Projects demonstrating a contribution to reducing under-representation of target groups (disability, gender, race, age, socio-economics & sexual orientation), particularly in relation to audiences (as outlined in the BFI Diversity Standards)
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The 37th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival programme is finally here with 58 features and 90 shorts from 41 countries.
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Inclusive Cinema has launched a new T.L.C. (aka Tender Loving Care for Trans-Led/Trans-Loved Cinema) podcast resource is creating a space for the trans community and cis allies alike to celebrate, learn and share.
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Writing for The Bigger Picture, Welsh-Pakistani writer Yasmin Begum talks about how Joyland, the next BFI FAN New Release title, is set to transform how Pakistani film is experienced across the UK.
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Writing for The Bigger Picture, BFI FAN Young Programmer Yasmin Begum writes about the importance of the latest BFI FAN New Release title Joyland and its impact on queer cinema in the UK.
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BFI FAN Cinema Stories shares experiences of venues all over the country to highlight the innovations and challenges that exhibitors currently face within the…
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This year, Abertoir Film Festival, in partnership with Bristol Black Horror Club and as part of BFI’s In Dreams are Monsters season, a UK-wide celebration of horror on film, marked 50 years of the cult Blaxploitation movie.
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Neil Hepburn writes how genre cinema is making a come-back with This Way Up 2022 guests Melissa Gueneau (Programmer, Mayhem Film Festival and Warwick Arts Centre), Andrew Partridge (Founder, Scotland Loves Anime) and Nia Edwards-Behi (Co-director, Abertoir Horror Festival) with chair Manon Euler (Programmes Manager, Film Hub Midlands) discussing its resurgence.
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Pakistan’s Oscar hopeful Joyland, which was previously banned from cinemas in its home country, is the latest film to receive BFI FAN New Release support.
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Ahead of the release of Neptune Frost on 4 November, writer Edson Burton spoke to director Saul Williams about his unique futuristic vision.
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Film Hub NI, part of the BFI Film Audience Network, is delighted to announce its first ever Irish language Collective film tour across Northern Ireland with Róise & Frank, an up-lifting tale of a shaggy dog and a grieving widow which is winning audience’s hearts everywhere it goes.
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