This is our annual summary of the 10 biggest production awards presented by the British Film Institute Film Fund in 2022. Backed by money from the National Lottery, the awards are a mainstay of indie films in the UK.
Top of the list time chaser, the feature film debut of actress and writer Alice Lowe. Billed as a “reincarnation rom-com,” the film follows the story of one woman’s unrequited love spanning several centuries. Lowe is directing from a screenplay she wrote. She also stars in the film with Jacob Anderson (game of thrones), aneurin Barnard (David Copperfield), Tanya Reynolds (Sex education) and Nick Frost (Busy trouble). Vaughan Sivell and Western Edge Pictures produced. The film is currently eyeing a 2023 release.
Second on the list hungry morninga supernatural horror film by a BAFTA nominee apostasy Creator Daniel Kokotajlo. The crown Starring Matt Smith and Saint Maud Headshot by Morfydd Clark adapted from a novel by Andrew Michael Hurley. Producers are Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Emma Duffy.
Check out the full list of prizes below. Each film below has also received a £35,000 Step Up cash grant, a special grant specifically designed to encourage recruitment from multiple teams.
The 10 production prizes of the BFI 2022:
time chaser (£1,090,000)
Writer/Director: Alice Lowe; Producer: Vaughan Sivell and Western Edge Pictures
hungry morning (£1,000,000)
Writer/Director: Daniel Kokotajlo; Producer: Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Emma Duffy
how to have sex (£965,000)
Writer/Director: Molly Manning Walker; Producers: Ivana MacKinnon, Emily Leo and Konstantinos Kontrovrakis
In front of the camera (£950,000)
Writer/Director: Naqqash Khalid; Producer: Juliette Larthe and Mary Burke
Chuck Chuck baby (£936,641)
Writer/Director: Janis Pugh; Producers: Anne Beresford, Andrew Gillman, Adam Partridge and Peggy Cafferty
stop movement (£870,000)
Director: Robert Morgan; Writers: Robin King and Robert Morgan; Producers: Alain de la Mata and Christopher Granier-Deferre
laugh (£850,000)
Writer/Director: Amrou Al-Kadhi; Producer: Savannah James Bayly
Blue pants (£850,000)
Writer/Director: Georgia Oakley; Producer: Helene Sifre
bat (£845,000)
Writer/Director: Lucy Cohen; Producers: Ariadne Kotsaki, Julia Nottingham
Lollipops (£837,000)
Writer/Director: Daisy-MayHudson; Producers: Cecilia Frugiuele, Olivier Kaempfer
Author: Zac Ntim
Source: Deadline
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