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BBC Films
BFI NETWORK
Blackmagic Design
Blackmagic has grown rapidly to become one of the world's leading innovators and manufacturers of creative video technology.
Blackmagic Design's founders have had a long history in post-production editing and engineering. With extensive experiences in high-end telecine, film and post, harnessed with a real passion for perfection, Blackmagic set out to change the industry forever.
A company dedicated to quality and stability and focusing on where it's needed most; Blackmagic has created some of the most talked about products in the industry. World famous for their unbeatable codecs, Blackmagic envisioned truly affordable high-end quality editing workstations built upon Blackmagic software and hardware.
Broadsword
Founded in 2006, Broadsword (Certified B Corporation) is an experienced and multi award-winning creative production agency. Across Europe, Asia, and America, we deliver events for global brands in the financial and professional services sectors, as well as inspirational organisations like The British Independent Film Awards, The Women of The Future Awards, and Thomson Reuters Foundation.
The events we work on inspire audiences, nurture talent, and provide the stage for celebration, connection, and important conversations. This drives us, as organisers, in our mission to empower the fundamental right to speak and be heard, to create a compelling experience that adds to our world.
Adding to our world is supported by our focus on doing the right thing for our people and our planet: Through work experience and apprenticeship programmes we are investing in future leaders in the events industry and as a carbon neutral agency, sustainability is at the front and centre of our minds, yet often behind the scenes in everything we do. This mission is embedded into our company culture making us, not just an agency, but a trusted and responsible partner.
Casting Society of America
Champagne Taittinger
DCM
Digital Cinema Media (DCM) is the market leader in UK cinema advertising, providing almost 3,500 screens at over 500 sites for advertisers. DCM sells 82% of the cinema advertising market through exhibitors including Cineworld, ODEON, Vue, Picturehouse Cinemas, Reel Cinemas, The Light and many other leading independent cinemas, representing the largest number of independent cinema screens in the UK. The power of cinema is its ability to reach and engage audiences with no distractions. The biggest screen, a dark room, the best sound and impactful content means cinemagoers are engaged and ready to be told stories, so brands have an unrivalled opportunity to entertain and connect with them. In the last few years, cinema advertising has also become easier to plan and buy, becoming more flexible and even more affordable, with shorter production lead times and improved sound and picture quality.
Creativity Media
Film4
Film4 Productions is Channel 4 Television’s feature film division. Film4 develops and co-finances films and is known for working with the most distinctive and innovative talent in UK and international filmmaking, both new and established. Since its inception in 1982 Film4’s films have won a collective 43 Oscars® and 97 BAFTAs.
Film4’s most recent films include Oscar®, BAFTA and Venice Golden Lion winning Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos); Oscar®, BAFTA and Cannes Grand Prix winning The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer); Savanah Leaf’s BAFTA winning Earth Mama; Molly Manning Walker’s Un Certain Regard winning How to Have Sex; Andrew Haigh’s BIFA winning All of Us Strangers; Thea Sharrock’s Wicked Little Letters; BIFA winning The Kitchen (Daniel Kaluuya, Kibwe Tavares); Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness and Rose Glass’ Love Lies Bleeding.
Upcoming films include Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths, Karan Kandhari’s Sister Midnight; Thea Gajic’s Surviving Earth; Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s Hot Milk; Oliver Hermanus’ The History of Sound; Dylan Southern’s The Thing With Feathers; John Crowley’s We Live In Time; Polly Findlay’s Midwinter Break; and Asif Kapadia’s 2073.
Film4 has developed and co-financed many of the most ground-breaking and successful UK films including Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite; Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; Lenny Abrahamson’s Room; Asif Kapadia’s Amy; Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave; Andrea Arnold’s American Honey; Phyllida Lloyd’s The Iron Lady, Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire; Sarah Gavron’s Rocks; Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War; Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here; Rungano Nyoni’s I Am Not a Witch; Chris Morris’ Four Lions; Shane Meadows’ This is England; and Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin.
