All BFI articles
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NewsBFI to expand geographical reach of Skills Clusters Fund
EXCLUSIVE: In addition to £9m for its existing seven skills clusters, £2.9m has been set aside for new regions.
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NewsMia Bays to launch Dogma UK programme
EXCLUSIVE: Bays will work with Sigma Films producer Gillian Berrie.
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News‘A Town In Nova Scotia’ starring Bill Nighy sells to UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: Babak Jalali’s first film since ‘Fremont’ also stars Makram J Khoury.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: The BFI’s Ama Ampadu on growing up with Spike Lee films and her love of music
She is senior production and development executive at the BFI Filmmaking Fund.
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund head reveals details of £100,000 minimum guarantee funds for sales agents
”It will be a competitive application process,” said Denitsa Yordanova.
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NewsQuiddity Films, Glimmer Films among latest UK Global Screen Fund award recipients
The fund has made an additional 24 awards worth a total of £2.1m via the international business development strand.
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NewsBBC Film, Film4, BFI, Element Pictures execs join Cannes UK Pavilion lineup
Events run from Friday May 15 - Monday May 18.
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NewsGuillermo del Toro pledges a third of his personal archive to the BFI
The Mexican filmmaker was honoured with the BFI Fellowship in London.
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NewsUK’s Cannes Great 8 showcase includes ‘Florid’, ‘Our Share Of Sand’
‘Ancestors’, ‘In Starland’ and ‘Daughter Of Eden’ are also in this year’s lineup.
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NewsFirst look at Shalini Adnani’s UK debut ‘Our Share Of Sand’ ahead of Cannes Great 8
EXCLUSIVE: Film wrapped production last year.
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NewsAntonia Campbell-Hughes’ ‘High End’, Sally Potter’s ‘Alma’ receive UK Global Screen Fund support
Six co-productions have received a total of £962,000.
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NewsBFI opens applications for Filmmaking Funds director role
EXCLUSIVE: The salary is £100,000 per annum on a five-year fixed contract.
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NewsNaomi Ackie, Alison Oliver star in Luna Carmoon’s ‘To Make Ends Meat’ as filming wraps
EXCLUSIVE: Éanna Hardwicke, Armande Boulanger also star; film secures sales deal, UK-Ireland distribution
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NewsBFI unveils recipients of latest Audience Projects Fund
EXCLUSIVE: The first funding round of 2026-2029 has backed 23 recipients with a combined total of £9.3m.
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NewsWorldwide box office share for UK indie films falls in 2025
‘The Roses’ and ‘Warfare’ were the best-performing UK independent films at the global box office.
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FeaturesIs giving away free tickets to indie films the answer to building cinema audiences?
BFI programme Escapes for disengaged or lapsed audiences is trying this in the UK. Is it working?
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund head outlines details of minimum guarantee strand and revamped strategy
“The goal is to support UK sales agents to be able to take on films and to be more risk-taking,” said Denitsa Yordanova today.
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund strategic plans for expanded 2026-29 funding unveiled
Plans include support for majority co-production, development, and UK sales agents’ MGs.
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NewsBritish Screen Forum awarded £200,000 to address data gaps in UK film industry
EXCLUSIVE: The award is part of the BFI National Lottery Innovation Challenge Fund.
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NewsBFI-backed The First Feature – Producer Lab selects 12 UK producers, 10 projects
EXCLUSIVE: Lab is developed with UK production company The Fold.