Join us for a special screening and Q&A with the incredible shortlisted filmmakers of The Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026 for Film!

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Forms of Truth: Rising Non-Fiction Filmmakers
Tuesday 27 January 2026
6:30 pm at ICA, London

Discover the next wave of documentary filmmakers at this gathering of bold, boundary-pushing non-fiction storytelling. Join us for an evening of standout films from four rising artists, followed by an in-depth conversation led by Lindsay Poulton, Editorial Director of Film & TV and Head of Documentaries at The Guardian.

The films from visionary artists introduce sharp contemporary perspectives, illuminating the evolving landscape and compelling future of documentary film.

The featured artists will be announced in January 2026.

The artists have been selected by leading industry figures: Asif Kapadia (Filmmaker), Danny Leigh (Chief Film Critic, Financial Times), and Lindsay Poulton (The Guardian). The recipient of the £20,000 Arts Foundation Film Fellowship will be announced at an awards ceremony in February.

Presented as part of London Short Film Festival.

Each year we invite established professionals, subject experts, artists and creatives from across the UK to form part of the independent Jury that will select this year’s Shortlisted Artists and Fellow.

We are thrilled to share that the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026 for Visual Art Jury Members are:

Simeon Barclay

Simeon Barclay (b.1975, Huddersfield, UK) spent his formative years during the 90s employed as a machine operative whilst being devoted to the transformative potential of clubs, music, fashion and youth culture movements across the UK. Channelling those alternative modes of expression, he would later attend night school before taking up a place at art college, graduating in 2014 with an MFA at Goldsmiths College. Barclay is the recipient of the Roberts Institute of Art, Practising Performance Commission, the inaugural Ares Art Award, and was included in the Heywood Gallery Touring exhibition; British Art Show 9. Selected projects and exhibitions have been presented at the ICA, South London Gallery, Somerset House, Tate Britain, London; Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh; Manchester Art Gallery, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. Barclay lives and works in West Yorkshire, England.

Eva Langret

Eva Langret is Director, EMEA for Frieze, where she leads on two of the world’s most influential art fairs: Frieze London and Frieze Masters. Passionate about championing emerging artistic talent, she is the Vice Chair of the board of the Camden Art Centre, a place for world-class contemporary art exhibitions and education, a trustee of Fluxus Arts Project, a not-for-profit organisation created by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni, and a trustee of Forma, a London-based non-profit organisation supporting emerging and mid-career British and international artists.

Prof. Sook-Kyung Lee

Prof. Sook-Kyung Lee is Director of the Whitworth and Professor of Curatorial Practices at The University of Manchester. Lee has worked as curator, writer, and lecturer in the UK and internationally, advocating global art histories and transnational curating. She was Artistic Director of the 14th Gwangju Biennale (2023), titled soft and weak like water, which explored themes of resistance, indigeneity, decoloniality and ecology. She also served as the Commissioner and Curator of the Korea Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale (2015), presenting Kyungwon Moon and Joonho Jeon. She was Curator of the Japan Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale (2024), represented by the artist Yuko Mohri. Lee was previously Senior Curator, International Art at Tate Modern, working in exhibitions and acquisitions, and headed a major multi-year research initiative ‘Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational’, overseeing its strategic vision and associated programming. Exhibitions she curated include Santiago Yahuarcani: The Beginning of Knowledge at the Whitworth (2025-26), Mirroring: Lucio Fontana and Michelangelo Pistoletto at Prada Rongzhai (2025), A Year in Art: Australia 1992 at Tate Modern (2021-23), Nam June Paik at Tate Modern (2019-21), and CAMP: From Gulf to Gulf to Gulf at Tate Modern (2019-20).

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The Arts Foundation Futures Awards support the UK’s most promising artists and creatives at a pivotal moment in their careers with £20,000 unconditional Fellowships.

The Visual Art Award Shortlist will be revealed in January 2026, and the recipient of the £20,000 Fellowship will be announced at a live Award Ceremony in February 2026, with all Shortlisted Artists each awarded £1,000.

The Visual Art Award is supported by The Yoma Sasburg Estate.

Follow the Arts Foundation on Instagram and LinkedIn for all the latest awards news and updates.

