All UK & Europe Newsletter articles – Page 22
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NewsLucrecia Martel’s ‘Chocobar’ takes top prize at Locarno’s 2020 edition
The festival awarded cash prizes to projects that have stalled at various stages of production due to Covid-19.
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NewsBFI Distribution acquires ‘Mogul Mowgli’ starring Riz Ahmed for UK and Ireland
Music drama will receive a theatrical release this autumn.
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NewsUK’s Grimmfest reveals virtual line-up; opening with ‘Alone’ (exclusive)
More than 20 features and four world premieres selected for genre film festival.
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NewsGermany’s Koch Films acquires family animation sales firm Sola Media
Solveig Langeland will stay on at Sola as director.
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NewsUK tax relief: High-end TV closes the gap on film in 2019-2020
785 claims, representing 740 films, were made during 2019-2020 according to HMRC.
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NewsSarajevo Film Festival to host physical screenings outside city
The Eastern European film festival recently shifted all activity online but will now screen a selection of features outside of Sarajevo.
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NewsThomas Vinterberg moves into TV with ‘Families Like Ours’ (exclusive)
Zentropa producing show for TV2; TrustNordisk handles sales.
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NewsWarnerMedia head declares support for theatrical, forecasts shorter windows
“We’re absolutely going to embrace a theatrical release when we’re able to and clearly with Tenet.”
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NewsAmazon sets up $6m fund to support European production community
First donations are £1m to UK’s Film and TV Charity, £500,000 to Theatre Community Fund.
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NewsAnthony Hopkins, Chloe Zhao, Mira Nair to receive TIFF Tribute awards
Remote ceremony to be broadcast and streamed around the world.
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NewsMongolia-France coproduction ‘Ze’ leads Locarno’s Open Doors winners
Prizes were given via an awards ceremony on Zoom and YouTube.
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NewsMads Mikkelsen to receive honorary Sarajevo award
Festival announced it would shift entirely online earlier this week.
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NewsMaven secures backing for move into TV from UK Creative Content Fund
Production company was founded by Celine Rattray (‘The Kids Are Alright’) and Trudie Styler (‘American Honey’).
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NewsSarajevo unveils 2020 competition lineup
Festival will world premiere 12 features across its dramatic and documentary competitions.
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NewsSarajevo Film Festival to shift online amid second Covid-19 spike
The event will run online August 14-21.
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NewsAzazel Jacobs’s ‘French Exit’ to close New York Film Festival
Sony Pictures Classics holds multi-territory distribution rights.
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NewsApple strikes first-look deal with Martin Scorsese’s Sikelia Productions
Pact covers film and TV produced by Scorsese for Apple TV+ through Sikelia Productions.
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NewsUK and Canada launch £300,000 immersive storytelling fund
The fund will support UK and Canadian artists working in VR, AR, and MR.
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News‘Holiday’ director to pitch new film at Haugesund Co-Production Market
Haugesund’s New Nordic Films will run as a hybrid event Aug 18-21.