Press releases

All the latest information on BFI activities for members of the media.

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For releases dating from before 2018, please see our archived press releases.

April

BFI press release: BFI invests £900,000 National Lottery funding over two years to create a BFI skills cluster for Wales (18 April 2024)PDF189 KB

March

BFI press release: 38th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival wraps with audiences up, global talent attendance and five world premieres (28 March 2024)PDF589 KB
BFI press release: BFI appoints Melanie Hoyes to Director of Inclusion (28 March 2024)PDF273 KB
BFI National Lottery Innovation Challenge Fund opens first call for projects tackling critical challenges for UK screen sector (25 March 2024)PDF263 KB
BFI press release: BFI Film Audience Network announces SPOTLIGHT (13 March 2024)PDF150 KB
BFI press releasee: BFI Flare x BAFTA professional development programme 2024 cohort announced (12 March 2024)PDF373 KB
BFI press release: BFI and film industry welcome landmark move with increased expenditure credit to support UK film (6 March 2024)PDF471 KB
BFI press release: British Council and BFI Flare celebrate a decade of Five Films For Freedom (5 March 2024)PDF518 KB
BFI press release: 68th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express to be presented from 9 to 20 October 2024PDF307 KB

February

BFI press releasse: The BFI and British Council open an expanded travel grant fund supporting filmmakers, producers and XR creatives with work selected for international film festivals and other events (29 February 2024)PDF164 KB
BFI press releasse: BFI announce programme highlights for Spring 2024 (27 February 2024)PDF416 KB
BFI press release: BFI Future Film Festival announces award winners for 2024 edition (18 February 2024)PDF459 KB
BFI press release: 38th BFI FLARE: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival full programme announced (13 February 2024)PDF547 KB
BFI press release: UK Global Screen Fund announces latest awards for international promotion of independent UK feature films (8 February 2024)PDF274 KB
BFI press release: BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival announces Elliot Page Screen Talk and special presentation of Dominic Savage’s Close to You (7 February 2024)PDF373 KB
BFI press release: BFI official 2023 statistics reveal £4.23 billion film and high-end television (HETV) production (1 February 2024)PDF406 KB
BFI press release: BFI appoints David Hamilton as new Executive Director Of Engagement, Marketing and Communications (1 February 2024)PDF221 KB
BFI press release: Award nominations announced for BFI Future Film Festival 2024 (1 February 2024)PDF471 KB

January

BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival announces opening and closing night films (30 January 2024)PDF267 KB
BFI press release: BFI announce programme highlights for March 2024 at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX, including the conclusion of seasons dedicated to the Taviani Brothers and composer John Barry (25 January 2024)PDF344 KB
BFI press release: BFI seeking partner for new £1.5m programme to improve working practices across sector (25 January 2024)PDF522 KB
BFI press release: Events programme announced for the BFI Future Film Festival 2024 at BFI Southbank, online and in cinemas UK-wide 15 to 18 February (24 January 2024)PDF494 KB
BFI press release: BFI and DCMS invest over £3.3 million into the UK’s independent screen sector in latest awards from UK Global Screen Fund (17 January 2024)PDF348 KB
BFI press release: BFI Future Film Festival 2024 film programme announced (11 January 2024)PDF630 KB
BFI press release: Jay Hunt appointed as Chair of the BFI (10 January 2024)PDF33 KB
BFI press release: BFI and The Uggla Family Foundation announce new partnership to expand digital access to screen culture (17 Janauary 2024)PDF328 KB

2023

December

BFI press release: BFI announce programme highlights for February 2024 at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX (22 December 2023)PDF379 KB
BFI press release: Audit to Access Project National Lottery Heritage Fund grant announced (14 December 2023)PDF720 KB
BFI press release: Sight and Sound reveal results of the Best Films of the Year Poll 2023 (8 December 2023)PDF201 KB
BFI press release: Highlights for audiences coming in 2024 (7 December 2023)PDF246 KB
BFI press release: 38th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival to be presented from 13-24 March 2024 (6 December 2023)PDF284 KB
BFI press release: BFI launches Digital Content Production Skills Study (5 December 2023)PDF289 KB
BFI press release: Christopher Nolan to receive a BFI Fellowship (4 December 2023)PDF92 KB

