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All UK/Ireland articles – Page 114
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NewsStreaming giants set for increased regulation in UK under new government Media Bill
Government legislation outlined by culture secretary Lucy Frazer will modernise the “outdated” 2003 Communications Act.
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Features“Films are not made by one person”: The revolutionary production story of LFF winner ‘Blue Bag Life’
The BFI London Film Festival audience award winner will be released by Modern Films in the UK and Ireland.
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NewsRichard Johns and E Elias Merhige team for Promethean Pictures and animal-focused survival story ‘Howl’
Johns and Merhige met working on ‘Shadow Of The Vampire’.
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NewsBlack cinema organisation We Are Parable to expand into UK, international distribution (exclusive)
“There are films out there we can position effectively to our base and achieve significant cut through.”
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NewsHead Gear, Monster Pictures launch New Zealand genre distributor (Yet) Another Monster Company (exclusive)
Production underway on YAMC’s first title ‘Grafted’ from Sasha Rainbow.
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NewsIndustry figures call for “transparency” in bidding process for Edinburgh Filmhouse takeover
Screenwriter Paul Laverty, filmmakers Mark Cousins and Kevin Macdonald and actor Tilda Swinton have weighed in.
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NewsMichael Blyth to step down as senior programmer for BFI London Film Festival, Flare
Programmer has been involved with the festivals for 17 years.
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NewsMichael Winterbottom readies drama series ‘Fall Of The God Of Cars’ about fugitive Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn
Director’s Revolution Films has partnered with Fremantle, Passenger and Anonymous Content on six-parter
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NewsHannes Hirsch’s Berlinale Panorama feature ‘Drifter’ sells to UK and US (exclusive)
Salzgeber has also sold ‘Bones And Names’ and ’Captain Faggatron Saves The Universe’ to various territories
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NewsVue to screen Eurovision Song Contest final live across UK
The contest is taking place in Liverpool.
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NewsCurzon confirms interest in buying rival UK chain Picturehouse Cinemas (exclusive)
Various suitors circling Picturehouse as Cineworld puts its assets up for sale.
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Reviews‘The Deepest Breath’: CPH:DOX Review
Heart-stopping documentary about the exhilarating and dangerous sport of freediving
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NewsUK-Ire box office preview: ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ hopes to make a killing for Lionsgate
Also opening is ’80 For Brady’, ’Louis Tomlinson: All Of Those Voices’ and ‘A Good Person’
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NewsUK cinemas urged to take action on sustainability
Sustainability was the exclusive topic at the ”Greening The Big Screen Experience” conference hosted by the UK Cinema Association (UKCA).
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NewsUK producers “cautiously optimistic” about aspects of BFI Filmmaking Fund but worried about fall in overall funding
“Ouch,” said one UK independent producer.
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NewsNetflix, BBC, HBO documentary decision-makers on programming around the true crime wave
“We’ve got a massive variety of a global audience – it wouldn’t make sense to cookie-cut.”
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NewsJoanna Hogg’s ‘The Eternal Daughter’ picked up for UK-Ireland
An autumn theatrical release is planned.
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News“You have to put a writer at the centre of it”: Producer Nicola Shindler on the key to her success
Shindler’s credits include ‘It’s A Sin’ and ‘Happy Valley’.
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News‘The Responder’, ‘This Is Going To Hurt’ lead 2023 Bafta TV nominations
Following closely behind, Bad Sisters, The Crown, The English and Slow Horses also received five nominations apiece.
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NewsHorror ‘Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey’ pulled from Hong Kong release
No reason given for last-minute withdrawal but is understood to have fallen foul of censors.