British Film Institute news

The UK Government has earmarked almost £1.3m (US$1.7m, €1.5m) towards a scheme that aims to involve young people in heritage, through a new grant to ... More

Sports, arts and heritage-based youth projects across the UK are set to receive a share of a £7m investment from the central government. The Youth ... More

Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from Tottenham Hotspur’s new stadium to an interview with the architect behind the ... More

The British Film Institute (BFI) has confirmed Thailand’s PACE Development Corporation is its preferred bidder to fund its planned International Centre for Film, TV and ... More

Much of CLAD’s coverage this week was unsurprisingly centred around the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale. The event is the biggest in the industry’s calendar, and ... More

The British Film Institute (BFI) has unveiled ambitious plans to build a new world-class International Centre for Film, TV and the Moving Image – a ... More

The hotel in Torquay made famous by John Cleese’s classic comedy Fawlty Towers is due to be knocked down and turned into retirement flats. Cleese ... More

Tickets have already sold out for a pop-up underground cinema at Charing Cross Station at the end of May, run by the Underground Film Club ... More

London Resort Company Holdings (LRCH) has released new images and details for the £2bn (US$3bn, €2.8bn) Paramount London theme park and resort development, unveiling a ... More

London Resort Company Holdings (LRCH) – the company behind the £2bn (US$3bn, €2.8bn) Paramount London theme park and resort development – has officially enlisted the ... More

Plans have been announced to open the UK’s first dedicated national museum dedicated to the art of videogames. The National Videogame Arcade in Nottingham will ... More

The British Film Institute (BFI) has appointed cinema operator Odeon to provide a range of services at the BFI IMAX at London Waterloo – one ... More

UK cinemas saw box office earnings grow nearly 5 per cent to a "record" high of £988m in 2010, according to the British Film Institute ... More

Alistair Darling has backed up a pledge by Prime Minister Gordon Brown to abolish around 120 quangos and reduce consultancy fees as part of the ... More

Plans for a new National Film Centre on London's South Bank have received the go ahead after both the government and London mayor Boris Johnson ... More

London mayor Boris Johnson has called for public spending on arts and culture to be maintained to offset a decline in business investment and to ... More

London mayor Boris Johnson has officially launched a new month-long programme of events to celebrate the capital's past, present and future and encourage more people ... More

Plans for a month-long celebration of London have been unveiled by mayor Boris Johnson, with a number of events designed to document the capital's past, ... More

The British Film Institute (BFI) has announced it will unveil the £4.5m refurbished National Film Theatre in March 2007. The theatre will be known as ... More

The British Film Institute’s London IMAX theatre will be the only cinema in the UK to show part of the new Superman Returns film in ... More

Work will begin this month on a £4.5m project in the UK to turn London’s Museum of the Moving Image into a new home for ... More