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NewsUK’s Empire Cinemas goes into administration, six sites to close
Sites at Bishop’s Stortford, Catterick Garrison, Sunderland, Swindon, Walthamstow and Wigan ceased trading today.
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NewsSan Sebastian unveils first 2023 competition titles
The 71st San Sebastian Film Festival runs September 22-30.
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News‘Club Zero’, ‘How To Have Sex’, ‘The Old Oak’ among UK Global Screen Fund recipients
13 titles have received funding in the latest round from the £7m per year UK Global Screen Fund.
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NewsIn pictures: Screen UK & Ireland Stars Of Tomorrow 2023 party
The event was held at Home House, London on July 5
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NewsFilmmakers and industry execs debate the future role of film academies in Europe
The European Film Academy hosted a series of conversations in Karlovy Vary.
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NewsDonna Langley promoted in NBCU restructure, adds TV, streaming content strategy to remit
Executive is one of four operational heads to lead NBCU as Comcast head decides not to name one CEO.
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NewsNicolas Cage career award, closing film among Fantasia third wave announcements
Montreal event runs July 20-August 9.
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NewsNew European indie joint venture Vuelta Group acquires Playtime, SquareOne and Scanbox
The private equity-funded studio will focus on local distribution and international film and TV production on a global scale.
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NewsGlobal box office records best quarter since 2019
The global box office has reached $8.6bn for Q2.
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NewsUK’s ScreenSkills CEO Seetha Kumar to step down
Kumar to remain at the training body until the end of 2023.
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NewsLuca Guadagnino’s ‘Challengers’ to open 2023 Venice Film Festival
The film stars Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist.
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NewsCzech Republic to introduce streamer levy and boost incentives for international shoots
Streamers to allocate 3.5% of revenues to Czech content and more will be available for international productions.
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NewsEdinburgh film festival one-off edition includes world premiere of ’Chuck Chuck Baby’
A total of 24 feature films, including five world premieres, make up this year’s programme.
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NewsStriking US writers guild reaffirms commitment to “fix a broken system”
“We will continue to walk in front of every studio – and remind them that, whatever path they take, at the end of that path is the Writers Guild.”
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NewsStudiocanal Germany CEO to oversee Polish distributor Kinoswiat
Current CEO Kalle Friz has been promoted to EVP of international operations.
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NewsLadj Ly’s ‘Les Indésirables’ to world premiere at Toronto 2023
French filmmaker won the jury prize at Cannes with ‘Les Misérables’, which went on to secure an Oscar nomination.
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NewsKevin Spacey trial latest: second accuser hoped coming forward would “help” others
The complainant detailed meeting Spacey while drinking in a countryside pub and returning to a property the actor was staying in, where the alleged incident took place.
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NewsAdjani Salmon wins inaugural Menelik Shabazz award at Windrush Caribbean Film Festival
Salmon is a Screen Star of Tomorrow 2022 and the creator of BBC, A24 and Big Deal Films series ‘Dreaming Whilst Black’.
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NewsLights On boards ‘Dreaming and Dying’, ‘Family Portrait’ ahead of Locarno premieres
Marks the feature directorial debut of Singapore’s Nelson Yeo.
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NewsSahraa Karimi’s project ‘Flight From Kabul’ heads Karlovy Vary’s Eastern Promises awards
Other winners included Klára Tasovská’s documentary ’I’m Not Everything I Want To Be’