BFI Future Film Festival
The BFI Future Film Festival is a United Kingdom film festival for young filmmakers (16-25 year-olds), organised by the British Film Institute. Founded in 2008, it takes place over a weekend in February each year, and focuses equally on fiction, animation and documentary. The festival provides emerging filmmakers and "young people who love watching films" with masterclasses, workshops, film screenings from emerging filmmakers and Q&A sessions, all at BFI Southbank in London. The festival is not just for filmmakers. 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." While The Guardian noted that the "festival is aimed at nurturing young film-makers, and there's plenty for them to be inspired by". Later, in 2017, the BFI Film Academy alumni and the Future Film Lab Award winner Charlotte Regan's short film "Standby" was nominated for BAFTA In 2017, the festival's panel included producer Rebecca O'Brien and cinematographer Ben Davis for the workshop on cinematography and Joe Wicks for Social Media Masterclass. The first screening of the web-series 'Reality' directed by Nathan Bryon was also during the festival. The festival is part of a wider BFI Future Film program which also include a number of other different events aiming to support and help young filmmakers to learn more about the industry: BFI Future Film Academy Future Film Labs Free Screenings + Q&A sessions Future Film Recommends screenings Awards 12th Future Film Festival (2019) Best International Short (sponsored by The London School of English) - Departures by Nicolas Morganti Patrignani Best International New Talent - Dulce Hogar (Sweet Tooth by Giovana Olmos) New Talent Awards - The Grey Area (Katie Clark), Agya (Curtis Essel), John Ogunmuyiwa (Wilson), Dorothy Allen-Pickard (The Mess) Black Dog Production Award for Best Non-Narrative Film - As Is by Alice Bloomfield Best 16-18 UK Short Film - The Milk Bottle by Saul Lotzof Best 19-25 UK Short Film - Henceforth by Charlene Jones Future Film Lab Award - Alex Deitsch 11th Future Film Festival (2018) Best Experimental Short Award — Dead. Tissue. Love (Natasha Austin-Green) Hiive Audience Award — False Men (Christopher Chuky) BFI Patron’s New Talent Awards - Amygdala (George Graham), Beneath the Surface (Yero Timi-Biu), V (Ellie Gocher), The Fence (Rashida Seriki) International New Talent Award - The Voyager (João Gonzalez) The Best International Short Award — Local Monuments (Sebastián Martínez Valdivia) Best 16-18 UK Short — Father | Daughter (Oskar Nilsson) Best 19-25 UK Short — Calling Home (Jade Jackman) Future Film Lab Award sponsored by Lacie — The Fence (Rashida Seriki) 10th Future Film Festival (2017) Best Experimental Short - One Diving, One Falling by Harry Cauty New Talent Awards - Emma Changes the Lock by Julia Hart, Addy by Matty Crawford, Run by Thea Gajic Best International Short (sponsored by The London School of English/London