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NewsUK horror ‘Dagr’ lands North America distribution (exclusive)
The found-footage feature stars Matt Barber of ‘Downton Abbey’ and Ellie Duckles from Netflix drama ‘The A List’.
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NewsCharades boards pair of starry Warner Bros France features (exclusive)
Paris-base sales house boards literary adaptation ’And Their Children After Them’ and dark comedy ’Lucky Winners’
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News‘Wonka’ back on top at global box office after strong hold; ‘Night Swim’ splashes into sixth place
Warner Bros’ ’Wonka’ is now less than $10m behind the lifetime global total of Tim Burton’s ’Charlie And The Chocolate Factory’.
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News‘Oppenheimer’ dominates at Golden Globes with five wins including best drama film
‘Succession’ was the leading Globe winner on the TV side, with four awards including best drama series.
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NewsAccess Entertainment changes name and recruits Jonathan DuBow
The sales company is set to offer its slate at next month’s European Film Market.
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NewsActor Christian Oliver killed in plane crash
The German born actor and producer appeared in Hollywood films including Speed Racer and The Good German.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office rises 8% in 2023; Warner Bros is top distributor
Total box office crosses £1bn for first time since pandemic.
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NewsLeading Georgian filmmakers boycott state-backed National Film Centre
Directors and producers are putting trust instead in independent organisation The Georgian Film Institute
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NewsTaiwan set to refocus international co-pro fund toward more commercial projects
The TICP has previously funded titles including Cannes award-winner ‘Tiger Stripes’ and ‘The Settlers’.
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NewsSundance adds ‘The Greatest Night In Pop’; unveils Beyond Film discussion line-up
Participants include Christine Vachon and Steven Soderbergh.
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NewsIndie Sales boards Blandine Lenoir’s ‘Juliette In Spring’ (exclusive)
Graphic novel adaptation stars stars Cesar-winning actress Izia Higelin
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NewsBafta unveils longlists for 2024 film awards
‘Barbie’, ‘Oppenheimer’, ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ tie for most spots with 15 each.
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NewsBerlinale receives major funding boost for 2024 and 2025 editions
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg has also received a budget increase of €700,000 for both 2024 and 2025.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘One Life’, ‘Priscilla’ kick off the new year
Universal has Blumhouse horror ‘Night Swim’; BFI has ‘Scala!!!’.
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NewsNorth American box office reached $9bn in 2023
Final figures from Comscore show ‘Barbie’ and ’Oppenheimer’ accounting for more than 10% of total.
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News‘Mary Poppins’ actress Glynis Johns dies aged 100
Johns was a regular in British films of the forties and fifties and later in Hollywood productions.
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NewsDavid Tennant to host 2024 Bafta Film Awards; full broadcast to be presented as live
Longlists revealed today, Friday, January 5.
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NewsAva DuVernay set for Casting Society career achievement award
DuVernay is currently in awards contention with biographical drama Origin.
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NewsLi Dongmei, Lee Hong-Chi projects to be showcased at Macau’s Festival of Young Cinema
Some 15 projects will be featured at the festival’s first works in progress lab.
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NewsChina box office soars 83% and reaches $7.7bn in 2023
The country recorded its highest cinema admissions in four years.