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All UK/Ireland articles – Page 30
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FeaturesThe UK film festivals you need to know: 2024 dates, submission and contact details
Screen profiles the major film festivals in the UK.
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News‘The Outrun’ opens in UK-Ireland box office top five; ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ hits £21m
‘Megalopolis’ starts in sixth place, as ‘The Substance’ holds well for Mubi.
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News‘Peaky Blinders’ film starring Cillian Murphy begins production
Further cast include Rebecca Ferguson, Barry Keoghan, and Tim Roth.
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FeaturesBringing “quality to mass audiences”: Amazon’s UK and European originals heads talk film and scripted strategy
Tara Erer and Nicole Morganti explain how local talent and targeted demographics are the route to global hits.
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NewsUK production company behind ‘Sebastian’ expands into Finland (exclusive)
Bêtes Sauvages is opening a Finnish arm for Finnish and international projects.
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NewsSeven key themes to emerge from Screen’s ‘The Future of UK Film’ Summit
Screen International’s ‘The Future of UK Film’ Summit brought together leading names in the industry to debate the challenges and define the opportunities for UK independent film
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NewsGeorgia Brown joins board of UK’s Garden Studios
Former head of Amazon Studios in Europe sits alongside chair Heather Rabbatts.
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NewsOdeon, Prime Video launch trial partnership in UK
Customers who buy cinema tickets will be offered a Prime Video discount.
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News‘Kneecap’ crosses £2m at UK-Ireland box office for Wildcard, Curzon
Film has made £1.2m in Ireland and Northern Ireland, and £800,000 in England, Scotland, Wales.
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NewsMaggie Smith dies aged 89
Oscar winner’s credits included ’The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ through to ’Harry Potter’ and ’Downton Abbey’
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ makes anticipated bow
Animation ‘Dragonkeeper’ and Lionsgate horror ‘Never Let Go’ also open.
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NewsBFI London Film Festival sets 2024 Competition juries
Filmmaker Alexandre O. Philipe to head Official Competition jury.
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NewsSailing doc ‘Wind, Tide & Oar’ secures UK & Ireland distribution (exclusive)
Feature doc, directed by Huw Wahl, premiered at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich earlier this year.
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NewsHamish Moseley leaves Netflix director of distribution EMEA role (exclusive)
Moseley departed the streamer earlier this month.
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News‘Boiling Point’ duo to adapt Annie Mac novel ‘The Mess We’re In’
It’s All Made Up Productions secured the rights to the coming-of-age novel set in London.
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NewsCallum Turner, Riley Keough to lead Karim Aїnouz’s ‘Rosebush Pruning’
They replace Josh O’Connor and Kristen Stewart who were previously attached to the project.
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NewsAI Creative Summit programme includes ‘The Last Screenwriter’ filmmaker
Peter Luisi received some backlash for using AI to write his screenplay.
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FeaturesWhy it took 26 years to bring hit Japanese franchise ‘Detective Conan’ to UK-Ireland cinemas
The anime feature is the biggest title at the Japan box office of 2024 to date.
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NewsGlasgow Film Festival selects participants for two talent development programmes
Participants include Ross MacKay with sci-fi comedy ‘The Last Resort’.
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NewsBFI’s Harriet Finney and industry update on progress for the UK indie tax credit
“They’re engaging very quickly,” said Finney at yesterday’s ’Screen Summit 2024: The Future of UK Film’.