All BFI articles
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News‘We Live In Time’, ‘The Salt Path’ lead UK independent titles at local box office 2025 halfway point
The overall market share for UK independent titles was down compared to January-June of 2024.
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NewsUK feature film production spend takes small dip in first half of 2025
High-end TV production spend, however, was up by 18%.
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NewsSteep rise in under-£20m UK films submitted to BFI after indie tax credit greenlight
There has been a 27% year-on-year increase across the first six months of 2025 in applications for BFI certification.
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FeaturesHow two UK distributors are wooing arthouse audiences to rereleases
BFI’s ’Battleship Potemkin’ has Gen X appeal; Curzon is teaming with Letterboxd to reach young cineastes.
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NewsBFI London Film Festival selects opening film for 2025
Third time the festival has opened with a Netflix title.
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NewsUK creative industries minister calls for a shift away from the screen sector’s freelance model
“I’m not sure if it’s really good for industry in the end if so many people are freelancers,” Chris Bryant told a parliamentary committee today/.
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News“We’re an antidote to the algorithm,” says BFI Player director as platform goes international
BFI Player director Paul Lewis on growing the service’s international footprint and addressing tech issues to make it more accessible.
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund, LFF, NFTS receive big funding boosts from UK government
The package will also include support for British Film Commission, BFI Film Academy, and CoSTAR programme.
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NewsBFI outlines nine recommendations for UK screen sector in era of AI
Robust licensing framework to address copyright concerns, more formal AI training for creative workforce among suggestions.
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NewsBritish Urban Film Festival unveils Africa season
The BFI confirmed it had paused the long-running African Odysseys strand in March.
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NewsTax credits and ‘Urchin’ talent talk among highlights of first day of Cannes UK pavilion 2025
There will also be talks about international co-production and working with UK festivals.
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NewsLouise Stern’s ‘A Hand Rises’ set in deaf community wraps UK shoot
EXCLUSIVE: The BFI and BBC Film-backed debut features a predominantly deaf cast.
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NewsCannes UK pavilion to host Harris Dickinson talk plus AI, gender inclusivity and disability panels
Talent talks will also take place with Akinola Davies Jnr and Harry Lighton.
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NewsUK’s Cannes Great 8 showcase includes ‘Animol’, ‘Madfabulous’
‘Ish’ and ‘Learning To Breathe Under Water’ will also feature.
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NewsBFI Doc Society selects six UK producers for Rise programme
EXCLUSIVE: Programme to offer six months of producer guidance.
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NewsUK production spend nearly triples in first quarter of 2025, driven by inward investment
The £632m recorded by the BFI is almost three times the January-March figure for 2024.
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NewsBFI America launches with focus on film restoration and maintaining ties with US film community
BFI Chief Executive Ben Roberts to attend launch event on April 23.
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NewsBFI re-opens Creative Challenge Fund with targeted focus on independent producers
Exclusive: The fund will invest a further £1.7m before March 2026, and is now open on a rolling basis.
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NewsThe UK’s film and high-end TV inquiry urges 5% levy on streamers
Other proposals include targeted tax reliefs across development and distribution.
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NewsBFI confirms African Odysseys strand on pause
BFI CEO Ben Roberts said it will “reserve a space in our monthly programme for African Odysseys to return”.