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FOCAL Awards 2025 Shortlisted Nominees

Announcing the FOCAL International Awards 2025 shortlisted nominees for the Production Categories.

FOCAL Awards 2025

Join us on Thursday, 19 June 2025, for the FOCAL International Awards 2025 at the Church House Westminster.

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Lifetime Achievement Award - Declan Smith

FOCAL International is honoured to announce Declan Smith is this year's recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award 2025

Latest News View more

BFI National Archive ‘Inside the Archive’ blog: This week, learn how we accession film materials to our collections, and ‘feel the noize’ courtesy of Slade.

7th May 2025 Visit website

Bridgeman Images - Discover the latest news from our footage collection

7th May 2025 Visit website

Reelin' in the Years Productions - STAX: Soulsville U.S.A. wins the prestigious Peabody Award

2nd May 2025 Visit website

Announcing the FOCAL International Awards 2025 Production Shortlist

30th April 2025 Visit website

British Pathé | Anniversary of VE Day, Electing the Next Pope, 50 Years Since the End of the Vietnam War

29th April 2025 Visit website

Huntley Film Archives - Newsletter May 2025

28th April 2025 Visit website

Upcoming events View more

Media Production & Technology Show 2025

14th May 2025 Olympia, London Visit website

Kennington Bioscope presents The Sound of Laughter

24th May 2025 The Cinema Musuem, London Visit website

Sheffield DocFest 2025

18th June 2025 Sheffield, UK Visit website

FOCAL International Awards 2025

19th June 2025 Church House Westminster, Deans Yard, London, SW1P 3NZ Read more

Sunny Side of the Doc 2025

23rd June 2025 La Rochelle, France Visit website

Edinburgh TV Festival 2025

12th August 2025 Edinburgh, Scotland Visit website