#Yorgos Lanthimos on ‘Poor Things,’ His Friendship with Emma Stone, Unleashing Mark Ruffalo and Why He Doesn’t Like Labels

#Yorgos Lanthimos on ‘Poor Things,’ His Friendship with Emma Stone, Unleashing Mark Ruffalo and Why He Doesn’t Like Labels

His friendship with Emma Stone, unleashing new sides of Mark Ruffalo and Colin Farrell, his next film and the limitations of language. Those were just some of the topics that Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos discussed during an onstage interview organized by the British Film Institute (BFI) in London on Wednesday evening. “I don’t really…

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#Christopher Nolan to Get BFI Fellowship

#Christopher Nolan to Get BFI Fellowship

The British Film Institute (BFI) will present English director Christopher Nolan with its highest honor, the BFI Fellowship, in recognition of the Oppenheimer filmmaker’s “extraordinary achievements and enormous contribution to cinema,” the BFI announced Monday. The BFI Fellowship will be presented to Christopher Nolan at the BFI Chair’s Dinner in London on February 14, 2024,…

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#BFI Looks to Close U.K. Skills Gap With M Funding

#BFI Unveils New Film Fund Strategy, Sets $45 Million for Production, Development of Features

BFI Unveils New Film Fund Strategy, Sets $45 Million for Production, Development of Features The British Film Institute has unveiled new plans to support the U.K. independent sector with four focused film funds. Operating beneath the newly-launched BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund (the finances have come directly from the U.K.’s National Lottery), the new structure…

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