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• Heyday Films, Amazon MGM Studios sign multi-year first-look deal

  19-08-2026 16:12 via screendaily.com
  
  Amazon MGM Studios will have first look at scripted and unscripted Heyday projects.
  
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• Brian Kavanaugh-Jones joins ‘Backrooms’ producer Oddfellows as partner, co-president

  24-08-2026 20:15 via screendaily.com
  
  Fred Berger will continue to lead film & production at Range.
  
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• Brian Kavanaugh-Jones joins 'Backrooms' producer Oddfellows as partner, co-president

  24-08-2026 20:15 via screendaily.com
  
  Fred Berger will continue to lead film & production at Range.
  
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• Tristen Tuckfield joins UTA Independent Film Group

  24-08-2026 20:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Exec previously oversaw content strategy at Wonder Project.
  
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• Kino Lorber to mount awards push for Javier Bardem in Cannes drama ‘The Beloved’

  24-08-2026 19:21 via screendaily.com
  
  North American premiere in TIFF scheduled for September 13.
  
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• Australian First Nations outfit Djali House heading to PFM as 37º South winner in Melbourne

  24-08-2026 16:57 via screendaily.com
  
  The prize included A$3,000 in expenses to attend Film London’s Production Film Market (PFM) at the UK’s BFI London Film Market in October.
  
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• Australian First Nations outfit Djali House heading to PFM as 37º South winner in Melbourne

  24-08-2026 16:57 via screendaily.com
  
  The prize included A$3,000 in expenses to attend Film London’s Production Film Market (PFM) at the UK’s BFI London Film Market in October.
  
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• ‘Don’t Ask Me If I Killed’ review: Ukranian filmmaker-turned-soldier Helena Maksyom presents an intimate view of conflict

  24-08-2026 16:32 via screendaily.com
  
  Maksyom’s intesely personal documentary, filmed over three years, recently received a special mention at Sarajevo
  
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• Singapore to lift restrictions on non-Mandarin Chinese films

  24-08-2026 16:31 via screendaily.com
  
  Debate was sparked by breakout hit ‘Dear You’.
  
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• Netflix UK revenues pass £2bn for the first time

  24-08-2026 15:54 via screendaily.com
  
  Crossing the £2bn revenue threshold means Netflix is now generating more income than any of the commercial PSBs.
  
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• YouTube to invest £3m to grow creator economy and screen industry careers

  24-08-2026 15:24 via screendaily.com
  
  The investment will include an expansion of the YouTube-backed, NFTS-led Creator Incubator.
  
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• ‘Insidious 6’, ‘Spa Weekend’ land in UK-Ireland box office top five; ‘Spider-Man 4’ passes £87m

  24-08-2026 13:44 via screendaily.com
  
  Mubi’s ‘Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma’ makes healthy start.
  
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• Nguyen Hoang Diep, Arvin Belarmino films among Busan Vision 2026 lineup

  24-08-2026 13:27 via screendaily.com
  
  The competitive sections comprise Vision-Korea and Vision-Asia.
  
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• Céline Sciamma, Teona Strugar Mitevska among filmmakers calling for gender overhaul of the European film industry

  24-08-2026 13:02 via screendaily.com
  
  Teona Strugar Mitevska, Céline Sciamma, Blerta Basholli and Jelena Maksimović were in discussion at Sarajevo.
  
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• "The cookie-cutter effect": Festival execs debate the pros and cons of development labs for new filmmakers

  24-08-2026 12:38 via screendaily.com
  
  Festival experts from Berlin, Toronto, Cannes Critics’ Week and Sydney Film Festival took part in an on-stage discussion at the Sarajevo Film Festival.
  
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• ‘Sentimental Value’, ‘The Love That Remains’ among Nordic Council Film Prize nominees

  24-08-2026 12:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Six nominated films competing for DKK 300,000 ($47,000) prize.
  
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• Filmfest Hamburg unveils opening and closing films

  24-08-2026 11:47 via screendaily.com
  
  Films by Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert and Josef Kubota Wladyka to bookend the festival.
  
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• Venice completes Competition lineup with Gaza war documentary from ‘No Other Land’ duo

  24-08-2026 11:26 via screendaily.com
  
  Film is produced by UK publication The Guardian and James Wilson.
  
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• Venice completes Competition lineup with Gaza war documentary from Israeli ‘No Other Land’ duo

  24-08-2026 11:26 via screendaily.com
  
  Film is produced by UK publication The Guardian and James Wilson.
  
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• ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ flies past $2.2bn at worldwide box office; ‘The Odyssey’ sails towards $1.5bn

  24-08-2026 11:10 via screendaily.com
  
  ‘Brand New Day’ is now the sixth-biggest film of all time.
  
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• Paramount, California attorney general cancel settlement talks

  24-08-2026 11:02 via screendaily.com
  
  Rob Bonta said Paramount were ”demonstrating a lack of good faith”.
  
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• Paramount reps, California AG reportedly schedule talks

  22-08-2026 04:29 via screendaily.com
  
  Rob Bonta is one of 12 state attorneys general that are seeking to block the $111bn merger with Warner Bros Discovery.
  
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• ‘Everytime’, ‘To Hold A Mountain’ win top honours at 2026 Sarajevo Film Festival

  21-08-2026 23:16 via screendaily.com
  
  Festival ran August 14-21.
  
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• Serbian, Ukrainian and Croatian projects lead winners at Sarajevo’s CineLink Industry Days awards

  21-08-2026 14:05 via screendaily.com
  
  The industry awards ceremony took place last night (August 20).
  
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• Isaki Lacuesta, Lee Chang-dong, Jane Schoenbrun films among San Sebastian Zabaltegi-Tabakalera lineup

  21-08-2026 13:49 via screendaily.com
  
  The competitive section comprises 13 features, seven shorts, one medium-length film, and, for the first time, an audiovisual performance.
  
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• UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Insidious: Out Of The Further’ and ‘Spa Weekend’ head up new releases

  21-08-2026 13:08 via screendaily.com
  
  ‘Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma’ and Jason Statham action ‘Munity’ are also out.
  
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• Visionär Films picks up two films for sales including Venice Critics’ Week title

  21-08-2026 13:00 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Berlin-based company also takes on Italian documentary.
  
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• Filmfest Hamburg unveils speakers for Explorer Conference 2026

  21-08-2026 11:15 via screendaily.com
  
  Line-up includes The Intouchables directors Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, as well as the producers of Sentimental Value and Rose.
  
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• First trailer, sale for TIFF Discovery title ‘The Daughters Of Abraham’

  21-08-2026 11:00 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Film depicts a reunited friendship between a young Muslim woman and young Jewish woman in Marseille.
  
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• Myriad Pictures closes key territories on ‘DRAGN’ from ‘Girl With A Pearl Earring’ director Peter Webber

  21-08-2026 04:32 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: AI drone thriller sells in Australia, German-speaking, Latin America.
  
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