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Highlighting some of the astonishing and engaging work that has been supported by the UK public, including the National Lottery funding through the BFI, over the last 60 years.

The BFI invests National Lottery funding into developing and supporting filmmakers with diverse, bold and distinctive projects, that have a cultural relevance or progressive ideas and which reflect people from different backgrounds. We support filmmakers who are early in their career, taking risks and offering a fresh take or new perspective.
 
We support the development of more than 100 feature films each year, and the production of a further 30 including documentaries through our partnership with Doc Society.

This collection also includes films supported through the BFI Production Board which predated the introduction of the National Lottery.

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Chuck Chuck BabyChuck Chuck Baby

Drama2022102 minsDirector: Janis Pugh

A chicken factory worker rekindles a childhood romance in this joyous musical-drama set in North Wales.

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KneecapKneecap

Drama2024105 minsDirector: Rich Peppiatt

Fantastically outlandish biopic about the anarchic Belfast rap trio and their fight to save the Irish language.

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The End We Start FromThe End We Start From

Drama2023102 minsDirector: Mahalia Belo

A stunning post-apocalyptic British drama navigating the anxieties of parenthood and the future of the world.

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In CameraIn Camera

Drama202495 minsDirector: Naqqash Khalid

A struggling actor faces relentless knockbacks in Naqqash Khalid’s sharp-witted comment on race and identity in the film industry.

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Kensuke's KingdomKensuke's Kingdom

Animation & Artists Moving Image202384 minsDirector: Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry

Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel is brought to life in this delightful, animated tale of a young castaway who discovers he’s not alone.

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Red HerringRed Herring

Documentary202394 minsDirector: Kitson Vincent

Following his terminal diagnosis, young filmmaker Kit Vincent sets out to document an intimate and darkly humorous journey in this BIFA nominated documentary.

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Sorry We Missed YouSorry We Missed You

Drama2018102 minsDirector: Ken Loach

Ken Loach’s look at working life in today’s gig economy is a fine and powerful successor to I, Daniel Blake.

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Out of DarknessOut of Darkness

Horror202487 minsDirector: Andrew Cumming

Bringing a whole new meaning to the term ‘period film’, Andrew Cumming’s Palaeolithic horror movie is a true original.

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Triangle of SadnessTriangle of Sadness

Comedy2022148 minsDirector: Ruben Östlund

Riotously funny with a barbed wire-sharp wit, Academy Award and BAFTA-nominated Triangle of Sadness garnered Ruben Östlund (The Square, Force Majeure) his second Cannes Palme d’Or award.

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Leaving to RemainLeaving to Remain

Documentary202292 minsDirector: Mira Erdevicki

Compelling documentary which follows the lives of three Roma forced to navigate the complex post-Brexit EU settlement scheme as the country goes into lockdown.

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CensorCensor

Horror202184 minsDirector: Prano Bailey-Bond

A video nasties film censor becomes absorbed in her work in Prano Bailey-Bond's brilliantly adventurous first feature.

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BenedictionBenediction

Drama2020137 minsDirector: Terence Davies

Terence Davies’ moving and lyrical portrait of the life of celebrated war poet Siegfried Sassoon.

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Ali & AvaAli & Ava

Drama202094 minsDirector: Clio Barnard

Clio Barnard’s latest film is a tremendously warm and tenderly written love story.

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Mothering SundayMothering Sunday

Drama2021104 minsDirector: Eva Husson

In this beautiful adaptation of Graham Swift’s novel, starring Josh O’Connor and Odessa Young, a writer has a creative awakening steeped in books, love and loss.

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The Souvenir Part IIThe Souvenir Part II

Drama2020107 minsDirector: Joanna Hogg

The second chapter of Joanna Hogg’s semi-autobiographical masterpiece and winner of Sight and Sound's 'Best Films of 2021' poll.

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BallywalterBallywalter

Comedy202090 minsDirector: Prasanna Puwanarajah

Seána Kerslake is superb as caustic cab driver, Eileen, who makes an unlikely connection with regular passenger and local comedian, Shane (Patrick Kielty), in Prasanna Puwanarajah’s charming debut.

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Saint MaudSaint Maud

Drama201981 minsDirector: Rose Glass

A mysterious nurse becomes dangerously obsessed with saving the soul of her dying patient in director Rose Glass’ divine debut.

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HomeboundHomebound

Horror202171 minsDirector: Sebastian Godwin

Nothing is as it seems when a woman visits her new husband’s family with chilling results.

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Tell It to the BeesTell It to the Bees

Drama2017108 minsDirector: Annabel Jankel

Anna Paquin and Holliday Grainger star as two very different women who fall in love in this 1950s-set romantic drama.

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Funny CowFunny Cow

Comedy2018102 minsDirector: Adrian Shergold

Maxine Peake plays a woman who rises above abusive relationships and crass sexist audiences of the 1970s to become a female stand-up comedian.

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YardieYardie

Crime2018102 minsDirector: Idris Elba

In his thrilling directorial debut, Idris Elba brings to life Victor Headley’s cult crime novel.

