The British Film Institute’s Film Audience Network (BFI Fan) has unveiled Spotlight, a programme to invest in what it has identified as “culturally underserved communities”.
Spotlight will see additional BFI National Lottery funding invested in eight local areas across the UK to boost audience choice and improve access to screenings of independent film.
For BFI Fan 2023-2026, the BFI ringfenced £1.85m National Lottery funding for Spotlight. It takes a hyper-local approach to developing screenings in eight areas, each identified as having little or no screening provision by their local BFI Fan film hubs.
The Spotlight areas and partners set...
Spotlight will see additional BFI National Lottery funding invested in eight local areas across the UK to boost audience choice and improve access to screenings of independent film.
For BFI Fan 2023-2026, the BFI ringfenced £1.85m National Lottery funding for Spotlight. It takes a hyper-local approach to developing screenings in eight areas, each identified as having little or no screening provision by their local BFI Fan film hubs.
The Spotlight areas and partners set...
- 3/13/2024
- ScreenDaily
The British Film Institute’s Film Audience Network (BFI Fan) has unveiled Spotlight, a programme to invest in what it has identified as “culturally underserved communities”.
Spotlight will see additional BFI National Lottery funding invested in eight local areas across the UK to boost audience choice and improve access to screenings of independent film.
For BFI Fan 2023-2026, the BFI ringfenced £1.85m National Lottery funding for Spotlight. It takes a hyper-local approach to developing screenings in eight areas, each identified as having little or no screening provision by their local BFI Fan film hubs.
The Spotlight areas and partners set...
Spotlight will see additional BFI National Lottery funding invested in eight local areas across the UK to boost audience choice and improve access to screenings of independent film.
For BFI Fan 2023-2026, the BFI ringfenced £1.85m National Lottery funding for Spotlight. It takes a hyper-local approach to developing screenings in eight areas, each identified as having little or no screening provision by their local BFI Fan film hubs.
The Spotlight areas and partners set...
- 3/13/2024
- ScreenDaily
Survey responses were collected from 2,126 cinema users spread across the six cinema venues, delivering significant and positive wider societal value of £600,000 benefit per venue each year.
UK cinema venues contribute positively to the welfare of their attendees according to a study from British Film Institute (BFI) and Creative Pec (Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre), with the six cinemas in the study delivering significant and positive wider societal value of £600,000 benefit per venue each year.
This is in addition to the £1.2m that it has been previously estimated that the average cinema in the UK creates through added value to the economy through ticket,...
UK cinema venues contribute positively to the welfare of their attendees according to a study from British Film Institute (BFI) and Creative Pec (Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre), with the six cinemas in the study delivering significant and positive wider societal value of £600,000 benefit per venue each year.
This is in addition to the £1.2m that it has been previously estimated that the average cinema in the UK creates through added value to the economy through ticket,...
- 11/13/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
London and Manchester-based marketing and brand partnerships agency, elevenfiftyfive is partnering on the initiave.
The British Film Institute (BFI) is partnering with London and Manchester-based marketing and brand partnerships agency, elevenfiftyfive, to bring year-round free screenings of independent films to UK cinemas from early 2024.
Open Cinemas will see a regular free screening offered at venues across the UK, promoted by a campaign with national reach.
Elevenfiftyfive has been selected to create a consumer-facing pilot campaign following an open call to the Open Cinema Fund, part of the BFI’s 10-year strategy Screen Culture 2033. The BFI is investing £2.7m of National...
The British Film Institute (BFI) is partnering with London and Manchester-based marketing and brand partnerships agency, elevenfiftyfive, to bring year-round free screenings of independent films to UK cinemas from early 2024.
Open Cinemas will see a regular free screening offered at venues across the UK, promoted by a campaign with national reach.
Elevenfiftyfive has been selected to create a consumer-facing pilot campaign following an open call to the Open Cinema Fund, part of the BFI’s 10-year strategy Screen Culture 2033. The BFI is investing £2.7m of National...
- 9/19/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Seventeen projects are to receive awards, totalling £6.5m.
UK gender campaign group Reclaim The Frame, Bristol’s Watershed cinema and the Independent Cinema Office (Ico) are among the biggest recipients of the British Film Institute (BFI) National Lottery Audience Projects Fund, which has named the first 17 projects to receive awards that total £6.5m.
The BFI National Lottery Audience Projects Fund has £15m available over the three years of the BFI’s new National Lottery Funding Plan (April 2023-March 2026).
Thirteen awards are for three-year projects running until March 2026, while four are for short-term activity.
Reclaim The Frame – the not-for-profit organisation previously...
UK gender campaign group Reclaim The Frame, Bristol’s Watershed cinema and the Independent Cinema Office (Ico) are among the biggest recipients of the British Film Institute (BFI) National Lottery Audience Projects Fund, which has named the first 17 projects to receive awards that total £6.5m.
The BFI National Lottery Audience Projects Fund has £15m available over the three years of the BFI’s new National Lottery Funding Plan (April 2023-March 2026).
Thirteen awards are for three-year projects running until March 2026, while four are for short-term activity.
Reclaim The Frame – the not-for-profit organisation previously...
- 4/13/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The BFI has pledged £15m over three years for the fund to support audience-facing activity.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has fleshed out the details of its National Lottery Audience Projects Fund, which will award £15m over three years to support audience-facing activity.
Funding awards are expected to be made between £20,000 and £200,000 depending on scope, with an upper limit of £500,000 for projects deemed by the BFI to be of “exceptional scale and ambition”.
Eligible applicants will need experience of film distribution, film exhibition or audience development activities in the UK. For research and development projects, applicants can apply for between...
The British Film Institute (BFI) has fleshed out the details of its National Lottery Audience Projects Fund, which will award £15m over three years to support audience-facing activity.
Funding awards are expected to be made between £20,000 and £200,000 depending on scope, with an upper limit of £500,000 for projects deemed by the BFI to be of “exceptional scale and ambition”.
Eligible applicants will need experience of film distribution, film exhibition or audience development activities in the UK. For research and development projects, applicants can apply for between...
- 10/19/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
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The U.K.’s BFI has revealed details of the National Lottery Audience Projects Fund, with £15 million (16.9 million) available over three years to support the U.K. exhibition and distribution sector to grow audiences for U.K. independent film and Xr/broader screen work. Applications, which open Nov. 4, are invited from organizations that are focused on increasing access and growing the engagement of audiences that are representative of the U.K. population.
The fund will make awards of between £20,000 and £200,000 depending on the scope and reach of the project, with an upper limit of £500,000 for projects of “exceptional scale and ambition,” the BFI said in a statement. Eligible applicants will need experience of film distribution, film exhibition or audience development activities in the U.K. For research and development projects, applicants can apply for between £10,000 and £20,000.
The fund is part of the Screen Culture 2033 strategy, which will see the BFI...
