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Very excited to announce that Hetain Patel will be a guest speaker at next week's Film London Jarman Award announcement - which you can follow live on Instagram next Tuesday evening.

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November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Join us next week for Film London Labs: The Agents Sessions — an inside look at how Film & TV agents operate, alongside in-depth retrospectives on today’s screen industries.

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November 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Film London and The Whitechapel Gallery present a free exhibition of work by the six artists shortlisted for the Film London Jarman Award 2025, open from 18 Nov - 14 Dec. Explore an extraordinary range of boundary pushing moving image work.

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The Film London Jarman Award 2025 - Whitechapel Gallery
Exhibition of moving image work from the six artists shortlisted for the prestigious 2025 Film London Jarman Award.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
There's just under a week left to apply for this year's BFI NETWORK Early Development Fund.

The first stage of the fund supports long-form live-action, immersive and animation fiction projects with awards of £3,000 to £5,000 to develop a treatment. 

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BFI NETWORK England: Early Development Fund
The BFI NETWORK Early Development Fund supports the early stages of development for debut long-form projects – applications are currently closed.
www.bfi.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The Film London Jarman Award heads to the Barbican this evening, with nominated artist George Finlay Ramsay in conversation.

Still time to book your place:

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Flesh, Wax & Glass pt. I & II By George Finlay Ramsay | Barbican
Two powerful short films charting a Southern Italian bloodletting ritual and one family’s journey through mourning, faith and devotion in the 21st century.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
We’re thrilled that PictureEast Film Festival is part of Newham Council’s People Powered Places.

This is your chance to help shape the future of Stratford, West Ham & the Olympic Park & bring PictureEast Film Festival 2027 to life!

Full voting details:
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November 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Film London is seeking to fill three vacant positions on our board of directors, chaired by Daniel Battsek, due to the departure of experienced members.

We are specifically seeking two individuals with expertise in Film and TV Production, and Games.

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Board Membership | Film London
Film London is seeking to fill three vacant positions on our board of directors, chaired by Daniel Battsek, due to the departure of experienced members. As
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October 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Very excited by the news that a statue of London film icon Bridget Jones is to be unveiled in Leicester Square www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
Statue of Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones to be unveiled in London
The character created by Helen Fielding and played by Zellweger in four films, is to be immortalised in bronze in Leicester Square where it will become a permanent fixture
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October 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Did you catch our Lodestar of the Month Reedah El-Saie on Dragons' Den last night? Check it out on iPlayer if you missed it buff.ly/S502gGf
October 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
This year’s Film London Jarman Award tour will see the best in contemporary artists’ filmmaking taken to venues across the UK from 25 October to 14 December 2025.

The 2025 tour will visit venues across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

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October 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The BFI NETWORK Early Development funding supports the early stages of development for debut long-form projects.

Full details and dea dlines are available here:

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October 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The 69th BFI London Film Festival reached its conclusion last night, with the Closing Gala screening of 100 Nights of Hero.

We supported director Julia Jackman to make the BFI NETWORK Short Film The Riley Sisters (2022) & 2025 Film London Lodestar Helen Simmons is a producer on the film.
October 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Excited to announce a new Film London lab, The Agents Sessions! Exploring how agents operate in the creative industries and the pivotal role they play in shaping a filmmaker’s professional journey.

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October 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
BFI Curator, Kitty Robertson introducing a screening of new shorts commissioned by BFI’s Our Screen Heritage programme
October 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
BFI UK Wide Audiences Manager, Jonny Courtney discussing opportunities for exhibitiors' through the BFI Audiences Project Fund
October 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
ICO Business and Projects Manager, Duncan Carson, presenting Uncommon Voices: Exploring Class in New British Cinema, a programme of shorts starting a conversation on how working class filmmakers are capturing working class experience in Britain today.
October 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
It’s time for the BFI London Film Festival edition of our regular Exhibitors’ Breakfast, this time hosted at the Garden Cinema
October 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Behind the scenes from the 69th BFI London Film Festival Mayor of London Gala!

As well as Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, and other stars of the film, we were delighted to be joined on the evening by film royalty in the shape of Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes.
October 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
What a fantastic evening it was last night! It was an absolute pleasure to bring Hamnet home to London for the 2025 BFI London Film Festival Mayor of London Gala
October 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
We have arrived! Delighted to be back at the Royal Festival Hall for the 2025 BFI London Film Festival Mayor of London Gala!
October 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We bring the morning of Day One of the 2025 Production Finance Market to a close with Thomas Hoegh from Arts Alliance presenting on Future Funding Models.
October 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The Production Finance Market continues with a focus on UPstream, which we are excited to thread more closely together with PFM going forward
October 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Is it that time of year already? Delighted to be back at the Thistle Marble Arch for the 2025 Production Finance Market! We open with messages from Film London’s Helena Mackenzie, BFI London Film Festival Festivals Director Kristy Matheson and our Chief Executive Adrian Wootton OBE
October 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Circle of Confusion is our #FilmoftheWeek , a short moving image artist film by Mark Adams that experiments with uneven timing to provide a disorientating portrait of London.

From the Mark Adams subcollection of London's Screen Archives collection.

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October 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
We are delighted to release a special Film London Podcast, with Head of Games London Michael French speaking to Emmy nom Producer Siobhan McDonnell & Writer & Narrative Designer @theinvisibleart.bsky.social about their experiences with Film London & Games London.

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October 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM