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The UK Creative Content EIS Fund, which was set up last summer to back independent production companies and is endorsed by the BFI, has made its third investment, I can reveal. Following previous investments in former C4 boss David Abraham's Wonderhood Studios and Colin Firth and Ged Doherty's Raindog Films, the Fund…

The British Film Institute's Young Audiences Content Fund has revealed a selection of the titles on its debut slate of projects backed in the previous twelve months. They include Shudder Film's scripted comedy from Gavin Williams and Jack Tarling, Synch Estate, and Danny Perkins' Elysian Film Group's teen drama Future…

Editors' Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that has already claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline's Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences…

EXCLUSIVE: "Everything is on the table", says British Film Commission and Film London CEO Adrian Wootton about the manual being drawn up to help kick-start production in the UK post-lockdown. Industry vet Wootton is leading the UK's Inward Investment Recovery Group, which is co-ordinating a widespread consultation…

The BFI has revealed this year’s Vision Awards, its funding awards for emerging UK production companies. Scroll down for the list of recipients. Those selected this year include the producers of BAFTA winner Bait, Sundance title God's Own Country, TIFF feature Saint Maud and upcoming Kate Winslet starrer Ammonite. The…

The British Film Institute has outlined the measures it has put in place to support the national industry during the coronavirus crisis. Adding to the previously announced £500,000 ($620,000) donation to the UK's $3m COVID-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund are several new pots aimed to bolster different parts of…

The COVID-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund, which is being set up to support UK workers in the industry affected by the pandemic, is now live with an enhanced pot of $3M (£2.5M). The BFI is the latest org to contribute, adding $600,000 (£500,000) of National Lottery funding, which follows significant grants from Ne…

The BBC has pledged to make a £500,000 ($612,000) donation to the COVID-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund set up by the BFI and the UK's Film and TV Charity. The BBC’s donation follows Netflix pledging £1M to the cause, which is aimed at providing short-term relief to active workers and freelancers who have been…

The BFI and the UK’s Film and TV Charity have partnered to create a new industry-backed Covid-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund to help support the creative community. Established with a £1M donation from Netflix, the new Covid-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund will be administered by The Film and TV Charity…

A day after London’s COVID-19-canceled BFI Flare festival dedicated to LGBTIQ+ cinema was due to begin, organizers have outlined a plan for a digital edition, dubbed BFI Flare at Home, to run through the British Film Institute’s BFI Player application. Festivalgoers will be invited to screen a number of BFI Flare’s…

The British Film Institute, the UK’s lead organization for film, is convening its Screen Sector Taskforce to help deal with the huge impact of the coronavirus. In a lengthy missive to industry this evening UK time (scroll down for letter in full), BFI Chief Executive Ben Roberts acknowledged the “huge” and…

BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival, which was set to run March 18-29, has been cancelled just two days before opening due to coronavirus concerns. Organizers BFI said it was making the move with "heavy hearts", but that "due to the scale and complexity of running a large international film festival with…