Neil Brand

Aug 15, 2023 | bfi.org.uk | Charlotte Cook |Adrian Martin |Neil Brand

As founder of both Doc Society and the networking organisation Shooting People, Search was a vital force in nurturing documentary filmmaking in the UK. 15 August 2023By Charlotte CookJess Search © Photo by Lauren Colchamiro. Courtesy of Doc SocietyTo call Jess Search, who died aged 54 on 31 July, only a producer or an executive would be a great disservice to what she created in independent documentary.

Aug 11, 2023 | bfi.org.uk | Neil Brand

An incredible true story of bravery and heroism, One Life will receive its European premiere at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. One Life (2023) © See-Saw Films / Warner Bros.

Aug 11, 2023 | bfi.org.uk | Neil Brand

Carl Davis, whose death at 86 was announced last week, made his name with multiple gifts that embraced composition, orchestration, dramaturgy and showmanship. Where his contemporaries may have spent a lifetime anonymously labouring in music composition for large and small screens, few were as prolific, eclectic or immediately recognisable as Carl.

Aug 4, 2023 | bfi.org.uk | Neil Brand

“You could get whiplash reading the trades as this issue went to press. One column announced that the simultaneous release of Barbie and Oppenheimer resulted in record-breaking revenues, chalking up the fourth-biggest box-office weekend ever. Other stories documented the shuttering of film sets and studios pulling their most anticipated films from the theatrical schedules.