The U.K.’s BFI has revealed details of the National Lottery Audience Projects Fund, with £15 million (16.9 million) available over three years to support the U.K. exhibition and distribution sector to grow audiences for U.K. independent film and Xr/broader screen work. Applications, which open Nov. 4, are invited from organizations that are focused on increasing access and growing the engagement of audiences that are representative of the U.K. population.
The fund will make awards of between £20,000 and £200,000 depending on the scope and reach of the project, with an upper limit of £500,000 for projects of “exceptional scale and ambition,” the BFI said in a statement. Eligible applicants will need experience of film distribution, film exhibition or audience development activities in the U.K. For research and development projects, applicants can apply for between £10,000 and £20,000.
The fund is part of the Screen Culture 2033 strategy, which will see the BFI...
- 10/19/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The BFI today published the full details of its new National Lottery Audience Projects Fund, a £15m (17 Million) pool of cash available over three years to support growth in the UK exhibition and distribution sector to cultivate audiences for UK independent film and Xr/broader screen work.
The open access fund was first unveiled in the BFI’s 10-year strategy ‘Screen Culture 2033’ and will support a range of audience-facing activities, including multi-year and research and development projects with a focus on projects aimed at growing the engagement of audiences that are representative of the UK population.
The BFI has said the fund will expect to hand out awards between £20,000 and £200,000 depending on the scope and reach of a specific project, with an upper limit of £500,000 for projects of exceptional scale and ambition. To be eligible, applicants must have experience in film distribution, exhibition, or audience development activities in the UK.
The open access fund was first unveiled in the BFI’s 10-year strategy ‘Screen Culture 2033’ and will support a range of audience-facing activities, including multi-year and research and development projects with a focus on projects aimed at growing the engagement of audiences that are representative of the UK population.
The BFI has said the fund will expect to hand out awards between £20,000 and £200,000 depending on the scope and reach of a specific project, with an upper limit of £500,000 for projects of exceptional scale and ambition. To be eligible, applicants must have experience in film distribution, exhibition, or audience development activities in the UK.
- 10/19/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Filmmaker Mark Cousins, Glasgow Film Festival co-director Allison Gardner and Ken Loach’s Sixteen Films expressed their sadness.
The industry has reacted with shock at the news announced yesterday (October 6) that Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), Filmhouse Cinema in Edinburgh and Belmont Filmhouse in Aberdeen are to “cease trading immediately” as parent charity, Centre for the Moving Image (Cmi), enters administration.
It is understood that 102 staff will be made redundant with immediate effect. A total of 107 staff were employed across all four of the Cmi’s businesses. Five staff have been kept on to assist with the administration process.
Cmi...
The industry has reacted with shock at the news announced yesterday (October 6) that Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), Filmhouse Cinema in Edinburgh and Belmont Filmhouse in Aberdeen are to “cease trading immediately” as parent charity, Centre for the Moving Image (Cmi), enters administration.
It is understood that 102 staff will be made redundant with immediate effect. A total of 107 staff were employed across all four of the Cmi’s businesses. Five staff have been kept on to assist with the administration process.
Cmi...
- 10/7/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The emphasis is on using Lottery funding for widest possible public benefit.
Free monthly screenings in indie cinemas, distribution support for streaming releases and a renewed focus on video games are some of the new measures with which the British Film Institute (BFI) hopes to develop a broader reach and engagement with audiences over the next 10 years, according to the organisation’s 10-year strategy Screen Culture 2033 unveiled today, September 23.
“If there is any kind of learning in the market, it is that there is not one way of doing something. If you’re only doing that one thing, you’re...
Free monthly screenings in indie cinemas, distribution support for streaming releases and a renewed focus on video games are some of the new measures with which the British Film Institute (BFI) hopes to develop a broader reach and engagement with audiences over the next 10 years, according to the organisation’s 10-year strategy Screen Culture 2033 unveiled today, September 23.
“If there is any kind of learning in the market, it is that there is not one way of doing something. If you’re only doing that one thing, you’re...
- 9/23/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
The emphasis is on using Lottery funding for widest possible public benefit.
Free monthly screenings in indie cinemas, distribution support for streaming releases and a renewed focus on video games are some of the new measures with which the British Film Institute (BFI) hopes to develop a broader reach and engagement with audiences over the next 10 years, according to the organisation’s 10-year strategy Screen Culture 2033 unveiled today, September 23.
“If there is any kind of learning in the market, it is that there is not one way of doing something. If you’re only doing that one thing, you’re...
Free monthly screenings in indie cinemas, distribution support for streaming releases and a renewed focus on video games are some of the new measures with which the British Film Institute (BFI) hopes to develop a broader reach and engagement with audiences over the next 10 years, according to the organisation’s 10-year strategy Screen Culture 2033 unveiled today, September 23.
“If there is any kind of learning in the market, it is that there is not one way of doing something. If you’re only doing that one thing, you’re...
- 9/23/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
A programme of in-person and online events will run from March 6-10.
Glasgow Film Festival has confirmed the full programme for its 2022 industry focus strand, with participating speakers including BFI Film Fund director Mia Bays and Screen Scotland executive director Isabel Davis.
The programme will run both in-person and online from March 6-10, with physical events held at the main festival hub in Glasgow’s DoubleTree Hilton hotel.
Bays is attending in the latest stop on her listening tour, meeting with filmmakers, creatives and other industry figures to hear about their experience with the BFI Film Fund and what they...
Glasgow Film Festival has confirmed the full programme for its 2022 industry focus strand, with participating speakers including BFI Film Fund director Mia Bays and Screen Scotland executive director Isabel Davis.
The programme will run both in-person and online from March 6-10, with physical events held at the main festival hub in Glasgow’s DoubleTree Hilton hotel.
Bays is attending in the latest stop on her listening tour, meeting with filmmakers, creatives and other industry figures to hear about their experience with the BFI Film Fund and what they...
- 2/17/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The British Film Institute (BFI) has revealed a one-year fund worth £500,000 to support the U.K. distribution of international titles.
The funding comes by way of the National Lottery and will be administered by the BFI Audience Fund. It is aimed at supporting exhibitors and distributors in the wake of the pandemic and aims to bring in exciting, new films to British audiences.
The funding is intended to increase the number of films in cinemas now that audiences can attend again, including those supported by the U.K. Government’s Culture Recovery Fund.
Films that can potentially benefit from the fund must be independent, international and in a language other than English. Applicants applying to the fund will need to show how they meet the BFI Audience Fund’s objectives of improving audience choice and diversity in the U.K.
The money is the result of an underspend following the...
The funding comes by way of the National Lottery and will be administered by the BFI Audience Fund. It is aimed at supporting exhibitors and distributors in the wake of the pandemic and aims to bring in exciting, new films to British audiences.
