Michaela Coel, BFI and BMW Launch BMW Filmmaker Problem

Emmy award-winning screenwriter Michaela Coel has teamed up with BMW and the British Movie Institute (BFI) to launch the all-new BMW Filmmaker Problem, providing up-and-coming filmmakers throughout the U.K. the possibility to be mentored by her.

The problem presents entrants the possibility to win £10,000 (roughly $12,000 USD) to fund their movie, alongside a sequence of mentoring periods with Coel. Aiming to assist the event of daring, forward-thinking storytellers, the problem will present 5 shortlisted filmmakers with entry to a manufacturing funds, rising expertise and in consequence: unparalleled experimentation.

From these shortlisted, one successful movie will likely be chosen to premiere on the closing evening of the BFI London Movie Pageant, happening in October 2023. All shortlisted movies will even be obtainable on BFI Participant. As a part of the BFI’s involvement, the problem will obtain publicity to the BFI’s UK-wide expertise growth programme, providing entry to filmmaking groups all through the corporate.

“I hope this Filmmaking Problem supplies a possibility for creatives to discover new and fascinating views, permitting us to find the tales but to be advised. The BMW i7’s expertise and theatre display, which is way wider than we might historically watch, will push creatives to suppose extra expansively. I stay up for geeking out with the filmmakers about their concepts and offering a sounding board as a mentor all through this course of,” Coel shared in a press launch.

For extra info on enter, head to BMW’s website.

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