Cannes 2017 – The First Sunday
Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler play half brothers in the Netflix competition entry The Meyerowitz Stories. Sunday might be a day off for
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BFI
Record inward investment helps 3 UK-made films top 2016’s box office
A record £1.35bn of foreign money was spent on film production in the UK in 2016, up 18% on the previous year. This
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BAFTA joins BFI’s diversity drive
Films that don’t display a strong presence of diverse talent will no longer be eligible for two of the top BAFTA film awards,
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Diversity reigns at the London Film Festival Awards
The awards handed out by the London Film Festival are known as the London Star The London Film Festival has failed to give
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What’s Worth Seeing at the London Film Festival 2016
The London Film Festival Director Clare Stewart tells us What’s Worth Seeing at LFF 2016
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12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen to become BFI Fellow
The BFI is to bestow its highest honour, a Fellowship, on the acclaimed British artist and director, Steve McQueen. All 3 of Steve
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Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire to close London Film Festival
Brie Larson in Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire The BFI has announced that Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire will close the London Film Festival, with
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A United Kingdom to open London Film Festival 2016
For the second year running, the BFI London Film Festival is opening with a British film directed by a woman. Rosamund Pike and
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Cannes 2016 – The First Sunday
Cannes is ever unpredictable. My first meeting of the day was cancelled, enabling me to take advantage of one of the many informative
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Hugh Grant honoured with a BFI Fellowship
The epitome of Englishness to many, Hugh Grant has been made a Fellow of the BFI for his contribution to British film. Hugh
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2015 set new UK box office record as US franchises boost production
Box office takings in UK cinemas rose to a record £1.24 billion last year, an increase of 17% on 2014, on a 9%
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Warner Brothers UK boss to be first US-born BFI chairman
The Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has confirmed that Greg Dyke will be replaced as the Chairman of the BFI by the President and
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Ex Machina scoops 4 BIFAs as acting honours shared
The former novelist and Danny Boyle collaborator Alex Garland has come away as the big winner at the 18th annual British Independent Film
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BFI relieved at Spending Review settlement for film
While everyone from politicians and journalists to low-income families and buy-to-let landlords are considering the implications of the Chancellor George Osborne’s Spending Review,
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What’s Worth Seeing from LFF 2015
After a preview of upcoming releases at this year’s London Film Festival, here’s our look at What’s Worth Seeing in the weeks ahead.
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Women reign supreme at London Film Festival
BFI Fellow Cate Blanchett The Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett has joined the debate about women’s equality in the film industry – by saying that
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London Film Festival director tells us What’s Worth Seeing
The head of the London Film Festival saves you the effort of studying the brochure, by telling us what’s worth seeing, with five picks that might otherwise get overlooked
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Cate Blanchett to be honoured at London Film Festival
Cate Blanchett stars as the celebrated TV journalist Mary Mapes in Truth The BFI is to bestow its highest honour, a Fellowship, on
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New British film tax incentive approved by EU
The European Union has approved the government’s plans to extend tax breaks to the British film industry. The Chancellor George Osborne says he
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Mel Brooks honoured by BFI
One of America’s best loved comedians, Mel Brooks, has been honoured by the BFI with a Fellowship. The eighty-eight year old director, producer,
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