The funding is intended to increase the number of films in cinemas now that audiences can attend again, including those supported by the U.K. Government’s Culture Recovery Fund.
Films that can potentially benefit from the fund must be independent, international and in a language other than English. Applicants applying to the fund will need to show how they meet the BFI Audience Fund’s objectives of improving audience choice and diversity in the U.K.
The money is the result of an underspend following the...
- 7/2/2021
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
The fund is one-year ring-fenced support administered by the Audience Fund.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has set out £500,000 in funding to support the distribution of international independent titles in the UK, to be administered by the BFI Audience Fund.
The distribution support is specifically for films not in the English language, and was developed in consultation with industry partners including the Film Distributors’ Association and the UK Cinema Association.
Financing for the one-year ring-fenced fund comes through an underspend as a result of the slowdown in international travel and physical market attendance during the pandemic.
Applications for the funding...
The British Film Institute (BFI) has set out £500,000 in funding to support the distribution of international independent titles in the UK, to be administered by the BFI Audience Fund.
The distribution support is specifically for films not in the English language, and was developed in consultation with industry partners including the Film Distributors’ Association and the UK Cinema Association.
Financing for the one-year ring-fenced fund comes through an underspend as a result of the slowdown in international travel and physical market attendance during the pandemic.
Applications for the funding...
- 7/2/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Ben Luxford, the BFI’s head of UK audiences, reveals how Fan has worked this pandemic year.
The British Film Institute (BFI)’s Film Audience Network (Fan) has seen a 20% membership increase across the past year, which BFI head of UK audiences Ben Luxford believes is indicative of a shift in the network’s worth in the eyes of the sector throughout the turbulence of closures and reopenings.
Fan, which aims to provide ‘wider and more diverse UK cinema audiences for British and international film’, now has 1,542 members, including cinemas, festivals, multi-arts venues, community cinemas and film archives.
“It’s...
The British Film Institute (BFI)’s Film Audience Network (Fan) has seen a 20% membership increase across the past year, which BFI head of UK audiences Ben Luxford believes is indicative of a shift in the network’s worth in the eyes of the sector throughout the turbulence of closures and reopenings.
Fan, which aims to provide ‘wider and more diverse UK cinema audiences for British and international film’, now has 1,542 members, including cinemas, festivals, multi-arts venues, community cinemas and film archives.
“It’s...
- 6/18/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The esteemed London Indian Film Festival is ready to entertain, inspire and make people think with their special line-up of films, and guests this June. Titled To India With Love, this year the festival will be presented in a special hybrid format!
In a challenging year for India and South Asia, the Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival and its sister festivals in Birmingham and Manchester will be a love letter to the homelands, continuing to premiere the very best of new indie films from the Indian subcontinent and diaspora, from 17th June to 4th July 2021. As always it goes Beyond Bollywood!
Festival Director Cary Rajinder Sawhney MBE says: “Last year we grew our audiences quite substantially by going online and UK-wide. With the UK scene improving, we are delighted to not only offer a strong high definition online experience on LoveLIFFatHome.com, but to also welcome our audiences back...
In a challenging year for India and South Asia, the Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival and its sister festivals in Birmingham and Manchester will be a love letter to the homelands, continuing to premiere the very best of new indie films from the Indian subcontinent and diaspora, from 17th June to 4th July 2021. As always it goes Beyond Bollywood!
Festival Director Cary Rajinder Sawhney MBE says: “Last year we grew our audiences quite substantially by going online and UK-wide. With the UK scene improving, we are delighted to not only offer a strong high definition online experience on LoveLIFFatHome.com, but to also welcome our audiences back...
- 5/20/2021
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
The London Indian Film Festival is back in cinemas this summer after an all-virtual effort in 2020.
In a challenging year for India and South Asia, the Bagri Foundation-run London festival and sister events in Birmingham and Manchester will premiere new indie films from the Indian subcontinent and diaspora, running from June 17-July 4. The fest will also have a virtual component via LoveLIFFatHome.com.
The festival is supported by the British Film Institute (BFI) using funds from the National Lottery.
The festival’s opening night U.K. gala premiere is feature documentary “W.O.M.B. (Women of My Billion),” which tells the story of one woman, Shrishti Bakshi, who walks the entire length of India over 240 days to explore the experiences of other women in its one billion-plus population.
Another highlight of the festival is a special focus on British Asian filmmakers and their continued contribution to British cinema, which...
In a challenging year for India and South Asia, the Bagri Foundation-run London festival and sister events in Birmingham and Manchester will premiere new indie films from the Indian subcontinent and diaspora, running from June 17-July 4. The fest will also have a virtual component via LoveLIFFatHome.com.
The festival is supported by the British Film Institute (BFI) using funds from the National Lottery.
The festival’s opening night U.K. gala premiere is feature documentary “W.O.M.B. (Women of My Billion),” which tells the story of one woman, Shrishti Bakshi, who walks the entire length of India over 240 days to explore the experiences of other women in its one billion-plus population.
Another highlight of the festival is a special focus on British Asian filmmakers and their continued contribution to British cinema, which...
- 5/13/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Funding aims to re-engage audiences as lockdown restrictions ease.
More than 140 independent cinemas in the UK have received a share of £759,159 ($1m) from the BFI to support diverse film programming and bring audiences back to the big screen.
The BFI Fan Film Exhibition Fund was launched in August to support cinemas, arts centres, festivals and community groups looking to deliver a broad range of cultural programming and reconnect with audiences in the wake of the pandemic.
As various lockdown restrictions begin to ease, the funds are intended to ensure that a broad range of films are programmed at independent cinemas in England,...
More than 140 independent cinemas in the UK have received a share of £759,159 ($1m) from the BFI to support diverse film programming and bring audiences back to the big screen.
The BFI Fan Film Exhibition Fund was launched in August to support cinemas, arts centres, festivals and community groups looking to deliver a broad range of cultural programming and reconnect with audiences in the wake of the pandemic.
As various lockdown restrictions begin to ease, the funds are intended to ensure that a broad range of films are programmed at independent cinemas in England,...
- 12/14/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Audience Fund awards made from May-September total over £700,000.
A £250,000 grant towards the British Independent Film Awards’ Back to the Cinemas campaign leads the BFI Audience Fund’s awards made from May to September 2020.
The award is to allow BIFA to create and implement the campaign, encouraging audiences to return to independent venues and highlight independent films as the sector begins to reopen.
Scroll down for the full list of awards.
It will also ensure BIFA can operate fully as a year-round industry partner, to highlight key titles and grow its social presence to priority audiences UK-wide.
A total of £708,003 in...
A £250,000 grant towards the British Independent Film Awards’ Back to the Cinemas campaign leads the BFI Audience Fund’s awards made from May to September 2020.
The award is to allow BIFA to create and implement the campaign, encouraging audiences to return to independent venues and highlight independent films as the sector begins to reopen.
