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BFI Fellowship for Sir Christopher Lee

9th October 20137th October 2016Jason Korsner

The BFI has announced that the veteran actor Sir Christopher Lee will be awarded a Fellowship of the British Film Institute at the awards ceremony towards the end of this year’s London Film Festival. [click for more...]

BAFTA turbocharges “Breakthrough Brits”

26th September 20137th March 2017Jason Korsner

A group of seventeen up and coming British creatives from the fields of film, television and gaming have been named as BAFTA’s first [click for more...]

Berberian Sound Studio and Broken dominate BIFAs

10th December 20127th March 2017Jason Korsner

Peter Strickland’s critically acclaimed follow-up to his 2009 debut Katalin Varga, Berberian Sound Studio, has picked up four prizes at the British Independent Film Awards, including Best Director and Best Actor. [click for more...]

Broken and Sightseers lead BIFA nominations

6th November 20127th February 2019Jason Korsner

The drama behind closed doors in an English cul-de-sac and a comedy thriller about a camping holiday with a dark side are among the most nominated films for next month’s British Independent Film Awards. [click for more...]

Audiard makes it 2 out of 4 at the LFF Awards

20th October 201219th October 2017Jason Korsner

The French director Jacques Audiard has won the top prize at the London Film Festival, for the second time in the four years [click for more...]

BFI honours Burton and Bonham Carter

10th October 20127th October 2016Jason Korsner

Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie is the 2012 London Film Festival opener The British Film Institute has used the London Film Festival to bestow Fellowships [click for more...]

Raindance boasts record audiences in 20th year

9th October 201226th September 2016Jason Korsner

The 20th Raindance Film Festival has come to an end with ticket sales up a third on last year’s event, which itself had [click for more...]

2011 “amazing year for British film”

31st January 201229th January 2017Jason Korsner

British films have taken their biggest ever share of the cinema box office — thanks to the success of The King’s Speech and The Inbetweeners. New figures from the BFI also show that total box office takings in the UK topped one billion pounds for the first time, in 2011. [click for more...]

Tyrannosaur is the King of the BIFAs

5th December 20117th March 2017Jason Korsner

Peter Mullan in Paddy Considine’s Tyrannosaur With three of the top awards at the 14th British Independent Film Awards, the dark drama Tyrannosaur [click for more...]

Lynne Ramsay’s Kevin takes top prize at LFF 2011

27th October 201116th August 2016Jason Korsner

Lynne Ramsay’s We Need to Talk about Kevin won the top prize at LFF 2011 The London Film Festival has drawn to a [click for more...]

BFI says box office up, production down

3rd August 201129th January 2017Jason Korsner

The latest figures from the British Film Institute show that UK cinemas took a record £988 million last year – with 24 of [click for more...]

New BFI Fellow Danny Boyle ends LFF 2010

2nd November 20101st November 2016Jason Korsner

The organisers of the London Film Festival say this year’s event had an outstanding British presence – including the opening and closing night [click for more...]

Government defends UK Film Council closure

10th August 20107th March 2017Jason Korsner

The Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has defended his decision to close down the UK Film Council. Responding to appeals from industry figures – [click for more...]

Prophet swaps fortunes with Ribbon at LFF

1st November 200927th September 2016Jason Korsner

A French prison drama – which just missed out on the Palme D’Or in Cannes this year – has won the Best Film [click for more...]

Prizes evenly spread at Cannes, as Haneke wins Palme d’Or

26th May 20096th June 2017Jason Korsner

With the recession muting the glitz and glamour of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, many reviewers say the competition films themselves were among [click for more...]

Four former Palme d’Or winners on Cannes short-list

26th April 20096th June 2017Jason Korsner

Four previous Palme d’Or winners are in line for the top prize at Cannes again this year — along with other film-makers making [click for more...]

First home victory in two decades of Cannes

27th May 200824th September 2020Jason Korsner

For the first time in twenty one years, a French film has picked up the top honour at the Cannes Film Festival. Under [click for more...]

Record numbers flock to 51st London Film Festival

4th November 200716th September 2018Jason Korsner

The Times BFI 51st London Film Festival has drawn to a close in Leicester Square with a gala screening of the new Wes [click for more...]

Academy celebrates foreign film

25th March 20014th January 2020Jason Korsner

Mention the Oscars and most people think of big-budget, American-backed, box-office-winning blockbusters. It is almost as if films like Titanic, and this year’s [click for more...]