The 1963 arrival of Billy Liar looked like the beginnings of a more democratic, working-class film industry. So why are we still stuck with polite social realism and sniggery classism?
The ambition of this toolkit is to help your organisation – whether business, public sector or charitable – support the mental health and wellbeing of your employees. It will help you take positive actions to build a culture that champions good mental health and provide a greater understanding for how to help those who need more support.
October 10th is a day for continued global mental health awareness, education and advocacy. The theme for 2018 being “Young People and Mental Health in a Changing World”. The first WMHD was in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, a global mental health organization with members and contacts in more than 150 countries. On … More
BFI NETWORK brings together the UK’s film agencies to discover, develop and fund new and emerging writers, directors and producers.
Anim18 is a UK-wide celebration of British animation, taking place from April to November 2018. Led by Film Hub Wales and Chapter (Cardiff) working with the BFI Film Audience Network and project partners, Anim18 will showcase the best of British talent – past, present and future – through a programme of screenings, activities and events … More
1968 saw a spirit of both optimism and chaos, as a whole generation questioned the values of their parents and unrest flared up in cities across the world. This summer a series of special events and screenings will be taking place across the UK – an opportunity to connect the dots between then and now, and … More
What and who is QFN? We are an emerging professional organisation of four Queer film programmers focused on bringing together other Queer film programmers working within film festivals, clubs and societies. Established in October 2015 after meeting in 2014 at a Film Hub Wales programming event as part of The Iris Prize Film Festival, we … More
This Way Up is the UK film exhibition innovation conference that promises to inspireand enlighten, provoke and challenge. It is an annual event to connect and share. With audience behaviour changing at an accelerating rate it’s more crucial than ever that film exhibitors come together to discuss the pressing issues, to hear about new models, new … More
Since summer 2018, BFI Film Audience Network (FAN) has been supporting four new release films each year to help exhibitors across the UK engage with more diverse audiences and programme more titles that might be perceived as being ‘risky’ or ‘too challenging’. Anyone can submit a film for consideration and we particularly welcome submissions from … More
As the lead body for film, and in our role as a public funder and a Lottery distributor, it’s essential that the BFI represents a contemporary Britain – in the films we fund and show, the audiences who watch them, and the filmmakers, actors and crews who make them. Film has the potential to be … More