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Each year we invite established professionals, subject experts, artists and creatives from across the UK to form part of the independent Jury that will select this year’s Shortlisted Artists and Fellow.

We are thrilled to share that the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026 for Theatre Jury Members are:

Tosin Cole

Tosin was born in Florida but moved to London as a child. He is of dual US and UK nationality.

Tosin took up acting at a young age, and regularly attended the Intermission Youth Theatre group which was formative in his desire to become a professional actor.

Tosin’s first professional role was in the BBC series THE CUT, which was one of the first ‘online only’ TV series that the BBC produced. Since then Tosin has gone on to appear in a variety of TV projects including THE SECRETS, a BBC TV series created and directed by Dominic Savage, and was a regular in BBC’S DR WHO.

Tosin has appeared in several feature films including STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS in the role of Lieutenant Bastian, BURNING SANDS, a movie for Netflix directed by Gerard McMurray in which he played the leading role of Frank, UNLOCKED directed by Michael Apted in which he played Amjad and EAR FOR EYE directed by debbie tucker green.

Tosin has worked extensively in theatre. He appeared in THEY DRINK IT IN THE CONGO at The Almedia, STOP at the Trafalgar Studios and EAR FOR EYE at the Royal Court. In 2023 he was the lead in the two-hander romantic work, SHIFTERS, which premiered at The Bush Theatre before transferring to London’s West End in 2024. It received widespread critical acclaim.

In 2022 Tosin was seen in AMC’s limited series, 61ST STREET in which he played Moses. He was also seen in the LeBron James produced reboot of the feature, HOUSE PARTY in the lead role. Finally, TILL, directed by Chinonye Chukwu in which he played Medgar Evers. Tosin can currently be seen playing the lead role of Michael, in SUPACELL for Netflix.

Prior to the release of SUPACELL, Tosin played Tyrone Downie in the feature, BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE.

In 2024 Tosin shot 3 BAGS FULL (Kyle Balda) in a leading role alongside Emma Thompson, Hugh Jackman, and Nicholas Galatzine. Tosin is currently shooting the feature, CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE for Paramount in which he plays Tzian.

Tosin lives in London. Outside his acting his interests include basketball and trainers.

Francesca Moody MBE

Francesca Moody MBE is an Olivier award-winning Theatre Producer. She is best known as the original producer of the multi-award winning, ‘Fleabag’ by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and ‘Baby Reindeer’ by Richard Gadd.

In 2020, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Francesca led and coordinated the Fleabag for Charity campaign, streaming Fleabag NT Live on Amazon and Soho Theatre on Demand, raising over £1,000,000 for charities supporting those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. With Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Olivia Colman, Francesca later established the Theatre Community Fund, raising a further £1,000,000 to support theatrical artists and professionals whose livelihoods and creative futures have been threatened in the wake of Covid-19.

Francesca is also the former Producer of British new writing theatre company Paines Plough, where she produced and developed plays by leading UK playwrights including Dennis Kelly, Duncan Macmillan, James Graham and Kae Tempest. She was also the Executive Producer at curious directive.

Francesca has received an Olivier Award, ten Fringe First Awards and three Off West End Awards for her productions. She is interim Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees for Theatre Royal Stratford East, a Trustee of the Royal Theatrical Fund and an Honorary Associate of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. In 2022 she was awarded an MBE for services to Charitable Fundraising for the Arts in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Honours.

Rufus Norris

Rufus Norris was Director and CEO of the National Theatre from 2015-2025. Prior to that he was Associate Director at the National and Young Vic Theatres, and has directed theatre and film in London, New York, across the UK and internationally.

While Director of the National Theatre, Rufus oversaw more than 170 productions at the theatre’s South Bank venue, directing 13 himself. During his tenure he drove forward key commitments to staging new work, increasing representation on and off stage, making theatre more sustainable and increasing the National Theatre’s nationwide and global presence.

He has been the recipient of numerous theatre and film awards, two honorary doctorates, and was Knighted for Services to Theatre in 2025. Since leaving the NT he has taken a step back to rejuvenate and start building projects for the future. He is married to Tanya Ronder, and they have two sons.

