With a week to go before kicking off the London Film Festival, the British Film Institute gathered the U.K.’s titans of cinema to toast the return of moviegoing and celebrate the next generation of…
With a week to go before kicking off the London Film Festival, the British Film Institute gathered the U.K.’s titans of cinema to toast the return of moviegoing and celebrate the next generation of filmmakers.’s Luminous gala took place at the swanky Londoner hotel in Leicester Square on Thursday evening , wherehad exclusive access. The event, which also featured the BFI and Chanel’s inaugural Filmmaker Awards, used to be a biannual bash, but was the first of its kind since the pandemic.
However, the affable Canadian executive, who will mark two years as chairman in February, also highlighted challenges for exhibition, such as the fact that 37% fewer movies are being released in 2022 than in 2019, as well as the 30% dip in box office. “Now, that’s not because of audiences; it’s because we desperately need movies,” said Richards, “and we need smaller films — those smaller British films and independent films.
According to the award producers, the quartet were selected for their “creative audacity and their ambition to explore a new dynamic to their practice.” The awards are aimed at underrepresented voices in the industry.that a desire to take an auteur path and work with different mediums and forms of moving image are “what led me to pivot away from TV into developing my own material and working with different forms like VR and AR and ultimately making art and gallery pieces.
“I use my own experiences,” says Frith, who lives in the highlands. “I’m interested in how we create stories and construct our sense of self through stories.”
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