12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen to become BFI Fellow 25 August 2016Jason Korsner The BFI is to bestow its highest honour, a Fellowship, on the acclaimed British artist and director, Steve McQueen. McQueen rose to prominence [...]
Mel Brooks honoured by BFI 22 March 201522 March 2015Jason Korsner One of America’s best loved comedians, Mel Brooks, has been honoured by the BFI with a Fellowship. The eighty-eight year old director, producer, [...]
International politics creeps into LFF Awards 19 October 201419 October 2014Jason Korsner At an unusually political set of awards at the 2014 London Film Festival, it’s almost as if the BFI is trying to solve [...]
Al Pacino becomes a BFI Fellow 25 September 201425 September 2014Jason Korsner Comment One of Hollywood’s most respected actors, Al Pacino, has been honoured with a BFI Fellowship. At a ceremony at the Corinthia Hotel in [...]
BFI Fellowship for Sir Christopher Lee 9 October 20139 October 2013Jason Korsner The BFI has announced that the veteran actor Sir Christopher Lee will be awarded a Fellowship of the British Film Institute at the [...]
BFI honours Burton and Bonham Carter 10 October 201222 March 2015Jason Korsner Comment The British Film Institute has used the London Film Festival to bestow Fellowships – its highest honour – on the London-based American director [...]