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The Arts Foundation Futures Awards support the UK’s most promising artists and creatives at a pivotal moment in their careers with £20,000 unconditional Fellowships.

The Theatre Award Shortlist will be revealed in January 2026, and the recipient of the £20,000 Fellowship will be announced at a live Award Ceremony in February 2026, with all Shortlisted Artists each awarded £1,000.

Follow the Arts Foundation on Instagram and LinkedIn for all the latest awards news and updates.

If you’d like to discuss press and media opportunities, please contact us: press@artsfoundation.co.uk.

Each year we invite established professionals, subject experts, artists and creatives from across the UK to form part of the independent Jury that will select this year’s Shortlisted Artists and Fellow.

We are thrilled to share that the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026 for Music Jury Members are:

Suzy Klein

Suzy Klein is responsible for commissioning all arts and classical music content for BBC television channels and iPlayer.

She oversees a wide range of programmes, from returning favourites such as Extraordinary Portraits, Fake or Fortune, Hidden Treasure of the National Trust and the BAFTA Award winning series Rob & Rylan’s Grand Tour to premium series and boxsets including Rise of a Genius and Civilisations.

Classical music makes up a large proportion of Suzy’s brief, including commissioning The Proms for TV and events including Cardiff Singer of the World and BBC Young Musician. Working with the BBC’s performing groups, her team have created a new series on BBC Four – Inside Classical – bringing the orchestras to TV viewers throughout the year. Recent classical music and performance programmes include The Read, Dance Passion and Big Night of Musicals by the National Lottery.

Before joining BBC commissioning, Suzy was a presenter on TV and radio, specialising in music and arts, and previously spent more than a decade working in factual TV production.

Tom Service

Tom Service presents the Saturday Morning programme and the New Music Show for BBC Radio 3, where he wrote and presented 250 editions of The Listening Service, and hosted Music Matters from 2003. His writing about music is at theguardian.com, he was Gresham Professor of Music from 2018-19, and Guest Artistic Director of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in 2005. He has made films for the BBC about composers from Mozart to Saariaho, and has been part of the radio and TV coverage of the BBC Proms for more than twenty years. His books include Music as Alchemy: Journeys with Great Conductors and their Orchestras, and Full of Noises, interviews with the composer Thomas Adès.

Rakhi Singh

Rakhi Singh is a violinist, creative director and composer based in Manchester.

As a solo artist she released her 2023 debut solo album ‘Purnima’ on Bang on a Can’s Cantaloupe Music label but has also released a number of records on Bedroom Community, two albums as curator/director of Manchester Collective and her debut composition/production EP ‘Quarry’.

She has performed in many major venues and festivals around Europe, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg; Concertgebouw Amsterdam; National Concert Hall Dublin; Funkhaus Berlin; Kings Place London; Cheltenham Festival; Supersonic; Bach Thuringen; Ludwigsburg Festival, Kilkenny Festival and Walden Festival. Her artistic life is split into many different roles – performing, recording, collaboration, mentoring and creatively directing.

As a creative director she made a film for the Royal Opera House starring Blackhaine, and has devised large scale works for Manchester Collective and the Southbank Centre, working with Chris Watson and Carlos Casas on an immersive experience of Michael Gordon’s Weather. Designing a light installation for a tour of Rothko Chapel, the iconic piece by Morton Feldman and most recently creating Refractions – a collaboration with British producer Clark and choreographer Melanie Lane for Multitudes Festival 2025 at The Southbank Centre.

As a collaborative composer she has written a number of works with Vessel/Sebastian Gainsborough, NYX Electronic Drone Choir, Laura Cannell, Simmy Singh and Go-go Penguin. She is often heard on film sound tracks, live on Radio 3 and on the records of Clark, Fever Ray, Able Selaocoe, Olivia Chaney, Vessel and Hania Rani.

In 2016 she co-founded Manchester Collective who perform over 50 concerts a year nationally and internationally and work with a huge variety of artists from many different genres. They are resident at the Southbank Centre London.

She thrives on the sharing of artistic languages and creating safe and explorative spaces for artists. This has led her into education and mentoring. After leading a group for 2 years at the RAM she is currently running Manchester Collective Studio at the RNCM and running a residency for Warp Records, working intensively for a week with 3 producers on the space between electronic and acoustic music, culminating in a performance in Unsound and the Southbank.

