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Monday, April 26, 2021
Special Jury Prize: June Givanni
FILM CURATOR AND ACTIVIST JUNE GIVANNI AWARDED THE BIFA SPECIAL JURY PRIZE Previous winners include Amanda Nevill, Horace Ové and Femi Oguns MBE Each year, the BIFA jury identify an industry figure that they believe is deserving of the coveted Special Jury Prize and, in the spirit of BIFA’s celebration of the under-acknowledged, the award … Continued
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Monday, March 8, 2021
APPLY TO VOTE FOR BIFA
Please read the following information before completing the form at the bottom of the page: We think that it’s important that BIFA is genuinely representative of the film industry and open to new voices and new opinions, so we are constantly expanding our pool of voters. We invite film industry professionals who fit any of … Continued
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Thursday, November 19, 2020
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM LONG LIST 2020
Today BIFA announced this year’s long list in its highly-competitive Best International Independent Film category, sponsored by Champagne Taittinger. Discover the 17 best new independent films from around the world: About Endlessness – Roy Andersson, Johan Carlsson, Pernilla Sandström Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Kasper Dissing The Assistant – Kitty … Continued
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Rules & Eligibility Updates 2020
entries to the british independent film awards 2020 ARE NOW OPEN. Here are key changes and updates to our rules and eligibility criteria that entrants should know about. BIFA and COVID-19 We are committed to ensuring that we continue to support the British independent film community. We have adapted the way we work to … Continued
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Monday, March 30, 2020
#Lockdown: Where to Watch 200 BIFA-winning films online
Since 1998, 204 feature films have been awarded a BIFA. Here’s Where you can watch (nearly) all of them: Tile Year Genre BFI Player Other platforms Amazon Prime Video iTunes Sky Google Play For Sama 2019 Doc 4OD Amazon Prime Video iTunes The Personal History of David Copperfield 2019 Only You 2019 Curzon Home … Continued
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Monday, March 30, 2020
#Lockdown: Watch BIFA-nominated shorts here
Check out some of the best British short films of the last 10 years: THE DEVIL’S HARMONY Dir/Wri. Dylan Holmes Williams – Wri. Jess O’Kane – Prod. Nathan Craig NOMINEE – Best British Short Film, supported by BFI NETWORK, 2019 SERIOUS TINGZ Dir/Wri. Abdou Cissé – Wri. Kieran Kenlock – Prod. Matt Ellingham NOMINEE … Continued
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Monday, January 20, 2020
2020 CSA & BIFA EUROPEAN ARTIOS AWARDS RECIPIENTS
WORKING TITLE AMONGST RECIPIENTS OF 2020 EUROPEAN ARTIOS AWARDS JASON ISAACS TO HOST DINNER FOR BIFA-LONGLISTED NEW TALENT AND KEY INDUSTRY FIGURES We are delighted to announce that we are once again partnering with the Casting Society of America (CSA) to celebrate their European Artios Awards in London. Guests at the event, hosted at … Continued
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Monday, December 2, 2019
Winners 2019
For Sama wins 4 awards including Best British Independent Film 5 BIFAs for The Personal History of David Copperfield Renée Zellweger wins Best Actress Ruthxjiah Bellenea wins Best Supporting Actress Josh O’Connor and Hugh Laurie named Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor Two awards each for Judy, The Last Tree and Only You Documentary … Continued
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Friday, November 29, 2019
State of the Nation
By Damon Wise The great French New Wave director François Truffaut once dismissed British cinema with an airy wave of the hand, opining snootily that the idea was “a contradiction in terms”. Truffaut passed away 35 years ago, in 1984, presumably with Vangelis’s synth score to Hugh Hudson’s 1981 tasteful heritage-cinema Oscar-winner Chariots Of … Continued
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Thursday, November 28, 2019
LUCKY NUMBERS
This year’s Best British Independent film BIFA nominees include a surprise breakout hit and two directors achieving career bests for cinema admissions. Charles Gant reports on the year in British indie film at the UK box office In 2018, the total UK and Ireland box office was pretty much level with the … Continued
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Tuesday, November 26, 2019
OK with boomer: how the BIFAs are winning the generation game
by Ben Dalton We live in divided times. Politically, regionally, socially – and across generations. There is no phrase that better expresses the current generational divide than ‘OK boomer’. For millennials and Gen Z-ers, it is a wryly expressed frustration at an age group aided by free education, home ownership, and increasing wealth, while … Continued
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Tuesday, November 26, 2019
THE BEST NEW BRITISH DIRECTORS OF 2019
BIFA’s Debut Director award, named in honour of legendary British director Douglas Hickox, has existed at BIFA since the awards’ creation in 1998 and is central to our core mission: to discover and champion the best new filmmaking talent that the UK has to offer. This year’s nominees are as exciting and as diverse … Continued
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