British Film Institute CEO Amanda Nevill is stepping down from the UK film funder after sixteen years in charge. Nevill is set to leave the organization, which supports film development production, distribution, exhibition and international sales to the tune of around £26M a year, in early 2020. She joined as CEO in…

For the third year, the UK's three leading financiers, the BFI, BBC Films and Film4, in collaboration with the British Council and the UK government's 'Great' campaign, will be showcasing up-and-coming UK talent in Cannes via the ‘Great 8’ program. Scroll down for the lineup. Highlighted on Tuesday May 14 during a…

Studiocanal has launched the first full-length trailer for Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, the Aardman sequel in which a visitor from a far off galaxy arrives in the quiet town of Mossingham. Pic is directed by Richard Phelan and Will Becher, produced by Paul Kewley and written by Mark Burton and Jon Brown, with…

EXCLUSIVE: As uncertainty abounds regarding the UK’s future trading relationship with the EU, the British Film Institute has sent a senior delegation to the Berlin Film Festival to discuss Brexit with international industry. The mission is aimed at reassuring the UK’s international partners as well as its own…

EXCLUSIVE: French sales outfit Charades has boarded its first UK production in the shape of BBC Films and BFI-backed Lynn And Lucy, from first-time feature filmmaker Fyzal Boulifa and producer Camilla Bray (Oranges And Sunshine). Written and directed by Boulifa, a two-time winner of the Illy Prize for Best Short Film…

Olivia Colman, a Best Actress Oscar and BAFTA nominee this year for Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite, will be the recipient of a BFI Fellowship at the BFI Chairman's dinner on March 6. The award honors and celebrates Colman’s “very special contribution” to television and film, and is in recognition of her “distinctive…

Despite the looming specter of Brexit, the UK production business continues to drive strong numbers — even if preliminary statistics released by the BFI today do not all constitute new records. Film and high-end TV production spend combined exceeded £3.1B ($4B) in 2018. Television saw the bigger increases, repping…

Ambitious Finnish drama The White Wall is to travel globally after distributor DRG boarded the series for international sales. The eight-part sci-fi drama is about a mysterious white wall found deep underground at the mining site of the world's largest nuclear waste depository and is produced by Finland's Fire Monkey…

EXCLUSIVE: The British Film Institute (BFI), the UK’s lead organization for film, has appointed former STX and Film4 staffer Amy O’Hara as BFI Talent Executive at Film Hub North. She becomes one of seven nationwide Network talent executives. O'Hara will work alongside fellow Talent Executive Alice Ramsey to lead the…

New movies from Sally Potter, Sarah Gavron and Hong Khaou were among the BFI’s top ten Film Fund recipients in 2018. Potter’s untitled drama, starring Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning, Salma Hayek, Chris Rock and Laura Linney, received the year’s biggest production grant of £1.1M. Scroll down for the top ten. In 2017, the…

EXCLUSIVE: Morfydd Clark (Love And Friendship) and Jennifer Ehle (Zero Dark Thirty) have been set to lead cast in Film4 and BFI-backed psychological-thriller Saint Maud, which is now underway in the UK. Protagonist Pictures has boarded world sales on the project, which combines a handful of emerging UK industry. In…

British Film Institute CEO Amanda Nevill said Sunday at the close of the organization’s London Film Festival that Tricia Tuttle has been appointed Director, BFI Festivals. Tuttle had led this year’s festival as interim artistic director after Clare Stewart went on sabbatical last year. Stewart has now decided to step…