Through her curating she continues to endeavour to bring important music to the fore and as a soloist and with the Collective she has premiered over 30 new works over the last 10 years.

Born to an English mother and Indian father in rural Wales, Rakhi’s upbringing was influenced by many different cultures and traditions.

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The Arts Foundation Futures Awards support the UK’s most promising artists and creatives at a pivotal moment in their careers with £20,000 unconditional Fellowships.

The Music Award Shortlist will be revealed in January 2026, and the recipient of the £20,000 Fellowship will be announced at a live Award Ceremony in February 2026, with all Shortlisted Artists each awarded £1,000.

The Music Award is supported by The David Collins Foundation.

Follow the Arts Foundation on Instagram and LinkedIn for all the latest awards news and updates.

If you’d like to discuss press and media opportunities, please contact us: press@artsfoundation.co.uk.

Each year we invite established professionals, subject experts, artists and creatives from across the UK to form part of the independent Jury that will select this year’s Shortlisted Artists and Fellow.

We are thrilled to share that the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026 for Literature Jury Members are:

Raymond Antrobus

Raymond Antrobus is the author of ‘The Perseverance’, ‘All The Names Given’, ‘Signs, Music’ and ‘The Quiet Ear: An Investigation of Missing Sound’.

Imtiaz Dharker

Imtiaz Dharker is a poet, artist and video film-maker, awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 2014, Chancellor of Newcastle University since 2020. Her seven collections, all published by Bloodaxe Books, include Over the Moon and the latest, Shadow Reader. Her poems have featured on BBC radio, television, the London Underground, Glasgow billboards and Mumbai buses. She has had eleven solo exhibitions of drawings and scripts and directs video films, mostly for non- government organisations working in the area of shelter, education and health for women and children in India.

Ted Hodgkinson

Ted Hodgkinson is Head of Literature and Spoken Word at the Southbank Centre, Europe’s largest arts centre. He was formerly online editor at Granta magazine and literature programmer and communications manager at the British Council. He has judged numerous literary awards, including the Orwell Prize for Political Writing and RSL Encore Award. In 2020 he chaired the judging panel of the International Booker Prize. He is a trustee of English PEN and New Writing North.

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The Arts Foundation Futures Awards support the UK’s most promising artists and creatives at a pivotal moment in their careers with £20,000 unconditional Fellowships.

The Literature Award Shortlist will be revealed in January 2026, and the recipient of the £20,000 Fellowship will be announced at a live Award Ceremony in February 2026, with all Shortlisted Artists each awarded £1,000.

The Literature Award is supported by The Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Fund of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation.

Follow the Arts Foundation on Instagram and LinkedIn for all the latest awards news and updates.

If you’d like to discuss press and media opportunities, please contact us: press@artsfoundation.co.uk.

Each year we invite established professionals, subject experts, artists and creatives from across the UK to form part of the independent Jury that will select this year’s Shortlisted Artists and Fellow.

We are thrilled to share that the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026 for Film Jury Members are:

Asif Kapadia

Asif Kapadia is an Academy Award, BAFTA, Grammy, and European Film Award-winning director, writer, and producer, renowned for pushing the boundaries of cinematic storytelling. Widely regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers of his generation, Kapadia is best known for his groundbreaking trilogy — Senna, Amy, and Diego Maradona — which redefined the documentary genre by crafting emotionally powerful, archive-only narratives that play with the urgency and drama of fiction.

Asif has just released his latest work, Kenny Dalglish in cinemas, an inspiring and emotional documentary capturing the mercurial sports figure.
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Asif is also an Ambassador of the Arts Foundation, having been awarded the Fellowship for Film Directing in 2001.⁠

Danny Leigh

Danny Leigh is the film critic of the Financial Times. As a journalist, he has written for the FT since 2012, and before that, wrote for many years for The Guardian. He has also worked as a documentary-maker and broadcaster, including co-hosting BBC One’s long-running Film show. He is currently finishing his third novel for publisher Faber.

