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All UK/Ireland articles – Page 257
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NewsUK’s Curzon appoints Sophie Wong to senior distribution role
Barbara Dias steps down after eight years at Curzon.
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NewsEvolutionary Films sells trio to SP Releasing for North America, US (exclusive)
Deals for ‘Trick Or Treat’, ‘Tribal – Get Out Alive’, ‘Things I Do For Money’.
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NewsCharades unveils multiple deals on Neon titles including ‘Spaceship Earth’ (exclusive)
Titles were sold with a special Covid-19 era marketing package devised by Neon.
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NewsBFI Distribution acquires Jóhann Jóhannsson’s final film for UK (exclusive)
Narrated by Tilda Swinton, ‘Last And First Men’ debuted at the Berlinale earlier this year.
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NewsBFI outlines initial steps to counter film and TV industry’s “diversity deficit”
“We need to embody the change we want to see,” says BFI chief executive Ben Roberts.
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NewsModern Films acquires Marco Bellocchio's ‘The Traitor’ for UK (exclusive)
Distributor planning hybrid theatrical-virtual release shortly after cinemas reopen.
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NewsMaggie Smith, Kathy Bates, Laura Linney join ‘The Miracle Club’; Embankment lands UK sale (exclusive)
Embankment Films also reveals a raft of upcoming feature documentaries as part of a fresh push into factual.
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NewsUK screen sector faces 100,000 job losses, report warns
“Cultural catastrophe” predicted by alarming research from Oxford Economics.
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NewsScreen Talks: Panellists discuss UK production guidelines, Covid-19 insurance
”We could actually come out the other side of this with a slightly better independent model.”
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NewsIrish cycling drama ‘The Racer’ signs North American deal, releases first trailer (exclusive)
Independent will market premiere the film at the Cannes online Marché.
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NewsDiego Buñuel appointed head of programming at France Télévisions
Buñuel was previously head of original documentaries at Netflix.
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NewsJinga Films adds five titles to virtual Cannes slate (exclusive)
New additions include ‘Ten Minutes To Midnight’.
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NewsTotem Films scores ‘Luxor’ deals to the UK and France (exclusive)
Andrea Riseborough stars as a traumatised aid worker.
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NewsUK exploring “domestic alternative” to Creative Europe as industry considers future (exclusive)
The final deadline for UK companies to apply for EU MEDIA support is June 16, 2020.
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NewsMubi strikes UK-Ireland content deal with Pathé (exclusive)
Titles include Pathé’s entire Pedro Almodóvar library.
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NewsBafta changes eligibility rules for 2021 film awards
Temporary changes take into consideration months of cinema closures due to the ongoing virus crisis.
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NewsCineworld confirms US, UK, European reopening dates
The decision was made after several blockbusters including Tenet and Mulan were confirmed for release in the next few weeks.
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NewsFilm Constellation scores Germany, UK, France sales on Sundance horror ‘Relic’ (exclusive)
The company developed a dedicated website for buyers to screen the film.
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NewsRalph Ineson, Brian Vernel, Lorn Macdonald join cast of ‘Kill’ (exclusive)
Open casting search underway to fill one further key role.
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NewsFilmarket Hub reveals film and TV projects for UK Online Pitchbox event
The projects will pitch to executives on July 2-3.