London Film Festival Awards are as topical as a news bulletin
A film about the sex-trafficking of African women in Vienna has won the top prize at the London film festival. There were also
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Half of LFF Competition Films Directed by Women
The BFI has announced the shortlist for this year’s Star of London award for Best Film at this year’s London Film Festival. Alice
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London Film Festival to premiere Mike Leigh’s Peterloo drama – in Manchester
The London Film Festival is to stage the UK premiere of Mike Leigh’s upcoming film about the Peterloo massacre – in Manchester. Mike
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New BFI-backed proposals to boost independent UK films
The BFI’s Commission on UK Independent Film has announced a series of proposals to boost grassroots film-making. The Films Minister Margot James cites
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Steve McQueen’s Widows to open London Film Festival 2018
The director of the Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen, is to open this year’s BFI London Film Festival with the international
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Cannes 2018 – The Only Monday
Today started with more talk of how to improve inclusion in the UK film industry with an all-woman panel discussion at the UK
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Cannes 2018 – The Only Sunday
My day started with a sobering experience; I found out what it was like to be part of a minority in the film
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Cannes 2018 – The First Saturday
As I took my place at this morning’s press conference for Jean-Luc Godard’s Image Book, in the hope that I’d end up with
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BFI and BAFTA clamp down on bullying and harassment across TV and Film
A group of about forty UK film and TV organisations, led by the BFI and BAFTA, have launched a new set of guidelines
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BFI stats: Higher average ticket prices boost 2017 box office takings
British and Irish cinemas took a record £1.38bn in ticket sales in 2017, according to the latest figures released by the BFI. Christopher
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Harvey Weinstein stripped of BFI Fellowship amid harassment scandal
The BFI has become the latest industry body to punish the disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein over the allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape that have been emerging over the past few weeks.
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What’s Worth Seeing from the 2017 London Film Festival
It’s been another busy twelve days for Maria Duarte, sifting through the best that the London Film Festival has to offer, with at
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Harvey Weinstein’s shadow hangs over London Film Festival awards
One of Britain’s most successful directing exports, Paul Greengrass, has been honoured with the British Film Institute’s highest accolade, the BFI Fellowship, at
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Bourne director Paul Greengrass to be honoured with BFI Fellowship
The BFI is to bestow its highest honour, its Fellowship, to the British film-maker Paul Greengrass.
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Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards to close London Film Festival 2017
The man behind In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths, Martin McDonagh, is to close this year’s London Film Festival with his third feature. Bereaved
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BFI to look into securing the future of UK Independent Film
The BFI has announced the setting up of a new Commission to consider the health of independent film in the UK. It says
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Andy Serkis directorial debut Breathe to open London Film Festival
The London Film Festival organsisers have announced that this year’s event will open with the directorial debut of actor Andy Serkis. Andrew Garfield
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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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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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