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BFI evaluations
Reports commissioned to monitor the delivery and impact of the funding we provide.
Find out moreMeasuring the economic value of cinema venues
This study examines the previously unmeasured social benefits created by cinemas for cinema users and communities.
Find out moreImpact of mergers and acquisitions on UK video games industry
A scoping study assessing the feasibility of research into the economic consequences, including possible market failures, of overseas acquisition of UK games development studios.
Find out moreBFI Insight exchange events
BFI Insight Exchange: 2030 Vision
In February 2020, the BFI RSU team asked a group of top thinkers and analysts whether they could predict what 2030 might look like for the moving image, audiences and the broader screen sector. Their findings and views were explored in the BFI’s second Insight Exchange forum.
Find out moreInsight Exchange: Capturing the audience
On 16 September 2019, the BFI Research and Statistics Unit hosted ‘Capturing the audience’, a forum exploring research and intelligence from the frontline of audience engagement.
Find out moreReports by subject
A Sustainable Future for Skills: the Report of the Screen Sectors Skills Task Force
Made up of 28 organisations from across TV and film, the Screen Sectors Skills Task Force was convened to respond to the findings of the BFI Skills Review. Read their recommendations to transform the industry’s approach to skills development.
Find out moreEconomic Review of UK Independent Film
The challenges increasingly facing UK independent film from production to distribution and exhibition.
Find out moreBFI Skills Review 2022
Workforce development in the scripted film and high-end television production sector.
Find out moreBFI and ERIC screen careers research
What’s stopping young people from pursuing a career in the screen industries? – June 2022
Find out moreUK screen sector economy
Screen Business reports analyse the impact of the screen sector tax reliefs to the UK economy.
Find out moreBritain on Film impact study
A case study on the public value of Britain on Film which provides evidence on the benefits of online access to film heritage.
Find out moreBFI Commission on UK Independent Film
As digital innovation creates seismic change for the industry, this report sets out proposals and recommendations to enable UK independent film to grow and achieve greater success.
Find out moreThe BFI Film Fund and Class: Breaking Down the Data
From data collected from applicants to the BFI Film Fund 2019-2022 this report details the socio-economic background of some directors, producers and writers working in the UK independent film industry for the first time.
Find out moreBFI Diversity Standards initial findings
Report on how productions used the Diversity Standards between June 2016 until March 2019.
Find out moreBFI gender pay gap report
The following data relates to the period 01 April to 31 March for each report.
Find out moreReview of the BFI Diversity Standards
In 2021, an independent review of the BFI Diversity Standards was commissioned, managed by D&I consultancy, New Inclusion.
Find out moreFilm on DVD, TV and VOD
View our research about film on DVD, film on television and film on video-on-demand platforms.
Find out moreThe impacts of leaving the EU on the UK’s screen sector
Following the Referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union (EU), the BFI set up a UK Screen Sector Task Force to look at how the UK leaving the EU might affect the UK’s screen sector, which spans film, television, video games, animation programming, and post-production and VFX.
Find out moreUK Global Screen Fund international audience insights, market data and demand for British content reports
Access international market intelligence reports and territory-level audience perception insights summaries, and review data prepared by Parrot Analytics relating to international demand for UK series, film and talent.
Find out moreSpeaking up (whistleblowing) policy and procedure
Find out moreSustainability
As the lead body for film in the UK, we embrace best practice and co-ordinate a UK-wide sustainability strategy for all parts of the film sector, including the publication of research and reports.
Find out moreTaking VR stories to UK audiences: Common Ground, a UK touring report
A report looking at the distribution and exhibition of VR projects in the UK through a proposed tour of VR documentary, Common Ground.
Find out moreMapping Study of EU Funding in the UK Screen Sectors 2007-2017
An audit of EU funding in the UK screen sector 2007-2017.
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