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All UK/Ireland articles – Page 50
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NewsMaisie Williams joins road movie ‘500 Miles’ (exclusive)
Morgan Matthews-directed project is set to shoot in Ireland later this year.
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NewsBankside Films, Phyllida Lloyd team on true-life feature ‘Everything I Ever Knew’ (exclusive)
Project based on a screenplay by Suzie Miller, the writer behind Olivier and Tony-award winning one-woman play ’Prima Facie’.
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News‘Midsommar’, ‘Infinity Pool’ creators join UK Next Wave Genre Lab (exclusive)
Programme will open for one month from June 17.
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NewsWildstar inks deals on slate including romantic comedy ‘F.L.Y.’ (exclusive)
Further sales to France, Spain.
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NewsUS revenge thriller ‘Clearmind’ cleans up for Film Seekers (exclusive)
The film has sold across Europe and Latin America.
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NewsUS, UK distributors bite into BIFA winner ‘The Taste Of Mango’ (exclusive)
Chloe Abrahams won best debut director for her documentary at last year’s BIFAs.
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NewsMainland Europe and UK becoming one big production hub, say experts
Check out images from British Film Commission event.
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NewsNaomie Harris, Lashana Lynch back new hair and make-up clause for Black and global majority actors
Garden Studios is one of several partners on the campaign.
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NewsRialto appoints head of acquisitions, secures major funding boost (exclusive)
The distributor is hunting up to eight strong titles at the market.
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NewsUK publicist duo launch new business Critical (exclusive)
Critical will focus on campaigns for international independent cinema.
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News“We do not fund films in a vacuum”: UK’s film funders to discuss remit, risk and ambition at Cannes pavilion
Also taking place at the UK pavilion on Sunday (May 19) is a talent talk with Sandhya Suri, the writer-director behind Un Certain Regard title ’Santosh’.
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NewsBFI Filmmaking Fund director Mia Bays extends contract by two years (exclusive)
Bays is extending her contract to October 2026.
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NewsFrench horror ‘Schlitter’ lands in UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Signature Entertainment has picked up the title from WTFilms.
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NewsJonathan Rhys Meyers joins ‘It’s Okay Go Back To Sleep’, S&R Films launches Cannes sales (exclusive)
Production underway in UK.
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NewsMartial arts horror ‘Blood Passage’ boarded for sales (exclusive)
It is the first project of the recent co-production deal struck between Philippines’ Blackops Studios Asia and Singapore’s Very Tay Media.
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NewsGothic horror ‘The Well’ ventures to North America (exclusive)
The Sitges premiere has also sold in Italy, UK, Benelux, Scandinavia and Middle East.
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FeaturesRungano Nyoni talks feeling the pressure with her second film ‘On Becoming A Guinea Fowl’
The feature is showing in Cannes Un Certain Regard
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Reviews‘Kinds Of Kindness’: Cannes Review
Yorgos Lanthimos returns to his Greek Weird Wave roots for this triptych of dark tales playing in Cannes competition
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NewsUK’s Great 8 filmmakers showcase projects at Cannes
The UK industry gathered at the Cannes UK pavilion yesterday (May 16) to celebrate the work of the eight projects taking part in this year’s Cannes Great 8 showcase, including ‘Bring Them Down’ and ‘The Salt Path’.
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NewsBFI’s Harriet Finney, Home Team producer Bennett McGhee to dig into indie tax credit at Cannes UK pavilion
Other panels to focus on finding international co-production partners and expanding audiences for independent film.