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  Full cast announced for BAFTA Award winner Amma Asante’s Belle

  Shooting will start on 24 September on Belle, directed by BAFTA Award Winner Amma Asante and produced by Damian Jones whose previous credits include the Academy Award winning, The Iron Lady.

  
  Friday 7 September 2012

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  BFI seeks delivery partner for major new £28m UK-wide film education strategy

  The BFI launches an open call for applications for a bold, new film education strategy to inspire a lifelong passion for film in young people aged 5-19 across the UK.

  BFI Press
  Thursday 30 August 2012

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  Great Expectations European premiere closes the 56th BFI London Film Festival

  The 56th BFI London Film Festival announces that this year’s festival will close with Great Expectations.

  BFI Press
  Thursday 30 August 2012

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  Frankenweenie European premiere opens the 56th BFI London Film Festival

  Opening Night film to receive simultaneous premiere in 30 cinemas nationwide.

  BFI Press
  Thursday 23 August 2012

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  Rural Cinema Conference

  The BFI and Creative England are holding the first UK conference dedicated to rural cinema.

  
  Thursday 16 August 2012

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  Hitchcock’s The Manxman announced as festival Archive Gala

  The BFI is pleased to announce that the grand finale of The Genius of Hitchcock project (June – October 2012) will be the BFI London Film Festival’s Archive Gala screening, presented in association with The Krasner Fund for the BFI, of the world premiere of the BFI National Archive’s new restoration of Hitchcock’s The Manxman (1929).

  BFI Press
  Thursday 19 July 2012

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  The Dark Knight Rises nets £1m in advance IMAX bookings

  With still two days to go before it opens on Friday 20 July, The Dark Knight Rises – The IMAX Experience has taken over £1 million in advance bookings at London’s BFI IMAX, the biggest cinema screen in Britain.

  Samuel Wigley
  Wednesday 18 July 2012

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  Festival submissions closed

  • Short films (40 mins or less) - deadline: 22 June 2012.
  • Feature length films (more than 40 mins) - deadline: 6 July 2012

  BFI Press
  Monday 9 July 2012

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  Hitchcock’s The Ring streams live online

  As the restored version of Hitchcock’s 1927 boxing melodrama The Ring is unveiled at Hackney Empire, digital arts service The Space will stream the event live online.

  Samuel Wigley
  Wednesday 4 July 2012

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  New prize for science-themed scripts

  The Wellcome Institute and the BFI launch a new prize for screenwriters tackling scientific themes.

  Samuel Wigley
  Monday 18 June 2012

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