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Oscar Nominee Agnieszka Holland Calls Filmmaking a ‘Boys’ Club’ That Ignores Women
We love it when female filmmakers call out the industry for its sexism. Now Agnieszka Holland has joined in the fight. According to The BBC, during an on stage interview with BFI Southbank, which is...
BFI Poll Names ‘Carol’ the Best LGBT Film of All Time
“Carol” has been named the top LGBT film of all time by a panel composed of 100 film experts. The British Film Institute conducted the poll, described as the first major critical survey of LGBT...
12 of BFI’s Top 20 Films About Girls and Women
It’s been a good year for women at the movies, at least where the arthouse is concerned. That impression is bolstered by the British Film Institute’s list of the top 20 best films of 2015, as...
Cate Blanchett to Receive BFI’s Highest Honor
Cate Blanchett will be presented with a British Film Institute Fellowship, the BFI’s highest honor, at the London Film Festival’s annual awards ceremony on October 17. One of the actress’s two...
BFI Film Fund’s New Requirements Promote Diversity On and Off Screen
The British Film Institute Film Fund took a major step in championing gender, racial, sexual, class, and physical diversity yesterday by implementing new guidelines for financial support. Under the...
Despite the Lack of Opportunities UK Female Screenwriters and Directors Are Successful
In late July the BFI published their statistics yearbook for 2013, it sent an unwelcome call to women screenwriters and directors that their numbers were depleting. The bleak news was that only...
2013 BFI London Film Festival Unveils Full Lineup
The programme for the 2013 BFI London Film Festival has been announced to great fanfare in Leicester Square. When it comes to women filmmakers, the news is as usual a bit scarce, but there...
BFI Stats Show That the UK Claimed 15.3% of the Global Box Office in 2012
Although the UK’s share of 2012’s global box office is down 2% from the previous year, at 15.3% it is the third highest share on record and more than twice than what was earned in...