All articles by Ben Dalton – Page 3
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NewsTallinn Black Nights selects 17 Works in Progress projects across three strands
Baltic Event, International and Just Film all select projects.
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News‘Transformers One’ dethrones ‘Joker: Folie À Deux’ at UK-Ireland box office with £1.6m start
New titles ‘Terrifier 3’, ‘Salem’s Lot’ also make the top five.
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NewsDenis Villeneuve wants to make dialogue-free film, talks ‘Dune’ aims
“I tried to do the ‘Dune’ adaptation to be as faithful [as possible] to Frank Herbert’s initial desires.”
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NewsAsif Kapadia “unequivocally apologises” for sharing Israel-Gaza social media posts
The Grierson Trust withdrew Kapadia’s patronage earlier today over the posts.
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NewsTallinn Black Nights Film Festival unveils first feature competition line-up
Seven world premieres and four international premieres will launch in the section.
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NewsDevilworks launches four genre features for AFM including road trip ‘An American Masquerade’ (exclusive)
Further titles include Australia horror ‘Spithood’.
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NewsTrustNordisk boards physical rehabilitation documentary ‘Fighter’ for sales (exclusive)
Title available as both feature documentary and three-part miniseries.
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NewsRungano Nyoni’s ‘On Becoming A Guinea Fowl’ scores UK-Ireland deal, release date (exclusive)
Nyoni’s second feature launched in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
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NewsPalestinian thriller ‘To A Land Unknown’ scores UK-Ireland deal ahead of LFF premiere (exclusive)
Mahdi Fleifel’s fiction feature debut follows two refugees who pose as smugglers.
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NewsBen Roberts, Tim Bevan laud UK tax credit lift at BFI London Film Festival opening night
“This tax credit is specifically about telling British stories,” suggested Bevan.
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NewsTallinn selects eight emerging actors for Black Nights Stars showcase (exclusive)
Includes an actor from Todd Fields’ ‘TÁR’ and a Polish Netflix star.
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NewsOscars best international feature 2025: South Africa enters ‘Old Righteous Blues’
Screen is profiling every submission for best international feature at the 97th Academy Awards.
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NewsSteve McQueen talks on-set behaviour: “Being a director is not about being an arsehole”
The filmmaker gave a Screen Talk ahead of opening the BFI London Film Festival with ‘Blitz’.
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NewsHarry Lighton’s UK debut ‘Pillion’ acquired for US distribution
Screen Star of Tomorrow Lighton’s feature debut is a bike gang romance.
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NewsStockholm Film Festival programme includes first TV section, ‘Men in Crisis’ focus
Festival hits at the festival include ‘Anora’, ‘Emilia Perez’, ‘Maria’.
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NewsTallinn Black Nights inaugural documentary competition includes six world premieres
11-strong competition includes titles from France, Israel, China.
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NewsGlasgow Film Festival selects nine projects for inaugural Funny Features comedy lab (exclusive)
BFI-backed lab includes projects from Screen Stars of Tomorrow and Rising Stars Scotland.
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News‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ tops UK-Ireland box office with £5.7m opening, down over 50% on first film
Warner Bros blockbuster is tracking on a similar level to ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office up year-on-year in September; Q4 slate gives cause for optimism
While still down 10% on 2023, the current year improved from -15% at the start of August.
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NewsLuca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’ sold to multiple territories including UK-Ireland
Territories sold include UK-Ireland, LatAm, Canada, Germany.