Scroll down for the full list of awards.
It will also ensure BIFA can operate fully as a year-round industry partner, to highlight key titles and grow its social presence to priority audiences UK-wide.
A total of £708,003 in...
- 10/9/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival and Birmingham Indian Film Festival, UK & Europe’s largest South Asian film event, are back this year with a very special “in-cinema” festival.
From 17th to 20th September at BFI Southbank London, Ciné Lumière London, and Millennium Point (Birmingham), the incredible festival will bring you even more outstanding films. What’s so special is that the entire line-up features films directed by women. Yes, the Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival is back with a slice of Liff premieres that you won’t want to miss including drama, comedy, sci-fi, and music movies.
Cary Rajinder Sawhney MBE, Executive & Programming Director of Liff, says, “It’s been an adventure this year to transform Europe’s largest South Asian film festival into both a digital version that continues to attract good audiences and an actual physical film festival and we are delighted to be dipping...
From 17th to 20th September at BFI Southbank London, Ciné Lumière London, and Millennium Point (Birmingham), the incredible festival will bring you even more outstanding films. What’s so special is that the entire line-up features films directed by women. Yes, the Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival is back with a slice of Liff premieres that you won’t want to miss including drama, comedy, sci-fi, and music movies.
Cary Rajinder Sawhney MBE, Executive & Programming Director of Liff, says, “It’s been an adventure this year to transform Europe’s largest South Asian film festival into both a digital version that continues to attract good audiences and an actual physical film festival and we are delighted to be dipping...
- 9/14/2020
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
The British Film Institute (BFI) launched a new £630,000 Film Audience Network exhibition fund on Monday in order to “support dynamic cultural programming and activities to engage diverse audiences.”
Exhibitors around the U.K. will be able to apply for up to £10,000 in order to reengage with audiences who are now slowly returning to cinemas after a coronavirus-enforced lockdown that lasted months. The fund is part of a larger U.K. government support package for the arts that was announced in July that includes a £30 million ($39.2 million) recovery fund for independent cinemas.
The exhibition fund is designed to enable film organizations across the U.K. to deliver a broad range of programming and also incentivizing exhibitors to embed inclusion and environmental sustainability into their approach to reopening, post shut down. The fund is open till Sept. 30.
The Institute’s flagship venue BFI Southbank is set for a Sept. 1 reopening with stringent safety measures.
Exhibitors around the U.K. will be able to apply for up to £10,000 in order to reengage with audiences who are now slowly returning to cinemas after a coronavirus-enforced lockdown that lasted months. The fund is part of a larger U.K. government support package for the arts that was announced in July that includes a £30 million ($39.2 million) recovery fund for independent cinemas.
The exhibition fund is designed to enable film organizations across the U.K. to deliver a broad range of programming and also incentivizing exhibitors to embed inclusion and environmental sustainability into their approach to reopening, post shut down. The fund is open till Sept. 30.
The Institute’s flagship venue BFI Southbank is set for a Sept. 1 reopening with stringent safety measures.
- 8/17/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
More than £630,000 available to independent cinemas, which are beginning to reopen post-lockdown.
The BFI has unveiled a new exhibition fund for independent cinemas across the UK, which aims to encourage more diverse film programming as venues reopen during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The BFI Fan Film Exhibition Fund will support cinemas, arts centres, festivals and community groups looking to deliver a broad range of cultural programming and reconnect with audiences.
More than £630,000 will be available through the fund to more than 1,200 members of Fan, which comprises eight film hubs managed by film organisations across the UK. Individual grants are capped at £10,000. The fund launches today,...
The BFI has unveiled a new exhibition fund for independent cinemas across the UK, which aims to encourage more diverse film programming as venues reopen during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The BFI Fan Film Exhibition Fund will support cinemas, arts centres, festivals and community groups looking to deliver a broad range of cultural programming and reconnect with audiences.
More than £630,000 will be available through the fund to more than 1,200 members of Fan, which comprises eight film hubs managed by film organisations across the UK. Individual grants are capped at £10,000. The fund launches today,...
- 8/17/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
The 11th anniversary of the UK and Europe’s largest South Asian film festival, London Indian Film Festival supported by the Bagri Foundation and the British Film Institute (BFI) opened online, during the global pandemic, full of an array of free amazing films and special In Conversations. It all began with Bollywood star Ayushmann Khurrana in conversation on 25th June, and closed with Hollywood star Freida Pinto on 5th July, The in conversation talks also included acclaimed Indian cinema actor, multiple Indian National Award, Filmfare winner, Padma Bhushan Shabana Azmi in conversation with British director Pratibha Parmar. Oscar nominee Deepa Mehta, BAFTA, Oscar, Golden Globe nominee Mira Nair, Indian National Award winning actor Adil Hussain with BAFTA, Academy nominated director Peter Webber.
The festival included several LGBTQ+ films, women helmed films, films from Sri Lanka and Pakistan, as well as the buzzing Satyajit Ray Short Film competition, with a jury of high profile film pundits,...
The festival included several LGBTQ+ films, women helmed films, films from Sri Lanka and Pakistan, as well as the buzzing Satyajit Ray Short Film competition, with a jury of high profile film pundits,...
- 7/11/2020
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
TrustNoridsk has boarded international sales on Christian Tafdrup’s upcoming psychological horror Speak No Evil. The project had been shooting on locations in Denmark and the Netherlands but had to pause due to Covid-19; the plan is to resume in the Netherlands and then Italy once restrictions allow. The budget is $3.2M and local release is estimated for Q3, 2021 via Nordisk Film Distribution. Tafdrup wrote the screenplay with his brother Mads Tafdrup, the story follows a Danish family on vacation who become friends with a Dutch family, however they turn out to be something very different from what they initially pretend to be. Tafdrup previously directed Parents, which screened at Tribeca in 2016, and A Horrible Woman, which was a local box office success.
The British Film Institute has awarded $1.4M to the country’s independent cinemas as they continue to grapple with the coronavirus lockdown. Venues have been closed since...
The British Film Institute has awarded $1.4M to the country’s independent cinemas as they continue to grapple with the coronavirus lockdown. Venues have been closed since...
- 6/12/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Financial awards made to 130 members of the BFI’s Film Audience Network (Fan).
The BFI Film Audience Network (Fan) has allocated emergency funding to independent exhibitors across the UK, which has seen cinemas remain closed since March due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
As independent cinemas continue to suffer financial losses nearly three months after closing their doors, awards of up to £23,000 have been made to 130 members of Fan, which comprises eight film hubs managed by film organisations across the UK.
The support has come via the BFI Fan Covid-19 Resilience Fund, which includes £1.3m of National Lottery funding. The Mayor...
