RESEARCH: BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS

Link to the BIFA website: Here

I have been following the BIFA website with interest recently, looking up the nominations as well as seeing all of the winners.  I have research the BIFA (British Independent Film Awards) to have a look at the winners from this years awards. American Honey which is a new British independent film has had a few nominations as well as a few wins for certain awards. I have decided to research this because I am also making a film opening which will be classed as independant as well as having a low budget like many of the winners of the BIFA. We also know that in American Honey they didn't have big name actors which will be the same with our film opening. We also learnt about Independent film when we went to the BFI study day. We learnt the American Honey is in fact an Indpendent British Film which had a relatively small budget of $3.5 million. It is an example of a BFI and Film 4 funding project. Andrea Arnold, the director of American Honey, is also well known for her directing of Fish Tank (2009) which had a budget of only £1.3 million. Comparing this with the budget of £230 million from Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). 

Another independent film that was succesful this year in the BIFAs was I, Daniel Blake which is a more significant film due to its real story line and current issues in recent times within less fortunate communities in the UK. This is called social realism. The director Ken Loach is know for, within his films, addressing very real and relatable within many communities. Some of these issues are petty crimes, illness and not having enough money.