BFI Unveils 2025 ‘Great 8’ Projects Heading to Cannes, Including Features Starring Maria Bakalova, Stephen Graham and George MacKay

‘Great 8’ 2025: Ashley Walters’s Debut Feature ‘Animol’ Among Titles Set For Cannes Market With The BFI

The BFI has revealed the lineup of titles it will take to the upcoming Cannes Market as part of its Great 8 initiative for first and second-time filmmakers.  The list of features includes Animol, the debut feature from Top Boy actor Ashley Walters, and Madfabulous from filmmaker Celyn Jones. The BFI will present the features to international buyers in Cannes. The full list of titles are: Animol – director Ashley Walters, writer Nick Love Ish …

BFI Unveils 2025 ‘Great 8’ Projects Heading to Cannes, Including Features Starring Maria Bakalova, Stephen Graham and George MacKay

The British Film Institute and British Film Council has unveiled the crop of films that will make up its annual Great 8 lineup of projects to be showcased in Cannes. The features — from either first-time or early career filmmakers — will be introduced and screened to buyers and festival programmers in Cannes, where all eight […]