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• Comcast to split from NBCUniversal to create two companies

  29-06-2026 15:50 via screendaily.com
  
  Sky will be part of standalone NBCU, where it would be joined by ITV if £1.6bn takeover goes ahead.
  
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• Jesse Eisenberg confirms ‘The Debut’ autumn festival launch, teases new A24 series

  05-07-2026 13:03 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: A24 series will be adapted from Eisenberg’s short stories, produced by Peter Rice.
  
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• Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, eclectic medley kick off Karlovy Vary’s 60th edition

  04-07-2026 09:21 via screendaily.com
  
  Hoffman advocates for “film festivals… that help support and inspire actors and filmmakers.”
  
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• China box office plunges 40.6% in 2026 first half despite strong performers

  03-07-2026 18:45 via screendaily.com
  
  Top titles included ‘Pegasus 3’, ‘Dear You’ and ‘Blades Of The Guardians’.
  
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• ‘Block 10’ review: Harrowing Holocaust drama sheds light on Nazi sterilisation experiments

  03-07-2026 18:15 via screendaily.com
  
  Marcus O. Rosenmuller’s unflinching feature premieres in Munich’s Spotlight strand
  
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• Screen Ireland appoints three project managers for film, TV and animation

  03-07-2026 18:01 via screendaily.com
  
  Nora Keely, Sarah Dillon and Tom Hall join the team.
  
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• Jessica Hausner, Lav Diaz, Ursula Meier projects among Venice Gap-Financing Market 2026

  03-07-2026 16:35 via screendaily.com
  
  A total of 38 feature-length projects have been selected.
  
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• Streaming execs and producers debate likely German investment obligation in Munich

  03-07-2026 15:48 via screendaily.com
  
  “We’re struggling to understand why this law is necessary at all,” said Amazon’s Inga Moser von Fllseck
  
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• UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Minions And Monsters’ opens in 665 cinemas

  03-07-2026 11:53 via screendaily.com
  
  Also out: Olivia Wilde’s ‘The Invite’ and comedy ’Nirvana: The Band The Show The Movie’.
  
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• UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Minions & Monsters’ opens in 665 cinemas

  03-07-2026 11:53 via screendaily.com
  
  Also out: Olivia Wilde’s ‘The Invite’ and comedy ’Nirvana: The Band The Show The Movie’.
  
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• Danish Production Incentive Scheme backs seven projects in first round

  03-07-2026 10:45 via screendaily.com
  
  Seven projects awarded a total of 56.3m DKK ($8.6m).
  
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• Chief Oscars officer Teni Melidonian stepping down

  02-07-2026 22:15 via screendaily.com
  
  Move comes as Academy prepares to switch ceremony to YouTube stream in 2029.
  
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• Tina í Dali Wagner, film educator, executive in Denmark and Faroe Islands, dies aged 66

  02-07-2026 18:20 via screendaily.com
  
  Wagner, also known as Tina Sorensen, was the first-ever director of the Faroese Film Institute.
  
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• ‘Echo Of Tomorrow’s War’ review: Germany’s past seems destined to repeat itself in timely family drama

  02-07-2026 16:46 via screendaily.com
  
  Nicolas Ehret’s poignant feature debut bows in Munich’s New German Cinema strand
  
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• ‘I Swear’, ‘I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning’ among latest UK Global Screen Fund recipients

  02-07-2026 16:40 via screendaily.com
  
  Distribution grants have been given to 25 companies, totalling £703,956.
  
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• Screen’s ‘Financing the future of UK film’ summit: tickets on sale

  02-07-2026 16:36 via screendaily.com
  
  The third edition of the Screen Summit takes place on September 29, 2026, at BFI Southbank in London.
  
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• German thriller ‘Prosecution’ sets key sales, releases first trailer

  02-07-2026 15:30 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Film heads to territories including Spain, India, Australia.
  
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• Lotte, Megabox cinema chains merger collapses in South Korea

  02-07-2026 15:12 via screendaily.com
  
  It follows recent troubles for media giant and Megabox-owner JoongAng Group
  
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• The titles that had cinema owners buzzing at CineEurope 2026 – The Screen Podcast

  02-07-2026 13:53 via screendaily.com
  
  Host Wendy Mitchell is joined by Screen’s box office and awards editor Charles Gant.
  
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• Fawzia Mirza’s ‘Written In The Stars’ begins Melbourne shoot

  02-07-2026 13:09 via screendaily.com
  
  The romantic comedy stars Menik Gooneratne, Nikesh Patel and Saagar Shaikh.
  
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• David Puttnam calls for bolder action from UK producers

  02-07-2026 12:14 via screendaily.com
  
  “I hate defeatism, I really do, and I particularly hate it when it comes from within my own industry.”
  
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• South Africa’s Known Associates Group expands into Spain with €12.7m backing from Spanish government

  02-07-2026 12:12 via screendaily.com
  
  Two Known Associates divisions - production and servicing outfit Moonlighting Studios and vfx specialist The Refinery - launch Spanish arms.
  
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• Alamo Drafthouse launches programme to champion unreleased festival premieres

  01-07-2026 21:23 via screendaily.com
  
  First title is ’Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth And Nothing Butt’
  
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• Neon schedules December release for Cannes selection ‘Clarissa’

  01-07-2026 19:54 via screendaily.com
  
  Sophie Okonedo stars in Nigeria-set Mrs. Dalloway reimagining.
  
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• Edinburgh film festival unveils 2026 programme including 21 world premieres

  01-07-2026 17:59 via screendaily.com
  
  Ten world premiere titles will compete for the Sean Connery prize.
  
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• UK government launches wide review of National Lottery support, including BFI funding

  01-07-2026 17:18 via screendaily.com
  
  National Lottery Good Cause funding covers around a third of the BFI’s budget.
  
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• ‘Five Years, Four Months’: exclusive first trailer for Karlovy Vary contender

  01-07-2026 16:52 via screendaily.com
  
  The Colombia-US co-production is the second feature from Gelacio and García and is the first Colombian film at Karlovy Vary.
  
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• Paramount offers EU commitments to clear Warner Bros Discovery takeover

  01-07-2026 16:42 via screendaily.com
  
  Paramount could pull out of its United International Pictures film distribution joint venture with Universal Pictures to gain clearance.
  
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• ‘The Miserable Mother’ review: German musical comedy is wry, sincere study of new motherhood

  01-07-2026 13:25 via screendaily.com
  
  Susanne Heinrich’s follow-up to ‘Aren’t You Happy?’ plays Munich’s New German Cinema strand
  
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• Shadowbox Studios creates initiative for indie productions at Shinfield and Atlanta sites

  01-07-2026 12:30 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Shadowbox Independent aims to support lower-budget productions to access its facilities.
  
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