All BFI articles
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NewsBFI unveils recipients of latest Audience Projects Fund
EXCLUSIVE: The first funding round of 2026-2029 has backed 23 recipients with a combined total of £9.3m.
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NewsWorldwide box office share for UK indie films falls in 2025
‘The Roses’ and ‘Warfare’ were the best-performing UK independent films at the global box office.
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FeaturesIs giving away free tickets to indie films the answer to building cinema audiences?
BFI programme Escapes for disengaged or lapsed audiences is trying this in the UK. Is it working?
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund head outlines details of minimum guarantee strand and revamped strategy
“The goal is to support UK sales agents to be able to take on films and to be more risk-taking,” said Denitsa Yordanova today.
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund strategic plans for expanded 2026-29 funding unveiled
Plans include support for majority co-production, development, and UK sales agents’ MGs.
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NewsBritish Screen Forum awarded £200,000 to address data gaps in UK film industry
EXCLUSIVE: The award is part of the BFI National Lottery Innovation Challenge Fund.
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NewsBFI-backed The First Feature – Producer Lab selects 12 UK producers, 10 projects
EXCLUSIVE: Lab is developed with UK production company The Fold.
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NewsBFI reveals details of audience development funding for 2026-29
EXCLUSIVE: Funding for 2026-2029 has increased 21% compared to 2023-2026.
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News12 genre projects selected for Great Migrations lab for East and Southeast Asian filmmakers
EXCLUSIVE: The lab is backed by the BFI Creative Challenge Fund.
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NewsBFI-backed Gatecrashers lab for working-class genre writers unveils cohort
EXCLUSIVE: ’What It Feels Like For A Girl’ star Hannah Frances Therese Jones, ’High Wire’ director Calif Chong both taking part.
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News‘Madfabulous’ among world premieres at BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2026
Russell T Davies will give this year’s BFI Flare Screen Talk.
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NewsBFI documentary funding receives 20% boost
EXCLUSIVE: The BFI is investing £7.2m of National Lottery funding from 2026-29.
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NewsBêtes Sauvages, Lunar Pictures producers among Matchmakers Global South lab cohort
EXCLUSIVE: Lab includes 10 features from UK producers looking for international partners in Global South.
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NewsProjects from Caspian Films, Sixteen Films selected for UK impact lab
EXCLUSIVE: 10 projects represented by 20 producers.
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News‘The Roses’ leads UK independent films at UK-Ireland 2025 box office
Ten UK independent films crossed the £2m mark at the UK-Ireland box office.
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NewsUK film production spend hit £2.8bn in 2025, highest on record
Spend on local UK films accounted for £193m, a 4% increase on 2024.
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NewsBFI Flare to close 40th edition with UK premiere of ‘Black Burns Fast’
Festival also selects Special Presentation title.
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NewsDoc Society selects participants for Future Proof development lab
EXCLUSIVE: Participants encouraged to build doc works grappling with new technologies.
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FeaturesNine talking points for the UK film industry in 2026
Consolidation, comedy and creative renewal in the top jobs are all in focus.
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FeaturesThe biggest UK Global Screen Fund awards of 2025
The UK Global Screen Fund (UKGSF) announced £5.8m of awards across 2025.