BFDG announces 15th BFDG Production Design Awards finalists

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The British Film Designers Guild has announced the finalists in 13 of the 16 categories for its upcoming Production Design Awards.  The final round of voting will open to BFDG members on 12 January, and the winners will be revealed at a ceremony scheduled for 28 February at London’s Royal Lancaster Hotel. The shortlist of … Read more

BFDG announces finalists in the 14th BFDG Production Design Awards

The British Film Designers Guild (BFDG) has announced the finalists in 12 of the 15 categories for its upcoming Production Design Awards. The final round of voting is now open to BFDG members, and the winners will be revealed at a prestigious ceremony scheduled for 22nd February at London’s Royal Lancaster Hotel. The shortlist includes … Read more

The BFDG announce winners in its 13th Production Design Awards

The British Film Designers Guild (BFDG) announced winners of its 13th Production Design Awards, supported by BENlabs  in 14 categories of film, television, commercials and special awards to individuals at a black tie dinner gala at The Londoner Hotel, Leicester Square on Saturday, 24th February.  Winners in the film categories included: One Life (Christina Moore, Aline Leionello, … Read more

British Film Designers Guild unveils Planet Positive Award contenders

The British Film Designers Guild has announced the contenders for their prestigious Planet Positive Award 2024, supported by Sky Studios Elstree. The winner of the award will be announced at the 13th BFDG Awards, supported by BENlabs which takes place at The Londoner Hotel on Saturday 24 February celebrating some of the best creative talent … Read more

BFDG Production Design Awards: First round of voting opens

The first round of voting for the 13th BFDG (British Film Designers Guild) Production Design Awards, supported by BENlabs, has opened to members. There are 15 categories in total with awards being given for best production design in film, TV and commercials released in 2023 as well as awards honouring specific individuals. All BFDG members … Read more

BFDG survey shows 83% of art department crew affected by strikes have been out of work for 4+ months

The UK film industry is for the most part shut down. The £6 billion industry has been disrupted for the past 5 months because of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) strikes. There has been a resolution with the WGA but, SAG-AFTRA now need their fair terms met. The … Read more

The BFDG announce winners of 12th Production Design Awards

The British Film Designers Guild (BFDG) has announced the winners of its 12th Production Design Awards, supported by BEN which were hosted last night by film critics and broadcasters  Anna Smith and Ali Plumb in the Ballroom of The Londoner in Leicester Square. The BFDG’s awards celebrate the professionalism, creativity and skill of the Art Department in the fields of … Read more

BFDG confirms nominees for the 12th BFDG Production Design Awards

The British Film Designers Guild (BFDG) has announced the finalist nominees in 11 of the 14 categories, for its upcoming Production Design Awards, which will be held for the second year running in the Ballroom of The Londoner in London’s Leicester Square on 18th February. The BFDG’s awards celebrate the professionalism, creativity and skill of the Art Department in … Read more

Production designers champion sustainability with new award

The British Film Designers Guild (BFDG) has introduced a brand-new award, the Planet Positive Award (supported by Universal Pixels) as part of a commitment to support the art department into more sustainable practices. The Award encourages crews to produce environmentally sensitive designs and construction methods, using sustainably sourced materials, props and thoughtful end-of-life planning. The … Read more

First vote now open for The BFDG Production Design Awards 2021

The first round of voting opened on 1 January for British Film Designers Guild Production Design Awards 2021. There are 14 categories in total made up of production design awards for film, TV and commercials released in 2021 as well as awards honouring specific individuals. All BFDG members are invited to vote on the entries … Read more

British Film Designers Guild and ScreenSkills launch mentoring programme

The British Film Designers Guild (BFDG) have announced the launch of their Mentoring Programme in partnership with the ScreenSkills Mentoring Network which is supported by the BFI, awarding National Lottery funds as part of its Future Film Skills strategy. The programme is being launched in response to increasingly raised concerns regarding a shortfall in talent and … Read more

Winners announced for the British Film Designers Guild Awards

The winners of the British Film Designers Guild Awards have recently been announced in a virtual ceremony. This year saw 3 new awards for: Commercial, Short Film and Outstanding Contribution to the Art Department. In other categories, The Gentlemen, 1917 and Tenet were among the winners. In a light hearted and humorous virtual ceremony the … Read more

British Film Designers Guild Production Design Awards finalists announced

The British Film Designers Guild Production Design Awards 2020 will be held virtually on Sunday 16 May and streamed via YouTube at 19.00 as COVID restrictions mean it will not be possible to hold a live event this year. The creative and light-hearted ceremony will celebrate the work of the Art Department and showcasing the … Read more