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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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Tuesday, November 26, 2019
THE BEST NEW BRITISH SCREENWRITERS OF 2019
It’s hard to imagine that the Debut Screenwriter award, sponsored by Film4, has only been awarded three times at BIFA. The award was introduced in 2016, when it was given to Rachel Tunnard for her debut feature Adult Life Skills. Since then, it’s been awarded to Francis Lee (2017, God’s Own Country) and Bart Layton … Continued
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Monday, November 25, 2019
Kristin Scott Thomas: Peerless
Every year, the Richard Harris award at the BIFAs is one of the most special moments of the night, recognising the work of a distinguished and talented actor or actress. By James Mottram In 2019, it’s the turn of the peerless Kristin Scott Thomas, a three-time BIFA nominee who has been working on stage … Continued
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Monday, November 25, 2019
The Raindance Discovery Award 2019
Since 1992, the Raindance Film Festival tagline has been “Discover. Be discovered.” This Raindance mantra inspired Elliot Grove and Suzanne Ballantyne of Raindance to launch BIFA in 1998 to celebrate emerging British talent. The Raindance Discovery Award embodies the core component of independent film and all that Raindance and BIFA stand for. We look … Continued
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