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Film4 Celebrates Four Nominations at the 2025 British Independent Film Awards
We’re thrilled to share that four Film4-backed productions have been recognised at this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), highlighting the exceptional creativity and craft of filmmakers across our slate.
Principal photography is underway for A Long Winter, written and directed by Andrew Haigh
Production has begun on A Long Winter, the new film from acclaimed UK filmmaker Andrew Haigh.
Kingsley Ben-Adir and Archie Madekwe lead Bijan Sheibani’s The Arrival
We’re thrilled to share that Kingsley Ben-Adir, Archie Madekwe, Joanna Scanlan and Alex Descas will lead the cast of The Arrival, the debut feature from award-winning theatre director Bijan Sheibani.
Taron Egerton and Jessica Henwick to star in Everybody Wants to F*ck Me!
Set in London’s chaotic world of modern dating, the film promises to be a bold, funny and refreshingly honest look at love, lust and self-discovery. Farhana Bhula and David Kimbangi at Film4 said:
Inside the Billion-Dollar ‘Fake Essay’ Industry – The Shadow Scholars airs on Channel 4 on the 24 September, with select UK cinema screenings from 16 September
Executive produced by Oscar-winning filmmaker Sir Steve McQueen, and directed, written and produced by Eloïse King, the film follows Oxford professor Patricia Kingori as she travels to Nairobi to uncover the hidden industry in which an estimated 40,000 highly educated Kenyans
Future Takes 2 is now open for submissions!
BFI and Film4 Future Takes offers support for higher-budget live action, short-form projects from teams of writers, directors and producers based in the UK.