BFI explains diversity requirements for film funding 23 July 201415 September 2014Jason Korsner BFI bosses have been meeting film producers in London today, to explain its new “Three Ticks” policy that aims to ensure diversity in [...]
Cumberbatch and Knightley to open London Film Festival with Turing biopic 22 July 201422 July 2014Jason Korsner The BFI has picked The Imitation Game, about the life of the wartime code-breaker Alan Turing, top open the 58th London Film Festival [...]
A Film Festival in a Day, at Edinburgh 2014 29 June 201431 May 2015Jason Korsner Every film festival has its own identity and they’re all about so much more than just watching films. From industry seminars to networking [...]
Best of British film honoured in Edinburgh 27 June 2014Jason Korsner The London-based writer-director Joanna Coates and her husband, co-writer and producer Daniel Metz have won the £20,000 Michael Powell Award for the Best [...]
Cannes you get the message from film? 26 May 201427 May 2014Jason Korsner Some people call it the film industry, others refer to it as the entertainment business but these terms could be said better to [...]
Brit Timothy Spall among Cannes winners 25 May 201425 May 2014Jason Korsner With two British films among the eighteen in the official competition in Cannes, the chances of an award were high and Timothy Spall [...]
There’s more to Cannes than glitz 24 May 201421 May 2015Jason Korsner With many of the biggest names in the world of film descending on Cannes to be photographed on the red carpet at the [...]
Carell wrestles with drama in Cannes contender Foxcatcher 23 May 20147 January 2015Jason Korsner In Knocked Up, Kathryn Heigl’s character is commended for the rare achievement of managing to make Steve Carell look like an ass-hole. Capote [...]
BFI’s pride at best of British in Cannes 21 May 201421 May 2014Jason Korsner BFI staff posing in “Pits and Perverts” T-shirts to promote Pride, closing the Directors Fortnight at Cannes 2014 On Monday over lunch, the [...]
Original Star Wars cast members return for Episode 7 29 April 201429 April 2014Jason Korsner The team behind the upcoming Star Wars film have confirmed that some of the key cast from the original trilogy are to return [...]