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NewsBFI begins search for new chair to replace outgoing Josh Berger (exclusive)
Berger has served the maximum ten-year term permissible as a governor and chair under the BFI Royal Charter.
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Features
10 years on: The UK Film Council’s achievements, missteps and enduring impact
In part two of our feature, key UK Film Council figures look back at its mission and legacy.
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Features
10 years on: The inside story of the last days of the UK Film Council
Ten years after it was abolished, many of its leading figures look back at that momentous day.
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‘In The Mood For Love’, ‘Breathless’, ‘L’Avventura’ selected for 2020 Cannes Classics
Selection also pays tribute to late UK filmmaker and cinema theorist Peter Wollen.
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BFI launches £500,000 fund to support UK sales companies
Funding available for UK sales companies to support business development impacted by Covid-19.
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BFI London Film Festival unveils plans for 2020 edition
The festival will run live screenings around the country, and host 50 virtual premieres.
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BFI outlines initial steps to counter film and TV industry’s “diversity deficit”
“We need to embody the change we want to see,” says BFI chief executive Ben Roberts.
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Reviews
‘Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema’: Review
Mark Cousins delivers an epic: he - and all the she’s in it - may find a captive audience awaits
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Virus crisis plunges UK cinema admissions to record low
Box office was performing strongly in Q1 2020 before nationwide cinema closures.
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BFI Audience Fund “very relaxed” on activity, targets during coronavirus shutdown
Ben Luxford gives details following March funding round.
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BFI launches £2m crisis fund for UK indie films impacted by Covid-19
Up to £150,000 will be awarded to productions interrupted as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Screen Talks: BFI CEO Ben Roberts reveals plans to restart production and retain the UK’s competitive edge
Roberts conducts first major interview since taking the role in mid-February.
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Screen Talks: BFI CEO Ben Roberts to speak on UK industry support in live Q&A
Ben Roberts will be in conversation with editor Matt Mueller in this episode of Screen Talks on Tuesday April 28 at 16.30 BST.
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BFI Vision Awards: ‘Lady Macbeth’, ‘God’s Own Country’ producers among recipients
20 producers/producer teams will receive £2m across two years.
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Key UK film industry Covid-19 crisis funds go live
The BFI FAN Covid-19 Resilience Fund for exhibitors and Film and TV Charity’s repayable grants scheme applications open.
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Features
Why Reggie Yates won’t let a mid-shoot shutdown kill the vibe on his directorial debut ‘Pirates’
The film shows three friends driving from North to South London on New Year’s Eve 1999 for a party.
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UK’s Covid-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund launches as 93% of freelancers now out of work
BFI to contribute £500,000 of National Lottery funding; Netflix previously donated £1m.
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Features
BFI Flare filmmakers plot next steps for their films: “We can’t allow ourselves to be bitter”
When coronavirus forced the festival to cancel, Flare directors had to make a choice.
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BFI chief pledges support to UK industry amid “unprecedented challenge”
Body’s screen taskforce to liaise with government during coronavirus crisis.
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UK training bodies unite to launch Centre of Screen Excellence in Leeds
It is the first Centre of Screen Excellence in the country.
