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NewsSarajevo, Slano support five female filmmakers from Southeast Europe
Filmmakers include Ena Sendijarevic, Aida Begic.
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NewsChristophe Honoré to chair Queer Palm jury at Cannes
This award celebrates its 15th anniversary this year.
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NewsBFI, Warner Bros, Embankment execs join New Black Film Collective 2025 XPO line-up
The New Black Film Collective 2025 XPO takes place in London from March 24-28.
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NewsBFI Network, Bafta select six LGBTQIA+ filmmakers for 2025 mentoring programme
The programme is in partnership with BFI Flare Festival.
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NewsHanna Schygulla takes aim at nationalism, AfD: “It has always brought misery”
“We have the worst people in charge of the world,” says Schygulla.
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NewsFiona Lamptey, Eve Gabereau among speakers at Reclaim The Frame distribution event
They are joined by Mubi’s Cate Kane and BFI’s director of inclusion, Melanie Hoyes.
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NewsBafta Elevate 2025/26 cohort includes ‘Mr Gay Syria’, ‘Kanaval’ directors
The cohort comprises documentary and factual filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds.
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NewsNo progress being made in the number of female-made films released in the UK, says Reclaim The Frame
Only 12% of films were directed and written by women and those of a marginalised gender.
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NewsBFI Flare to open with ‘The Wedding Banquet’ starring Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone
The film is a comedy-drama about a deal between a gay man and his lesbian friend.
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NewsBafta makes progress in diversifying, membership figures reveal
Bafta saw a record-breaking number of applications in 2024.
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NewsUK trans+ writers lab The DarkRoom unveils inaugural participants (exclusive)
The five-month programme helps develop genre feature projects.
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NewsRuth Wilson, Vicky McClure among speakers of The Writers Lab inaugural Summit
The Writers Lab offers programs to women and non-binary writers over 40.
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NewsWorking-class parents in UK do not want children pursuing creative careers, study finds
The research was conducted by Netflix and the National Youth Theatre.
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News‘Quiet On Set’ feature film to inspect class division in UK film industry (exclusive)
Self-funded film is directed and produced by Mark Forbes.
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NewsCareer optimism among under-represented UK film and TV workers at low ebb, survey finds
Only 32% of workers from underrepresented communities feel optimistic about their future.
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NewsCircle Women Doc Accelerator unveils 10 projects for 2024 edition (exclusive)
Ten documentary projects selected for seventh edition.
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News“Animation is the future of entertainment,” says Women In Animation summit at Annecy
WIA president Marge Dean notes increase in popularity of anime.
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News“Very little progress has been made,” says Diversity in Cannes founder
Yolonda Brinkley pointed to both the lack of Black filmmakers selected and the treatment of minority groups.
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NewsWe Are Parable, Jamaica Film team up for UK Black and Caribbean filmmaker showcase
The event is supported by ‘James Bond’ producer Barbara Broccoli through EON Productions.
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NewsWorking class creatives in film and TV lowest in over a decade, according to report
Report reveals just one in 12 creatives in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are from working class backgrounds