November

BFI press release: UK Global Screen Fund announces latest awards for international promotion of independent UK feature films (30 November 2023)PDF283 KB
BFI press release: BFI and Chanel Filmmaker Awards 2023: members of the jury Tilda Swinton, Edward Enninful OBE, Marie-louise Khondji and BFI Chief Executive Ben Roberts selected this year’s winners (9 November 2023)PDF544 KB
BFI press release: UK Global Screen Fund supports 15 UK video games businesses to participate in trade mission to Slush, Helsinki (1 November 2023)PDF230 KB
BFI press release: BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX programme highlights for January 2024 (27 November 2023)PDF405 KB
BFI press release: Anna Hintzen joins BFI Filmmaking Fund as new senior production executive (20 November 2023)PDF759 KB
BFI press release: UK Global Screen Fund announces TV producers package delegation (16 November 2023)PDF176 KB
BFI press release: New study launched by the BFI and the Creative PEC reveals additional economic value that cinemas generate for communities (13 November 2023)PDF257 KB
BFI press release: The Red Shoes: Beyond the Mirror exhibition (9 November 2023)PDF708 KB

October

BFI press release: Ghost Stories for Christmas Volume 2, 3-disc limited edition Blu-ray box set released on 20 November 2023 (30 October 2023)PDF396 KB
BFI press release: 67th BFI London Film Festival brings in record audience and LFF Audience Awards announced (30 October 2023)PDF299 KB
BFI press release: BFI Distribution announces the UK-wide theatrical release of Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande on 16 February 2024 (25 October 2023)PDF584 KB
BFI press release: BFI announce programme highlights for December 2023 at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX (25 October 2023)PDF436 KB
BFI press release: BFI opens new Creative Challenge Fund (24 October 2023)PDF672 KB
BFI press release: BFI Distribution announces the UK-wide theatrical release of Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer and the 50th anniversary re-release of The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser on 19 January 2024 (19 October 2023)PDF407 KB
BFI press release: 67th BFI London Film Festival announces award winners (15 October 2023)PDF400 KB
BFI press-release: NETWORK@LFF 2023 cohort announced (3 October 2023)PDF788 KB

September

BFI press release: BFI and Film4 greenlight nine ambitious high-end shorts backing exciting UK talent (28 September 2023)PDF759 KB
BFI press release: 67th BFI London Film Festival announces projects and talent in LFF ‘works-in-progress’ showcase (26 September 2023)PDF747 KB
BFI press release: The 67th BFI London Film Festival announces programme of Screen Talks (25 September 2023)PDF416 KB
BFI press release: 67th BFI London Film Festival announces LFF for Free programme (22 September 2023)PDF375 KB
BFI press release: The 67th BFI London Film Festival announces speakers and events at this year’s LFF Industry Forum (20 September 2023)PDF1 MB
BFI press release: 67th BFI London Film Festival announces 2023 competition juries (19 September 2023)PDF523 KB
BFI press release: BFI to support free screenings to grow audiences for UK cinemas (19 September 2023)PDF416 KB
BFI press release: BFI Cinema Unbound: The Creative Worlds of Powell and Pressburger comes to big screens UK-wide this autumn (15 September 2023)PDF680 KB
BFI press release: BFI Distribution announces 5 January 2024 UK and Ireland cinema release of Scala!!! (13 September 2023)PDF376 KB
BFI press release: Programme announced for late October and November 2023 at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX (5 September 2023)PDF341 KB
BFI press release: Targets (Blu-ray) (1 September 2023)PDF401 KB

August

BFI press release: Full programme announced for 67th BFI London Film Festival (31 August 2023)PDF825 KB
BFI press release: The 67th BFI London Film Festival announces films selected to screen in competition (29 August 2023)PDF416 KB
BFI press release: Partie de campagne (Blu-ray) (29 August 2023)PDF511 KB
BFI press release: BFI press release: 67th BFI London Film Festival announces LFF Expanded programme of immersive art and extended reality works (25 August 2023)PDF375 KB
BFI press release: Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget to receive world premiere at the 67th BFI London Film Festival (23 August 2023)PDF407 KB
BFI press release: 23 Seconds to Eternity (Blu-ray/DVD Dual Format Edition) (23 August 2023)PDF646 KB
BFI press release: Gothic (Blu-ray) (22 August 2023)PDF370 KB
BFI press release: BFI celebrates life and career of Sir Horace Ové in autumn 2023 with new 4k restoration of Pressure and world premiere at BFI London Film Festival (21 August)PDF852 KB
BFI press release: World premiere of Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya’s The Kitchen to close the 67th BFI London Film Festival (17 August 2023)PDF418 KB
BFI press release: James Hawes’ One Life, starring Anthony Hopkins, announced as American Express Gala film at the 67th BFI London Film Festival (11 August 2023)PDF363 KB
BFI press release: International premiere of Saltburn to open 67th BFI London Film Festival (7 August 2023)PDF520 KB

