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• Indie Sales boards Spanish Berlin Panorama debut ‘Iván & Hadoum’

  19-01-2026 16:08 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The project won the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at the 2023 Berlin Co-Production Market.
  
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• Indie Sales boards Spanish Berlin Panorama debut ’Iván And Hadoum’

  19-01-2026 16:08 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The project notably won the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at the 2023 Berlin Co-Production Market.
  
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• Nikolaj Arcel to direct Hans Christian Andersen biopic ‘My Fairytale Life’

  19-01-2026 14:43 via screendaily.com
  
  Arcel will re-team with Anders Thomas Jensen as co-writer after ‘The Promised Land’.
  
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• ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ opens with £2.4m at UK-Ireland box office; ‘The Housemaid’ stays top

  19-01-2026 13:27 via screendaily.com
  
  ‘Hamnet’ posts excellent second-weekend hold to reach £8.4m.
  
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• Begin Again adds hit Latvian basketball drama ‘Escape Net’ to EFM slate

  19-01-2026 13:11 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: ‘Escape Net’ charts the rise of real-life women’s basketball club TTT Riga in Stalinist Latvia. 
  
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• ’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ starts with $29m at global box office; ‘Avatar 3’ passes $1.3bn

  19-01-2026 11:45 via screendaily.com
  
  ‘Zootopia 2’ tops $1.7bn as biggest animated MPA film; ‘The Housemaid’ nears $250m.
  
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• François Ozon’s ‘The Stranger’ leads winners at France’s Lumiere Awards

  19-01-2026 11:38 via screendaily.com
  
  Lea Drucker was named best actress for her role in Dominik Moll’s Case 137.
  
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• Sasha Chuk, Emma Kawawada among HAF 2026 development projects

  19-01-2026 11:18 via screendaily.com
  
  Stanley Kwan, Anthony Chen and TIFFCOM’s Yasushi Shiina are among the mentors as producers.
  
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• Bafta 2026 film awards to honour Picturehouse’s Clare Binns

  19-01-2026 09:00 via screendaily.com
  
  The highly respected exhibition veteran will receive the outstanding British contribution to cinema award.
  
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• ‘Sentimental Value’ triumphs at European Film Awards with six prizes including best film

  17-01-2026 22:13 via screendaily.com
  
  Sirat comes a close second with five awards, winning key craft prizes
  
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• Sony Pictures Classics takes worldwide rights to Tom McCarthy dark comedy

  16-01-2026 22:24 via screendaily.com
  
  Production to begin at the end of February.
  
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• Ted Sarandos says Netflix will theatrically release Warner Bros films for 45 days

  16-01-2026 17:16 via screendaily.com
  
  “I want to win opening weekend. I want to win box office.”
  
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• BBC planning to produce programmes for YouTube in major deal

  16-01-2026 15:49 via screendaily.com
  
  The BBC is reportedly planning to make programmes for the Google-owned platform for the first time.
  
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• Cinema body UNIC flags Warner Bros Discovery takeover concerns with European Commission

  16-01-2026 14:33 via screendaily.com
  
  At the same time, Netflix and Paramount execs are lobbying European governments about a WBD takeover.
  
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• UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ heads to 666 cinemas

  16-01-2026 13:41 via screendaily.com
  
  ‘Rental Family’ and ‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’ are also out this week.
  
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• Berlin Film Festival 2026 selects opening film

  16-01-2026 13:10 via screendaily.com
  
  Festival director describes filmmaker as “one of the most exciting voices in world cinema”.
  
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• Guillermo del Toro to receive London Critics’ Circle Film honorary award

  16-01-2026 13:00 via screendaily.com
  
  del Toro is in the current awards season with ‘Frankenstein’.
  
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• Brazilian drama ‘Gugu’s World’ boarded by m-appeal ahead of Berlin premiere

  16-01-2026 13:00 via screendaily.com
  
  It marks the latest feature of Allan Deberton, known for 2019’s ‘Pacarrete’.
  
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• Odd Slice Films adds IFFR Tiger title ’La Belle Année’ to 2026 slate

  16-01-2026 11:33 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: ’La Belle Année’ is a documentary essay film by first-time Swedish filmmaker Angelica Ruffier.
  
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• Lucky Number 8 Media launches at EFM with sales on ‘Eleven Days’ starring Taylor Kitch, Diego Luna, Jason Isaacs, Rhea Seehorn

  16-01-2026 02:08 via screendaily.com
  
  New company is joint venture between Lucky Number 8 Productions and Luminosity Pictures.
  
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• Kathleen Kennedy stepping down as Lucasfilm president

  16-01-2026 01:31 via screendaily.com
  
  Dave Filoni becomes president and chief creative officer, Lynwen Brennan named co-president.
  
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• Former Miramax, WME Independent sales execs Yvette Zhuang and Zach Glueck launch Manifest Pictures

  16-01-2026 00:46 via screendaily.com
  
  Sales company will attend EFM in Berlin.
  
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• US judge throws out Paramount’s Warner Bros Discovery lawsuit

  15-01-2026 22:53 via screendaily.com
  
  David Ellison’s team reportedly preparing to extend January 21 deadline for WBD to accept its offer.
  
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• ‘The Housemaid’ crossing $200m at global box office for Lionsgate

  15-01-2026 21:52 via screendaily.com
  
  UK, France, Australia lead the way outside North America.
  
