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Here are our popular website articles written by BBFC staff. Like the Case Studies they delve in to key issues, films, initiatives, historical moments and offer insight into how the BBFC has responded to different events and changes in the film and media landscape.
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Implementing iRights on CBBFC
04/08/2015
BBFC Head of Education, Lucy Brett, discusses implementing the iRights framework on our website for children, CBBFC.
#askbbfc Twitter Q and A transcript Thursday 30 July
03/08/2015
Earlier in the week we asked our followers to tweet us their questions about classifying foreign films, using the #askbbfc hashtag.The #askbbfc answer session took the most interesting questions and answered them during a 30 minute session. If you missed this, the transcript of questions and...
#askbbfc Twitter Q and A transcript Thursday 25 June
26/06/2015
Earlier in the week we asked our followers to tweet us their questions about classificiation using the #askbbfc hashtag.The #askbbfc answer session took the most interesting questions and answered them during a 30 minute session. If you missed this, a transcript of the questions and answers...
Kermode and Mayo launch Well Done U and give amateur film-makers the chance to screen their film in front of a cinema audience
19/06/2015
‘Well Done U’ offers the opportunity for the winning film to be shown at a central London cinema as part of special outside broadcast of the UK’s biggest film show, Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review, plus an official BBFC classification certificate.
#askbbfced Twitter Q and A transcript Thursday 21 May
22/05/2015
Earlier in the week we asked our student and teacher followers to tweet us their questions about classification, using the #askbbfced hashtag.The #askbbfced answer session took the most interesting questions and answered them during a 30 minute session. If you missed this, the transcript of...
Childnet’s Film Competition invites young people to get creative about e-safety!
12/05/2015
National competition invites young people aged 7-18 to enter challenge to create a short film about internet safety.
#askbbfc Twitter Q and A transcript Thursday 30 April
01/05/2015
Earlier in the week we asked our followers to tweet us their questions about classifying language, using the #askBBFC hashtag.The #askbbfc answer session took the most interesting questions and answered them during a 30 minute session. If you missed this, the transcript of questions and answers...
#askbbfc Twitter Q and A transcript Friday 27 March
30/03/2015
Earlier in the week we asked our followers to tweet us their questions about the classification history of cult or classic films, using the #askBBFC hashtag.The #askbbfc answer session took the most interesting questions and answered them during a 30 minute session. If you missed this, the...
Enter the Childnet Film Competition 2015
19/03/2015
Childnet would like to invite all primary and secondary schools as well as youth organisations across the UK to enter their challenge to create a short film about internet safety.The films should showcase positive and inspiring use of the internet, the theme at the heart of the Film Competition...
#askbbfc Twitter Q and A transcript Thursday 12 February
16/02/2015
The #askbbfc answer session took the most interesting questions and answered them during a 30 minute session. If you missed this, the transcript of questions and answers follows below.