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• Oscars 2018: 'Coco' wins best animation feature

  04-03-2018 11:03 via screendaily.com
  
  Will Guillermo del Toro win best director on Sunday? Will DoP Roger Deakins finally lay his hands on the prize? Follow Sunday’s 90th annual Academy Awards live here.
  
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• ’Zootopia 2’ crossing $1bn at global box office, now no. 2 all-time Hollywood release in China

  12-12-2025 23:02 via screendaily.com
  
  Sequel has amassed $753.4m from international markets, $232.7m from North America.
  
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• Screen digital edition: December 12

  12-12-2025 18:27 via screendaily.com
  
  This issue focuses on some of the UK contenders in the awards race.
  
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• Ireland launches €14m Shared Island Media Fund to encourage cross-border collaboration

  12-12-2025 16:11 via screendaily.com
  
  The Shared Island Media Fund is open to producers living on the island of Ireland.
  
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• ‘Wicker’, ‘The Incomer’, ‘Frank & Louis’ among stellar Sundance showing for UK-Ireland

  12-12-2025 15:35 via screendaily.com
  
  There are around 20 projects with UK and Irish producers out of 97 new features and series in the lineup.
  
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• UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Fackham Hall’, ‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’ unleashed

  12-12-2025 14:04 via screendaily.com
  
  ’Ella McCay’, ‘Eleanor The Great’ and ‘Goodbye June’ are also new this weekend.
  
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• Warner Bros sale: How might the shareholders move? - The Screen Podcast

  12-12-2025 13:42 via screendaily.com
  
  We go in-depth on the Warner Bros sale with M&A expert Kim Chua, who sheds light on the views of shareholders and potential regulatory hurdles.
  
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• British Pakistani crime drama ‘Apnas’ acquired for UK-Ireland cinema release

  12-12-2025 12:30 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Film has over 130,000 subscribers to an associated YouTube channel already.
  
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• ‘The Stranger’, ’Nouvelle Vague’ lead nominations for France’s Lumiere Awards

  12-12-2025 12:28 via screendaily.com
  
  The Lumière Awards are voted on by international correspondents from 36 countries.
  
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• Wim Wenders to head competition jury for Berlinale 2026

  12-12-2025 12:14 via screendaily.com
  
  The festival runs February 12-22.
  
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• First-ever Rohingya-language feature ‘Lost Land’ wins top prize at Red Sea film festival

  12-12-2025 11:04 via screendaily.com
  
  Further winners include ‘All That’s Left Of You’ and ‘Hijra’.
  
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• Indie Sales appoints new head of acquisitions

  11-12-2025 18:22 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Vincent Llobell arrives from Pyramide International.
  
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• ‘Goodbye June’ review: Helen Mirren and impressive cast ground Kate Winslet’s sentimental debut

  11-12-2025 18:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Mirren and Winslet star alongside Andrea Riseborough, Toni Collette, Johnny Flynn and Timothy Spall in Netflix tear-jerker
  
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• Disney agrees $1bn deal with OpenAI’s Sora

  11-12-2025 17:03 via screendaily.com
  
  The US studio will invest in OpenAI’s generative platform and allow it to use IP from Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars franchises.
  
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• Gurinder Chadha, Shane Meadows, Amma Asante on board for ‘London, I Love You’

  11-12-2025 17:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Production to begin in April 2026 for BK Studios, Culmination Productions, Pathfinder.
  
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• Glasgow Vue cinema workers go on strike over pay and conditions

  11-12-2025 16:45 via screendaily.com
  
  Strike action will last for four weeks from December 11 to January 7.
  
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• Christophe Honore and Emmanuel Mouret prep new films for Pyramide International

  11-12-2025 14:14 via screendaily.com
  
  They are the 1970s-set family drama ’Orange-Flavoured Wedding’ and murder mystery ’Dr Albertini’s Office’, respectively.
  
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• Screen International’s Global Production Awards to return for 2026

  11-12-2025 13:13 via screendaily.com
  
  The awards ceremony will take place during the 2026 Cannes Film Festival on May 18.
  
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• Film4 hires Mubi’s Cate Kane as senior commissioning executive

  11-12-2025 13:06 via screendaily.com
  
  She will join in January 2026 and will report into director of Film4 Farhana Bhula.
  
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• Sundance doc ‘Everybody To Kenmure Street’ acquired for UK-Ireland

  11-12-2025 12:30 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Film will play in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at Sundance.
  
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• Top UK film and TV companies commit to switch production to clean power by 2030

  11-12-2025 12:27 via screendaily.com
  
  Clean temporary power involves battery storage, solar, or hybrid systems to reduce emissions, air pollution and noise.
  
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• Top UK film and TV companies commit to switch production to clean power by 2025

  11-12-2025 12:27 via screendaily.com
  
  Clean temporary power involves battery storage, solar, or hybrid systems to reduce emissions, air pollution and noise.
  
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• Emily Atef’s ‘Call Me Queen’ among 15 titles backed by Eurimages marketing programme

  11-12-2025 11:30 via screendaily.com
  
  Programme also supported films by directors including Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Michaël R. Roskam and Tamara Kotevska.
  
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• ‘Another World’ rules Hong Kong box office as ‘Avatar 3’ release pushed after fire tragedy

  11-12-2025 10:37 via screendaily.com
  
  The animation has become Hong Kong’s biggest local film of 2025 to date
  
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• HanWay’s Katie Ellen, Premier’s Angela Smith join BBC Film

  11-12-2025 10:00 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: BBC Film has unveiled a suite of new hires and promotions.
  
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• Idris Elba to stop acting “eventually to transfer to being a director fully”

  11-12-2025 09:22 via screendaily.com
  
  Elba discussed his Ghana-filmed Apple feature ‘This Is How It Goes’.
  
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• Red Sea Competition psychological thriller ‘Roqia’ sells to US

  11-12-2025 09:00 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Film has played festival circuit since Venice, winning awards at Leeds and Thessaloniki.
  
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• Paramount CEO David Ellison states case in letter to WBD shareholders

  11-12-2025 00:30 via screendaily.com
  
  Mogul asserts his company’s financing is “air tight”, predicts smooth regulatory passage.
  
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• ‘Early Days’ review: Elegant Mumbai-set debut explores intrusive impact of social media

  10-12-2025 21:15 via screendaily.com
  
  Red Sea New Visions title is a strong calling card for writer/director Priyankar Patra
  
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• Focus Features schedules release of Sundance AI documentary

  10-12-2025 20:24 via screendaily.com
  
  Feature co-directed by Charlie Tyrell and Daniel Roher will debut in festival’s Premieres section in January.
  
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