With the film industry currently gathered at Cannes Film Festival, we’ve been catching up on the impressive list of BFI NETWORK alumni who are making waves there this year.
A number of UK titles selected to world premiere at the festival, as well as featuring in the Great 8 Showcase, are from BFI NETWORK alumni. Features include Pillion (Harry Lighton) and My Father’s Shadow (Akinola Davies Jr) screening in Un Certain Regard, and Learning to Breathe Under Water (Rebekah Fortune), Mission (Lowri Roberts) and The Son and the Sea (Lin Waite and Kate Byers) in Great 8.
Our flagship talent lab BFI NETWORK@LFF boasts several alumni in this year’s festival, including Harry Lighton (2017), Akinola Davies Jr (2019), Rebekkah Fortune (2023) and Lowri Roberts (2023). Stroma Cairns and Harry Lighton also took part in BFI NETWORK x BAFTA FLARE mentorship programme…