Ellie Calnan

1 week ago | screendaily.com | Ellie Calnan

Source: Picturehouse Entertainment UK drama Pillion, which premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, has sold to more international territories for Cornerstone Films, including iWonder for Italy and Weltkino for Germany and Austria. Harry Lighton’s queer romance has also closed deals with Praesens (Switzerland), MCF (Ex Yoguslavia), Gutek (Poland), Lusomundo (Portugal), New Cinema (Israel), Sun/ Diamond (Latin America), Transformers (Japan), Challan (South Korea) and Swallow Wings (Taiwan).

2 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Ellie Calnan

Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just An Accident and Mario Martone’s Fuori have landed joint top and bottom of Screen’s Cannes jury grid. Iranian drama It Was Just An Accidentjoins Sergei Loznitsa’s Two Prosecutors in first place with a 3.1 average from the critics. Click on the image above for the most up-to-date version of the grid.

2 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Ellie Calnan

Rank Film (origin)DistributorMay 2-4 gross TotalWeek UK-Ireland top five, May 16-18, 2025 1 Final Destination: Bloodlines (US) Warner Bros £2.8m £4m 1 2 Thunderbolts* (US) Disney £1.2m £13.9m 3 3 Sinners (US) Warner Bros £717,642 £14.4m 5 4 A Minecraft Movie (US) Warner Bros £470,437 £55.5m 7 5 Hurry Up Tomorrow (US) Lionsgate £164,638 £164,638 1 GBP to USD conversion rate: 1.34 Warner Bros’ horror Final Destination: Bloodlines knocked Disney’s Thundebolts* off the top spot at the UK and...

2 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Ellie Calnan

Source: Cannes Film Festival Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme received middling scores on Screen’s Cannes jury grid while Kleber Mendonca Filho’s The Secret Agent impressed. The Phoenician Schemedebuted with an average of 2.3 from the critics, including one four-star (excellent) from Le Monde’s Mathieu Macharet and a one-star (poor) from Time’s Stephanie Zacharek. Click on the image above for the most up-to-date version of the grid.

2 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Ellie Calnan

Source: Cannes Film Festival Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My Love received mixed scores on Screen’s Cannes jury grid while Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague and Chie Hayakawa’s Renoir also landed. Die, My Lovescored an average of 2.5 stars after ratings ranged from a four-star (excellent), from Time’s Stephanie Zacharek, to a zero-star (bad), from Le Monde’s Mathieu Macharet. Click on the image above for the most up-to-date version of the grid.