Meet the IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award finalists | BFI London Film Festival 2017
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Channel: BFI · 2017 · Film & Animation
The IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award in association with the BFI is a £50,000 award to benefit an outstanding British writer, director, or writer/director whose first or second fiction feature film premieres at the BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express®. Meet the 3 finalists: Daniel Kokotajlo (Director/Writer, Apostasy), Rungano Nyoni (Director/Writer, I Am Not a Witch) and Michael Pearce (Director/Writer, Beast), hear from the selection panel and get a sneak preview of the films. This bursary is designed to give the UK’s brightest and best up-and-coming filmmakers the gift of time providing them the freedom to develop – both themselves and their projects – ensuring their future success. The recipient of the award will receive £50,000 from IWC Schaffhausen at LUMINOUS, the BFI’s glittering Gala fundraiser on 3 October 2017. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI. Watch more on the BFI Player: http://player.bfi.org.uk/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BFI Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BritishFilmInstitute Follow us on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+britishfilminstitute/
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