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Almost £1BN ($1.3BN) of spend on UK TV and film studios was pledged or delivered between 2017 and 2020, according to BFI data that showed the sector is in a boom period of post-pandemic recovery. The Institute’s mammoth 324-page Screen Business report found that £785.4M ($1BN) was announced for studio projects that…

The BFI London Film Festival (LFF) unveiled its program for 2021 today, featuring 159 feature and 21 premieres, with highlights including the world prem of 20th Century Studios' Ron's Gone Wrong, a host of buzz titles from Venice and Cannes, and the European debut of two episodes of HBO's Succession season…

The UK's Film and TV Production Restart Scheme has backed a total of 640 projects in its first year of operation, supporting some $2.6BN (£1.9BN) worth of production on Brit shores since it was rolled out. The initiative was introduced only July 28, 2020 to plug the gap left after coronavirus insurance became…

The BFI has named former All3Media and Endemol Shine exec Denitsa Yordanova as the head of its new UK Global Screen Fund, which is being introduced to plug funding gaps left post-Brexit. The initial £7M ($9.7M) pot aims to support the UK's independent screen sector encompassing film, TV, animation, documentary and…

This year's Cannes Film Festival lineup may yet again be thin on British movies but UK public financiers the BFI, Film4 and BBC Film have joined with the British Council to launch the fourth edition of their 'Great 8' program, which will showcase emerging Brit filmmakers to international distributors and fest…

The British Film Institute (BFI) has upped Harriet Finney to the role of Deputy CEO and Executive Director of the newly formed Corporate and Industry Affairs team. That team will include Neil Peplow, taking on an expanded role as Director of Industry and International Affairs, and Rishi Coupland, who is joining in…

Heather Stewart, the long-time British Film Institute executive, will step down from her role as Creative Director at the organization in September 2021 and will take up a new position as BFI Director Emeritus. In her new advisory role, she will continue to be an ambassador for the BFI, which awards public money to…

The UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the BFI have announced the launch of the UK Global Screen Fund, the one year pilot fund designed to help plug the sizeable gap left by the absence of Creative Europe's MEDIA funding post-Brexit. The £7M ($9.7M) Global Screen Fund for the…

The BFI has announced Mia Bays as the new Director of BFI Film Fund for an initial three-year term. Bays will lead the strategic and cultural direction of the BFI's investment of National Lottery funds into supporting UK feature film production – which at about £30 million a year represents the largest public fund in…

The BFI, BAFTA and more than 40 other industry partners are teaming to launch an 'Action List' to aid the biz in pro-actively tackling bullying, harassment and racism in the workplace. As the industry continues to ride out the wave of Covid-19-related production shutdowns and disruption, inappropriate conduct remains…

Tim Richards, CEO and founder of exhibition chain Vue, has been appointed the next Chair of the British Film Institute. Richards will take over the role from interim Chair and BFI Governor Pat Butler. The public appointment was made by the Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden. Richards will take up the position from…

The UK's film and high-end TV industries understandably recorded a downturn in 2020, with the pandemic initially causing a complete shutdown before gradual recovery saw the year's fourth quarter post impressive numbers. As per fresh stats from the British Film Institute, film and TV spend on Brit shores was £2.84B for…