The 56th BFI London Film Festival in association with American Express today reveals an exciting and comprehensive line up of events, screenings and services for UK and international film professionals. The Industry Programme, held at BFI Southbank and other London venues, comes hot on the heels of the early October launch of the BFI’s five year plan for supporting British film – Film Forever – and underlines the BFI’s steadfast commitment to supporting the B...

The Bang Bang Club is the true story about four, free spirited combat photographers with a passion for danger and search for the truth during the uprisings in apartheid South Africa from Nelson Mandela’s release from serving a life sentence in prison on February 11, 1990, to the first democratic election in 1994, in which he became President until 1999. Follow these fearless young men as they demonstrate bravery, camaraderie, and moral turpitude, in the heart of the apartheid riots and “tr...

The number of films produced on low and micro budgets has been growing in recent years. This growth has coincided with the beginning of the digital age that seems to offer the prospect of new opportunities for such films. For this reason the UK Film Council commissioned Northern Alliance to provide an accurate account of this part of the film production sector. The evidence we obtained provides the first ever comprehensive picture of low and micro budget filmmaking in the UK.The report is now av...