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, our dedicated channel bringing you the latest news on all our
#BFIindustry
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Announced: two exciting appointments to our new Executive Director Board.
Arike Oke (
@Arike_Oke
) and Jason Wood (
@jwoodfilm
) will join us in 2022 as Executive Directors of Knowledge and Collections, and Public Programmes & Audiences respectively
We’re proud to launch Future Takes in partnership with
@Film4
!
We’re seeking applications for ambitious short form work from UK filmmaking talent, awarding up to £90,000 each to up to 7 projects.
Apply by 13 Feb.
#NationalLottery
@BFINetwork
Announced: The BFI will once again fully operate and programme BFI IMAX from 19 July 2022, joining BFI Southbank as a flagship BFI cinema venue in London
We're proud to greenlight nine ambitious high-budget shorts via Future Takes, in partnership with
@Film4Production
. Awards of up to £90k aim to provide a vital stepping-stone to exciting and dynamic creative talent across the UK.
#NationalLottery
@bfinetwork
…
'Jodie [Comer] is a very nuanced actor who is constantly seeking the truth.'
Ahead of its
#LFF
UK premiere,
@MahaliaBelo
discussed her
#BFIBacked
feature debut The End We Start From with producer Leah Clarke, casting director Shaheen Baig & costume designer PC Williams.
Congratulations to the
#BFIBacked
Aftersun and An Irish Goodbye on their wins this evening.
We're proud to support independent filmmakers with
#NationalLottery
funding.
#EEBAFTAs
We're delighted to announce the final appointment to the BFI’s new Executive Director Board.
Neil Williams (
@NeillyNeil
) will join us as Executive Director of Technology & Transformation in 2022
We're delighted that
@MahaliaBelo
's
#BFIBacked
debut feature will have world premiere at
#TIFF23
!
Adapted by Alice Birch from the novel of the same name, The End We Start From stars Jodie Comer, Benedict Cumberbatch, Katherine Waterston and Mark Strong.
#NationalLottery
Funded
Jodie Comer is a mother.
The World Premiere of
@MahaliaBelo
’s THE END WE START FROM follows a new mother as she navigates the English countryside after cataclysmic flooding drives her out of London, in this adaptation of Megan Hunter’s bestseller.
#TIFF23
Are you an emerging film critic? We're looking for six underrepresented voices in film criticism to take part in the 2022
#LFF
critics mentorship programme. Apply by Fri 12 Aug
We’re excited to announce the acquisition of SCALA!!!
for release in the UK & Ireland.
Directed by Jane Giles &
@AliCatterall
, their feature debut tells the riotous inside story of London’s legendary
@ScalaCinema
, 1978-1993.
Backed by the BFI
@TheDocSociety
Fund…
We're delighted that Ruben Östlund's Triangle of Sadness has been awarded the
#Cannes2022
Palme d'or! Congrats to UK producer Mike Goodridge and the whole team.
Proudly BFI-backed with
#NationalLottery
funding
Announced: BFI awards £15.2m of
#NationalLottery
funding to 11 UK-wide partners over three years, to grow cinema audiences, support talent development and engage young people with screen culture across the UK.
📣 The new
#ScreenBusiness
2021 report launched today shows UK screen tax reliefs have supported record growth in the UK, generating £13.48bn GVA for the UK economy and creating 219,000 jobs
We’re proud to partner with
@diversencannes
to present 'Celebrating Black Women in International Film', a curated programme of events and networking at
#Cannes2023
, and supporting a delegation of four UK Black female filmmakers to attend the festival.
#LFF
2022 press & industry accreditation is now open!
Get access to
- In-person and digital screenings
- Networking drinks and socials
- Panels and talks
- Discounted tickets to LFF Expanded & more
Register today and save with our early bird offer
Congrats to the filmmakers, cast & crew ahead of the world premiere of
#BFIBacked
Hoard today at Venice Critics' Week in competition.
From writer-director
@lunacarmoon
, starring Saura Lightfoot Leon & Joseph Quinn.
#SIC38
#NationalLottery
funded
20 UK-based producers have been selected for the first ever
#UKGlobalScreenFund
Co-production Weekender
@HOME_mcr
, taking participants through the essentials of putting a film or TV co-production together
@DCMS
#HereForCulture
We’re proud to support new filmmaking talent whose work is creating 'a fully-fledged new wave’ of UK filmmaking.
Great to see four
#BFIBacked
films featured here, including
#LFF
First Feature Competition titles Hoard & In Camera.
#NationalLottery
funded
The
#UKGlobalScreenFund
has made a further 25 awards totalling £2.1m, supporting UK companies across film, TV, animation & games to enhance their international activities
@DCMS
#HereForCulture
The 65th BFI London Film Festival draws to a close after reaching an in person and digital audience of 291k over 12 days.
Check out our end of
#LFF
roundup for the full story on the festival.
The evaluation for the 3 year BFI Young Audiences Content Fund (YACF) reveals it delivered high quality content for young audiences, supported 61 new commissions and had significant positive social and economic impact.
