All BFI articles
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NewsBFI London Film Festival award winner ‘Four Mothers’ picked up for UK-Ireland
The feature is set for release in April next year.
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NewsBFI opens innovation fund for equity, diversity and inclusion data monitoring in film production
The £200,000 fund is part of the £1.8m BFI National Lottery Innovation Challenge Fund.
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NewsUK Next Wave Genre Lab selects projects, contributors for second phase (exclusive)
‘Love Lies Bleeding’ producer Andrea Cornwell is among contributors to the scheme.
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NewsBFI says it remains “committed” to African Odysseys strand amid concerns over its future (exclusive)
It is understood that David Somerset, who runs the programme, is facing redundancy.
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NewsLFF Best Film winner ‘Memoir Of A Snail’ acquired for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
The film previously won the Cristal for Best Film at Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
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NewsBFI London Film festival unveils 2024 award winners
Winners hail from Australia, UK, and Palestine.
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NewsLaura Carreira’s ‘On Falling’ sells to key territories including UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Carreira won Best Director for the film at San Sebastian.
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NewsBFI chair Jay Hunt talks AppleTV+ UK investment and why she only mentors women
Hunt was speaking at the BFI London Film Festival, in her first public address in post.
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NewsWorking Title’s Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner to “make more under-$15m movies”
Speaking at the London Film Festival, the duo also told the audience that “films need to cost less money”.
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NewsBFI trials £1.5m initiative to improve workplace practices in UK screen sector
‘Work Wise For Screen’ is a two-year pilot, with specific guidance on changes under the Labour government’s Employment Rights Bill.
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NewsDenis Villeneuve wants to make dialogue-free film, talks ‘Dune’ aims
“I tried to do the ‘Dune’ adaptation to be as faithful [as possible] to Frank Herbert’s initial desires.”
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NewsBFI overhauls complaints procedure as report finds it “badly handled” allegations of racial discrimination
Faisal A Qureshi said the BFI has not gone far enough in its response.
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NewsA “generational shift” is pushing UK producers closer to international partners, says BFI’s Mia Bays
The roundtable discussion took place during the Dinard Festival of British & Irish Film.
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NewsBen Roberts, Tim Bevan laud UK tax credit lift at BFI London Film Festival opening night
“This tax credit is specifically about telling British stories,” suggested Bevan.
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NewsSteve McQueen talks on-set behaviour: “Being a director is not about being an arsehole”
The filmmaker gave a Screen Talk ahead of opening the BFI London Film Festival with ‘Blitz’.
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NewsHarry Lighton’s UK debut ‘Pillion’ acquired for US distribution
Screen Star of Tomorrow Lighton’s feature debut is a bike gang romance.
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NewsIndependent Film Tax Credit gets official greenlight from UK government
The BFI certification unit will begin accepting applications on October 30.
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NewsGlasgow Film Festival selects nine projects for inaugural Funny Features comedy lab (exclusive)
BFI-backed lab includes projects from Screen Stars of Tomorrow and Rising Stars Scotland.
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NewsBFI-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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NewsBFI and Chanel filmmaker awards selects 2024 winners
The £20,000 prizes were awarded at a ceremony in London this evening.