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NewsGerman box office takings grow by 24% in 2023
641 films were released in German cinemas during the year, with ’Barbie’ taking top spot at the box office.
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NewsErnst Goldschmidt, former head of international at United Artists and Orion Pictures, dies aged 92
Exec handled international sales for James Bond franchise as well as movies like Annie Hall, The Graduate and Platoon
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NewsUniversal, Working Title select four UK writers for first Global Writers Program (exclusive)
The Program is Universal’s first talent initiative to be headquartered internationally.
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NewsGlobal box office rose 30.5% in 2023; still down on pre-pandemic levels
Takings were still 15% behind the average of the last three pre-pandemic years, according to Gower Street Analytics estimates.
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NewsGoteborg Film Festival to present Honorary Dragon award to Ewan McGregor
Scottish actor will present ‘Mother, Couch’ and classic ‘Trainspotting’.
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NewsMPM Premium boards Lotfi Achour’s Tunisian drama ‘Red Path’ (exclusive)
Film was showcased as a work-in-progress at Red Sea Film Festival.
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News‘Summer Of ’42’ screenwriter Herman Raucher dies aged 95.
Raucher was nominated for an Oscar for the 1971 box office hit.
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NewsKorea box office admissions up 11% in 2023 but remains 45% down on pre-pandemic era
Hit local titles include ’12.12: The Day’ and ‘The Roundup: No Way Out’.
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NewsSundance 2024 jurors include Mira Nair, Lena Waithe and Shaunak Sen
To mark the festival’s fortieth anniversary all 16 of this year’s jurors are festival alumni.
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NewsAwards season calendar 2023/24: key Oscar, Bafta and international dates
Screen has curated this list of dates for the 2023-2024 awards season.
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News‘Steamboat Willie’ copyright expires as filmmakers eye new Mickey Mouse tales
”We just wanted to have fun with it all,” says director of ’Mickey’s Mouse Trap’.
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NewsUniversal rules 2023 box office, Disney dethroned for first time since 2016
The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Oppenheimer studio’s top two performers.
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NewsThe Coven hires Anelle Dehghani as head of sales (exclusive)
New deals on upcoming horror Terrifier 3.
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NewsFrench box office leads Europe in 2023’s post-Covid bounce-back
By admissions, the 2023 France box office was down by 13.1% on the 2017-2019 average, the smallest dip in Europe.
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NewsHong Kong box office in 2023 finishes 25% below pre-pandemic period
The top 10 films of the year were led by local feature ‘A Guilty Conscience’.
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News‘12.12: The Day’ tops 12 million admissions at Korea box office
The historial action drama has become the biggest film of 2023 at the local box office.
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NewsScreen digital edition: January 3
Screen’s January 3 awards weekly is focused on the leading contenders in the animation category for this season’s Oscar and Bafta races.
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NewsInternational industry pays tribute to UK filmmaker David Leland who died aged 82
Leland is best known for directing ’Wish You Were Here’, ’Land Girls’ and TV series ’Band Of Brothers’.
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News‘Wonka’ devours £6.6m weekend to top final 2023 UK-Ireland box office; ‘Aquaman 2’ takes £1.7m
‘The Boy And The Heron’ sets new record for Studio Ghibli; ‘Ferrari’ tops £1m.
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NewsRidley Scott, Emilia Clarke among UK’s 2024 New Year’s Honours
Further honourees include actor Oliver Ford Davies and Pinewood Group chair Paul Golding.