Managed by the BFI, funded by
@DCMS
.
Only a few weeks left to apply to Future Takes in partnership with
@Film4
.
We’re seeking applications for ambitious & original short form work from UK filmmaking talent, awarding up to £90,000 each to up to 7 projects.
#NationalLottery
@BFINetwork
We're awarding up to £150,000 to UK screen organisations & production companies seeking to create and run development labs for feature or immersive projects!
Find out more about the BFI Creative Challenge Fund and apply by Tue 5 Dec
#NationalLottery
We’re renewing our call for change for Disabled talent in the screen industries!
This year, our
#PressReset
campaign focuses on recognising and rejecting ableism
#EndAbleism
We’re looking for original live action or animated feature projects by debut directors.
If you have a fully developed script and a team with an established creative track record, check out the BFI Discovery Fund. Opens Mon 17 Jul.
#NationalLottery
funded
Wow - what a crazy end to the most amazing week. HOARD has won 3 awards at Venice
@SicVeneziaSNCCI
🥺💥😮
So proud of you
@LunaCarmoon
and the entire cast and team. What a journey!
We're thrilled that award-winning writer, director & producer Phoebe Waller-Bridge will lead the judging panel for the
@IWC
Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award in association with the BFI, alongside BFI CEO Ben Roberts.
#LFFAwards
Coming June 2023: BFI Film on Film Festival will be the first film festival in the UK dedicated to screening works solely on film, spanning film formats including 16mm, 35mm and 70mm as well as rare nitrate
Molly Manning Walker's stunning directorial debut HOW TO HAVE SEX has won the top prize in
#Cannes2023
's Un Certain Regard! 🏆
Coming soon to the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Italy, Turkey, Netherlands, Latin America & more. A MUBI Release.
Announced: the BFI appoints
@ClareEBaines
in the newly created role of Disability Equality Lead, furthering the BFI’s ambitions to open up access for disabled people across the screen industries, in cinemas and internally at the BFI
Calling UK film producers! The BFI will support a delegation of up to 16 producers to attend a special programme at this year’s
@FilmFestMunich
, taking place from 28 Jun - 1 Jul.
Find out more and apply by 12 May
The 2023 BFI &
@CHANEL
Filmmaker Awards winners Savanah Leaf, Ella Glendining and Nadira Murray with jury members Tilda Swinton and Ben Roberts.
Read more
Photo: Oliver Holms
Today the BFI publishes the Economic Review of UK Independent Film, examining the significant and rapidly increasing challenges being faced by UK independent films in production, distribution and exhibition to audiences.
From anticipated Welsh language horror, Gwledd, set in the hills of Snowdonia, to the transgender community of New Delhi in documentary Hijra - eight eclectic films are set to bring Welsh talent and stories to the big screen in 2022.
We're excited to announce that 15 animation projects have been awarded over £1million by the
@BFI
Short Form Animation Fund, also partnering with
@StoryFuturesA
to champion immersive storytelling
#NationalLottery
Announced: The BFI will provide funding for Wellbeing Facilitators on projects backed with BFI Film Fund production funding.
Working with
@6ftFromTheSpotl
, this dedicated role will champion cast and crew wellbeing.
#NationalLottery
funded
'Submarine changed my life, it opened up everything for me...it was such an incredible experience and I felt like I came of age myself whilst making this coming of age film.'
#ThePhantomOfTheOpen
director
@CraigRoberts10
on his filmmaking journey.
We're proud to back two films in Official Selection at
#Cannes2023
⭐ The Old Oak dir. Ken Loach in Competition
⭐ How To Have Sex dir. Molly Manning Walker in Un Certain Regard
#NationalLottery
funded.
HOW TO HAVE SEX: Molly Manning Walker's vibrant depiction of the agonies and ecstasies of young adulthood. Coming to cinemas November 3.
Winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. A MUBI Release.
We’re excited to have acquired Tim Mackenzie-Smith’s debut feature Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande for release in UK & Ireland.
This riveting documentary tells the untold story of the Black British group from the 1970s whose unique sound became hugely influential.
'Why aren't urban characters ever given the orchestral treatment in cinema? [...] already we were thinking we needed to elevate how we would be telling their story'
Writer-director Adura Onashile with actors Danny Sapani and Ayesha Antoine at the
#LFF
premiere of
#BFIBacked
Girl…
'It's amazing that BFI and Film4 allowed us to make this film.'
We're proud to support
#BrianAndCharles
with
#NationalLottery
funding. Catch it in cinemas nationwide now!
Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli to be honoured with BFI Fellowships, celebrating James Bond’s 60th anniversary and their behind the scenes work educating, supporting and inspiring the next generation of film makers
Today
#BFIFlare
hosted an Industry The Makers event with actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, singer, designer, choreographer, dancer and songwriter
@RikkiBB
, who has produced a prodigious body of work that spans four decades
📢
@AmaAmpadu
announced as BFI Film Fund Senior Production and Development Executive, joining the BFI after 12 years working as an independent producer.
