Ben Dalton
Ben is senior reporter at Screen International, based in London, UK and covering the UK and international territories. He attends and reports from major international festivals and markets, including Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto and Sundance, plus specialised events such as Annecy and CineEurope, and European festivals in Rotterdam, Karlovy Vary, Sarajevo, Tallinn and more.
Ben reports across the film chain, from development, production, sales and distribution, through festivals, markets, awards and exhibition. He regularly writes on key industry topics around diversity and representation, training, production regulations and new forms of exhibition; and hosts panels and discussions for Screen.
Prior to joining Screen in February 2018, Ben was on a four-person team at the British Independent Film Awards, assisting with the marketing and production of the event. He has also worked for the Sundance Institute as an advisor, and as an assistant at festivals including Sundance and London.
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2024 film festivals and markets calendar: latest dates
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UK-Ireland film cinema release dates: latest updates for 2024
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Screen is profiling every submission for best international feature at the 97th Academy Awards.
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Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’ sold to multiple territories including UK-Ireland
Territories sold include UK-Ireland, LatAm, Canada, Germany.
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CPH:DOX winner ‘Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other’ signs UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
Jacob Perlmutter and Manon Ouimet’s documentary will also play Zurich and IDFA.
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Tallinn selects 14 projects for 2024 Baltic Event Co-Production Market
Germany has five projects in selection as Focus country for 2024.
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BFI-backed genre incubator The Residency selects 10 projects (exclusive)
Projects include ‘I Killed Your Dog’ from ‘Rye Lane’ star Vivian Oparah; Jasmer Gill’s ‘The Last Ride’; Nat McCleary’s ‘The Custodians of the Fridge’.
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Mental health struggles worsening throughout UK film & TV industry, says Looking Glass survey
Respondents who said their mental health was ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’ rose to 35% in 2024 compared to 24% in 2022.
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Finnish film industry strongly protests proposed budget cuts
Finnish promotion and development agency facing 50% budget cut.
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‘Out Of Darkness’ heads film nominees at 2024 Bafta Scotland Awards
Andrew Cumming’s film receives nominations in actor, actress and feature film.
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‘The Outrun’ opens in UK-Ireland box office top five; ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ hits £21m
‘Megalopolis’ starts in sixth place, as ‘The Substance’ holds well for Mubi.
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UK production company behind ‘Sebastian’ expands into Finland (exclusive)
Bêtes Sauvages is opening a Finnish arm for Finnish and international projects.
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Georgia Brown joins board of UK’s Garden Studios
Former head of Amazon Studios in Europe sits alongside chair Heather Rabbatts.
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‘Kneecap’ crosses £2m at UK-Ireland box office for Wildcard, Curzon
Film has made £1.2m in Ireland and Northern Ireland, and £800,000 in England, Scotland, Wales.
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BFI London Film Festival unveils 2024 Competition juries
Filmmaker Alexandre O. Philipe to head Official Competition jury.
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Hamish Moseley leaves Netflix director of distribution EMEA role (exclusive)
Moseley departed the streamer earlier this month.
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Sex-positive comedy ‘Sudden Outbursts Of Emotion’ leads Finnish Film Affair winners
‘Nipster’ wins best Nordic project at the Helsinki industry event.
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Glasgow Film Festival selects participants for two talent development programmes
Participants include Ross MacKay with sci-fi comedy ‘The Last Resort’.
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“You realise how many opportunities are out there,” say producers of impact of UK Global Screen Fund
”The UKGSF is about our outward-looking perspective on the business – this is not about the UK.”