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They include additional Covid-related production awards for BFI-backed projects interrupted at the start of pandemic such as
Benediction (£341,182),
Pirates (£360,000).
Nearly all 10 titles, with the exception of
Earwig, also received £20,000 as part of pilot initiative BFI Step-up, which enabled productions to provide opportunities for production crew from under-represented groups to work on BFI-funded features
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Source: Lupus Films
‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’
Sally Hawkins, Cillian Murphy and Ken Watanabe are among the English-language voice cast of this animated feature, based on Michael Morpurgo’s bestselling children’s novel of the same name and adapted by Frank Cottrell-Boyce (
The Railway Man). It marks the feature directorial debut of both Neil Boyle, whose credits as an animator include