July

BFI press release: New UK Global Screen Fund Data Hub launches to provide UK independent screen sector with international data and insights (31 July 2023)PDF356 KB
BFI press release: BFI chairman Tim Richards welcomes Declan Keeney as a new governor representing Northern Ireland to BFI board (27 July 2023)PDF514 KB
BFI press release: BFI announce programme for September 2023 at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX (26 July 2023)PDF474 KB
BFI press release: UK Global Screen Fund backs further nine international co-productions (25 July 2023)PDF209 KB
BFI press release: BFI celebrates pioneering filmmaker Lorenza Mazzetti with screening and Blu-ray release of her BFI National Archive remastered ‘London’ shorts and candid new documentary (19 July 2023)PDF244 KB
BFI press release: Missing Believed Wiped celebrates Kaleidoscope’s 35th anniversary with bumper programme (14 July 2023)PDF964 KB
BFI press release: Latest UK Global Screen Fund awards provide further boost for international promotion of UK independent films (7 July 2023)PDF326 KB
BFI press release: Full programme announced for Be Gay, Do Crime season at BFI Southbank from 1 to 31 August 2023 (5 July 2023)PDF707 KB

June

BFI press release: BFI Unveils Cinema Unbound: the Creative Worlds of Powell and Pressburger (29 June 2023)PDF877 KB
BFI press release: BFI Filmmaking Fund appoints Vicki Brown as new senior executive for sales and distribution (29 June 2023)PDF676 KB
BFI press release: BFI Southbank announce programme for August 2023 (26 June 2023)PDF775 KB
BFI press release: The BMW Filmmaking Challenge in partnership with the BFI shortlists emerging UK filmmakers (16 June 2023)PDF247 KB
BFI press release: Industry figureheads Ncuti Gatwa, Terri White and Asif Kapadia to judge BMW filmmaking challenge in partnership with BFI (6 June 2023)PDF125 KB
BFI press release: I Am Weekender (Blu-ray) (2 June 2023)PDF394 KB
BFI press release: The Driver’s Seat (Identikit) (Blu-ray) (2 June 2023)PDF370 KB

May

BFI press release: BFI celebrate Egyptian master filmmaker Youssef Chahine with new month-long season of his work (30 May 2023)PDF764 KB
BFI press release: BFI Southbank announce programme for July 2023, with seasons celebrating 100 years of Disney, Egyptian master filmmaker Youssef Chahine and the work of director, writer and actor Greta Gerwig (22 May 2023)PDF852 KB
BFI press release: UK Global Screen Fund extends support to Ukrainian filmmakers through European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian films (21 May 2023)PDF281 KB
BFI press release: BFI partners with Diversity in Cannes to celebrate Black women filmmakers during the Cannes Film Festival (17 May 2023)PDF641 KB
BFI press release: BFI announces package of industry support under the new BFI National Lottery Sustainable Screen Fund (16 May 2023)PDF585 KB
BFI press release: BFI and DCMS invest in a further 24 UK companies in latest awards from UK Global Screen Fund (15 May 2023)PDF696 KB
BFI press release: Major new season celebrating Disney’s centenary set for the summer (10 May 2023)PDF768 KB
BFI press release: BFI and British Council reveal GREAT8 showcase for Cannes 2023 (9 May 2023)PDF616 KB
BFI press release: 4K UHD and Blu-ray releases July to September 2023 slate includes Gregory’s Girl, Gothic and Targets (4 May 2023)PDF507 KB
BFI press release: La règle du jeu (Blu-ray) (3 May 2023)PDF407 KB

April

BFI press release: BFI announce line-up for the inaugural BFI Film on Film Festival (21 April 2023)PDF823 KB
BFI press release: BFI awards £9.6m over three years to support screen production workforce development and training across the UK (19 April 2023)PDF457 KB
BFI press release: BFI Southbank announce June programme (18 April 2023)PDF813 KB
BFI press release: Name me Lawand set for UK and Irish cinemas on 7 July 2023 (18 April 2023)PDF388 KB
BFI press release: Enys Men BFI Blu-ray/DVD and BFI Player subscription exclusive release on 8 May 2023 (14 April 2023)PDF377 KB
BFI press release: BFI invests £6.48 million to grow audience engagement (13 April 2023)PDF561 KB
BFI press release: BFI announce season celebrating the trailblazing talent of Muriel Box (3 April 2023)PDF739 KB

