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Thursday, April 30, 2020
UNCONSCIOUS BIAS TRAINING 2020/21
GROUNDBREAKING TRAINING FOR DECISION-MAKERS IN BRITISH FILM Piloted with BIFA voters in 2018, our Unconscious Bias training programme was designed to help voters recognise and mitigate against potential subliminal biases in their film watching and voting process, such as genre, budget, commerciality, reputation of the gender and race of key creatives or lead actors. … Continued
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Monday, April 27, 2020
Thursday 30 April: Berberian Sound Studio Live with Peter Strickland, Toby Jones, Nic Knowland & Shaheen Baig
Registrations for this event have now closed. Join us for a live watch party of the BIFA-winning BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO with director Peter Strickland, lead actor Toby Jones, cinematographer Nic Knowland and casting director Shaheen Baig! On Thursday 30 April, starting at at 7:20pm, we will all watch BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO together on … Continued
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Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Tuesday 14 April: For Sama Live with Waad al-Kateab & Edward Watts
Join us for a live ‘watch party’ of BIFA and BAFTA-winning documentary FOR SAMA with directors Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts! On Tuesday 14 April, starting at at 7:20pm, we will all watch FOR SAMA together on the Channel 4 website and listen to Waad and Edward’s commentary on their film. After the … 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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Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Job Opportunity: Awards & Events Coordinator
JOB DESCRIPTION BIFA is recruiting a full time member of staff to join its team. The Awards & Events Coordinator manages the viewing and voting process for the Awards and is responsible for all communications with entrants, voters and committees, as well as helping coordinate and manage other aspects of BIFA’s day-to-day activities and broader … 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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