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BFI Future Film Festival announces 2021 film programme, awards jury and award nominees The 14th BFI Future Film Festival runs 18 to 21 February 2021, with free festival programme available online globally to aspiring filmmakers aged 16 to 25. 22 January 2021 The BFI today announces the programme of 45 short films that have been selected to screen in the 14th edition of the BFI Future Film Festival, which will take place online from 18 to 21 February 2021. The films, which will all be available to watch for free on BFI Player during the festival (UK only), are eligible for the BFI Future Film ...

Women of the year: female forces that shaped 2020 World leaders steering countries through the Covid crisis, equality campaigners shaping global events, creative heavyweights attracting worldwide recognition and everyday women we should never forget Syrian filmmaker Waad Al Kateab. Getty Images Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh smiles at her home in Tehran on September 18, 2013, after being freed following three years in prison. Sotoudeh told AFP she was in "good" physical and psychological condition, and pledged to continue her human rights work. Her release came a week before Iran’s new mode...

26 Muslim women featured in the BBC’s 100 Women List 26 Muslim women featured in the BBC’s 100 Women List 25th Dec 2020 (Credit: Amarjeet Singh/Anadolu Agency) Elham Asaad Buaras Twenty-six Muslim women from 20 countries are featured in the BBC’s 100 Women List of the most inspiring and influential women from around the world. This year’s list includes Hollywood actress and climate activist Jane Fonda and Sanna Marin, who leads Finland’s all-female coalition government. The first space on its list, titled Unsung Hero, is left vacant in memory of ‘those who have lost their lives wh...

Published: Tue 15 Dec 2020 London, December 15th: BritBox UK today unveiled a new Original landing exclusively on the platform in spring 2021. Secrets of the Krays (working title), BritBox’s first Original factual commission, will take an in-depth look at the most famous gangsters in British history 60 years on from their infamous reign as the kings of a criminal underworld. Secrets of the Krays will be produced as a three part documentary series by ITN Productions and will paint an in-depth picture of Britain in the 60s; the decade when England won the World Cup, Harold MacMillan was PM, E...

HOLDING PATTERN Do I hold the record wait for unpaid Qantas refunds? I cancelled my return flight from Dallas in late April. When I phoned Qantas in July I was assured that I would get my refund by mid-September. Nothing. In early November I was promised I would get an email the next day and a refund within two weeks. It's now seven months and I'm still waiting. Can anyone beat that? John Ward, Fairlight, NSW DO THE LIGHT THING Don't give up on hunting down the northern lights, Rhoda Silber (Traveller Letters November 28). My son and I travelled to Norway at the end of January this year and ...