formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
Two films backed by the BBC and the BFI Filmmaking Fund – Bird, directed by Andrew Arnold and Santosh, directed by Sandhya Suri – will receive their world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this year. Source: BFI, BBC-backed films … Continued
The British Film Institute is to re-release David Lean’s epic romance “Doctor Zhivago,” which starred Omar Sharif and Julie Christie, to coincide with the film’s 50th anniversary. The movie will run in U.K. theaters on Nov. 27 as part of … Continued
The British Film Institute (BFI) has received £1m in support from UK philanthropic organisation the Uggla Family Foundation to help in the transformation of its video on demand platform, BFI Player, into the provisionally titled BFI+. Source: BFI to transform … Continued
The film industry has thoroughly enjoyed the fruits of its labor, making 2023 a very lucrative year for moviemaking. The quality of film has, too, reflected this, and none more so than those named on the recently announced BFI Sight … Continued
The US accounts for 49% of overseas transactions followed by China’s 15%. Source: BFI: More than 50% of UK games developers are now owned by overseas entities | Pocket Gamer.biz | PGbiz
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. Source: Going to the cinema is good for you and your community, … Continued