Jay Hunt has been appointed chair of the British Film Institute (BFI) by the secretary of state. The Apple TV+ creative director for Europe, and former chief creative officer of Channel 4, has been a governor of the BFI since 2020. The new chair will commence her four year term starting from 12 February 2024.
As part of the BFI Skills Cluster roll out across the UK, Screen Scotland have been the most recent addition to the roster. Receiving an impressive GBP 3 million, funding will contribute to three years of film and TV skills development opportunities in Scotland. The three projects initially supported will be in virtual production, broadcast […]
BFI’s London Film Festival 2023 launched the official lineup, including titles such as thé much anticipated Bradley Cooper directorial The Maestro and festival closer The Kitchen from Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya. With over 12 screening locations across London, the festival will be held from 4-15 October, offering the return of the BFI Expanded project […]
The 67th BFI London Film Festival, which will be held from 4 to 15 October announced yesterday their selection for this year’s opening gala. Taking to the screen will be Academy Award winner Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn. The mid-2000’s set film stars Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe and […]
Today, the BFI announced the nine additional recipients of their UK Global Screen Fund including feature films, documentaries, television series and animation projects. In this latest wave of awarding, 12 territories have received the fund for their co-productions with the UK, with recent partnerships including India and Finland. Up until now, 33 co-productions have received […]
On 20 May, a panel of Black women international filmmakers came together to discuss the issues facing the marginalised group in the environment of international film production, challenges facing funding, distribution and the need for community. Moderated by Diversity in Cannes founder Yolanda Brinkley, the panel featured the testimonials and industry nuggets of wisdom from […]
BAFTA albert and Julie’s Bicycle have been awarded a total of GBP 586,755 of National Lottery funding over three years. This is part of the new BFI National Lottery Sustainable Screen Fund in support of all BFI National Lottery awardees in building environmental understanding and action on positive environmental change. Keir Powell-Lewis acts as head […]
The line up for the BFI and British Council’s GREAT8 showcase has been revealed. For its 6th year, the showcase will present UK feature films from upcoming filmmakers on the global stage for international distributors and festival programmers in the run-up to this year’s Cannes Marché. Screenings of unseen footage for the 8 new projects […]
Today the BFI announced their focus shift of the National Lottery funding into bringing screen culture directly to classrooms, offering guidance for career building as well as delivering local grassroots activity in disadvantaged communities. This new programme will provide activities for 5-18 year olds over the course of three years. As part of the National […]
The BFI announced today the awarding of GBP 15.2 million in National lottery funding to 11 UK based strategic partners, spread over three years. Getting ready to implement the BFI’s 10 year National Lottery Funding Scheme, this investment will aid the growth of cinema audiences, seek to engage more 16-25 year olds in film, and […]