The BFI Film Audience Network (Fan) has allocated emergency funding to independent exhibitors across the UK, which has seen cinemas remain closed since March due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
As independent cinemas continue to suffer financial losses nearly three months after closing their doors, awards of up to £23,000 have been made to 130 members of Fan, which comprises eight film hubs managed by film organisations across the UK.
The support has come via the BFI Fan Covid-19 Resilience Fund, which includes £1.3m of National Lottery funding. The Mayor...
- 6/12/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
The British Film Institute has made available emergency funding to help independent movie theaters survive the shutdown.
The BFI’s Film Audience Network (Fan) has allocated funding to independent exhibitors through the BFI Fan Covid-19 Resilience Fund; £1.3 million ($1.64 million) in National Lottery funding, and a £150,000 contribution from the Mayor of London’s Culture at Risk Business Support Fund has been made available to provide grants to those in critical financial need.
Ben Luxford, head of U.K. audiences, BFI, said the emergency grants have “proved to be a lifeline, enabling our fantastic venues, cinemas and festivals across the U.K. to remain in business.” However, these organizations are “still in crisis,” he added.
Luxford said that when the venues are allowed to reopen “safely implementing social distancing guidance will not only be logistically impossible for some, but many are also unlikely to cover their costs when operating at reduced capacity.
The BFI’s Film Audience Network (Fan) has allocated funding to independent exhibitors through the BFI Fan Covid-19 Resilience Fund; £1.3 million ($1.64 million) in National Lottery funding, and a £150,000 contribution from the Mayor of London’s Culture at Risk Business Support Fund has been made available to provide grants to those in critical financial need.
Ben Luxford, head of U.K. audiences, BFI, said the emergency grants have “proved to be a lifeline, enabling our fantastic venues, cinemas and festivals across the U.K. to remain in business.” However, these organizations are “still in crisis,” he added.
Luxford said that when the venues are allowed to reopen “safely implementing social distancing guidance will not only be logistically impossible for some, but many are also unlikely to cover their costs when operating at reduced capacity.
- 6/12/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Once again the acclaimed London Indian Film Festival is bringing something new to audiences. After a 10 year run and becoming the largest annual Indian film event in Europe, the festival team were challenged in reaction to the current Covid-19 times on how to present the four city festival this June.
So, the solution of finding new ways to stay connected with audiences, comes via the delivery of an online version of the festival, on its own Ott Platform, for viewing at home. Liff is the first Indian film festival to make this digital leap and will continue to push the boundaries by showing high quality movies in a diversity of South Asian languages with ‘London Indian Film Festival at Home’.
www.loveliffathome.com
It all begins on Wednesday May 13th with a first selection of films. The Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival (Liff) and Birmingham Indian Film Festival (Biff...
So, the solution of finding new ways to stay connected with audiences, comes via the delivery of an online version of the festival, on its own Ott Platform, for viewing at home. Liff is the first Indian film festival to make this digital leap and will continue to push the boundaries by showing high quality movies in a diversity of South Asian languages with ‘London Indian Film Festival at Home’.
www.loveliffathome.com
It all begins on Wednesday May 13th with a first selection of films. The Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival (Liff) and Birmingham Indian Film Festival (Biff...
- 5/13/2020
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
The London Indian Film Festival is to go online, launching its own streaming platform with a selection of winners from the Satyajit Ray Short Film Competition.
Due to be held in June this year, Liff has gone digital because of coronavirus restrictions and will show movies online in a range of South Asian languages.
Working with New Zealand’s Shift 72, which launched Cph:Dox online in March, the new U.K. geo-blocked platform launches with the award winners of the last nine years of the Satyajit Ray Short Film Competition.
The ‘London Indian Film Festival at Home’ platform is viewable at loveliffathome.com.
The showcased short films have been programmed together for the first time and include early works by Neeraj Ghaywan, the director of Cannes Fipresci and Prix de l’Avenir winner “Masaan,” and Shubashish Bhutiani, the director of “Hotel Salvation” whose short film “Kush” (pictured above) won in 2014.
The...
Due to be held in June this year, Liff has gone digital because of coronavirus restrictions and will show movies online in a range of South Asian languages.
Working with New Zealand’s Shift 72, which launched Cph:Dox online in March, the new U.K. geo-blocked platform launches with the award winners of the last nine years of the Satyajit Ray Short Film Competition.
The ‘London Indian Film Festival at Home’ platform is viewable at loveliffathome.com.
The showcased short films have been programmed together for the first time and include early works by Neeraj Ghaywan, the director of Cannes Fipresci and Prix de l’Avenir winner “Masaan,” and Shubashish Bhutiani, the director of “Hotel Salvation” whose short film “Kush” (pictured above) won in 2014.
The...
- 5/13/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
Ben Luxford gives details following March funding round.
The BFI’s Audience Fund will be “very relaxed” on activity and targets and will offer flexibility on cash flow during the coronavirus-induced shutdown, according to the BFI head of audiences Ben Luxford.
Luxford said ensuring the survival of the organisations it supports is the Fund’s priority.
“The pressure on organisations like Bristol Watershed or Newcastle Tyneside when your income suddenly disappears – you’ve got to look at what you’ve got,” he said.
“This has meant conversations with funders like us around ‘can we actually repurpose this just to keep the organisation alive?...
The BFI’s Audience Fund will be “very relaxed” on activity and targets and will offer flexibility on cash flow during the coronavirus-induced shutdown, according to the BFI head of audiences Ben Luxford.
Luxford said ensuring the survival of the organisations it supports is the Fund’s priority.
“The pressure on organisations like Bristol Watershed or Newcastle Tyneside when your income suddenly disappears – you’ve got to look at what you’ve got,” he said.
“This has meant conversations with funders like us around ‘can we actually repurpose this just to keep the organisation alive?...
- 5/1/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Streaming platform BFI Player to offer curated selections from six venues.
The BFI is providing UK regional cinemas with a home on its streaming platform in a bid to help venues connect with audiences during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Six venues across England and Scotland have been granted dedicated homepages on BFI Player and the ability to curate content on the platform to serve regional cinemagoers at a time when every theatre in the UK has been closed in a bid to stem the spread of coronavirus.
The cinemas, which all lead regional hubs as part of the BFI Film Audience Network,...
The BFI is providing UK regional cinemas with a home on its streaming platform in a bid to help venues connect with audiences during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Six venues across England and Scotland have been granted dedicated homepages on BFI Player and the ability to curate content on the platform to serve regional cinemagoers at a time when every theatre in the UK has been closed in a bid to stem the spread of coronavirus.
The cinemas, which all lead regional hubs as part of the BFI Film Audience Network,...
- 4/9/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
The Göteborg Film Festival’s 6th Nostradamus Report, titled “Relevance in a New Reality,” was presented at a seminar held at the festival on Friday afternoon. The yearly report is designed to forecast what the coming three-to-five years may look like for the screen industries.
