Tag: BFIs
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Terence Davies: BFI’s Ben Roberts, Cannes boss Thierry Fremaux lead tributes to UK filmmaker – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Leading festival heads and UK industry figures have been paying fulsome tribute to Terence Davies, one of the titans of UK cinema who died at the weekend aged 77. British Film Institute (BFI) chief executive Ben Roberts said that Davies was an inspirational figure to him. He discovered Davies’ work when he was 17 years old…
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Mia Bays defends BFI’s commitment to being “an anti-racist organisation” at New Black Film Collective event | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Mia Bays, director of the BFI (British Film Institute) Filmmaking Fund, used a panel at The New Black Film Collective XPO event in London this week to underline the BFI’s commitment to diversity, following allegations from filmmakers of colour that the organisation has failed to address systemic racism. “The team I’m part of and the…
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The BFI’s 10 biggest distribution awards of 2022 | Features – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] The 10 titles that were the biggest recipients of distribution funding from the British Film Institute (BFI) received a total of £626,250 from the organisation’s Audience Fund. The fund supports cinema releases in two ways. The first is through Audience Fund Project Awards, which follow an application from a distributor applying to support a…
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The BFI’s 10 biggest production awards of 2022 | Features – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] The 10 biggest recipients of production funding from the British Film Institute (BFI) in 2022 received a total of £9.87m in support, thanks to National Lottery funding. All 10 titles also received additional funding as part of the BFI’s Step Up initiative, which awards projects up to £35,000 to provide opportunities for crew from…
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BFI’s Neil Peplow to take over as director and CEO of London Film School | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Neil Peplow is to take over as director and CEO of the UK’s London Film School (LFS), leaving his role as director of international and industry affairs at the British Film Institute (BFI). Peplow will remain in his BFI role until mid-January, and start leading LFS from January 30, 2023. He will take over from…
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Scottish government pre-warned of Edinburgh, Filmhouse financial woes; BFI’s Ben Roberts addresses collapse | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] The Scottish government was warned by Creative Scotland about the financial woes of the charity behind the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) and the Filmhouse cinemas in the middle of September, but a public bail-out was ruled out. The Centre for the Moving Image (CMI) charity warned Creative Scotland about the risk of insolvency…
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BFI’s Ben Roberts and Harriet Finney reassure filmmakers, address skills element of Screen Culture 2033 | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] British Film Institute (BFI) chief executive Ben Roberts and deputy CEO and executive director of corporate and industry affairs Harriet Finney addressed the skills push, the diversification of the BFI’s remit and changes to the Film Fund that have resulted from the new BFI 10-year strategy, during the latest episode of the…
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ScreenDaily Talks: BFI’s Ben Roberts, Harriet Finney to discuss Screen Culture 2033 | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] The next episode in our ScreenDaily Talks webinar series will focus on the BFI’’s Screen Culture 2033 strategy. The speakers are BFI chief executive Ben Roberts and deputy CEO and executive director of corporate and industry affairs Harriet Finney. The talk will take place on Tuesday September 27 at 16:00 BST. Set to be published later…