BRITISH URBAN FILM FESTIVAL LAUNCHES OFFICIAL SELECTION ON THE APPLE TV APP The leading film festival for diversity in the UK has found a new home on the Apple TV app 18 December 2020 – The British Urban Film Festival today announced that it has launched a dedicated home of 70 official selections, […]
For this month’s edition of the BUFF blog, GYULYARA MELIKI spoke with AMAL FASHANU on filmmaking, racism, personal challenges and her equality campaigns. Amal Fashanu is a filmmaker, designer, TV presenter and an equality campaigner. She’s produced 4 documentaries: “Britain’s Gay Footballers” for BBC3, “The Batman Shooting” on gun crime, “Find a Home for […]
The 1st weekend UK box office figures for September made for interesting reading: Unsurprisingly, at number 1 was ‘Tenet’ (released by Warner Brothers) grossing £2.1 million for a total running gross of £10 million after 2 weeks. Enough has been said about this film (including by our founder and CEO [Emmanuel Anyiam-Osigwe]) that we won’t […]
By Ellie Woodward Twitter: @elwooderz Lanre Malaolu is a director and choreographer interested in developing timely, socially engaged work using a unique fusion of hip-hop dance, physical theatre and dialogue. He was commissioned by the BFI Doc Society to make his hybrid dance-documentary filmThe Circle, which had its world premiere at Sheffield Doc/Fest last year. […]
First published Monday 1st June, 2020 BAFTA have been jumping on the bandwagon of black people and black organisations for decades and have consistently shown their disrespect and disregard for the black community. By posting their tasteless tweet about George Floyd – today was not the day to declare their “solidarity with the black community”. […]
Film review of “Toni Morrison – Pieces I am” As a teenager, I remember reading The Bluest Eye and I feeling torn between wanting to stop reading from the anguish of the girls obsession with whiteness, but at the same time wanting to finish the book to see how the plot resolves itself. Morrison gives […]
Who doesn’t love love? At BUFF we’ve showcased some of the most authenticity, heartfelt and unforgettable romantic films. Our top 10 for you to check out: The Male Groupie – Directed by Chris Scott Cherot (BUFF 2009) David is Dying – Directed by Stephen Lloyd Jackson (BUFF 2011) Love Nest – Directed […]
There are so many festivals out there. But yet there’s something special about BUFF. Often described as the ‘BUFFNESS’ it is the pre-festival, screening and post-festival opportunities that we lay on for our filmmakers and award winners that maintains our 14 year reputation as the no.1 European Film Festival for Diverse exhibition of Film. Here’s […]
Rules and Eligibility You can read about our voting and adjudication process here, and download a pdf of all this information here. The British Independent Film Awards are for theatrical feature films and short films. The majority of categories are only open to British, independent films. There are separate eligibility criteria for international independent films. In all cases, final […]
BT British Urban Film Festival reveals September schedule Over 30 film screenings plus 2 masterclasses, The Live Script Readings and the BUFF Awards ceremony will all be hosted at the BT Tower from 6-12 September. London, 29 June Urban independent cinema arrives at the BT Tower this September as festival director Addie […]