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• Paramount claims merger has satisfied all regulators, would close “today” but for state AGs

  15-08-2026 00:33 via screendaily.com
  
  “This transaction is lawful, pro-competitive and raises no antitrust concerns.”
  
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• Asian Academy Creative Awards reveals 2026 National Winners

  30-09-2026 22:49 via screendaily.com
  
  The selection includes 335 National Winners form 18 countries and territories.
  
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• Paramount-WBD merger approved; David Ellison names Ynon Kreiz co-CEO

  30-09-2026 22:44 via screendaily.com
  
  Former Mattel head to jointly run business with CEO David Ellison.
  
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• ‘Verity’ review: Dakota Johnson and Anne Hathaway struggle to lift flimsy Colleen Hoover adaptation

  30-09-2026 17:06 via screendaily.com
  
  Josh Hartnett also stars in Michael Showalter’s glossy erotic thriller, which is now rolling out globally
  
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• “It’s been eye-opening,” say African distributors participating in EFM Toolbox Distribution Academy

  30-09-2026 13:08 via screendaily.com
  
  The training and networking programme is aimed at empowering a generation of film distributors across Africa.
  
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• BFI London Film Festival unveils 2026 competition juries

  30-09-2026 13:01 via screendaily.com
  
  Filmmaker Sam Pollard will head the official competition jury.
  
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• Zygi Kamasa’s UK distributor True Brit files for administration

  30-09-2026 11:56 via screendaily.com
  
  Founder Zygi Kamasa confirms that high-profile UK distributor and producer-financier has gone into administration.
  
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• Zygi Kamasa's UK distributor True Brit files for administration

  30-09-2026 11:56 via screendaily.com
  
  Founder Zygi Kamasa confirms that high-profile UK distributor and producer-financier has gone into administration.
  
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• ‘Call Me Queen’ review: Eliane Umuhire is magnetic in Emily Atef’s well-intentioned drama based on real-life Kenyan AIDS activists

  30-09-2026 11:22 via screendaily.com
  
  The 1990s-set feature plays Hamburg before releasing in Germany in October
  
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• Irish comedy heist ‘Chasing Millions’ sells to UK, Spain, Asia-Pacific

  30-09-2026 11:00 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Film inks deals ahead of Ireland and Australia theatrical releases.
  
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• Producers group The Creatives brings in minority investor with formalised alliance

  30-09-2026 10:24 via screendaily.com
  
  Group has new formalised corporate alliance.
  
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• ‘Final Payment’, ‘Congo Boy’ win top awards at Pingyao film festival 2026

  30-09-2026 09:51 via screendaily.com
  
  Further winners included ‘Light Pillar’ director Xu Zao and ‘Filipiñana’ director Rafael Manuel.
  
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• Mitch Neuhauser to step down as CinemaCon MD after 2028 show

  30-09-2026 02:19 via screendaily.com
  
  Matt Pollock to assume role of co-managing director of CinemaCon and begin transition process.
  
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• CinemaCon managing director Mitch Neuhauser, to leave after 2028 show

  30-09-2026 02:19 via screendaily.com
  
  Matt Pollock to assume role of co-managing director of CinemaCon and begin transition process.
  
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• Paramount streaming head Cindy Holland stepping down

  30-09-2026 01:33 via screendaily.com
  
  Observers expect Casey Bloys, HBO and HBO Max Content chairman, to lead streaming once WBD merger closes.
  
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• Black Bear hires Dan Cohen as head of TV distribution, launches digital networks business

  29-09-2026 21:36 via screendaily.com
  
  Exec previously served as Paramount chief content licensing officer, president of Republic Pictures.
  
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• Donna Gigliotti and Mike Farah named PGA presidents

  29-09-2026 21:09 via screendaily.com
  
  Pair succeed Donald De Line, Stephanie Allain.
  
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• AFI Fest lineup includes 10 Oscar submissions, ‘A Long Winter’, ‘Iron Boy’

  29-09-2026 20:07 via screendaily.com
  
  Fortieth edition of Hollywood fest to screen 157 films.
  
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• Cinema United bolsters advocacy, global impact with two hires

  29-09-2026 18:07 via screendaily.com
  
  Amanda Martin and Erin Von Hoetzendorff move up.
  
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• Jan Komasa to chair Rome film festival’s main competition jury

  29-09-2026 18:02 via screendaily.com
  
  ‘Good Boy’ and ‘Corpus Christi’ director will head jury for Rome’s Progressive Cinema Competition.
  
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• ‘Matrescence’, ‘Anatomy Of Indifference’, ‘All Fixed Up’ among 2026 Sundance doc fund grantees

  29-09-2026 18:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Nineteen projects receive support as Documentary Fund heads into 25th anniversary year.
  
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• ‘Digger’ review: Tom Cruise fails to convince as a bullish Texas oilman in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s ambitious misfire

  29-09-2026 18:00 via screendaily.com
  
  John Goodman, Riz Ahmed and Sandra Hüller also star in Iñárritu’s audacious, shallow satire
  
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• ‘The Other Side’ review: Nina Hoss gives a committed performance in pacy German survival thriller

  29-09-2026 17:02 via screendaily.com
  
  Mariko Minoguchi’s follow-up to ‘Relativity’ is set in a dystopian post-pandemic world
  
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• Ava DuVernay’s ‘14th’ among first 100 docs selected for IDFA

  29-09-2026 15:00 via screendaily.com
  
  International Documentary Festival Amsterdam takes place from November 12–22.
  
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• Red Sea Fund reveals 30 grant winners, including Cannes and Toronto titles

  29-09-2026 14:55 via screendaily.com
  
  Directors of ‘Ben’Imana’ and ‘Angh’ among those receiving production and post-production funding.
  
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• Tallinn Black Nights Stars 2026 includes Norwegian, Lithuanian, Estonian actors

  29-09-2026 12:30 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Talent showcase features actors from Netflix’s ’23,000 Lives’ and 2015 movie ‘The Fencer’.
  
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• Award-winning Gaza doc ‘NAZA’ lands UK-Ireland deal

  29-09-2026 12:03 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Venice Special Jury winner lands in cinemas next month ahead of streaming on The Guardian.
  
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• ‘My Killer Crush’ starring Kim Jae-won, Chung Su-bin set for Busan market with Barunson E&A

  29-09-2026 07:22 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The offbeat romance is set for release in 2027.
  
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• Producer Rodrigo Teixeira of RT Features brings five films to Festival do Rio, talks new Brazilian project

  29-09-2026 01:17 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Fest slate includes selections Furies, Glaxa, La Perra.
  
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• Mohammad Rasoulof, Mipo O to receive Kurosawa Akira Award at Tokyo film festival 2026

  29-09-2026 01:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Isomura Hayato also named head of the festival’s Ethical Film Award jury.
  
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