All articles by Mona Tabbara – Page 6
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FeaturesHouse execs talk ‘Conclave’ challenges, BBC relationship and upcoming projects
Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell are not planning to rest on their laurels anytime soon.
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NewsKiefer Sutherland, Rebel Wilson star in Sky Christmas comedy ‘Tinsel Town’
Mister Smith Entertainment will be launching sales at the EFM.
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NewsTotal UK film production spend rises 56% in 2024; film and high-end TV combined reaches £5.6bn
Film and high-end television production spend is up 31% on the previous Hollywood strike-addled year.
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NewsLocal box office market share for UK indie films nearly doubles in 2024
The 2024 box office for films on release in the UK totalled £979m.
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NewsPicturehouse launches new UK industry event, Picturehouse Create (exclusive)
The company also confirmed that Sundance Film Festival: London will not take place in 2025.
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NewsFilm Seekers acquires Bangkok-set psychological thriller ‘Crushed’ (exclusive)
Sales will launch on the English-language film at the EFM.
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NewsCornerstone boards survival thriller ‘Breathe Deep’, starring social media breakout Avani Gregg
Cast also includes Ingrid Torelli and Michiel Huisman.
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NewsTake That, Jeff Goldblum to perform at Baftas 2025
Take That’s song Greatest Day featured in ’Anora’.
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FeaturesIreland’s largest pizza and drinking with Michael Fassbender: eight memorable moments in the ‘Kneecap’ journey
Kneecap is the explosive hit of this year’s Baftas. Writer/director Rich Peppiatt and the band’s JJ Ó Dochartaigh discuss eight memorable events in the creation and release of the film.
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NewsEdinburgh Filmhouse appoints Andrew Simpson as executive director
Andrew Simpson joins from Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle.
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NewsReason8 acquires post-apocalyptic New Zealand horror ‘Forgive Us All’ (exclusive)
An Australia-NZ theatrical release is planned for the second quarter of 2025 through Rialto Distribution.
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NewsJames Norton, Cosmo Jarvis join Guy Ritchie’s ‘Wife & Dog’ as filming begins in the UK for Black Bear
Paddy Considine and Pip Torrens have also joined the cast for Black Bear.
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NewsCharades boards Berlinale title ‘Christy’, sells to UK-Ireland (exclusive)
‘Christy’ is a UK-Ireland co-production and the opening title of Generation 14plus.
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NewsFilm London, Sony Picture Television, Channel 4 partner on hair and make-up academy
The academy aims to improve diversity of hair and make-up crews and redress industry skills gaps.
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NewsSylvester Stallone invests in film and TV AI company Largo.ai
Stallone has joined as strategic partner and investor.
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NewsMike Leigh to re-team with Bleecker Street, Cornerstone, Film4, Studiocanal for next film
Cast, title and plot are under wraps.
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NewsJonathan Pryce, Nick Mohammed to star in ‘Sleeping Lions’ for Mister Smith Entertainment (exclusive)
The comedy murder mystery is directed by the UK’s Mat Whitecross.
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News‘Rocks’ and ‘Bring Them Down’ producers among recipients of BFI Doc Society funding
Twelve non-fiction feature projects in early development have been supported over the last year through the £61,000 RAD fund.
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NewsTimeless Films boards Locksmith Animation’s Lissa Evans adaptation ‘Wed Wabbit’
It is the first independent animated feature from the Elisabeth Murdoch co-founded company behind ‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’ and ‘’That Christmas’.
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NewsHanWay Films appoints director of international sales (exclusive)
Andrei Kamarowsky will replace Agathe Valentin.