All UK/Ireland articles – Page 6
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NewsIreland receives 8% tax incentive uplift for lower-budget local film production
Local films budgeted under €20m will now receive a 40% tax break.
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FeaturesUK film industry reacts to stark indie financing report: “There’s too little regard to what the market wants”
The British Screen Forum report titled ’Show Me The Money!’ was unveiled last month.
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NewsBFI Network@LFF unveils 2024 cohort, partners with Doc Society (exclusive)
Participants include Screen Star of Tomorrow Elizabeth Rufai and The Ceremony producer Hollie Bryan.
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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.