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We work across film development and production, audience development, and operations and partnerships.
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BFI Locked Box
Find out how a share of income from productions supported by the BFI Film Fund can be put aside and used for future projects or staff training.
Read this pageSearch for projects funded by National Lottery
Search the funding awards for films, projects and organisations made by the BFI.
SearchThe IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award in association with the BFI
In association with the BFI, an award of £50,000 is given to a British writer, director, or writer-director whose first or second fiction feature film premieres at the BFI London Film Festival.
Find out moreHero image caption: Director Idris Elba and actor Aml Ameen on the set of Yardie (2018).