesThe UK tax debate
Geoffrey Macnab asks why years-old UK film investment schemes are coming under attack and how investor confidence in UK film is being shaken by the allegations.
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NewsK5 to handle international sales on Status Quo doc
Directed by Alan G Parker, Hello Quo charts the 50 year career of British rock band Status Quo.
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NewsPremier PR adds to portfolio, rebrands as Premier
Premier PR buys design and animation house Liquid Television and rebrands as ‘Premier’.
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NewsDaniel Radcliffe speaks The F Word for eOne
Entertainment One Films has acquired international rights to the rom-com and will distribute in the UK and Canada. UTA and Jamie Feldman represent US rights.
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NewsClaire Oakley's Physics wins Film London's Best of Boroughs jury prize
Gurinder Chadha presented the awards ceremony.
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NewsScreen Awards shortlist led by The Woman In Black campaign
20th Century Fox leads distributors with 14 shortlist mentions, Momentum and Lionsgate have 10, Warner Bros are on 8.
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NewsOdeon wins tender to programme BFI IMAX, will ramp concession offering
Odeon has won a tender to programme the BFI IMAX Waterloo venue and will ramp the site’s concession offering.