BFI Publishes Report Into AI, Makes Key Recommendations for U.K. Screen Sector on Issues Including Rights, Carbon Impact and Ethics

by Alex Ritman-06 9, 2025

BFI Publishes Report Into AI, Makes Key Recommendations for U.K. Screen Sector on Issues Including Rights, Carbon Impact and Ethics

The British Film Institute has unveiled a groundbreaking report on AI, accompanied by a series of strategic recommendations. This initiative aims to illuminate the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence within the screen sector.

Titled “AI in the Screen Sector: Perspectives and Paths Forward,” this report emerges from the BFI’s work within the CoSTAR Foresight Lab and is authored by Angus Finney, Brian Tarran, and Rishi Coupland. It not only analyzes how generative AI technologies are being utilized and explored but also outlines a roadmap of key recommendations designed to foster ethical, sustainable, and inclusive AI integration across the industry.

“AI has long been an integral part of the creative toolkit for the screen sector, most recently exemplified in the post-production of the Oscar-winning ‘The Brutalist,’” remarked Coupland, Director of Research