Kodak
M.A.C Cosmetics
Intermission Film
Pinewood Group
Silk Factory
Our award-winning team produces engaging creative content for the film and entertainment industry, from the shortest social assets to full length film trailers. Based in the heart of Soho we have a full 360 post production facility and highly experienced team of producers, editors and designers delivering content across cinema, TV, online & VoD, social, digital outdoor, radio and podcast. Our passion is entertainment marketing and bringing it to people around the world is the most exciting way possible.Check us out at www.thesilkfactory.co
Spotlight
Steeped in a rich legacy of serving the performing arts industry, Spotlight has been at the forefront of connecting performers with the world’s most successful casting professionals across film, television, and theatre since 1927. Today, our cutting-edge SaaS solution empowers performers to showcase their talents by creating dynamic profiles, making them accessible to a vast network of casting directors and independent project creators. It is our mission to facilitate the discovery of new talent and ensure the continued vibrancy of stages and screens worldwide.
With our studios in the heart of London's West End and a global presence through Talent Systems, Spotlight is firmly placed as a cornerstone of the casting industry and the ultimate resource for both performers and casting professionals.
Find out more at www.spotlight.com
Swarovski
Raindance
Variety
Studio Juice
Universal Music Publishing Group
Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), the global publishing division of Universal Music Group, represents a world-class catalogue of songs inclusive of every genre. Headquartered in Los Angeles, UMPG has 48 offices in 40 countries. The company represents some of the world’s most important songwriters and catalogs. UMPG is also a global leader in Classical & Screen, Christian/Gospel and Production Music. The company is the publisher of choices for film and TV studios, providing creative, sync licensing and administration services for companies including Universal Pictures, Warner Bros.
Pictures, Lionsgate, MGM, Paramount, Disney Europe (and other territories), Viacom, Amazon, HBO, DreamWorks, DreamWorks Animation, Legendary Pictures, Mar Vista Entertainment, NBC and Sesame Workshop, among many others.
Phil Canning is the Senior Creative Manager for film at Universal Music Publishing in the UK and additionally an independent music supervisor. Nearly all the music you hear across the BIFA awards, online and at the ceremony, is written and performed by Universal Music Publishing artists. phil.canning@umusic.com
Our incredible roster includes: ABBA, Adele, Jack Antonoff, Beach Boys, Beastie Boys, Bee Gees, Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Sabrina Carpenter, The Clash, Coldplay, Bob Dylan, Billie Eilish, Jimi Hendrix, Ice Spice, Billy Joel, Elton John/Bernie Taupin, Kendrick Lamar, Lana Del Rey, Steve Mac, Metallica, New Order, Pearl Jam, Post Malone, Elvis Presley, Prince, Sting, Harry Styles, Taylor Swift, SZA, Shania Twain, U2, The Weeknd, Jack White, Yusuf / Cat Stevens, Frank Zappa and many more. umusicpub.comAudi
Hypergram
The London EDITION
Next Generation of Luxury Lifestyle
The London EDITION blends groundbreaking innovation, great design, outstanding dining and entertainment with personal, friendly, modern service. Located in Fitzrovia on the edge of London’s Soho neighborhood, this luxury boutique hotel preserves the finest aspects of an iconic landmark building, but reinvents the spaces within to create a dynamic fusion of old and new, past and present.
EDITION Hotels is Ian Schrager's refreshing collection of one-of-a-kind modern luxury hotels, created in collaboration with Marriott International as an evolutionary response to the desire for a sophisticated experience from the guest with a contemporary lifestyle.
RSM
Soho House
Founded in 1995 by Nick Jones, Soho House is a place for our diverse membership to connect, grow, have fun, and make an impact. Today, there are members and Houses around the world, as well as restaurants, spas, workspaces, and cinemas.
Electric Cinema has locations in Notting Hill and White City, offering unique film experiences in one of the UK’s oldest cinema theatres and the former BBC Television Centre. The Cinemas, designed by Soho House, have comfortable armchairs with footstools and blankets as well as bars serving food, drinks and pin’n’mix.
sohohouse.comWiggin
Wiggin is recognised as one of the leading practices for film worldwide. The firm has the largest team of dedicated film lawyers in the UK and our unrivalled commercial and legal expertise enables us to help from the moment a project is conceived, right through to its development, financing, production and ultimate distribution.
In addition to advising the leading independent production companies, we represent many new independent producers, using our knowledge and relationships to help grow them into sustainable, successful businesses. We also advise the world’s biggest film studios, banks, financiers, funds and distributors.
Our traditional entertainment practice is complemented by our lawyers’ all-round media expertise, which means we can give our clients specialist guild, clearance, music, employment, property, tax and corporate advice relating directly to their film projects and other ventures. We have great strength in depth, helping our clients to source finance and distribution for their projects as well as connecting them with the industry’s key players and decision makers.