BFI Film Academy SCENE

Weekly virtual events for emerging young filmmakers aged 16 to 25.

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For BFI Film Academy SCENE we interview young filmmakers and BFI Film Academy alumni live most Thursdays at 4pm on our BFI Film Academy Instagram channel. SCENE provides an opportunity for young filmmakers to promote their films and gives you a chance to watch some amazing new shorts, ask questions and learn from your filmmaking peers. The Monday before, we share a link to the film to be discussed in that week’s Q&A across the BFI Film Academy social channels. You can send us your questions for the filmmaker in advance, or submit them live during the event.

Our next season of SCENE focuses on all of our award-winning filmmakers from the 2024 BFI Future Film Festival. Watch their interviews here:

  • Thursday 29 February – Radheya Jegatheva (Bird Drone), winner of Best Animation
  • Thursday 7 March – Minerva Navasca (Guardians), winner of Best Documentary
  • Thursday 28 March – Kit Warner (LUCIDITY), winner of Best Experimental Film
  • Thursday 4 April – Zeb Goriely (36,000 Words for Love), winner of Best Micro Short
  • Thursday 11 April – David Huang (Rock Springs), winner of International Special Mention
  • Thursday 18 April – Justin Kaminuma (Dreams Of Home), winner of Best International Film
  • Thursday 25 April – Jack McLoughlin (Are You Okay), winner of Best Writer
  • Thursday 2 May – Bonnie MacRae (All Up There), winner of Best Director
  • Thursday 9 May – Nathan Ginter (The Third Ear), winner of Best Film
  • Thursday 16 May – Tiffany Whitney Chang (Stir), winner of Best New Talent