This year’s Nostradamus is in five chapters in which industry experts are quoted and conclusions are drawn by the report’s authors. The new edition demonstrates a continuation and consolidation of familiar industry trends among industry professionals, covering topics such as: the uncertain future of public funding, major movements in the streaming market, the role of cinema in the new value chain, potential paths forward for Vr; and the need for a rebooted industry conversation around tech and shared challenges.
“We’ve talked about ‘structural change’ for a while now,” said Nostradamus author Johanna Koljonen. “In the next three to five years, a sector...
This year’s Nostradamus is in five chapters in which industry experts are quoted and conclusions are drawn by the report’s authors. The new edition demonstrates a continuation and consolidation of familiar industry trends among industry professionals, covering topics such as: the uncertain future of public funding, major movements in the streaming market, the role of cinema in the new value chain, potential paths forward for Vr; and the need for a rebooted industry conversation around tech and shared challenges.
“We’ve talked about ‘structural change’ for a while now,” said Nostradamus author Johanna Koljonen. “In the next three to five years, a sector...
- 2/1/2019
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Watershed and Home among cinemas keen to play ‘Roma’, ’Buster Scruggs’.
A group of 15 of the UK and Ireland’s leading independent cinemas are appealing to Netflix to widen the scope of its theatrical release strategy in the territories beyond its closed deal with independent distributor and exhibitor Curzon Cinemas for films including David Mackenzie’s Outlaw King, Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma and Joel and Ethan Coen’s The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs.
“We as independent cinemas are not able to book and screen Netflix films because the deal is, in fact, exclusive to Curzon,” said the letter. The group is spearheaded by Mark Cosgrove,...
A group of 15 of the UK and Ireland’s leading independent cinemas are appealing to Netflix to widen the scope of its theatrical release strategy in the territories beyond its closed deal with independent distributor and exhibitor Curzon Cinemas for films including David Mackenzie’s Outlaw King, Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma and Joel and Ethan Coen’s The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs.
“We as independent cinemas are not able to book and screen Netflix films because the deal is, in fact, exclusive to Curzon,” said the letter. The group is spearheaded by Mark Cosgrove,...
- 11/8/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Watershed and Home among cinemas keen to play ‘Roma’, ’Buster Scuggs’
A group of 15 of the UK’s leading independent cinemas are appealing to Netflix to widen the scope of its UK theatrical release strategy beyond its closed deal with independent distributor and exhibitor Curzon Cinemas for films including David Mackenzie’s Outlaw King, Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma and Joel and Ethan Coen’s The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs.
“We as independent cinemas are not able to book and screen Netflix films because the deal is, in fact, exclusive to Curzon,” said the letter. The group is spearheaded by Mark Cosgrove,...
A group of 15 of the UK’s leading independent cinemas are appealing to Netflix to widen the scope of its UK theatrical release strategy beyond its closed deal with independent distributor and exhibitor Curzon Cinemas for films including David Mackenzie’s Outlaw King, Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma and Joel and Ethan Coen’s The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs.
“We as independent cinemas are not able to book and screen Netflix films because the deal is, in fact, exclusive to Curzon,” said the letter. The group is spearheaded by Mark Cosgrove,...
- 11/8/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Company will released Old Boys and Pond Life as first two titles in new initiative.
UK distributor Verve Pictures is launching a non-profit first feature distribution support scheme that will back six debuts over the next 12 months.
The company has received a £135,000 award from the BFI Audience Fund to back the project, which has selected the first two features that will benefit – Bill Buckhurst’s Pond Life, which Verve has taken UK rights to, and Toby MacDonald’s Old Boys, which the company is now working on a deal for. Four more films will be selected over the course of the next year.
UK distributor Verve Pictures is launching a non-profit first feature distribution support scheme that will back six debuts over the next 12 months.
The company has received a £135,000 award from the BFI Audience Fund to back the project, which has selected the first two features that will benefit – Bill Buckhurst’s Pond Life, which Verve has taken UK rights to, and Toby MacDonald’s Old Boys, which the company is now working on a deal for. Four more films will be selected over the course of the next year.
- 9/19/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Up to £75,000 is available across two funding phases.
The UK Cinema Association (Ukca), the body which represents the interests of over 93% of UK cinema operators, has launched a fund to encourage innovations in the area of subtitling for people with hearing loss.
Created in partnership with the charity Action on Hearing Loss, the Technology Challenge Fund will distribute up to £75,000 to innovative projects across two phases.
Some £25,000 is available in the first phase with a £5,000 individual limit. Projects which complete this phase will be eligible for a second round with a £50,000 total and £25,000 per-project limit.
An estimated 11 million people in...
The UK Cinema Association (Ukca), the body which represents the interests of over 93% of UK cinema operators, has launched a fund to encourage innovations in the area of subtitling for people with hearing loss.
Created in partnership with the charity Action on Hearing Loss, the Technology Challenge Fund will distribute up to £75,000 to innovative projects across two phases.
Some £25,000 is available in the first phase with a £5,000 individual limit. Projects which complete this phase will be eligible for a second round with a £50,000 total and £25,000 per-project limit.
An estimated 11 million people in...
- 7/17/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Releasing arthouse films is as challenging as ever, but there are grounds for optimism.
“For foreign-language films, you really have to have something quite exceptional to break the £1m ($1.3m) mark,” says Louisa Dent, managing director and acquisitions chief at UK arthouse distributor Curzon Artificial Eye.
Given the UK’s shared language with the dominant provider of film and its overall cultural pivot towards North America rather than continental Europe, the territory has always been seen as a challenge for sellers of foreign-language fare.
The advent of digital distribution has created a more crowded marketplace than ever. But Dent suggests the problem is not so much that audiences are dwindling as the changing nature of the product.
“If you get a really good classical piece of French cinema, a Coco Before Chanel or an Amélie, they still work,” she says. “But that sort of film hasn’t cropped up as much. What we are...
“For foreign-language films, you really have to have something quite exceptional to break the £1m ($1.3m) mark,” says Louisa Dent, managing director and acquisitions chief at UK arthouse distributor Curzon Artificial Eye.
Given the UK’s shared language with the dominant provider of film and its overall cultural pivot towards North America rather than continental Europe, the territory has always been seen as a challenge for sellers of foreign-language fare.
The advent of digital distribution has created a more crowded marketplace than ever. But Dent suggests the problem is not so much that audiences are dwindling as the changing nature of the product.
“If you get a really good classical piece of French cinema, a Coco Before Chanel or an Amélie, they still work,” she says. “But that sort of film hasn’t cropped up as much. What we are...
- 6/2/2017
- ScreenDaily
Ellen joins institute’s film fund team.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has upped Katie Ellen to a senior manager role in its film fund team.
Ellen was previously the BFI’s senior manager for UK wide audiences (lottery funds & distribution), working with Ben Roberts and Ben Luxford.