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• Sony Pictures Entertainment, Netflix expand pay 1 deal in global pact

  15-01-2026 21:43 via screendaily.com
  
  Arrangement includes Sam Mendes’ quartet of Beatles films.
  
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• David Linde named Sundance Institute CEO

  15-01-2026 19:18 via screendaily.com
  
  Industry veteran assumes new post on February 17.
  
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• Larrain brothers launch transactional platform pijama for independent, undistributed films

  15-01-2026 19:00 via screendaily.com
  
  “Eighty percent of films never get distribution, and we see a cultural crisis.”
  
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• Slano Film Days selects 2026 participants including ‘Fiume o morte!’ director

  15-01-2026 15:30 via screendaily.com
  
  Croatian coastal event will see seven directors and seven actors receive training.
  
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• Berlin 2026 selects Forum, Expanded, Co-Production Market titles

  15-01-2026 14:27 via screendaily.com
  
  Forum selections include films by Rithy Panh, Joko Anwar, Kim Ekberg.
  
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• Berlin Panorama title ‘I Understand Your Displeasure’ acquired for sales

  15-01-2026 14:00 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: German film features a cast of non-professional actors.
  
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• Autlook boards Berlinale Panorama doc about Turner prize-winning artist Douglas Gordon

  15-01-2026 12:08 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Finlay Pretsell’s documentary feature Douglas Gordon By Douglas Gordon will world premiere next month in the Panorama section of the Berlinale.
  
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• Berlin Generation Kplus title ‘Everyone’s Sorry Nowadays’ acquired for sales

  15-01-2026 11:00 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Frederike Migom’s film takes place on a summer day, when a young girl meets her favourite actress.
  
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• ‘La Scala: The Force Of Destiny’ secures US deal

  15-01-2026 00:52 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Ginger & Fed represent international rights.
  
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• Black Bear adds ‘Spa Weekend’, ‘Wife & Dog’ to 2026 US release slate

  14-01-2026 21:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Company confirms it will release Matthew McConaughey drama thriller The Rivals Of Amziah King.
  
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• A24, ‘Babygirl’ director Halina Reijn reunite on ‘Please’ starring Gracie Abrams

  14-01-2026 20:00 via screendaily.com
  
  A24 producing and financing, alongside producers David Hinojosa and Reijn.
  
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• Former cinema owners trade group exec Jackie Brenneman named IFTA head

  14-01-2026 18:30 via screendaily.com
  
  New hire notes: “This is a pivotal moment for the independent film and television community.”
  
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• ‘Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice’, ‘Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come’ among SXSW first wave

  14-01-2026 18:28 via screendaily.com
  
  33rd edition runs in Austin, Texas from March 12-18.
  
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• ​Paradise City Sales takes on Dutch drama ‘A Family’, starring Carice van Houten, ahead of Berlin world premiere

  14-01-2026 14:57 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Mees Peijnenburg’s drama will debut in the Berlinale Generation strand.
  
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• Kelly Reichardt named guest of honour at Visions du Reel

  14-01-2026 14:11 via screendaily.com
  
  The US filmmaker will host a masterclass and her latest feature ‘The Mastermind’ will screen at the festival.
  
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• Berlin reveals 2026 Special, Panorama, Generation titles

  14-01-2026 14:11 via screendaily.com
  
  George Jaques’ UK comedy ‘Sunny Dancer’ will open Generation 14plus section.
  
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• Tobias Nölle’s Berlin-bound ‘Tristan Forever’ boarded by Rediance

  14-01-2026 13:53 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The docufiction follows French doctor Loran Bonnardot, who is also co-director on the feature.
  
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• Kim Magnusson to head $6.3m Eastern Denmark Film Fund

  14-01-2026 13:05 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Fund officially launches today, to boost production in Denmark’s capital region.
  
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• Bafta announces five Rising Star 2026 nominees

  14-01-2026 11:59 via screendaily.com
  
  Nominees announced at Savoy Hotel in London.
  
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• Netflix mulls switch to all-cash bid for WB studios and streaming business (reports)

  14-01-2026 02:17 via screendaily.com
  
  Reported move follows legal action by Paramount.
  
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• Netflix reportedly mulls switch to all-cash bid for WB studios and streaming business

  13-01-2026 23:17 via screendaily.com
  
  Reported move follows legal action by Paramount.
  
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• ‘Sundays’, ‘Sirât’ lead 40th Goya Awards nominations

  13-01-2026 22:22 via screendaily.com
  
  Ceremony in Barcelona to take place on February 28.
  
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• ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ review: Jack O’Connell, Ralph Fiennes fuel blistering horror

  13-01-2026 22:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Nia DaCosta confidently takes the reigns for bold, brutal instalment of the longstanding horror franchise
  
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• Iranian filmmakers call for help amid government’s brutal crackdown on protests

  13-01-2026 18:36 via screendaily.com
  
  Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association said: “Another Tiananmen tragedy is forming before our eyes, with a magnitude ten times greater”.
  
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• 2026 Slamdance Film Festival announces lineup

  13-01-2026 17:59 via screendaily.com
  
  Event returns for second edition in Los Angeles. Ted Hope oversees Market Monday.
  
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• 2026 Slamdance Film Festival announces line-up

  13-01-2026 17:59 via screendaily.com
  
  Event returns for second edition in Los Angeles. Ted Hope oversees Market Monday.
  
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