News & Events
Monday, November 11, 2019
Dame Kristin Scott Thomas: The BIFA 2019 Richard Harris Award
We are delighted to announce today that Dame Kristin Scott Thomas will be this year’s recipient of the Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Film, in recognition of her long and illustrious career. The award will be presented to her at the 2019 awards ceremony to be held at Old Billingsgate on Sunday … Continued
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Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Nominations Announced for BIFA 2019
Watch our livestream of the nominations announcement here The Personal History of David Copperfield leads with 11 nominations Wild Rose follows with 10 nominations, In Fabric has 9 and The Souvenir has 8 Beats, Judy and documentaries For Sama and Diego Maradona have 5 nominations each 38 British feature films nominated Winners will be … Continued
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Friday, October 25, 2019
Best British Short Film Long List 2019
BIFA is proud to announce the long list for the 2019 Best British Short Film award, supported by BFI NETWORK. The 17 films listed below were chosen from over 300 entries. Discover the best new shorts – and most exciting short filmmakers – the UK has to offer! Anna – Dekel Berenson, Merlin Merton, … Continued
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Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Raindance Discovery Award Long List 2019
For the first time this year, BIFA and Raindance are proud to announce the long list for the Raindance Discovery Award. This award showcases innovation, uniqueness of vision and maverick filmmaking in films with budgets under £500,000. Discover these gems for yourself below: A Bump Along the Way – Shelly Love Bait – Mark Jenkin Children … Continued
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Monday, October 21, 2019
Best International Independent Film Long List 2019
Today BIFA announced this year’s long lists in its highly-competitive Best International Independent Film category, sponsored by Champagne Taittinger. Discover the 17 best new independent films from around the world: Apollo 11 Ash Is Purest White Atlantics Eighth Grade I Lost My Body Marriage Story Monos Pain and Glory Parasite Portrait of a Lady … Continued
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019
New Talent Long Lists 2019
Today BIFA announced this year’s long lists in its influential new talent categories for new writers, directors, producers and actors. Discover this year’s batch of extremely talented new British filmmakers and performers below: The Douglas Hickox Award (Debut Director), sponsored by kodak & pinewood Shelly Love – A Bump Along the Way Will Becher, … Continued
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Monday, October 14, 2019
UNDER 30s AND FILM INSIGHTS
BIFA exists to promote the best British independent films For over 20 years it has done that through the Awards, which have grown in stature and consequence in the UK and internationally. But we believe that BIFA has the potential to do more to help the British films and talent it celebrates to connect with … Continued
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Thursday, August 1, 2019
BIFA Receives Raising Films Ribbon
Today the first recipients of the Raising Film Ribbon Awards were announced… and BIFA’s one of them! We’re (quite clearly) very excited to announce that BIFA has received one of the first Raising Films ribbon awards. The ribbon awards form part of Raising Films’ on going commitment to address the findings from its industry … Continued
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Wednesday, July 17, 2019
BIFA Announces 2019 Programme of Unconscious Bias Training
Training is now open to non-voters Programme supported by Screenskills and Endeavor BIFA has today announced that its Unconscious Bias Training programme will return in 2019 and will be offered to new BIFA voters and also opened up to any non-voters engaged in judging the work of others within the screen industries. This year’s … Continued
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Friday, June 21, 2019
BIFA 2019 Feature Film Entries Open
We are now accepting feature film entries for our 2019 awards ceremony. There are a few small changes that you need to know about: Entry deadlines & Fees Starting this year we’ll be charging entry fees for some films, under some conditions. BIFA has grown enormously over the last four years; we now have … Continued
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Thursday, June 20, 2019
BIFA welcomes new Board members Dan Brooke & Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly, sets 2019 date
the 2019 ceremony will take place on Sunday 1 December, with nominations to be announced on Wednesday 30 October. We’re excited to welcome two new appointments to our Board: former Channel 4 Chief Marketing Officer Dan Brooke and Irish film producer Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly. Dan will replace chairperson Laurence Green, Founding Partner of the … Continued
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019
The Big Day – Q&A
Thursday 13th June saw us in Manchester, screening the five films nominated for our Best British Short Film award in 2018 with our partners BFI NETWORK and Film Hub North. Following the screening, we sat down for a Q&A with the writer and producer from winning short The Big Day, Michelle Stein and Kellie … Continued
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