Lindsay Poulton

Lindsay is Editorial Director of Film and TV, shaping strategy and output across the Guardian’s film and TV work. Alongside this global focus, she commissions and curates Documentaries for the Guardian’s digital platforms, including the Oscar-winning Colette and BAFTA-winning The Black Cop. With this multi-platform outlook, Lindsay is committed to finding the most powerful ways to bring stories rooted in the Guardian’s distinctive editorial ethos and purpose to the screen.

Before this, Lindsay worked as a filmmaker and journalist and her work has been recognised with numerous awards and shown at The White House as well as top-tier film festivals around the world including Sundance, Tribeca and Sheffield DocFest. She enjoys regular opportunities to judge industry awards, speak at international conferences, teach at universities, and is a proud member of BAFTA.

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The Arts Foundation Futures Awards support the UK’s most promising artists and creatives at a pivotal moment in their careers with £20,000 unconditional Fellowships.

The Film Award Shortlist will be revealed in January 2026, and the recipient of the £20,000 Fellowship will be announced at a live Award Ceremony in February 2026, with all Shortlisted Artists each awarded £1,000.

Follow the Arts Foundation on Instagram and LinkedIn for all the latest awards news and updates.

If you’d like to discuss press and media opportunities, please contact us: press@artsfoundation.co.uk.

We are thrilled to announce that the fifth and final award category of the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026 is Visual Art.⁠

The Visual Art Award supports groundbreaking artists working across a broad range of visual arts and interdisciplinary art form practices, including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and artist moving image.⁠

Announced at the award ceremony in February 2026, the recipient of the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026 for Visual Art will receive an unconditional £20,000 Fellowship, with all three Shortlisted Artists each awarded £1,000.

The Visual Art Award is supported by The Yoma Sasburg Estate.

We’ll be announcing this year’s independent Jury of artists and industry professionals over the coming weeks.

Follow the Arts Foundation on Instagram and LinkedIn for all the latest awards news and updates.

If you’d like to discuss press and media opportunities for the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026, please contact us: press@artsfoundation.co.uk

For partnerships and award sponsorship opportunities please contact: info@artsfoundation.co.uk

We are excited to announce that Theatre is the fourth award category of the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026.

The Theatre Award champions visionary theatre directors developing extraordinary theatrical productions across any genre.⁠

Announced at the award ceremony in February 2026, the recipient of the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026 for Theatre will receive an unconditional £20,000 Fellowship, with all three Shortlisted Artists each awarded £1,000.

We’ll be announcing this year’s independent Jury of artists and industry professionals over the coming weeks.

Follow the Arts Foundation on Instagram and LinkedIn for all the latest awards news and updates.

If you’d like to discuss press and media opportunities for the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026, please contact us: press@artsfoundation.co.uk

For partnerships and award sponsorship opportunities please contact: info@artsfoundation.co.uk

We are delighted to announce that the third award category of the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026 is Music!⁠

This year’s Music Award support exceptional early-stage career composers scoring contemporary classical works of any genre.⁠

Announced at the award ceremony in February 2026, the recipient of the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026 for Music will receive an unconditional £20,000 Fellowship, with all three Shortlisted Artists each awarded £1,000.

The Music Award is supported by The David Collins Foundation.

We’ll be announcing this year’s independent Jury of artists and industry professionals over the coming weeks.

Follow the Arts Foundation on Instagram and LinkedIn for all the latest awards news and updates.

If you’d like to discuss press and media opportunities for the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026, please contact us: press@artsfoundation.co.uk

For partnerships and award sponsorship opportunities please contact: info@artsfoundation.co.uk

We are thrilled to announce that Literature is the second award category of the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026.

The Literature Award supports inventive independent writers who are pushing the boundaries of the medium of poetry.⁠

Announced at the award ceremony in February 2026, the recipient of the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026 for Literature will receive an unconditional £20,000 Fellowship, with all three Shortlisted Artists each awarded £1,000.

The Literature Award is supported by The Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Fund of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation.

We’ll be announcing this year’s independent Jury of artists and industry professionals over the coming weeks.

Follow the Arts Foundation on Instagram and LinkedIn for all the latest awards news and updates.

If you’d like to discuss press and media opportunities for the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026, please contact us: press@artsfoundation.co.uk

For partnerships and award sponsorship opportunities please contact: info@artsfoundation.co.uk

The Arts Foundation is extremely excited to announce the first award category of the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026 is Film.

