BFI’s Biggest Distribution Awards 2022: ‘The Worst Person Alive’, ‘Corsage’ and ‘Aftersun’ Among Recipients

This is our annual roundup of the biggest distribution awards presented by the British Film Institute in 2022. The BFI supports theatrical releases through two channels: cash grants from the public fund for individual titles and organizational grants, which give a distributor a grant for supporting several titles for a year.

Joachim Trier’s Cannes-winning romantic comedy The worst person in the world (£105,785) tops this year’s individual awards. The money went to MUBI, the film’s UK distributor, in a “wide theatrical release and an ambitious marketing campaign aimed at reaching a younger mainstream female audience (aged 18-30) currently unfamiliar with foreign-language audiences do not.” busy filming. said the BFI. said.

The Norwegian-language film was released in the UK on March 25 and grossed over £900,000. The second title comes from Austrian filmmaker Marie Kreutzer corsage (£75,000) with Vicky Krieps. The historical drama also made its Cannes debut and was released in the UK by Picturehouse in December.

Altitude was the most supported distributor last year with a total organization prize of £199,064. The second most supported company was documentary film distributor Dogwoof, which raised £125,000 for a campaign to increase “regional and diverse audience development for documentaries”.

Check out the full list of recipients below:

Biggest Single Film Awards 2022:
The worst person in the worldMUBI (£105,785)
corsagePicturehouse Entertainment (£75,000)
After sunMUBI (£75,000)
happen [UK Distribution Campaign]Photo House (£40,000.00)
Little English, [UK Tour]Source Productions CIC (£40,000)
The partyPhoto House (£39,000)
Lots of freedomMUBI (£30,000)
The gravedigger’s wifeAya Films CIC (£28,920)
tigerStudio Soho Distribution Limited (£20,000)
queen of gloryBohemia Media Limited (£15,802)

Awards for the largest sales organization:
Feature film rental (£199,064)
Dogwoof Ltd (£125,000)
Peccadillo Pictures Ltd (£113,500)