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All UK/Ireland articles – Page 11
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NewsStudiocanal execs Alex Hamilton, Katheryn Needham move to new roles
Hamilton will work with all territory CEOs overseeing distribution across all Studiocanal territories.
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NewsFormer Sister and BBC exec sets up LA-based outfit Hound
Kate Fenske’s launch of Hound comes four months after closure of Sister US.
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NewsHalf of UK independent cinemas still operating at a loss, says the ICO (exclusive)
Some 48% of survey respondents were projected to make a loss for 2024-25.
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NewsFan Bingbing and Gabriel Byrne to star in Wayne Wang’s ’Diary Of A Mad Old Man’ for Bankside (exclusive)
Production will begin this summer in Japan.
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NewsMimi Poskitt to become managing director of Sheffield DocFest
The 32nd edition will run June 18-23.
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NewsJames McAvoy to receive honorary award at Glasgow Film Festival
He will receive the Cinema City Honorary Award at the March festival.
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Reviews‘Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy’: Review
Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant make a welcome return in this warm-hearted, best of British romcom
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Features“It felt subversive and radical”: ‘Conclave’ screenwriter Peter Straughan on adapting Robert Harris’s papal thriller
The king of the book adaptation talks about finding his own story through others.
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NewsShudder picks up supernatural horror ‘825 Forest Road’ (exclusive)
The film will be released in North America, UK-Ireland and Australia-New Zealand in the spring.
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NewsKristen Wiig, Bill Murray to star in ‘Epiphany’; Rocket Science launching EFM sales
Max Barbakow, who directed 2020 Sundance comedy Palm Springs, to helm project.
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NewsUniversal hires Kezia Williams as MD for UK and Ireland
Williams joins Universal at the end of February and will report to Paul Higginson.
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NewsFederation Studios appoints Côme Chazal as group executive director for UK strategy (exclusive)
The Paris-based company is ramping up its expansion into English-language markets.
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NewsBafta Elevate 2025/26 cohort includes ‘Mr Gay Syria’, ‘Kanaval’ directors
The cohort comprises documentary and factual filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds.
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News‘Dog Man’ barks up £3.2m to top UK-Ireland box office; ‘Macbeth’, ‘September 5’ in top five
‘A Complete Unknown’ nears £10m; ‘The Brutalist’ holds well again to overtake awards favourites.
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NewsWestEnd launches sales on action thriller ‘Breaking Cover’ starring Scott Adkins (exclusive)
The shoot will begin in the UK in May 2025
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NewsBFI delegation of disabled UK filmmakers attends Rotterdam
Inaccessability of festivals prompted British Film Institute to take a delegation of four UK-based disabled filmmakers to IFFR Pro.
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NewsBill Skarsgard, Murray Bartlett and Noah Jupe join ‘Death Of Robin Hood’ cast
High Jackman and Jodie Comer are starring, with shooting starting this week in Ireland.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office rises 10% in January 2025 compared to previous year
New releases combine with December holdovers to bring January cheer to exhibitors.
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News‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ and Bigfoot docs added to Screenbound EFM slate (exclusive)
’Sane Inside Insanity’ marks the 50th anniversary of the cult classic musical film.
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NewsAI offers monetisation opportunities for creatives, suggest tech sector execs
Creatives fear changes to copyright law in the UK could result in an “impoverishing” of their sector’s workers.