Tag: BFI
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BFI London Film Festival records highest attendance in five years, as ‘Gassed Up’ takes top audience award | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] BFI London Film Festival (LFF) recorded its highest in-person attendance in five years at its 2023 edition, with 195,665 attendees this year. That figure, which includes the Screen Talks programme that featured Martin Scorsese and Greta Gerwig, tops each of the previous four editions of the festival, including the 190,000 figure from the pre-pandemic…
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Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘Evil Does Not Exist’, Palestinian documentary head BFI London Film Festival 2023 winners – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s environmental drama Evil Does Not Exist has won the best film award in official competition at the BFI London Film Festival (LFF), which closed today (October 15). A statement from the competition jury read, “Subtle, cinematic and underscored by fully realised performances, Hamaguchi’s assured drama supersedes the sum of its parts. “It…
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BFI CEO salutes independent filmmakers at opening night of London Film Festival | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] The 67th edition of the BFI London Film Festival (LFF) launched last night (October 4) with the European premiere of Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn and a welcome from BFI CEO Ben Roberts who promised 12 days of “exceptional quality of filmmaking” and encouraged the industry to engage with the UK government’s Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee. The committee aims…
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UK film and TV crew demonstrate outside of BFI London Film Festival opening night gala – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Around 20 UK film and TV crew members held a demonstration outside the opening night gala of the BFI London Film Festival (LFF) at Royal Festival Hall today (October 4), which was attended by guests including Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley and Barbara Broccoli. Under the name ‘Crew Call For Change’, the demonstration aimed to voice…
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UK crews hit by US strikes to demonstrate at opening night gala screening of ‘Saltburn’ at BFI London Film Festival – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] UK film and TV crews grappling with mass unemployment due to the US strikes will mount a protest at the opening night gala of the BFI London Film Festival (LFF), at London’s Royal Festival Hall tonight, October 4. Instagram account BritCrewStories posted a call to action for the UK film and TV workforce, in…
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BFI London Film Festival head Kristy Matheson talks 2023 edition and the five-year plan – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Brisbane-born Kristy Matheson attended the BFI London Film Festival (LFF) for the first time in October 2017, when a holiday to the city happened to coincide with the event. Six years later she is presenting the 67th LFF, her first as festivals director, having succeeded Tricia Tuttle in the post in April. “What struck…
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How are the changes to the BFI distribution funding affecting independent companies? | Features – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] For as long as UK public money has been available to film distributors, there has been lively debate about how that money is disbursed. Twenty years ago, UK indie companies were outraged they were not being supported by the UK Film Council’s P&A Fund while a blockbuster documentary such as Warner Bros’ March Of The…
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Luke W Moody named head of UK’s BFI Doc Society Fund (exclusive) | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Luke W Moody, the former director of film programming at the UK’s Sheffield DocFest, has been named the head of the BFI Doc Society Fund at Doc Society. In this role, Moody will lead the team in managing all aspects of the UK-wide BFI Doc Society Fund slate and will collaborate with Doc Society…
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“We can’t be all the answers,” says BFI Filmmaking Fund team at Cannes’ UK Pavilion | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] The BFI Filmmaking Fund executives said the revamped National Lottery fund is looking for projects “as production ready” as possible, and have underlined the limited pot “can’t be all the answers” for supporting the UK independent industry. Mia Bays, director of the BFI Filmmaking fund and senior production and development executives Ama Ampadu and Louise…
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Queer people are stronger together at BFI Flare 2023 – Armessa Movie New
[ad_1] Queer people are stronger together at BFI Flare 2023 About Little White Lies Little White Lies was established in 2005 as a bi-monthly print magazine committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them. Combining cutting-edge design, illustration and journalism, we’ve been described as being “at the vanguard of the independent…
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Michael Blyth to step down as senior programmer for BFI London Film Festival, Flare | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Michael Blyth is stepping down as senior programmer for BFI’s London Film Festival and its LGBTQ+ festival Flare. Blyth, who has been involved with the festivals for 17 years, will leave the role following the closing of Flare’s 2023 edition which wraps tomorrow (March 25). In a statement (see below in full), Blyth said…