ON FIRST FEATURES
7 March 2018
Lucy Cohen and Julia Nottingham discuss the intimacies, responsibilities and challenges of making feature documentary Kingdom of Us.
5 June 2017
Mary Burke sat down with Alice Lowe to talk about making a film while heavily pregnant and finding the confidence to transition from actor to director.
26 April 2017
Simran Hans chats to William Oldroyd, director of Lady Macbeth, a stirring, crisply framed period drama, about shooting sheep, shoestring budgets and the difference between directing for stage and screen.
Industry insights
15 February 2018
Creative England’s flagship low-budget film initiative iFeatures is re-launching this year to become a year-round development lab with a more flexible approach to funding and regionality.
13 February 2018
I am looking forward to seeing how this new slate of films continues this legacy, as well wondering what they tell us about Britain today.
13 February 2018
In 2018 BBC Four, BFI and cinemas across the UK are celebrating British animation. Grants will be awarded to fund, or partly fund, up to 12 emerging filmmakers working in animation, to realise their first broadcast project.
PODCASTS
Lewis and Matimba met up to talk about Lewis' career directing iconic TV like Humans, Broadchurch and Banana.
Daniel Kaluuya joins Matimba in her kitchen to talk about writing Skins at 17 years old, shaking up Hollywood and working with people who have something to say.
The 61st BFI London Film Festival 2017 is here! Back in February we spoke to the festival's director Clare Stewart on growing such a world renowned festival.
EVENTS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
29 January 2018
Applications are now open. Register and apply online now.
28 November 2017
For this year’s Weekender, our annual professional development programme, we hosted 20 teams of filmmakers developing bold, brilliant genre projects that all have something to say.
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Doc Society
11 April 2018
Film School Rejects
11 April 2018