The BFI Future Film Festival is a film festival which aims "to help young people break into the screen industries", organised by the British Film Institute.[1] Founded in 2008, it takes place over four days in February each year, and focuses equally on fiction, animation and documentary, as well as TV and video games.[2][3]
The festival provides young people[4] with masterclasses, workshops and film screenings from emerging filmmakers,[5] at BFI Southbank in London. Since 2020, the festival has simultaneously run online events, aimed at young people across the UK.
Before the second year of the festival, the BBC's Creative Director, Alan Yentob, said: "It's going to give young people a fantastic opportunity to get involved in something creative and possibly life-changing. Who knows, we may even be able to spot a couple of BAFTA winners of the future."[6]The Guardian noted that the "festival is aimed at nurturing young film-makers, and there's plenty for them to be inspired by".[7] 2017 and 2020 award winner Charlotte Regan has subsequently been nominated by BAFTA and won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at Sundance Film Festival for her debut feature, Scrapper.[8][9]
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^"BFI Future Film Festival announces awards winners for 15th edition". BFI. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
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^Skwigly (20 February 2020). "BFI Future Film Festival announces 2020 Awards Winners". Skwigly Animation Magazine. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
^"The 12th BFI Future Film Festival Awards: the winners". BFI. 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
^"The 11th BFI Future Film Festival Awards: the winners". BFI. 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
^"10th BFI Future Film Festival". BFI. 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
^"The 9th BFI Future Film Festival Awards: the winners". BFI. 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
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