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• Cannes’ Critics’ Week’s Next Step Studio teams with Sarajevo’s CineLink

  06-07-2026 18:56 via screendaily.com
  
  The partnership will support CineLink’s wider commitment to bring new voices into the international industry, said industry head Maša Marković,
  
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• Stephen Chow’s ‘Kung Fu Soccer’ sets mainland China release, 25 years after ‘Shaolin Soccer’

  06-07-2026 17:12 via screendaily.com
  
  Zhang Xiaofei, Dilraba Dilmurat and Lay Zhang Yixing head the cast.
  
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• Galway Film Fleadh receives €20,000 from inaugural Amazon Regional Creatives Fund Ireland

  06-07-2026 16:25 via screendaily.com
  
  The fund is being used to launch talent development programme Eitilt.
  
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• Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ challenge content investment obligations in France with formal appeals

  06-07-2026 16:01 via screendaily.com
  
  Netflix claimed the measures “lock in a rigid editorial blueprint that ignores what audiences actually watch”.
  
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• ‘Toy Story 5’ fends off ‘Minions & Monsters’ for top spot at UK-Ireland box office

  06-07-2026 15:38 via screendaily.com
  
  Black Bear comedy ‘The Invite’ also broke into the top five.
  
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• Interactive animated feature ‘Replica’ showcased at Bifan

  06-07-2026 13:42 via screendaily.com
  
  Next Interactive Studio founder Ronan Wong is known for his work as an advisor on ‘Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle-‘.
  
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• ‘Bearhunting’ review: A real-life 19th century bear hunt fuels underpowered German satire

  06-07-2026 13:17 via screendaily.com
  
  The second feature from Peter Meister will release in Germany in August following plays at Munich and Shanghai
  
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• France box office soars in first six months of 2026

  06-07-2026 12:32 via screendaily.com
  
  Local films are performing well, led by ‘Guru’, ‘Children Of The Resistance’ and ’De Gaulle: Resistance’.
  
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• Hong Kong box office rises 25% in 2026 first half, reverses downward trend

  06-07-2026 12:19 via screendaily.com
  
  Top performers included ‘Night King’.
  
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• ‘Shame And Money’, ‘A Girl Unknown’ lead Munich competition winners

  06-07-2026 11:50 via screendaily.com
  
  ‘Shame And Money’ is the third feature by Kosovan director Visar Morina.
  
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• Sky and ITV seal landmark £1.6bn deal

  06-07-2026 11:46 via screendaily.com
  
  The content deal is for a minimum spend commitment of £2.1bn between 2028-32.
  
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• Venice film festival to honour George Clooney

  06-07-2026 11:39 via screendaily.com
  
  Clooney said of the award: ”It also probably means I’m old, but I’ll take it.”
  
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• ‘The Guest’ review: Trine Dyrholm is magnetic at the heart of knotty Danish domestic drama

  06-07-2026 11:20 via screendaily.com
  
  Mads Mengel’s feature debut premieres in Karlovy Vary’s Crystal Globe competition
  
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• International markets boost ‘Minions & Monsters’ to chart-topping $121m weekend at global box office

  06-07-2026 11:08 via screendaily.com
  
  Disney’s ’Toy 5’ offered some formidable competition as it passed $700m.
  
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• Dónall Ó Héalaí and Moe Dunford lead Irish inheritance drama ‘Landlines’ with Connemara shoot underway

  06-07-2026 11:00 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Tristan Heanue directs in his feature debut.
  
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• Premier PR hires ITV’s Matthew Clayden in newly created strategic role

  06-07-2026 10:57 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Clayden has joined as account director, strategy and business development.
  
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• ‘Dear Future Self’ impresses at Munich’s German Cinema New Talent Awards

  06-07-2026 10:47 via screendaily.com
  
  The film about female friendship is co-directed by Ella Cieslinski and Nina Wesemann.
  
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