If you’re looking for an indicator of potential Oscar nominations sometimes you need to look across the Atlantic to the Academy’s British counterparts, BAFTA. The U.K.
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Here’s our annual rundown of the 10 largest awards given out by the British Film Institute’s Film Fund across 2021. Backed by National Lottery money, the grants are a key supporter of indie cinema in the UK.
This year also saw long-time Film Fund chief Ben Roberts, now BFI CEO, hand over the keys to the fund to new director Mia Bays.
Top of the list is The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, an adaptation of Rachel Joyce’s popular novel about a man who embarks on a 450-mile walk across the UK in
If you’re looking for an indicator of potential Oscar nominations sometimes you need to look across the Atlantic to the Academy’s British counterparts, BAFTA. The U.K.
BAFTA has unveiled the longlists across all categories for its 2022 Film Awards. See them in full below.
It was another busy year of supporting UK indie cinema for the British Film Institute (BFI), which again handed out a series of cash awards via its audience fund as well as distribution grants for individual titles. Scroll down for the lists of top awards across key strands.
No Time to Die. Originally slated to open in early 2020, Daniel Craig’s final outing as 007 became the first high-profile release to announce a major Covid-related postponement.
The Radfords, one of Britain's biggest families, recently enjoyed a festive trip to Lapland during the latest instalment of their Channel 5 show 22 Kids and Counting.Their pre-Christmas getaway was documented on the show, which follows the family's hectic day-to-day lives.
There's nothing quite like watching a Christmas film with the family to get you all feeling festive.
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Manori Ravindran International EditorThe Brit Awards, one of Britain’s biggest music events, have unveiled their 2022 nominees, with the likes of ABBA, Adele, Ed Sheeran, Måneskin and Olivia Rodrigo up for awards.Adele and Ed Sheeran picked up four nominations apiece with both getting nods for album of the year, artist of the year, best pop/R&B act and song of the year.
K.J. Yossman Love Productions, the Comcast-back production company behind “The Great British Bake Off” (or “The Great British Baking Show,” as it’s known in the U.S.), have posted a pandemic turnover of £85 million ($114 million) for the period between July 2019 and December 2020.The turnover dwarfs that of the previous year, which amounted to £61.5 million.
The biggest tracks on TikTok this year by UK artists have been revealed.
K.J. Yossman A new report from the British Film Institute (BFI) reveals that film and high end TV tax breaks have resulted in the highest ever return on investment in the U.K.The report, which covers the pre-pandemic period from 2017-2019, calculated that tax reliefs across film, high-end television, video games, children’s TV and animation contributed £13.48 billion (almost $18 billion) to the U.K.