All articles by Ben Dalton – Page 4
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NewsSimon Mein, UK stills photographer including for Mike Leigh films, dies aged 68
Mein worked on every Leigh film since ‘Life Is Sweet’.
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NewsFidalgo picks up two Cannes Official Selection titles for Norway
EXCLUSIVE: Fidalgo now has a solid release slate for 2025, heading into 2026.
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NewsCannes Competition titles ‘Die, My Love’, ‘Sound Of Falling’ sell to Nordics
EXCLUSIVE: 10 titles sell to Nordics including Raoul Peck’s ‘Orwell: 2+2=5’.
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NewsBifa selects 30 filmmakers for latest Springboard programme
EXCLUSIVE: Selected filmmakers include Dionne Edwards, Moin Hussain, Christopher Andrews, Adura Onashile.
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News‘Lilo & Stitch’ leads UK-Ireland box office with £8m; ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ takes £6.2m
‘Lilo & Stitch’ gives Disney its biggest opening of 2025.
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NewsNetflix acquires US rights to Richard Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’
Film debuted in Competition at Cannes this month.
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NewsCannes Jury Prize winner ‘Sirât’ sells widely including to UK-Ireland
Twenty additional territory sales unveiled after prize win.
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NewsCannes power coming back on; “malicious acts” of vandalism caused outage, say authorities
Some festivalgoers unable to access online tickets, and therefore screenings.
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NewsCannes closing ceremony to go ahead despite mass power cut across south of France
Palais des Festivals has switched to independent power supply.
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NewsNine talking points from the 2025 Cannes Film Festival
From tariffs to trees, there was plenty to talk about at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsOliver Laxe’s Cannes Competition title ‘Sirât’ heads to North America, Italy, Turkey, India
The Match Factory handles international sales.
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NewsUK post-production house and film equity investor LipSync enters administration
Lipsync confirmed the administration to Screen on Friday.
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NewsVicky Krieps, Christian Friedel join Dostoyevsky story ‘The Idiots’
The Match Factory handles international sales.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Lilo & Stitch’, ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ square off
Wes Anderson’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’, Icelandic drama ‘When The Light Breaks’ start out.
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NewsFirst Iraqi film to play at Cannes wins Directors’ Fortnight audience award
‘The President’s Cake’ takes the only audience award on offer across the whole festival.
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NewsAfrica International Film Festival launches Film and Content Market in Cannes
The Africa International Film Festival signed an MoU with the Nigerian culture ministry.
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NewsJafar Panahi’s Cannes title ‘It Was Just An Accident’ sells to North America, international territories
Neon planning North America theatrical release later this year.
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NewsCannes Competition title ‘Sound Of Falling’ sells to North America, UK-Ire
Further territories include Turkey, India.
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News“Tenderness is the new punk” says Joachim Trier in Cannes
“Polarisation, anger and machismo aren’t the way forward.”
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NewsPaul Mescal criticises ‘The History Of Sound’, ‘Brokeback Mountain’ comparisons
”I find those comparisons lazy and frustrating,” said Mescal. ”I don’t see the parallels at all.”



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