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Screen is tracking the key dates for the 2026/2027 film awards season, including the Oscar and Bafta voting deadlines, and all the major film awards ceremonies. Refresh the page for the latest updates.  September 15: Bafta View opens to voters October 14: European Film Awards shortlist announced 15: British Independent Film Awards longlists announced November 3: British Independent Film Awards nominations announced 14: European Film Awards nominations announced 15: Governors Awards ceremony 30: Gotham Awards ceremony December 4: Critics Choice Awards nominations announced 4: Bafta Film Awards round one voting opens 6: British Independent Film Awards ceremony 7: Oscars preliminary voting…

Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars leads the new releases in UK and Ireland cinemas this weekend as Altitude’s long-awaited Coyote Vs. Acme and Universal romantic comedy One Night Only are also released. Disney is launching the post-apocalyptic drama The Dog Stars in 631 locations. It is Scott’s smallest opening since 2021’s The Last Duel which launched in 440 locations; followed by 2021’s House Of Gucci (685); 2023’s Napoleon (716) and 2024’s Gladiator II (722). The latter film was the director’s biggest opening ever with £8.8m and went on to gross £32m. Jacob Elordi stars in The Dog Stars as a former pilot surviving in…

Norwegian zombie comedy Grandmonster and Butterfly starring Renate Reinsve are among the winners at the Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund. Vegard Dahle’s Grandmonster won the Best Pitch Award, from the 21 titles in the Nordic Co-Production Market, and is invited to participate in the Producers Network at Cannes film festival. It follows an American dropout who triggers a zombie outbreak at a Norwegian nursing home, while trying to save her grandmother from dementia. Jon Vatne produces for Syden Pictures. The jury credited “to a project that takes on the universal subject of aging – and adds a generous dose of…

Megan Ellison’s Annapurna, which scored a $51m global box office hit this year as producer of Olivia Wilde’s The Invite, has laid off approximately 30 staffers or close to 15% of the workforce. A representative for the company said the redundancies are company-wide and reflected “business conditions”. They added, “Annapurna is an independent entertainment and media company operating in shifting market conditions and is realigning to meet the changing landscape.” Those employees who are being let go are being “supported through the transition”. Reports said Annapurna employed around 190 people before Wednesday’s announced layoffs. Annapurna launched in 2011 and swiftly…

Dolly Parton, the country music legend and philanthropist whose film roles included 9 To 5 and Steel Magnolias, has died in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80. Parton’s nephew and longtime head of security Bryan Sever announced the news on Instagram on Tuesday morning, writing: “I have imagined the heaviness of this moment but haven’t truly felt it until now. “It is an honour,” Sever continued. “An honour that is mixed with absolute pride and great sadness. But sadness lies with us, not with Dolly. Dolly has lived in the light.” No cause was given for Parton’s death. Her health had…

UK-Ireland top five, August 21-23 RankFilm (origin)DistributorAug 21-23TotalWeek 1  Spider-Man: Brand New Day  (US)  Sony  £3.6m  £87.2m  4 2   The Odyssey  (US)  Universal  £2.8m  £75m  6 3   Insidious: Out Of The Further  (US)  Sony  £2.2m  £2.2m  1 4   The End Of Oak Street  (US)  Warner Bros  £930,000  £4.6m  2 5   Spa Weekend  (US)  Black Bear  £493,000  £494,000  1 GBP to USD conversion rate: 1.36 Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey broke into the all-time top 15 at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office; as new titles…

TIFF: The Market (September 10-16) has unveiled the official lineup of more than 70 sessions and events in its Summit, including new Visionaries speakers Danny Boyle and Seth Rogen, and Perspectives conversations around the Academy, and the state of the sales business. Perspectives, supported by Screen International, will feature a conversation with the Academy on international features. This coincides with the first year in which the non-English-language winners of select festival awards including TIFF Platform will become eligible for the international feature film category, alongside official submissions. The programme includes longtime collaborators Glen Basner of FilmNation and Roeg Sutherland of…

Paramount representatives are reportedly preparing to meet with California attorney general Rob Bonta on Monday (August 24) to discuss a possible settlement of the antitrust case to block the proposed $111bn Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) merger. It was unclear how deep talks will go, however it is understood a judge last week requested both sides identify magistrates to preside over a mediation process. An antitrust trial is scheduled for March 2, 2027. Bonta, 11 other state attorneys general, and Writers Guild Of America (WGA) claim the merger is anti-competition. Paramount CEO David Ellison and his representatives have said they believe…

Sony horror Insidious: Out Of The Further and Black Bear’s comedy Spa Weekend lead new releases in UK and Ireland cinemas this weekend as Coyote vs. Acme begins previews. The sixth instalment in the Insidious franchise, Out Of The Further, launches in 527 locations. It opens wider than previous entry The Red Door which debuted in 485 locations back in 2023. That title grossed £2.3m in its first weekend, just shy of Insidious: Chapter Two which debuted with £2.9m, and remains the highest opener of the series. Jacob Chase directs Out Of The Further which follows a young woman who can…

Universal’s The Odyssey has overtaken Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine to become the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time at the global box office. Christopher Nolan’s Homer adaptation stood at $1.35bn worldwide as of Thursday morning (August 20), surpassing the $1.34bn final tally of Shawn Levy’s 2024 superhero tentpole. The Odyssey has amassed $516.3m in North America and $835.6m internationally, ranking as the second-highest film in both categories for the year to date behind Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man: Brand New Day way out in front on more than $2bn and $803m, respectively. Deadpool & Wolverine still holds the record for the…