All articles by Mona Tabbara – Page 23
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Neon Films, barry crerar, Working Title producers join ScreenSkills Film Skills Council (exclusive)
A new ScreenSkills exhibition and distribution group has also formed, featuring UK Cinema Association’s Phil Clapp and Film Export UK’s Charlie Bloye.
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‘The Nun II’ leads UK-Ireland box office, Hindi-language thriller ‘Jawan’ a strong second
’My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3’ failed to crack the top five in its opening weekend.
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Bectu criticises lack of support for struggling UK crews from US streamers, studios and UK government
With no end to the strikes in sight, there has been little industry enthusiasm for paying out-of-work crew.
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UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3’, festival favourite ‘Past Lives’ hope to stir up audiences
Also new this weekend is ’The Nun II’ and Chinese thriller ’No More Bets’.
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Ffilm Cymru’s outgoing CEO Pauline Burt on decentralising UK film: “We’ve got quite a way to go”
The Welsh film agency supports films such as ‘Chuck Chuck Baby’ with approximately £5m a year.
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Nearly 300 and counting leading film figures call for Berlinale’s Carlo Chatrian to stay in open letter
The letter has been signed by filmmakers including Martin Scorsese, Joanna Hogg, Radu Jude and Tilda Swinton.
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US streamer Roku rids 10% of employees, takes up to $65m hit to remove streaming content
Roku expects to record a restructuring charge related to the layoffs in an estimated range of $45m to $65m, and an impairment cost of between $160m and $200m for ceasing to use office facilities.
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Breaking Through The Lens names finalists for €10,000 feature film grant (exclusive)
Finalists include Screen Star of Tomorrow 2023, Nadia Fall.
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Warner Bros Discovery cuts 2023 earnings forecast by $300m-$500m due to strikes
The company outlined its predictions for 2023 earnings in filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission today.
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‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’, ‘Golda’ composers join second wave of World Soundtrack Awards 2023 nominations
Nominees in the categories of discovery of the year, public choice award and the new game music award have been revealed.
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Blueprint Pictures, Goodfellas, Killer Films, Mubi, Netflix execs head to San Sebastian’s Creative Investors’ Conference
The conference is taking place from September 26-28.
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Un Certain Regard title ‘Omen’ heads for UK and Ireland cinemas (exclusive)
A theatrical release is plotted for spring 2024.
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Screen Ireland names Keith Potter as head of feature film
Potter replaces senior project manager – feature film lead, Celine Haddad.
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‘The Equalizer 3’ topples ‘Barbie’ at UK-Ireland box office after six-week reign
Also making its mark on the box office chart across a packed National Cinema Day weekend was controversial drama ’Sound Of Freedom’.
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Barbenheimer drives UK and Ireland August box office to rise 67% on 2022
However, the year-to-date box office total is still down on pre-pandemic levels.
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British Urban Film Festival relocates to Leeds and Halifax for 2023 edition
The festival will take place in Leeds and Halifax.
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French animation ‘The Jungle Bunch World Tour’ swings to the UK and Ireland (exclusive)
A theatrical release is plotted for early 2024.
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UK tax relief claims for high-end TV overtake amounts paid out for film tax relief for first time
HETV claimed £829m against £517m for film, for the tax year ending March 2022.
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Dinard 2023 line-up includes ‘The Old Oak’, ‘The Zone Of Interest’, ‘Scrapper’
’Silent Roar’, ‘Shoshana’ and ’How To Have Sex’ will also play at the French seaside festival that spotlights UK and Irish cinema.
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“The labour of women is valued so little,” says co-director of Edinburgh event ‘The Lynda Myles Project’
Susan Kemp has undertaken the two-film ’The Lynda Myles Project’ with Mark Cousins.