All BFI articles
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NewsTogether Films launches BFI-backed impact lab, pitch programme
EXCLUSIVE: Five-month programme will support 10 projects and up to 20 producers.
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NewsEmily Morgan, Karim Aïnouz join BFI-backed Matchmakers Global South Lab programme
EXCLUSIVE: UK production company DreamCoat Films and UK-Brazil outfit Mairare will deliver the lab.
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NewsGuillermo del Toro to receive BFI Fellowship
The Mexican ‘Frankenstein’ and ’Pan’s Labyrinth’ filmmaker will receive the fellowship next year in May.
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NewsLondon Screenings cancelled following withdrawal of BFI funding
EXCLUSIVE: Organised by Film London, the post-Cannes event has been running for 21 years.
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NewsSpend on UK-produced films falls 18% in January-September 2025
Total spend on UK film and high-end TV production increased by 17% for the period, driven by high-end TV.
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NewsBFI refreshes executive board with increased focus on fundraising and industry innovation
Rishi Coupland and Harriet Finney take on expanded roles.
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NewsDiversity data in UK film production to be collated for the first time
The Creative Diversity Network will create a reporting system with Bafta.
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NewsYasmin Al-Khudhairi, Hiam Abbass, Amir El-Masry, Lindsay Duncan lead ‘Daughter Of Eden’
EXCLUSIVE: Filming underway on BFI, BBC Film-backed and developed film.
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NewsBFI London Film Festival winners led by Lucrecia Martel’s ‘Landmarks’
Kenyan film ‘One Woman One Bra’ takes first feature prize.
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NewsSuper 8 documentary ‘Super Nature’ acquired for UK-Ireland release before LFF premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Film has world premiere at BFI London Film Festival on Sunday October 12.
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NewsMarianne Faithfull documentary ‘Broken English’ sells wide including UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: Germany, Spain, Scandinavia among further deals.
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NewsBFI London Film Festival 2025 opens on track to be “most popular edition of the festival yet”
Ben Roberts, Kristy Matheson and the cast and filmmakers of ’Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ took to the Royal Festival Hall stage.
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NewsLFF closing title ‘100 Nights Of Hero’ acquired for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: Emma Corrin, Felicity Jones, Charli XCX, Maika Monroe among starry cast.
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NewsThree major Bollywood features set to shoot in UK for Yash Raj Films
The BFI and Pact have both signed memorandum of understandings with Indian screen bodies.
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NewsBFI London Film Festival unveils 2025 competition juries
‘Carol’ producer Elizabeth Karlsen will head the main competition jury.
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NewsBFI Network@LFF unveils 2025 participants
EXCLUSIVE: Screen Stars of Tomorrow 2025 Anna Snowball and Matty Crawford are among the 15 selected.
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NewsWelsh sci-fi ‘Out There’ among BFI London Film Festival works-in-progress titles
Projects from ‘Hoard’, ‘Urchin’, ‘Cow’ producers.
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NewsMark Jenkin’s ‘Rose Of Nevada’ acquired for UK-Ireland cinema release
EXCLUSIVE: Film scheduled for release in 2026.
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NewsTessa Ross to headline BFI London Film Festival 2025 Industry Forum
Forum will hold panels on festivals, distribution, and literary adaptations.
