March

BFI press release: BFI Replay launched (30 March 2023)PDF920 KB
BFI press release: EO (Blu-ray/DVD) (30 March 2023)PDF370 KB
BFI press release: Identification Marks and Hands Up (two-disc Blu-ray) (30 March 2023)PDF354 KB
BFI press release: 37th BFI Flare Londo LGBTQIA Film Festival close of festival (29 March 2023)PDF994 KB
BFI press release: Georgia Brown to chair industry-led Skills Task Force for UK’s screen sectors (29 March 2023)PDF532 KB
BFI press release: Michael Blyth to step down as Senior programmer for BFI Flare and BFI London Film Festival (24 March 2023)PDF672 KB
BFI press release: BFI announce dates for major new project – Cinema Unbound: The Creative Worlds of Powell and Pressburger (21 March 2023)PDF877 KB
BFI press release: BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund opens as part of £54m support for UK films and talent over three years (21 March 2023)PDF729 KB
BFI press release: Lizzie Francke, Fiona Morham and Natascha Wharton to step down from senior roles in the BFI Film Fund (20 March 2023)PDF687 KB
BFI press release: BFI Southbank announce May programme (17 March 2023)PDF935 KB
BFI press release: BFI Flare x BAFTA: 2023 cohort announced (15 March 2023)PDF615 KB
BFI press release: BFI and Cinecittà present: Dario Argento: Doors Into Darkness (15 March 2023)PDF834 KB
BFI press release: BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival announces industry programme and key speakers (1 March 2023)PDF600 KB
BFI press release: BFI Southbank, HOME Manchester and Film Hub North celebrate talent from the North of England with series of screenings and special events (14 March 2023)PDF869 KB
BFI press release: Kristy Matheson appointed as new BFI festivals director (08 March 2023)PDF1 MB
BFI press release: Five Films for Freedom showcases LGBTQIA+ short films free to access around the world (8 March 2023)PDF620 KB
BFI press release: BFI and Screen Producers Australia (SPA) announce UK and Australian industry delegations set for new ‘UK Connect’ programme at Screen Forever 37 (7 March 2023)PDF491 KB

February

BFI press release: BFI announces complete programme for Ginger Rogers: All That Sass season at BFI Southbank (23 February 2023)PDF697 KB
BFI press release: BFI announce programme for Busting the Bias, celebrating and championing Disabled talent, BFI Southbank, 3-5 March 2023 (22 February 2023)PDF763 KB
BFI press release: BFI Flare Expanded celebrates inaugural immersive programme by LGBTQIA+ artists, including the world’s first virtual LGBTQ+ museum (22 February 2023)PDF257 KB
BFI press release: BFI Future Film Festival announces award winners for 2023 edition (19 February 2023)PDF798 KB
BFI press release: BFI reaffirms its support of uk documentary filmmaking, investing up to £6m of National Lottery funding over three years (16 February 2023)PDF671 KB
BFI press release: 37th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2023 full programme announced (15 February 2023)PDF760 KB
BFI press release: BFI sets out shift in education strategy as it invests £14m in UK’s future film lovers, the industry’s future workforce and filmmakers of tomorrow (8 February 2023)PDF611 KB
BFI press release: BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival announces Opening, Centrepiece and Closing Night films (07 February 2023)PDF662 KB
BFI press release: BFI awards over £15.2 million to 11 UK-wide strategic partners (1 February 2023)PDF662 KB
BFI today announce Outsiders and Exiles: the Films of Jerzy Skolimowski (06 February 2023)PDF850 KB
BFI press release: BFI official 2022 statistics reveal a record £6.27 billion film and high-end television (HETV) production spend in the UK (2 February 2023)PDF784 KB
BFI press release: BFI Future Film Festival announces awards, nominations and jury for 2023 edition (2 February 2023)PDF827 KB

January

BFI press release: Michaela Coel takes a lead role in the new BMW Filmmaking Challenge in partnership with the BFI (31 January 2023)PDF569 KB
BFI press release: Spike Lee honoured with BFI Fellowship to be presented at BFI Southbank 13 February 2023 (27 January 2023)PDF726 KB
BFI press release: BFI Future Film Festival announces events programme for 2023 edition, at BFI Southbank and online from 16 to 19 February (25 January 2023)PDF784 KB
BFI press release: BFI International Fund partners Screen Producers Australia and Screen Forever to launch new ‘UK Connect’ programme at Australia’s premier screen industry event (24 January 2023)PDF495 KB
BFI press release: BFI announce programme for March 2023 at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX (24 January 2023)PDF781 KB
BFI press release: BFI Distribution announces the release of critically acclaimed God’s Creatures in UK cinemas on 31 March 2023 (24 January 2023)PDF353 KB
BFI press release: Ama Ampadu appointed as BFI Film Fund senior production and development executive (20 January 2023)PDF559 KB
BFI press release: BFI showcases New Australian Cinema as part of UK/Australia cultural exchange (18 January 2023)PDF753 KB
BFI press release: Ingmar Bergman Volume 4 (Limited edition six-disc Blu-ray box set) (17 January 2023)PDF341 KB
BFI press release: Film programme announced for BFI Future Film Festival at BFI Southbank and online from 16 to 19 February (12 January 2023)PDF809 KB
BFI press release: Young Audiences Content Fund final evaluation published (12 January 2023)PDF267 KB
BFI press release: The Juniper Tree (Blu-ray) (10 January 2023)PDF349 KB