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NewsLaura Carreira’s ‘On Falling’ sells to key territories including UK-Ireland (exclusive) 4w1k5b
Carreira won Best Director for the film at San Sebastian.
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NewsBFI chair Jay Hunt talks AppleTV+ UK investment and why she only mentors women 4c585j
Hunt was speaking at the BFI London Film Festival, in her first public address in post.
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NewsWorking Title’s Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner to “make more under-$15m movies” 3p5q2e
Speaking at the London Film Festival, the duo also told the audience that “films need to cost less money”.
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NewsBFI trials £1.5m initiative to improve workplace practices in UK screen sector 1g666q
‘Work Wise For Screen’ is a two-year pilot, with specific guidance on changes under the Labour government’s Employment Rights Bill.
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NewsDenis Villeneuve wants to make dialogue-free film, talks ‘Dune’ aims 4q6s3
“I tried to do the ‘Dune’ adaptation to be as faithful [as possible] to Frank Herbert’s initial desires.”
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NewsBFI overhauls complaints procedure as report finds it “badly handled” allegations of racial discrimination 6e227
Faisal A Qureshi said the BFI has not gone far enough in its response.
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NewsA “generational shift” is pushing UK producers closer to international partners, says BFI’s Mia Bays 3l3n17
The roundtable discussion took place during the Dinard Festival of British & Irish Film.
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NewsBen Roberts, Tim Bevan laud UK tax credit lift at BFI London Film Festival opening night 3d511t
“This tax credit is specifically about telling British stories,” suggested Bevan.
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NewsSteve McQueen talks on-set behaviour: “Being a director is not about being an arsehole” 3rx44
The filmmaker gave a Screen Talk ahead of opening the BFI London Film Festival with ‘Blitz’.
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NewsHarry Lighton’s UK debut ‘Pillion’ acquired for US distribution 36g57
Screen Star of Tomorrow Lighton’s feature debut is a bike gang romance.
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NewsIndependent Film Tax Credit gets official greenlight from UK government o1t32
The BFI certification unit will begin accepting applications on October 30.
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NewsGlasgow Film Festival selects nine projects for inaugural Funny Features comedy lab (exclusive) 5j4w2h
BFI-backed lab includes projects from Screen Stars of Tomorrow and Rising Stars Scotland.
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NewsBFI-backed genre incubator The Residency selects 10 projects (exclusive) 6w365g
Projects include ‘I Killed Your Dog’ from ‘Rye Lane’ star Vivian Oparah; Jasmer Gill’s ‘The Last Ride’; Nat McCleary’s ‘The Custodians of the Fridge’.
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NewsBFI and Chanel filmmaker awards selects 2024 winners 1j3h2s
The £20,000 prizes were awarded at a ceremony in London this evening.
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NewsTicket prices and lack of film choice are key barriers to cinema attendance, says BFI report (exclusive) 193x16
Streaming is proving more the more with audiences than watching films in a cinema environment.
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NewsBFI Network@LFF unveils 2024 cohort, partners with Doc Society (exclusive) 3gp61
Participants include Screen Star of Tomorrow Elizabeth Rufai and The Ceremony producer Hollie Bryan.
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NewsSeven key themes to emerge from Screen’s ‘The Future of UK Film’ Summit 31s5o
Screen International’s ‘The Future of UK Film’ Summit brought together leading names in the industry to debate the challenges and define the opportunities for UK independent film
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NewsBFI London Film Festival sets 2024 Competition juries 136y2r
Filmmaker Alexandre O. Philipe to head Official Competition jury.
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NewsBFI’s Harriet Finney and industry update on progress for the UK indie tax credit 1m4238
“They’re engaging very quickly,” said Finney at yesterday’s ’Screen Summit 2024: The Future of UK Film’.
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News“You realise how many opportunities are out there,” say producers of impact of UK Global Screen Fund d264s
”The UKGSF is about our outward-looking perspective on the business – this is not about the UK.”