Her new role is senior manager, international distribution and commercial strategy, film fund.
She will be working closely with Isabel Davis, the BFI’s head of international, and Ian Kirk, head of production finance.
In her new position, Ellen will take overall responsibility for managing the Film Fund’s relationships with international distributors and sales agents.
Her role will also involve maintaining relationships and other key cultural export partners.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has upped Katie Ellen to a senior manager role in its film fund team.
Ellen was previously the BFI’s senior manager for UK wide audiences (lottery funds & distribution), working with Ben Roberts and Ben Luxford.
Her new role is senior manager, international distribution and commercial strategy, film fund.
She will be working closely with Isabel Davis, the BFI’s head of international, and Ian Kirk, head of production finance.
In her new position, Ellen will take overall responsibility for managing the Film Fund’s relationships with international distributors and sales agents.
Her role will also involve maintaining relationships and other key cultural export partners.
- 5/19/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Ellen joins institute’s film fund team.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has upped Katie Ellen to a senior manager role in its film fund team.
Ellen was previously the BFI’s senior manager for UK wide audiences (lottery funds & distribution), working with Ben Roberts and Ben Luxford.
Her new role is senior manager, international distribution and commercial strategy, film fund.
She will be working closely with Isabel Davis, the BFI’s head of international, and Ian Kirk, head of production finance.
In her new position, Ellen will take overall responsibility for managing the Film Fund’s relationships with international distributors and sales agents.
Her role will also involve maintaining relationships and other key cultural export partners.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has upped Katie Ellen to a senior manager role in its film fund team.
Ellen was previously the BFI’s senior manager for UK wide audiences (lottery funds & distribution), working with Ben Roberts and Ben Luxford.
Her new role is senior manager, international distribution and commercial strategy, film fund.
She will be working closely with Isabel Davis, the BFI’s head of international, and Ian Kirk, head of production finance.
In her new position, Ellen will take overall responsibility for managing the Film Fund’s relationships with international distributors and sales agents.
Her role will also involve maintaining relationships and other key cultural export partners.
- 5/19/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: BFI Fan to inject £100k into distribution of six films following slump in foreign-language titles at UK box office.
The BFI Film Audience Network (Fan) is launching a new scheme to support the distribution of foreign language films in the UK, with The Pearl Button and Oscar-nominated Mustang chosen as the first two titles to receive support.
Fan, the network comprising the nine regional UK ‘Film Hubs’, will invest £100,000 in the distribution of six films in 2016.
The first two titles selected for the scheme are Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s French-language Mustang, which premiered in Cannes’ Directors Fortnights and has been Oscar-nominated in the best foreign language film category, and Patricio Guzmán’s Spanish-language documentary The Pearl Button, which premiered at the Berlinale in 2015, winning a silver bear for best script.
Each release will receive a tailored marketing pack put together by Fan, which works closely with a number of regional exhibitors. The money will...
The BFI Film Audience Network (Fan) is launching a new scheme to support the distribution of foreign language films in the UK, with The Pearl Button and Oscar-nominated Mustang chosen as the first two titles to receive support.
Fan, the network comprising the nine regional UK ‘Film Hubs’, will invest £100,000 in the distribution of six films in 2016.
The first two titles selected for the scheme are Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s French-language Mustang, which premiered in Cannes’ Directors Fortnights and has been Oscar-nominated in the best foreign language film category, and Patricio Guzmán’s Spanish-language documentary The Pearl Button, which premiered at the Berlinale in 2015, winning a silver bear for best script.
Each release will receive a tailored marketing pack put together by Fan, which works closely with a number of regional exhibitors. The money will...
- 1/15/2016
- ScreenDaily
The Screen Awards has unveiled its 2015 winners, recognising excellence in UK marketing, distribution and exhibition.Scroll down for full list of winnersBrowse the Screen Awards book Heregallery: Click here for pictures from the nightVIDEO: Screen Awards 2015
The awards were handed out at a glamorous ceremony at The Brewery in London last night (Oct 22), before 500 assembled guests. Broadcaster Edith Bowman hosted the event for the fourth year.
Universal Pictures UK took home the hotly contested studio distributor of the year award, having broken the record for the biggest annual box office of all time with releases including Fast & Furious 7, Jurassic World and Fifty Shades of Grey.
Curzon Artificial Eye was highly commended in the category after an “exceptional year” that included the release of Still Alice, its highest grossing title to date at £2.6m, and growing audiences through innovative approaches to releases.
Amy Winehouse documentary, Amy, won a hat-trick of awards for poster design of the year...
The awards were handed out at a glamorous ceremony at The Brewery in London last night (Oct 22), before 500 assembled guests. Broadcaster Edith Bowman hosted the event for the fourth year.
Universal Pictures UK took home the hotly contested studio distributor of the year award, having broken the record for the biggest annual box office of all time with releases including Fast & Furious 7, Jurassic World and Fifty Shades of Grey.
Curzon Artificial Eye was highly commended in the category after an “exceptional year” that included the release of Still Alice, its highest grossing title to date at £2.6m, and growing audiences through innovative approaches to releases.
Amy Winehouse documentary, Amy, won a hat-trick of awards for poster design of the year...
- 10/23/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Koch Media executive to take up senior BFI role from February.
Koch Media and former Curzon Artificial Eye exec Ben Luxford has been appointed to the new role of head of UK audiences at the BFI.
Reporting to BFI Film Fund director Ben Roberts, Luxford will start in the job on Feb 16.
According to the BFI Luxford will focus on the most effective use of the BFI’s Lottery levers to grow audiences for British and specialised film.
Luxford will work closely with Roberts and the Film Fund’s new UK Audiences team which encompasses the Distribution Fund, the Programme Development Fund, the Film Festivals Fund and support for the BFI Film Audience Network and BFI Neighbourhood Cinema.
Luxford joins the BFI from distributor Koch Media where he is currently head of distribution. He will continue to oversee the current slate – including the Film Fund-supported family comedy Bill and drama X+Y - during his transition to the...
Koch Media and former Curzon Artificial Eye exec Ben Luxford has been appointed to the new role of head of UK audiences at the BFI.
Reporting to BFI Film Fund director Ben Roberts, Luxford will start in the job on Feb 16.
According to the BFI Luxford will focus on the most effective use of the BFI’s Lottery levers to grow audiences for British and specialised film.
Luxford will work closely with Roberts and the Film Fund’s new UK Audiences team which encompasses the Distribution Fund, the Programme Development Fund, the Film Festivals Fund and support for the BFI Film Audience Network and BFI Neighbourhood Cinema.
Luxford joins the BFI from distributor Koch Media where he is currently head of distribution. He will continue to oversee the current slate – including the Film Fund-supported family comedy Bill and drama X+Y - during his transition to the...
- 11/19/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Koch Media executive to take up senior BFI role from February.