The Film Award supports exceptional early-stage career filmmakers, and this year we are highlighting emotive and inventive storytellers working in non-fiction.

Announced at the award ceremony in February 2026, the recipient of the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026 for Film will receive an unconditional £20,000 Fellowship, with all three Shortlisted Artists each awarded £1,000.

We’ll be announcing this year’s independent Jury of artists and industry professionals over the coming weeks.

Follow the Arts Foundation on Instagram and LinkedIn for all the latest awards news and updates.

If you’d like to discuss press and media opportunities for the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026, please contact us: press@artsfoundation.co.uk

For partnerships and award sponsorship opportunities please contact: info@artsfoundation.co.uk

We are thrilled to share that our wonderful long-standing award partner, The David Collins Foundation, will present a special exhibition, Convergence as part of London Design Festival
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The Lavery  4 Cromwell Place, SW7 2JE⁠
11 – 19 September 2025 ⁠
Part of the London Design Festival and Brompton Design District⁠
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Curated by journalist and broadcaster Ellen E Jones, and designed by London-based studio Bibliotheque, the exhibition brings together work by eleven artists and designers who have been supported through our partnership and fellowship programme, the Arts Foundation Futures Awards:⁠
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TK Hay (Theatre Fellow, 2025)⁠
Cherish Oteka (Short Documentary Fellow, 2024)
Louise Skajem (Bio Design Fellow, 2023)⁠
Savinder Bual (Animation Fellow, 2022) ⁠
Ayo Akingbade (Visual Art Shortlist, 2021) ⁠
Onyeka Igwe (Film Fellow, 2020)⁠
Will Harris (Poetry Fellow, 2019)
Ella Frears (Poetry Shortlist, 2019)
Jochen Holz (Craft Fellow, 2018) ⁠
Max Frommeld (Furniture Design Fellow, 2017)
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Taking place in the fortieth year of David Collins Studio, the exhibition also reflects on the enduring influence of the late David Collins’ creative vision and his commitment to nurturing talent.⁠

Read the press release online here.

Full details, dates & times.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Image: Courtesy of the artists and David Collins Foundation ⁠

We’re excited to share a new limited edition print by artist Holly Hendry as part of our Patron Programme.

Labyrinth (2024) by Holly Hendry (Experimental Architecture Fellow, 2019) has been created especially for our generous Director’s Circle Patrons.

A sculptural entanglement between body and building; Labyrinth responds to architectural methods of sectional drawings and the origins of the word as a confusing maze-like structure. The work presents a visualisation of the innermost part of the ear (also known as the labyrinth), which relays sounds to the brain and is responsible for hearing. 

This larger vestibular system, a complex set of fluid-filled channels, contributes to a sense of physical balance. The work has been influenced by research into ancient visualisations of water and nautical maps, where watery fluctuations curl and entwine together, representing water in motion as well as the geographical mapping.

If you would like to support artists and enjoy a range of benefits, including invitations to one-off events and gatherings, our annual award ceremony, and limited edition artworks by Arts Foundation Fellows, we invite you to become a Friend and Patron of the Arts Foundation.

Every donation goes straight to artists as part of our unique Fellowship programme, directly supporting the livelihoods and future generations of artists and creatives in the UK.

Given ongoing precarity across the arts and culture sector, there has never been a more urgent time to support artists and creatives. We feel it is essential to continue to provide financial support without constraints to exceptional but often under-supported, independent practitioners.⁠

Find out more about becoming a Patron.

We are saddened to hear of the passing of Prudence Skene, an incredible champion of the arts.⁠

Prudence, known fondly as Prue, was the Director of the Arts Foundation from its early formation in 1993 until 1998. Her achievements were formidable. Our past trustees have shared that she cloaked her achievements with being one of the most intelligent, humble and gentle people you could ever want to meet and that she was undoubtedly the person who set the course of the shape of what the foundation has become today. ⁠

An obituary and details of her enduring legacy, written by Jane Pritchard, can be read in The Guardian. We send our sincere condolences to her friends and family and remember her fondly on this bright Spring day.⁠

Photo by Brian Wray

We are thrilled to share a special live performance from by Daniel Casimir (Jazz Composition Fellow, 2024) accompanied by his quartet band, which opened the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025 Ceremony.

