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All BFI articles – Page 3
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NewsBFI re-opens Creative Challenge Fund with targeted focus on independent producers
Exclusive: The fund will invest a further £1.7m before March 2026, and is now open on a rolling basis.
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NewsThe UK’s film and high-end TV inquiry urges 5% levy on streamers
Other proposals include targeted tax reliefs across development and distribution.
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NewsBFI confirms African Odysseys strand on pause
BFI CEO Ben Roberts said it will “reserve a space in our monthly programme for African Odysseys to return”.
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NewsWorldwide box office share for UK indie films up in 2024, led by ‘Conclave’
UK independent films performed best in the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand.
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NewsAltitude, Dogwoof among latest BFI distribution funding recipients
The distributors have received funding for the releases of ‘Sister Midnight’ and ‘Ernest Cole’.
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News“We support strengthening the copyright framework”: BFI outlines its position on AI and creative works
The UK government’s consultation with the creative industries on AI and copyright closed yesterday (February 25).
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NewsBristol, Cornwall and Swindon to receive BFI skills funding boost (exclusive)
The three areas will receive support from the BFI Places Fund.
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NewsBFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival unveils 2025 line-up
The queer film festival runs from March 19-30 at BFI Southbank.
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NewsBFI delegation of disabled UK filmmakers attends Rotterdam
Inaccessability of festivals prompted British Film Institute to take a delegation of four UK-based disabled filmmakers to IFFR Pro.
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NewsTotal UK film production spend rises 56% in 2024; film and high-end TV combined reaches £5.6bn
Film and high-end television production spend is up 31% on the previous Hollywood strike-addled year.
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NewsLocal box office market share for UK indie films nearly doubles in 2024
The 2024 box office for films on release in the UK totalled £979m.
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NewsIain Forsyth, Jane Pollard’s ‘The Extraordinary Miss Flower’ acquired for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Film will play at Dublin and Glasgow film festivals before cinema release.
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News‘Rocks’ and ‘Bring Them Down’ producers among recipients of BFI Doc Society funding
Twelve non-fiction feature projects in early development have been supported over the last year through the £61,000 RAD fund.
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NewsBFI heads confirm UK in talks with government to rejoin Creative Europe Media
Ben Roberts and Jay Hunt today gave wide-ranging testimony to the UK’s cross-party CMS committee.
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NewsBFI Flare to open with ‘The Wedding Banquet’ starring Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone
The film is a comedy-drama about a deal between a gay man and his lesbian friend.
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NewsDea Kulumbegashvili’s Venice title ‘April’ acquired for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
The film is about a doctor who provides unsanctioned abortions in Georgia.
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund to receive £7m funding, as government brings forward apprenticeship reform
The announcements form part of the government’s additional £60m investment in the creative sectors.
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NewsDisabled UK-based filmmakers to attend Rotterdam as part of BFI initiative
‘Is There Anybody Out There?’ filmmaker Ella Glendining is among the filmmakers attending.
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FeaturesThe BFI’s 10 biggest distribution awards of 2024
Titles include ‘Io Capitano’, ‘Copa 71’ and ‘Kneecap’.
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Features‘The Thing With Feathers’, ‘Pillion’ among key 2024 BFI production awards
Harris Dickinson’s directorial debut and ‘Retreat’, a thriller with a predominantly deaf cast, are also on the list.