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NewsUK and Irish talent enjoys strong night at the Oscars
Jonathan Glazer’s German and Polish-language ‘The Zone Of Interest’ is the first UK film to win the best international Oscar.
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News‘Dune: Part Two’ nears £20m after two weekends at UK-Ireland box office; ‘Imaginary’ opens fifth
‘Part Two’ is well ahead of 2021’s ‘Dune’ at the same stage.
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NewsIcelandic football film ‘The Home Game’ scores audience award as Glasgow Film Festival wraps
Smari Gunn and Logi Sigursveinsson’s underdog documentary scored the highest audience score in the award’s 10-year history.
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NewsUK broadcaster ITV enjoys 1.9m peak audience for Oscars coverage
Ceremony aired in the UK on free-to-air TV for the first time in two decades.
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NewsFormer Dogwoof exec launches festival strategy agency Indox with CPH:DOX title (exclusive)
Luke Brawley will offer festival strategy services to filmmakers.
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NewsFormer Flanders Image exec Christian De Schutter joins LevelK (exclusive)
De Schutter will work on the company’s festival strategies.
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NewsSpanish rock film ‘Saturn Return’, Mexican drama ‘Radical’ win top awards at Malaga 2024
‘Saturn Return’ won best Spanish film while ‘Radical’ won best Latin American film.
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NewsBBC Film makes key hire from media law firm Lee & Thompson (exclusive)
Anwen Griffiths will replace Geraldine Atlee, who is moving role within the BBC.
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News‘Dune: Part Two’ hits $369.6m at global box office after 10 days; ‘Kung Fu Panda’ kicks off with $81.7m
‘Dune: Part Two’ dropped just 44% in North America, 36% internationally.
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NewsThessaloniki doc festival responds to weekend attack on trans people with a “loud and clear message of tolerance”
The festival has introduced the Citizen Queer programme this year to celebrate Greece’s recent legalisation same-sex marriage.
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NewsOscars 2024 speeches: Jonathan Glazer’s plea for Gaza victims, Justine Triet on “mid-life crisis”
Glazer said “the Holocaust is being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people”.
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NewsOscars stand-out moments: ‘I’m Just Ken’, John Cena nudity and a bad review from Donald Trump
Jimmy Kimmel returned for a fourth stint as host.
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News‘Oppenheimer’ dominates Oscars with seven awards
Nolan’s blockbuster was stopped from taking an even bigger Oscar haul by Poor Things, which ended the night with four wins.
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NewsKorean action-comedy ‘Boss’ joins Finecut Filmart slate
The film stars Jo Woo-jin, Jung Kyung-ho and Park Ji-hwan (‘The Roundup’ franchise).
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NewsCora Yim, Benjamin Lin launch S11 Partners with Chinese-language film slate
The new company will specialise in Chinese-language film productions.
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NewsThailand looks to extend global cultural reach with launch of Thailand Creative Content Agency
The agency is due to launch later this year.
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NewsCrime thriller ‘Untouchable’, female action comedy ‘Brave Girls’ lead Mei Ah’s busy Filmart slate (exclusive)
Other titles include action comedy Brave Girls starring Ma Li and romantic drama Last Song For You.
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NewsEMP launches ‘The Last Dance’ starring Dayo Wong, ‘Detective Vs Sleuths 2’ at Filmart (exclusive)
The Last Dance is in post-production while Detective Vs Sleuths 2 shoots in April.
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NewsOscars 2024: Full list of winners
’Oppenheimer’ wins best picture, best director and best actor; ‘Poor Things’ also among big winners.
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NewsFree Stone boards Japanese drama ‘Promised Land’ (exclusive)
The film stars Rairu Sugita of Disney+ series ‘Gannibal’ and Kanichiro.