DirectorsDigest:28May2026

Digest
Published on: 28 May 2026

News for directors, directly to you.

This week, the BFI announces £11.85 million funding to support skills development and training, We Are Parable reveals its 2026 Momentum programme cohort, and the Best Director prize at Cannes is tied.

HEADLINES

  • The BFI announces £11.85 million funding over three years to support skills development and training across the UK’s key production hubs, with a portion of the funding specifically allocated to new geographical skills clusters “where there is evidence of a need to build strong crew bases”. (Televisual)
  • We Are Parable reveals its 2026 Momentum programme cohort, selecting 30 UK-based Black filmmakers from more than 700 applications for the Channel 4 and Sony Pictures Television-backed national development programme. (Broadcast)

DIRECTORS ON DIRECTING

  • Kane Parsons on Backrooms: “I think the brain is the main thing you need to find a way to create.” (Deadline)

INDUSTRY VOICES

  • AI fault lines on show at Cannes: “We’re expanding the cinematic toolbox.” (The Guardian)

CELEBRATING CRAFT

  • The 79th Festival de Cannes winners are unveiled, with directing duo Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, and Paweł Pawlikowski tying for Best Director, for La Bola Negra and Fatherland respectively. Congratulations to all the winners! (Festival de Cannes)