All UK/Ireland articles – Page 99
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News‘Challengers’ tops UK-Ireland box office with £1.5m debut
‘Back To Black’ moves to second; ‘Civil War’ down to fourth.
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NewsJoy Gharoro-Akpojotor wraps directorial debut ‘Dreamers’; The Yellow Affair to handle sales (exclusive)
’Dreamers’ is the directorial debut of ’Blue Story’ producer Gharoro-Akpojotor, produced by Emily Morgan of Quiddity Films.
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NewsReason8 picks up buzzy dark comedy ‘Tummy Monster’ starring Lorn Macdonald (exclusive)
The dark comedy stars ’Bridgerton’ actor Lorn Macdonald.
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NewsMike Leigh to be honoured at Malta’s Mediterrane film festival
The UK director will also host a masterclass.
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NewsCannes title ‘Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In’ secures UK-Ireland distribution (exclusive)
Soi Cheang’s period action drama will receive its international premiere in the Midnight strand of Cannes.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Challengers’ to open serve in more than 700 cinemas
Signature starts ‘Boy Kills World’; indie titles include ‘Kidnapped’, ‘Stephen’, ‘Elaha’.
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NewsGkids, Anime Ltd. acquire Naoko Yamada’s ‘The Colors Within’, Charades boards sales
Anticipated anime feature is from ‘Your Name’ producer Genki Kawamura.
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NewsSteven Knight, Brian Cox, David Harewood support campaign to save UK cinema Electric Birmingham
The cinema closed at the end of February, amid concerns its Station Street location is to be rebuilt by a property developer.
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News‘First Light’, starring Ruby Ruiz, starts shooting in the Philippines for Independent Entertainment
It is the debut feature from Filipino-Australian artist James J. Robinson.
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NewsThe Story Collective producers launch film and TV studio complex in southwest London (exclusive)
The Story Works housed production on Disney+ series ‘A Thousand Blows’
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NewsScreen Cornwall unveils first recipients of Cornish-language film initiative (exclusive)
The scheme was made possible by £150,000 funding from the devolution deal for Cornwall.
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NewsUK shadow culture secretary sets out Labour’s vision for creative industries
Thangam Debbonaire has promised a Labour government will “champion” the creative industries, replace the Apprenticeship Levy and “speak up” for freelancers.
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NewsPicturehouse, Vue bosses disagree on state of UK exhibition sector at CMS committee
Clare Binns said industry is in “a bit of a crisis”; while Tim Richards is “a bit more bullish.”
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NewsUS-Ireland outfit Brick Lane Entertainment unveils trio of features (exclusive)
The sales, financing and production outfit will be introducing the projects to buyers at Cannes.
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NewsCreative UK: public funding to sector must be a “national priority” for next government
The charity is calling for urgent public and private funding boost ahead of the impending general election.
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NewsHelen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley set to star in ‘The Thursday Murder Club’
The crime thriller is produced by Amblin Entertainment and will shoot this summer.
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NewsSundance Film Festival: London unveils 2024 line-up (exclusive)
The event takes place at London’s Picturehouse Central from June 6-9.
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News‘Back To Black’ holds UK-Ireland box office lead; ‘Civil War’ rises, ‘Abigail’ opens fifth
Holdovers including ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’, ‘Godzilla x Kong’ dominate the chart.
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NewsSandhya Suri’s Un Certain Regard title ‘Santosh’ heads to mk2 Films
The Hindi-language title is the narrative fiction debut from UK-Indian filmmaker Sandhya Suri, a Screen Star of Tomorrow 2023.
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NewsProtagonist Pictures boards Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title ‘Sister Midnight’; unveils first look (exclusive)
Protagonist is launching world sales on the black comedy at Cannes.