Brilliant news for
#BFIBacked
Hoard! The film will have its UK premiere at
#LFF
next week, screening in the First Feature Competition.
#NationalLottery
funded
Exclusive:
@LunaCarmoon
's Venice title ‘Hoard’ scores multiple release deals including UK.
Saura Lightfoot Leon and Joseph Quinn star in the film, which won several prizes at Venice last month:
We're delighted to announce that 62 independent cinemas across England have collectively been awarded over £6.2M in the third round of the
@DCMS
Culture Recovery Fund
#HereForCulture
#HereForCinema
Latest round of the
#CultureRecoveryFund
supporting arts, culture, heritage and cinema to continue being
#HereForCulture
✅ £107M
✅ 925 organisations
✅ Welcomed by Dame Judi Dench, Clive Owen and many others
▶️
👀 Check out this behind the scenes first look at Ken Loach's latest film The Old Oak, currently shooting in County Durham
#BFIBacked
with
#NationalLottery
funding
We’re concerned that the LFF’s new Press+ Pass has caused some confusion and upset amongst journalists and want to clarify what it actually provides and why we’ve introduced it.
The BFI LFF Press Pass remains the same as previous years, and offers access to all Press & Industry…
Announced: The BFI has been appointed the exclusive worldwide sales agent to represent the historic Associated Rediffusion Television catalogue rights, held by Archbuild
Many congratulations to director Charlotte Wells, winner of the award for First-Time Theatrical Feature Film at the Directors Guild of America Awards on Saturday for the
#BFIBacked
Aftersun.
#NationalLottery
supported
We were deeply saddened to hear of the death of Anthony Smith, who served as director of the BFI from 1979 to 1988.
A transformative cultural force, his legacy as BFI director remains firmly visible today.
We're thrilled to announce that our BFI Riverfront project at
#BFISouthbank
has been awarded a prestigious
@RIBA_London
Award! 🎉
Congratulations to Lukas Barry from Carmody Groarke Architects and all of the team involved in this extraordinary project
Mahalia Belo’s thought-provoking feature debut The End We Start From, starring Jodie Comer, premieres tonight at
#LFF
- best wishes to the filmmaking team!
A handful of tickets still remaining for tomorrow's screening
#BFIBacked
#NationalLottery
funded
We're delighted to see so many BFI
#NationalLottery
backed fiction features represented at
#BIFA2023
tonight!
Girl
How to Have Sex
In Camera
Pretty Red Dress
Rye Lane
Scrapper
The End We Start From
Good luck to everyone!
Today we publish the BFI Skills Review, examining the needs for training and skills development across the production sector for scripted film and high-end TV.
@DCMS
'I also want to push storytelling in a way that it nearly breaks'
Writer-director Thomas Hardiman (
@BFINETWORK
alumni) tells us how BFI support led his filmmaking journey to his
#NationalLottery
funded debut feature Medusa Deluxe. Out today in UK cinemas.
#BFIBacked
“I’m here in a listening capacity. I want to do this job in a way that these kinds of jobs aren’t usually done.”
@Miafilms
Read more from BFI Film Fund Director Mia Bays on how she is developing her future vision for the fund.
#ThisWayUp21
'As a writer and director, I think there's something really special about the director really knowing the world and coming from it, not just directing it.' - Filmmaker
@REGYATES
on
#PiratesFilm
#NationalLottery
ICYMI - We’ve launched Future Takes in partnership with
@Film4
!
We’re seeking applications for ambitious & original short form work from UK filmmaking talent, awarding up to £90,000 each to up to 7 projects.
Deadline 13 Feb
“The ways in which companies employ staff has to change. People who have been othered have to be welcomed, and that means going to to find them in areas where you wouldn’t necessarily go.” -
@BritishVogue
editor
@Edward_Enninful
📸 John Phillips/Getty Images for BFI
50 creatives will be trained in VR and help deliver a project using the latest immersive technology, led by
@StoryFuturesA
in partnership with BFI as part of
#Unboxed2022
We're thrilled to reveal this year’s packed
#LFF
Industry Forum programme, including panel discussions and Spotlight talks with leading industry experts.
Explore the programme and get accredited today!
Just announced: The
#UKGlobalScreenFund
backs a further 14 international co-productions, allocating over £2.2m to boost global opportunities for the UK’s independent screen sector.
@DCMS
#HereForCulture
Announced: BFI and
@DCMS
invest in a further 24 companies via the
#UKGlobalScreenFund
, awarding £2.1 million to support international business development strategies across film, TV, animation, documentary and games.
#HereForCulture
We've just published the findings from our 'Next Up' consultation, the next stage of developing our 10-year
#NationalLottery
Funding Strategy to ensure the continued vibrancy of our screen culture & industry growth across the UK. Read the full report here
We're delighted to announce
@BFI
Distribution’s acquisition of new British comedy All My Friends Hate Me
The feature debut from Andrew Gaynord, this dark comedy is written by Tom Palmer & Tom Stourton and produced by Tom Palmer for
@TotallyTom