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All UK/Ireland articles – Page 12
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News‘Bridget Jones 4’ advance tickets selling faster than ‘Barbie’, report UK cinemas
The film starring Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Leo Woodall opens on February 13.
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NewsProtagonist Pictures boards SXSW romantic comedy ‘One More Shot’ starring Emily Browning (exclusive)
Sales will launch at the upcoming EFM on the Australian time travel comedy.
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FeaturesHouse execs talk ‘Conclave’ challenges, BBC relationship and upcoming projects
Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell are not planning to rest on their laurels anytime soon.
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NewsKiefer Sutherland, Rebel Wilson star in Sky Christmas comedy ‘Tinsel Town’
Mister Smith Entertainment will be launching sales at the EFM.
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NewsFilm Constellation to launch international sales on Plan B, Teorema’s Berlin Panorama selection ‘Olmo’ (exclusive)
Coming-of-age comedy to premiere on February 16.
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NewsTotal UK film production spend rises 56% in 2024; film and high-end TV combined reaches £5.6bn
Film and high-end television production spend is up 31% on the previous Hollywood strike-addled year.
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NewsLocal box office market share for UK indie films nearly doubles in 2024
The 2024 box office for films on release in the UK totalled £979m.
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NewsIain Forsyth, Jane Pollard’s ‘The Extraordinary Miss Flower’ acquired for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Film will play at Dublin and Glasgow film festivals before cinema release.
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NewsPicturehouse launches new UK industry event, Picturehouse Create (exclusive)
The company also confirmed that Sundance Film Festival: London will not take place in 2025.
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NewsMichael Winterbottom and Mohammed Sawwaf now filming ‘Gaza Year Zero’ in Palestine (exclusive)
Le Pacte has acquired international rights to the fiction film.
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NewsBafta reveals recipient of outstanding British contribution to cinema award
The recipient will be honoured at the Bafta Film Awards on February 16.
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NewsCNC appoints Gaetan Bruel as president and permanent replacement to disgraced Dominique Boutonnat
Bruel previously headed up the cultural services department of the French embassy in the US.
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FeaturesFour UK indie distributors share strategies behind their highest-grossing titles of 2024
Win-win windows, National Trust inspiration - and an audience member throwing up.
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NewsFilm Seekers acquires Bangkok-set psychological thriller ‘Crushed’ (exclusive)
Sales will launch on the English-language film at the EFM.
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NewsNo progress being made in the number of female-made films released in the UK, says Reclaim The Frame
Only 12% of films were directed and written by women and those of a marginalised gender.
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NewsCornerstone boards survival thriller ‘Breathe Deep’, starring social media breakout Avani Gregg
Cast also includes Ingrid Torelli and Michiel Huisman.
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NewsTake That, Jeff Goldblum to perform at Baftas 2025
Take That’s song Greatest Day featured in ’Anora’.
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NewsBFI Flare to close with erotic thriller ‘Night Stage’
The festival also announced “Dreams In Nightmares’ as a special presentation.
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NewsEdinburgh Filmhouse appoints Andrew Simpson as executive director
Andrew Simpson joins from Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle.
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NewsReason8 acquires post-apocalyptic New Zealand horror ‘Forgive Us All’ (exclusive)
An Australia-NZ theatrical release is planned for the second quarter of 2025 through Rialto Distribution.