All BFI articles – Page 3
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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.
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NewsBFI reveals details of audience development funding for 2026-29
EXCLUSIVE: Funding for 2026-2029 has increased 21% compared to 2023-2026.
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News12 genre projects selected for Great Migrations lab for East and Southeast Asian filmmakers
EXCLUSIVE: The lab is backed by the BFI Creative Challenge Fund.
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NewsBFI-backed Gatecrashers lab for working-class genre writers unveils cohort
EXCLUSIVE: ’What It Feels Like For A Girl’ star Hannah Frances Therese Jones, ’High Wire’ director Calif Chong both taking part.
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News‘Madfabulous’ among world premieres at BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2026
Russell T Davies will give this year’s BFI Flare Screen Talk.
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NewsBFI documentary funding receives 20% boost
EXCLUSIVE: The BFI is investing £7.2m of National Lottery funding from 2026-29.
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NewsBêtes Sauvages, Lunar Pictures producers among Matchmakers Global South lab cohort
EXCLUSIVE: Lab includes 10 features from UK producers looking for international partners in Global South.
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NewsProjects from Caspian Films, Sixteen Films selected for UK impact lab
EXCLUSIVE: 10 projects represented by 20 producers.
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News‘The Roses’ leads UK independent films at UK-Ireland 2025 box office
Ten UK independent films crossed the £2m mark at the UK-Ireland box office.
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NewsUK film production spend hit £2.8bn in 2025, highest on record
Spend on local UK films accounted for £193m, a 4% increase on 2024.
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NewsBFI Flare to close 40th edition with UK premiere of ‘Black Burns Fast’
Festival also selects Special Presentation title.
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NewsDoc Society selects participants for Future Proof development lab
EXCLUSIVE: Participants encouraged to build doc works grappling with new technologies.
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FeaturesNine talking points for the UK film industry in 2026
Consolidation, comedy and creative renewal in the top jobs are all in focus.
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FeaturesThe biggest UK Global Screen Fund awards of 2025
The UK Global Screen Fund (UKGSF) announced £5.8m of awards across 2025.
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FeaturesThe BFI’s 10 biggest distribution awards of 2025
‘Night Of The Zoopocalypse’, ‘Sister Midnight’ and ‘Memoir Of A Snail’ were major recipients.
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FeaturesClio Barnard, Shane Meadows films among major 2025 BFI production awards
‘Stuffed’ starring Jodie Comer and Harry Melling and Shane Meadows next film ‘Chork’ are also among recipients.
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News‘Extra Geography’, Leonardo DiCaprio-produced ‘Monolith’ among UK Global Screen Fund recipients
Plans for the expanded £18m per year fund are to be revealed early next year.
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NewsYvonne Ibazebo, Daisy Allsop among UK producers to participate in Get It Seen 2026 programme
EXCLUSIVE: The programme aims to help producers develop ambitious slates of film projects.
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NewsUK industry launches online feedback platform to tackle sector challenges
British Screen Forum, Film and TV Charity, Bectu, Pact and ScreenSkills have partnered on the BFI-backed platform.