News
- Our final line-up for our National Screening Days in April is now confirmed! Films include chilly Chinese neo-noir Black Coal, Thin Ice; the much awaited Colom Tiban adaptation Brooklyn; festival triumph The Diary of a Teenage Girl starring Bel Powley, Kristen Wiig and Alexander Skarsgaard; Mia Hansen-Love’s exploration of the 90’s French dance music scene, Eden; Christian Petzold’s searing WWII drama Phoenix; the superb Slow West starring Michael Fassbender and Ben Mendelsohn, and many more.
- Film festivals, have you applied for Developing Your Film Festival 2015 yet? There’s less than a week to apply if you want to be considered for a scholarship – and remember this year it’s open to festivals WORLDWIDE!
- Our re-issue of John Schlesinger’s 1967 Far from the Madding Crowd garnered superb press on its 13th March release – hailed variously as “gorgeous, entrancing and elemental” ***** (Time Out), “extraordinary […] raw, elemental” ***** (Independent) and as “seductive, psychedelic, luminous […] a classic” ***** (Guardian).
- Thinking about applying for a free place at our Children’s Screening Days? There’s now one more very significant reason: We’ve added the adaptation of Dr Proctor’s Fart Powder to the programme. Not enticing enough? The German title for this adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s bestselling book is Doktor Proktors prompepulver. I assume you’re sold at this point, so click through to get your place.
Opportunities
- Only one week to go until the Encounters Short Film Festival early submissions deadline! Get your short films seen at this superb BAFTA and Academy-qualifying event.
- Broadway has issued a call-out for its exciting Near Now Fellowship, a 16-month artistic and professional development scheme offering support for creative practitioners (including artist filmmakers).
- Ffilm Cymru Wales is running a Launchpad event this Saturday 28th for writers, directors and producers at Chapter in Cardiff. The aim is to find and support underrepresented voices and stories from Wales. Read more.
- Do you have a film project connecting the UK and Nigeria? Read about the British Council’s UK/NG project offering funding for cultural collaborations between the countries.
- Run a community venue and need new kit? The BFI’s Neighbourhood Cinema equipment fund has reopened!
- AVIVA is offering up to 25,000 funding for projects that will make a difference to your community. Like… cinemas!
- Made a film dealing with feminist issues? Submit it to the London Feminist Film Festival 2015.
- The Smalls Film Festival 2015 needs your short films – early bird 10 rate to submit before 5th April.
- And for even smaller films – DepicT! 2015 is now in need of your shortest shorts (90 seconds or less).
Read more
- Are you a film exhibitor based in Wales? Film Hub Wales needs your input on their archive film survey before it closes this Friday 27th March.
- We like British Council and BFI Flare’s collaboration FiveFilms4Freedom, which means five LGBT-themed short films from BFI Flare can be seen in over 70 countries for free.
- Learn from American art house cinemas via these case studies following Art House Convergence.
- Have you checked out our jobs page lately? Currently we’ve got positions listed from festival volunteers all the way up to managerial roles!
- Akira Kurosawa was 105 years old yesterday – watch Indiewire’s lovely video essay on his work.
- Intrigued by the Bechdel test? Read this list of 20 great films that pass it with flying colours.
- And finally: delightfully, Agnes Varda meets Mos Def.