Koch Media and former Curzon Artificial Eye exec Ben Luxford has been appointed to the new role of head of UK audiences at the BFI.
Reporting to BFI Film Fund director, Ben Roberts, Luxford will start in the job on 16 February.
According to the BFI Luxford will focus on the most effective use of the BFI’s Lottery levers to grow audiences for British and specialised film.
Luxford will work closely with Roberts and the Film Fund’s new UK Audiences team which encompasses the Distribution Fund, the Programme Development Fund, the Film Festivals Fund and support for the BFI Film Audience Network and BFI Neighbourhood Cinema.
Luxford joins the BFI from distributor Koch Media where he is currently head of distribution. He will continue to oversee the current slate – including the Film Fund-supported family comedy Bill and drama X+Y - during his transition to the...
Koch Media and former Curzon Artificial Eye exec Ben Luxford has been appointed to the new role of head of UK audiences at the BFI.
Reporting to BFI Film Fund director, Ben Roberts, Luxford will start in the job on 16 February.
According to the BFI Luxford will focus on the most effective use of the BFI’s Lottery levers to grow audiences for British and specialised film.
Luxford will work closely with Roberts and the Film Fund’s new UK Audiences team which encompasses the Distribution Fund, the Programme Development Fund, the Film Festivals Fund and support for the BFI Film Audience Network and BFI Neighbourhood Cinema.
Luxford joins the BFI from distributor Koch Media where he is currently head of distribution. He will continue to oversee the current slate – including the Film Fund-supported family comedy Bill and drama X+Y - during his transition to the...
- 11/19/2014
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Thomas and Nik Hedman depart from UK distributor’s acquisitions team.
UK distributor Koch Media today confirmed to Screendaily the departure of father and son duo Thomas and Nik Hedman from the company.
The outfit is now planning to hire a new head of acquisitions but Hedman père will consult on a couple of existing slate titles.
Koch Media bought the Hedman-owned distribution company G2 in 2012 after which industry veteran Thomas Hedman became Koch’s business development director - film (Northern Europe), based in London.
In November Screen announced the addition of Ben Luxford, formerly head of theatrical distribution at Curzon Artificial Eye, to the company as head of distribution from January 2014.
Chriscilla Philogene, who formerly headed up LoveFilm’s brand marketing division, joined the expanding and ambitious distributor as head of theatrical marketing.
MD of Koch Media Northern Europe, Craig McNicol, commented on the departures: “We are grateful to Thomas and Nik for their support...
UK distributor Koch Media today confirmed to Screendaily the departure of father and son duo Thomas and Nik Hedman from the company.
The outfit is now planning to hire a new head of acquisitions but Hedman père will consult on a couple of existing slate titles.
Koch Media bought the Hedman-owned distribution company G2 in 2012 after which industry veteran Thomas Hedman became Koch’s business development director - film (Northern Europe), based in London.
In November Screen announced the addition of Ben Luxford, formerly head of theatrical distribution at Curzon Artificial Eye, to the company as head of distribution from January 2014.
Chriscilla Philogene, who formerly headed up LoveFilm’s brand marketing division, joined the expanding and ambitious distributor as head of theatrical marketing.
MD of Koch Media Northern Europe, Craig McNicol, commented on the departures: “We are grateful to Thomas and Nik for their support...
- 1/6/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Former Artificial Eye, LoveFilm execs join London-team.
Koch Media’s UK distribution wing has added new staff to is theatrical ranks.
Ben Luxford [pictured], formerly head of theatrical distribution at Curzon Artificial Eye, joins as head of distribution from January 2014.
Chriscilla Philogene, who formerly headed up LoveFilm’s brand marketing division, joins as head of theatrical marketing.
Reporting directly in to Luxford are Philogene, David Woodward, head of theatrical sales, Peter Ballard, head ofhome entertainment marketing, and Georgie Rennie, publicity manager.
Luxford will report to Paul Nicholls, director of sales and marketing across both the company’s film and games divisions for northern Europe.
“The UK theatrical landscape is a challenging one, but there are clear opportunities for an ambitious and committed company like Koch Media to thrive,” said Luxford. “With a wide range of films and a talented team of experienced and passionate individuals, we expect to see exciting things happen. I’m looking...
Koch Media’s UK distribution wing has added new staff to is theatrical ranks.
Ben Luxford [pictured], formerly head of theatrical distribution at Curzon Artificial Eye, joins as head of distribution from January 2014.
Chriscilla Philogene, who formerly headed up LoveFilm’s brand marketing division, joins as head of theatrical marketing.
Reporting directly in to Luxford are Philogene, David Woodward, head of theatrical sales, Peter Ballard, head ofhome entertainment marketing, and Georgie Rennie, publicity manager.
Luxford will report to Paul Nicholls, director of sales and marketing across both the company’s film and games divisions for northern Europe.
“The UK theatrical landscape is a challenging one, but there are clear opportunities for an ambitious and committed company like Koch Media to thrive,” said Luxford. “With a wide range of films and a talented team of experienced and passionate individuals, we expect to see exciting things happen. I’m looking...
- 11/10/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: What Maisie Knew outperforms A Field in England, A Late Quartet on VOD.
The BFI and a handful of UK independent distributors have revealed a number of VOD results for films backed through the BFI’s New Models distribution scheme.
At a packed London Film Festival industry event, the BFI revealed VOD numbers for films including A Late Quartet, A Field in England and What Maisie Knew.
Artificial Eye’s theatrical success A Late Quartet, which took box office of £528,987, fared modestly on VOD, taking £26,274 from 6,005 VOD transactions.
The film, a grey-pound hit at the box office which didn’t translate as well to VOD, went on to sell 6,813 DVD and BluRay units.
A Field in England, which was released in cinemas, TV and VOD on the same day, also failed to generate big numbers on VOD, accumulating 6,212 transactions for £15,000. The film’s theatrical take was £51,409.
Ben Wheatley’s psychedelic civil war drama shifted 7,172 physical units.
However...
The BFI and a handful of UK independent distributors have revealed a number of VOD results for films backed through the BFI’s New Models distribution scheme.
At a packed London Film Festival industry event, the BFI revealed VOD numbers for films including A Late Quartet, A Field in England and What Maisie Knew.
Artificial Eye’s theatrical success A Late Quartet, which took box office of £528,987, fared modestly on VOD, taking £26,274 from 6,005 VOD transactions.
The film, a grey-pound hit at the box office which didn’t translate as well to VOD, went on to sell 6,813 DVD and BluRay units.
A Field in England, which was released in cinemas, TV and VOD on the same day, also failed to generate big numbers on VOD, accumulating 6,212 transactions for £15,000. The film’s theatrical take was £51,409.
Ben Wheatley’s psychedelic civil war drama shifted 7,172 physical units.
However...
- 10/18/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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