All UK & Europe Newsletter articles – Page 39
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NewsEngland’s cinemas set for July 4 reopening with reduced social distancing
Government has announced further easing of Covid-19 restrictions.
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NewsDrive-in cinemas here to stay, suggests Neon executive
Virtual Cannes conference also included the artistic director of the Mumbai Film Festival, who issued a grim warning for Indian cinemas.
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NewsFirst sales and trailer for LevelK’s Moomins creator biopic ‘Tove’ (exclusive)
Alma Pösti plays the Finnish painter Tove Jansson.
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NewsScreen Scotland appoints three to executive team
Kieran Hannigan, Dani Carlaw and Steven Little join the screen agency.
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NewsScreenDaily Talks: What next for international production in the era of Covid-19?
Speakers include producers Iain Smith and Rebecca O’Brien, locations manager Georgette Turner, Calgary film commissioner Luke Azevedo and environmental strategist Ronny Fritsche.
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NewsSTX takes worldwide rights to ‘Run Rabbit Run’ starring Elisabeth Moss
cThe film is the feature debut of acclaimed TV director Daina Reid and will shoot this summer in Australia.
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NewsNetflix secures Aardman sequel ‘Chicken Run 2’
Oscar-winning animation outfit reveals plot details on film’s 20th anniversary.
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NewsProducer, real estate tycoon Steve Bing dies in tower block fall
Bing produced The Polar Express and Rock The Kasbah.
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NewsIntramovies picks up sales rights to buzzy Turkish feature ‘Deskmate’ (exclusive)
The film is the second feature by Ferit Karahan.
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FeaturesWarnerMedia’s Sandra Dewey reflects on the ambitious roll-out of HBO Max
Dewey will give a Meet the Streamers keynote at the virtual Cannes market on June 23.
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FeaturesWhy Spain’s film and TV industry is hopeful international production will return this summer
The country’s rebate rate and single-shoot tax rebate have both risen.
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NewsJoel Schumacher, director of ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’, Batman films, dies at 80
Early career in costume design segued into directing.
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NewsFlanders Image moves 2020 CONNeXT showcase online
Annual film and TV showcase was due to take place in Antwerp in October but was cancelled due to the virus crisis.
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NewsFrance’s Mediawan revs up pan-European expansion drive
Paris-based content group announces intentions to acquire Lagardère Studios, takes minority stake in Germany’s Leonine.
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NewsDevilworks takes world rights on UK summer solstice horror ‘Sacrilege’ (exclusive)
David Creed wrote and directed the feature.
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NewsParkland Pictures seals deals on pilgrimage doc ‘Camino Skies’ (exclusive)
Sales include France, Brazil, and German-speaking Europe.
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NewsFour French distributors talk hopes and plans as cinemas reopen
UPI France, Memento, Pyramide and Arizona reveals strategies after three-month hiatus.
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NewsUK’s Black, Brown and Asian creatives call out industry’s “systemic racism” in open letter
Open letter has already received more than 4,200 signatures of support.
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NewsCineworld secures $250m in financing ahead of reopening
Exhibitor set to reopen sites across the US, UK and Europe in July.
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: Lizette Gram Mygind of the Danish Film Institute
“We went to a pop-up drive-in cinema to see ‘The Good, The Bad And The Ugly’.”