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• Tallinn selects 21 world premieres across Official Competition, First Feature sections

  07-10-2026 16:07 via screendaily.com
  
  World premieres include Ray Panthaki’s UK-US title ‘In Starland’.
  
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• Bitters End to launch surreal comedy ‘It’s All Bananas!’ at Busan’s ACFM

  07-10-2026 20:06 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The feature is directed by Kenji Yamauchi and marks a follow-up to 2018’s ‘
  
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• Saudi Arabia enters ‘A Matter Of Life And Death’ to Oscars

  07-10-2026 18:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Anas Ba Tahaf’s romantic comedy stars Sarah Taibah and Yaqoub Al Farhan.
  
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• AI Creative Summit unveils full lineup for 2026 edition

  07-10-2026 16:10 via screendaily.com
  
  Presented by Screen International, Broadcast and Broadcast Tech, the Summit is expanding this year in response to unprecedented interest in AI from the creative and media industries.
  
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• ‘The First Taste Of Loneliness’ review: Three Chinese women mourn the death of a patriarch in sentimental end to Gu You's ‘Landscape’ trilogy

  07-10-2026 15:59 via screendaily.com
  
  The Busan competition premiere follows ‘Dwelling In The Fuchan Mountains’ and ‘Dwelling By The West Lake’
  
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• France doubles Oscar campaign support as CNC launches export strategy overhaul

  07-10-2026 15:59 via screendaily.com
  
  The CNC is doubling the funding available for Oscar campaigns for French films across all categories.
  
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• ‘The Social Reckoning’ review: Aaron Sorkin plays it safe with solid Facebook whistleblower drama

  07-10-2026 15:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White head a strong cast which also includes Betty Gilpin and Wunmi Mosaku
  
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• ‘You Can See Everything’ review: Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes proves a slippery subject for fascinating documentary

  07-10-2026 14:44 via screendaily.com
  
  Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s knotty feature opens in the US on October 16
  
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• BFI celebrates outgoing fund head Mia Bays, introduces Isabel Davis, at pre-LFF handover event

  07-10-2026 14:44 via screendaily.com
  
  BFI CEO Ben Roberts urged people to support the National Lottery: “We need you to buy these tickets.”
  
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• ‘The Table: Day And Night’ review: Busan opener set in Korean coffee shop relies heavily on its performances

  07-10-2026 14:08 via screendaily.com
  
  Kim Jong-kwan’s follow-up to 2016’s  ‘The Table’ stars Shim Eun-kyung and Han Sun-hwa
  
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• ‘Club Kid’ to open Evolution Mallorca film festival

  07-10-2026 12:41 via screendaily.com
  
  Maria Martinez Bayona’s feature debut The End Of It,  starring Rebecca Hall, will close the festival.
  
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• ScreenSkills’ bursaries receive £1.6m BFI funding, expands remit to support exhibition and distribution

  07-10-2026 11:14 via screendaily.com
  
  Games will also now be covered by the ScreenSkills bursaries.
  
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• Former UK PM Tony Blair to serve as Skydance board advisor

  06-10-2026 23:54 via screendaily.com
  
  David Ellison hails ex-New Labour leader’s “global perspective and insight”.
  
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• Amazon Prime Video to stream Emmys in six-year pact

  06-10-2026 22:26 via screendaily.com
  
  Pact marks latest deal between a streamer and major US awards show.
  
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• Paramount completes $111bn WBD merger

  06-10-2026 19:41 via screendaily.com
  
  “Today is a historic day, not just for Skydance but for our entire industry.”
  
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• “It’s much more than just sales”: Bankside's Stephen Kelliher on the evolution of the modern sales agent

  06-10-2026 17:02 via screendaily.com
  
  Kelliher gave this year’s Production Finance Market keynote.
  
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• “It’s much more than just sales”: Bankside’s Stephen Kelliher on the evolution of the modern sales agent

  06-10-2026 17:02 via screendaily.com
  
  Kelliher gave this year’s Production Finance Market keynote.
  
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• ‘Minotaur’, ‘Fjord’, ‘In Waves’ among 30th American French Film Festival lineup

  06-10-2026 17:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Cannes picks, Oscar submissions to screen at Los Angeles festival in November.
  
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• Oscars best international feature 2027: Syria submits ‘The Other Side Of The Sun’, Nigeria enters ‘Dear Ajayi’

  06-10-2026 16:56 via screendaily.com
  
  Screen is profiling each contender on this page.
  
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• Oscars best international feature 2027: Syria submits ‘The Other Side Of The Sun’, Nigeria enters 'Dear Ajayi'

  06-10-2026 16:56 via screendaily.com
  
  Screen is profiling each contender on this page.
  
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• Michelle Yeoh honoured on starry opening night of Busan film festival 2026

  06-10-2026 16:01 via screendaily.com
  
  Those walking the red carpet included Michelle Yeoh, Fan Bingbing, Hirokazu Koreeda, and Alfonso Cuarón.
  
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• Dinard Festival of British and Irish Film facing uncertain future

  06-10-2026 15:18 via screendaily.com
  
  The local mayor’s office is undertaking a consultancy to assess the festival’s continuation beyond the 2026 edition, citing economic challenges.
  
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• Welsh agency Ffilm Cymru’s Future Producers programme unveils inaugural cohort

  06-10-2026 11:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Participants’ credits include ‘Learning To Breathe Under Water’, ‘Stuffed’ and ‘Industry’.
  
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• ‘Artificial’ review: Andrew Garfield impresses as OpenAI’s Sam Altman in Luca Guadagnino’s surprisingly toothless AI thriller

  06-10-2026 10:56 via screendaily.com
  
  The film premieres in New York before opening in the US in December and the UK in January
  
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• ‘The History Of Concrete’ acquired for UK-Ireland distribution ahead of LFF slot

  06-10-2026 10:30 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Film debuted at Sundance then played CPH:DOX.
  
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• US Supreme Court justice rejects last-gasp antitrust suit targeting Paramount-WBD merger

  06-10-2026 00:35 via screendaily.com
  
  $111bn transaction scheduled to close on October 6.
  
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• Korean film industry rallies around ‘The Assassin(s)’ team after historical inaccuracy claims

  05-10-2026 20:28 via screendaily.com
  
  Conservative politicians have condemned the feature, leading to protests against the filmmakers and actors.
  
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• ‘Mr Burton’ feted again at Bafta Cymru 2026 ceremony following 2025 wins

  05-10-2026 16:36 via screendaily.com
  
  Casting director Lauren Evans recieved the inaugural Bafta Cymru outstanding contribution to craft award.
  
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• MBC Studios thriller ‘Traveller’s Hell’ readies long-awaited release

  05-10-2026 16:35 via screendaily.com
  
  The film is based on a bestselling novel by Osamah Almuslim and directed by Hana Alomair.
  
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• Second edition of NLWave hailed success by international programmers

  05-10-2026 16:13 via screendaily.com
  
  Several works in progress from last year’s inagural edition have also made it onto the international festival circuit.
  
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