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Danny Boyle has expressed his grave concerns about the impact of artificial intelligence on sectors including the journalism industry, saying, “It’s insane what we’re doing.” “Journalism is one of the great uprights of any civilisation,” said Boyle at the press conference for his film Ink, which will open the Venice Film Festival this evening in Competition. “There are those who stand up and speak truth to power. To have those people in society is really important.” “The danger is that the tech giants and their AI will be able to replace journalism,” said Boyle. “They’ll be able to have an…

Neon has booked a New York Film Festival (NYFF) world premiere slot for Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial starring Andrew Garfield as controversial OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman. Less than a week later the anticipated feature will screen at London Film Festival. Artificial will screen on October 5 in NYFF’s Main Slate with Guadagnino and members of the cast scheduled to attend. It will travel to London Film Festival for a Gala screening on October 11, with talent again expected to attend. Neon acquired worldwide rights to Artificial in late June after Amazon MGM Studios, which had greenlighted the film, dropped it several months after…

The opening jury press conference for next week’s Venice film festival will go ahead, after the festival resolved what a spokesperson had described as “a conflicting schedule”. On Sunday, August 30, the festival told Screen that the session was in doubt due to the scheduling conflict. The conference was not officially withdrawn, with the spokesperson telling Screen that “we’ll see” as to whether it still goes ahead. The conflict was resolved later that day. The festival has confirmed to Screen that press conferences for individual films will be going ahead, including for the 21 Competition films. Closing press conferences for the heads…

The UK’s National Cinema Day will return across two days for its 2026 edition, after it was paused last year.  National Cinema Weekend will take place on September 5-6 across the UK, offering tickets at £4 for any film, format, and seat. 530 UK cinemas are currently confirmed to participate, with more expected to join. The late summer, one-day initiative launched in its current incarnation in 2022. It offered cinema-goers across the UK and Ireland the chance to watch films at discounted prices. The format was first launched by industry body Cinema First in 2022, supported by the Film Distributors’ Association and…

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…