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• Five nations launch Asian Producers Alliance in Busan

  11-10-2026 12:17 via screendaily.com
  
  The coalition includes South Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
  
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• Ralph Fiennes to star as Henry Cecil in Nora Fingscheidt’s racehorse drama ‘Unbeaten’

  15-10-2026 16:21 via screendaily.com
  
  Film will follow Cecil’s partnership with racehorse Frankel.
  
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• Andrea Occhipinti reveals how his personal connection to ‘Elsinore’ propelled him to make the film

  15-10-2026 15:54 via screendaily.com
  
  ”These are issues that have touched me personally,” said the Italian producer at Rome Film Fest.
  
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• ‘Forgotten Island’ review: DreamWorks’ Philippines-set adventure is a vivid celebration of folklore and friendship

  15-10-2026 15:51 via screendaily.com
  
  ’Puss In Boots: The Last Wish’ directors Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado serve up an entertaining family adventure
  
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• Justine Triet and Jacques Audiard join 170 filmmakers sounding alarm over French film funding cuts

  15-10-2026 15:43 via screendaily.com
  
  Filmmakers publish open letter warning proposals affecting Canal+, France Télévisions and the CNC could put 400 films at risk over the next five years.
  
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• Protagonist Pictures announces new head of sales, key promotions

  15-10-2026 15:40 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: A suite of promotions across the company have also been unveiled.
  
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• The lowdown on the revamped UK Global Screen Fund - The Screen Podcast

  15-10-2026 15:08 via screendaily.com
  
  UKGSF director Denitsa Yordanova on what producers and sales agents need to know.
  
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• Majid Majidi’s ‘Midday Meal’ wins Busan Award as festival hits biggest audience since 2015

  15-10-2026 13:51 via screendaily.com
  
  Further winners include Taiwanese director Lee Yun Chan for ‘To Be Ordinary’
  
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• London’s Prince Charles Cinema secures future with 25-year lease

  15-10-2026 13:03 via screendaily.com
  
  Lease is without break clause, providing security for coming years.
  
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• Ṣọpé Dìrísù leads Edem Kelman’s Film4-backed ‘Chairman’ as production wraps

  15-10-2026 13:00 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Samuel Adewunmi, Heather Agyepong also on cast.
  
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• Edem Kelman’s ‘Chairman’ starring Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù wraps London and Paris shoot for Film4, BFI

  15-10-2026 13:00 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Samuel Adewunmi, Heather Agyepong also on cast.
  
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• Tessa Ross says even successful producers are struggling to raise funding

  15-10-2026 12:58 via screendaily.com
  
  “Just because you’ve made a film that’s worked doesn’t mean anybody will trust you to do another one,” she told the Rome audience.
  
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• East–West co-production market Connecting Cottbus unveils 2026 line-up

  15-10-2026 12:11 via screendaily.com
  
  Line-up is dominated by projects from women filmmakers from the region.
  
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• East-West co-production market Connecting Cottbus unveils 2026 lineup

  15-10-2026 12:11 via screendaily.com
  
  Lineup is dominated by projects from women filmmakers from the region.
  
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• ‘The Assassin(s)’ backlash will reduce risks in Korean filmmaking, say sellers in Busan

  15-10-2026 12:08 via screendaily.com
  
  The political thriller has faced controversy over decades-old conspiracy theories.
  
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• Aimee Lou Wood says she had to “quieten” her voice to temper “fragile male egos” on film sets

  15-10-2026 11:24 via screendaily.com
  
  Plus, Johnny Flynn says filmmakers can “take bigger risks” in European cinema than in the UK.
  
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• Aimee Lou Wood says she had to “quieten” her voice to temper “fragile male egos”

  15-10-2026 11:24 via screendaily.com
  
  Johnny Flynn says filmmakers can “take bigger risks” in European cinema than in the UK.
  
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• “Come and work with us,” CNC president Gaëtan Bruel urges UK producers

  15-10-2026 10:59 via screendaily.com
  
  Bruel said more UK productions should access the CNC’s Aide aux Cinémas du Monde
  
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• ‘Black Church Bay’, ‘Surviving Earth’, ‘Straight Circle’ lead Bifa new talent longlists

  15-10-2026 10:59 via screendaily.com
  
  Lists include Louis Paxton for ‘The Incomer’, Ashley Walters for ‘Animol’.
  
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• Trine Dyrholm, Christian Slater, Dree Hemingway to star in Danish Dogma 25 film ‘Incidents Of Intimacy’

  15-10-2026 10:40 via screendaily.com
  
  Jesper Just’s film was written with Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen.
  
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• ‘Act 3’ review: Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor muse on the nature of storytelling in rich, moving documentary

  15-10-2026 10:00 via screendaily.com
  
  The filmmakers’ latest non-fiction work premieres in London Film Festival competition
  
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• Tokyo film festival to host US Academy programme including Oscars talk

  15-10-2026 09:51 via screendaily.com
  
  Academy CEO Bill Kramer will make his first visit to Asia and receive an honorary award.
  
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• Netflix lays off 6% of workforce in streamer’s biggest cull

  14-10-2026 23:57 via screendaily.com
  
  “We remain on track to deliver our full year forecast.”
  
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• São Paulo film festival opens with ‘Paper Tiger’, unveils 392-strong roster

  14-10-2026 23:23 via screendaily.com
  
  Broad selection of Brazilian features, Oscar submissions, festival favourites screen from October 15-29.
  
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• Sao Paulo film festival opens with ‘Paper Tiger’, unveils 392-strong roster

  14-10-2026 23:23 via screendaily.com
  
  Broad selection of Brazilian features, Oscar submissions, festival favourites screen from October 15-29.
  
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• ‘Wicker’ screening fire alarm causes Southbank evacuation at BFI London Film Festival

  14-10-2026 18:09 via screendaily.com
  
  BFI says audience member’s electronic device overheated and started smoking.
  
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• ‘La Bola Negra’ crosses €25m threshold in Spain as box-office rises on third weekend

  14-10-2026 18:05 via screendaily.com
  
  The film is now the seventh highest Spanish film at the Spanish box office of all time.
  
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• ‘Whalefall’ review: Breathless survival thriller puts a terrific Austin Abrams right in the belly of the beast

  14-10-2026 18:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Josh Brolin and Elisabeth Shue also star in Brian Duffield’s crowd-pleasing adaptation of the novel by Daniel Kraus.
  
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• Mongolian satire ‘Zogsool’ leads Busan Vision Awards with four prizes

  14-10-2026 17:29 via screendaily.com
  
  Further winners included ‘Beyond Love′s Horizon’ and ‘Full Moon’.
  
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• BFI and Chanel filmmaker awards unveils 2026 winners

  14-10-2026 16:57 via screendaily.com
  
  Filmmakers behind ‘We, The Hated’, ‘Lady’, ‘Ish’ and ‘Something Familiar’ each received £20,000.
  
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