Tag: BFI
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UK producers “cautiously optimistic” about aspects of BFI Filmmaking Fund but worried about fall in overall funding | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] UK producers have applauded the focus on transparency and clarity from the revamped British Film Institute (BF) Filmmaking Fund unveiled earlier this week, but are increasingly concerned about the fall in funding for indie features and an apparent reduction in the number that will be supported through the National Lottery Funding. “I appreciate their effort to have…
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Tilda Swinton’s ‘The Eternal Daughter’ Acquired for U.K. by BFI – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] DISTRIBUTION BFI Distribution has acquired Joanna Hogg’s gothic ghost story “The Eternal Daughter,” starring Tilda Swinton in a dual role, for theatrical release in the U.K. and Ireland and will release in cinemas this fall. In the film, an artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family…
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Revamped BFI Filmmaking Fund unveils details of four new production and development funds | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] The British Film Institute (BFI) National Lottery Filmmaking Fund has laid out plans for four new funds as part of its £54m support strategy for UK films and talent over the course of three years, as teased under the BFI Screen Culture 2033 10-year funding roadmap unveiled in September of last year. This £54m,…
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Lizzie Francke, Fiona Morham, Natascha Wharton to leave BFI Film Fund | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Three senior executives at the UK’s BFI Film Fund, editor-at-large Lizzie Francke, head of production Fiona Morham, and head of editorial Natascha Wharton, will step down later this year. The trio has helped to lead the BFI’s National Lottery funding for the development and production of UK films, and supported films including Rye Lane,…
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Lizzie Francke, Fiona Morham, Natascha Wharton to step down from BFI Film Fund | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Three senior executives at the UK’s BFI Film Fund, editor-at-large Lizzie Francke, head of production Fiona Morham, and head of editorial Natascha Wharton, will step down later this year. The trio has helped to lead the BFI’s National Lottery funding for the development and production of UK films, and supported films including Rye Lane,…
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Kristy Matheson appointed BFI London Film Festival director | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Kristy Matheson has been appointed festivals director at the British Film Institute (BFI), through which she will lead the BFI London Film Festival (LFF) and BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival. Starting her role in April, Matheson will lead the festival teams across programming, business operation and adjacent teams across the BFI including fundraising, digital,…
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Amazon, Bazmark, BFI execs among Screen’s Global Production Awards judges | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Leading figures in the TV and film world have joined the judging panel for Screen International’s inaugural Global Production Awards taking place at the Cannes Film Festival in May this year. Judges so far announced include Elvis producer Schuyler Weiss, president of production and development at Bazmark; Amazon Studios’ head of worldwide production and…
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BFI earmarks £6m for documentary filmmaking, reappoints Doc Society as funding partner | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] The British Film Institute (BFI) is to invest up to £6m over three years in documentary filmmaking, and has re-appointed Doc Society to distribute doc funding across features and shorts, as well as support talent development. Formerly known as Britdoc, Doc Society was founded in 2005 as a non-profit to support documentary films and…
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BFI to invest £14m in programmes for UK schoolchildren as part of ambitious education strategy | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] The British Film Institute (BFI) has outlined a shift in its education strategy, with £14m to be invested in children aged 5-18 years old to help inspire what the BFI described as “UK’s future film lovers, the industry’s future workforce and filmmakers of tomorrow”. National Lottery ‘good cause’ funding will focus on bringing screen…
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BFI unveils £15.2m funding to UK-wide partners to deliver audience, talent and education programmes | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] The Independent Cinema Office, HOME in Manchester, Film London, Screen Scotland and Northern Ireland Screen are among 11 UK organisations and venues to receive total funding of £15.2m across three years from the British Film Institute (BFI) to support audience growth, talent development and educational programmes. From April, the partners will use the money to…
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Spike Lee to receive BFI Fellowship award | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] US filmmaker Spike Lee is being honoured with a BFI Fellowship, the highest accolade to be bestowed by the British Film Institute (BFI). It will be presented to Lee at a special event on February 13 at the BFI Southbank. The event will include a Q&A with the filmmaker, hosted by BFI chair Tim Richards and…