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Fanny Lye Deliver'dFanny Lye Deliver'd

Drama2020112 minsDirector: Thomas Clay

The wife of a puritanical farmer seems resigned to her lot, until she has her head turned by the arrival of a young couple in Thomas Clay’s provocative period drama.

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Under the SkinUnder the Skin

Horror2014108 minsDirector: Jonathan Glazer

An alien Scarlett Johansson prowls the streets of Glasgow in Jonathan Glazer’s astonishing, mind-bending mixture of existential sci-fi and inner-city realism.

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UndergodsUndergods

Fantasy202092 minsDirector: Chino Moya

A series of intense and increasingly disturbing allegories about humanity's darker instincts culminates in a grotesque and compelling debut feature from Chino Moya.

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I, Daniel BlakeI, Daniel Blake

Drama2016100 minsDirector: Ken Loach

Ken Loach’s powerful, Palme d’Or-winning invective against welfare injustice captured the mood of modern Britain and became his biggest box office success.

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The Angels' ShareThe Angels' Share

Comedy201297 minsDirector: Ken Loach

A young Glaswegian father-to-be discovers his nose for whisky and spots a chance to help his friends. Directed by Ken Loach.

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Jimmy's HallJimmy's Hall

Drama2014109 minsDirector: Ken Loach

Ken Loach’s final fiction film is a spirited account of a 1930s Irish social club that becomes a bastion of jazz and free-thinking, angering the Church.

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SummerlandSummerland

Drama2020100 minsDirector: Jessica Swale

Gemma Arterton stars in acclaimed theatre director Jessica Swale’s moving Second World War drama, as a woman rediscovering her ability to love.

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WildfireWildfire

Drama202084 minsDirector: Cathy Brady

Sisterly bonds are pushed to breaking point in this simmering drama set on the Irish border, the debut feature from acclaimed shorts director Cathy Brady.

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SurgeSurge

Drama2019100 minsDirector: Aneil Karia

Ben Whishaw is superb as a man on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation in this highly strung, stripped-back thriller.

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High LifeHigh Life

Science Fiction2019113 minsDirector: Claire Denis

The messiness of sex, the mysteries of birth and the moving spectacle of devoted parenting in the face of impending oblivion create a potent atmosphere in Claire Denis’ English-language debut.

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True ThingsTrue Things

Drama2021102 minsDirector: Harry Wootliff

Ruth Wilson is at her best in this compelling drama about a lonely woman whose life is changed by Tom Burke, the dangerous stranger who offers something different.

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Wild RoseWild Rose

Drama2019101 minsDirector: Tom Harper

This delightful and infectiously joyous film finds a young woman balancing her dreams of being a country music star with the responsibilities of motherhood.

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Perfect 10Perfect 10

Drama201984 minsDirector: Eva Riley

An aspiring teen gymnast’s world is turned upside down with the arrival of the half-brother she never knew she had.

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45 Years45 Years

Drama201595 minsDirector: Andrew Haigh

One of the most acclaimed British features of recent years, starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay as a couple rocked by news from the past.

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You Were Never Really HereYou Were Never Really Here

Thriller201790 minsDirector: Lynne Ramsay

Lynne Ramsay journeys with Joaquin Phoenix into the mind of an ex-soldier gun-for-hire whose own demons are as brutal as the actions of his adversaries.

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The Day Shall ComeThe Day Shall Come

Comedy201988 minsDirector: Christopher Morris

An impoverished Miami preacher is lured into terrorism by the FBI, in the latest explosive satire from comedy genius Chris Morris.

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XY ChelseaXY Chelsea

Documentary201994 minsDirector: Tim Travers Hawkins

Telling the historic story of whistleblower Chelsea Manning; the journey of her fight for survival and dignity, and her transition from prisoner to a free woman.

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Tamara DreweTamara Drewe

Comedy2010111 minsDirector: Stephen Frears

The return of beautiful journalist Tamara Drewe (Gemma Arterton) awakens destructive passions in a Dorset village.

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PeterlooPeterloo

Drama2018154 minsDirector: Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh orchestrates a superb ensemble cast in this rousing tale of working class uprising and its violent suppression in Manchester in 1819.

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ColetteColette

Biopic2019112 minsDirector: Wash Westmoreland

This witty, Belle Époque-era biopic stars Keira Knightley and Dominic West as literary couple Colette and Willy, whose relationship rewrote social and gender rules.

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Mr. TurnerMr. Turner

Biopic2014150 minsDirector: Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh’s Cannes-winning account of the later years of J. M. W. Turner, brilliantly played by Timothy Spall.

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God's Own CountryGod's Own Country

Drama2017105 minsDirector: Francis Lee

A troubled young sheep farmer falls for a hired hand in this stunning debut from Francis Lee.

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CalvaryCalvary

Drama2013101 minsDirector: John Michael McDonagh

Brendan Gleeson and writer-director John Michael McDonagh combine again for a powerful story of a rural priest threatened with death in seven days.

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Seven PsychopathsSeven Psychopaths

Comedy2012110 minsDirector: Martin McDonagh

Three Billboards' director Martin McDonagh spins an epic and twisted tale of pets and gangsters, with an all-star cast.

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