Daniel is an influential figure within the UK Jazz scene, having performed in several countries and with a vast discography. In a significant milestone in his career, Daniel released his debut album “Boxed In” in 2021. The album blends the sound of ‘New UK Jazz’ with classical orchestration, showcasing Daniel’s artistic evolution. “Boxed In” was met with critical acclaim, earning the title of ‘Top albums for 2021’ by Vinyl Factory, an exclusive performance and radio interview on BBC Radio 3, and “Editor’s Choice” in Jazzwise. It also led to Daniel being named “Jazz instrumentalist of the Year” by Jazz FM and “Album of the Year” by the Parliamentary Jazz committee, solidifying his position as a rising star in the jazz world. Continuing his innovative approach, Daniel’s latest project, “Balance” builds on the success of his album “Boxed In”. This venture merges a full big band, comprising leading figures from the UK Jazz scene, with a string section from the esteemed London Contemporary Orchestra.

Daniel played bass with his band: Binker Golding, Saxophone; James Copus, Trumpet; James Beckwith, Keys; and Jamie Murray, Drums.

“…I am not talking about being inspired, but trying to notice and honour how the work of other people is essential to our own growth as makers.”⁠

The esteemed British choreographer Siobhan Davies’welcome address at The Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025 was such a poignant and fitting start to the awards.

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Siobhan’s poignant address reminded us all of our place in the lineage of art and how we are nourished by the centuries of labour and practice of other artists and makers.

We are honoured to share Siobhan’s words of wisdom with you. The Award Ceremony was held in London on 17 February 2025.

Siobhan Davies is a renowned British choreographer who rose to prominence in the 1970s. Davies was a founding member of London Contemporary Dance Theatre and in 1982 joined forces with Richard Alston and Ian Spink to create independent dance company Second Stride. Founding Siobhan Davies Dance in 1988, she works closely with collaborating artists to ensure that their own artistic enquiry is part of the creative process. By 2002 she moved away from the traditional theatre circuit and started making work for prestigious Art Institutions including ICA, Victoria Miro, Whitechapel, The Barbican, Turner Contemporary.⁠
Davies applies choreography across a wide range of creative disciplines including visual arts and film. ⁠
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In 2006 she commissioned a lottery funded building Siobhan Davies Studios designed by Sarah Wigglesworth which became a home for many dancers and choreographers to work and study in often alongside other artistic disciplines. In 2020 she retired from the studios.⁠
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In 2016 she became Associate Professor at the Centre for Dance Research (CDaRE) at Coventry University. Following her CBE, Davies was awarded a Damehood in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours and is an Ambassador and past trustee of the Arts Foundation.⁠

Find out more about the Arts Foundation and consider becoming a Friend to directly support the livelihoods and future generations of artists and creatives in what continues to be an incredibly precarious time for so many. All donations go straight to artists as part of our Arts Foundation Futures Awards Fellowship Scheme.

Watch the moment the five £20,000 Fellowships for Dance, Design, Film, Theatre and Visual Art are announced, with all artists receiving £1,000 towards their practice.

With a special welcome address from the renowned choreographer Siobhan Davies and a live performance from Daniel Casimir (Jazz Composition Fellow, 2024), the Award Ceremony took place on 17 February 2025 in London.

The ceremony shared the extraordinary and varied practices of the twenty Shortlisted Artists across this year’s categories.

The awards mark over 30 years of the Arts Foundation’s support for independent artists in the UK since it was founded in 1993, and whose alumni include eminent artistic practitioners, such as Wayne McGregor CBE, Asif Kapadia, Ali Smith, Rufus Norris and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.

Read more about all the artists and the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025 on our website.

With thanks to our award supporters for their partnership and belief in the importance of artists and developing creative practice: The David Collins Foundation, the Yoma Sasburg Estate and The Maria Björnson Memorial Fund.

Join us for a special screening and Q&A with the extraordinary shortlisted filmmakers of The Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025 for Film!

Book your tickets today via the ICA

Wednesday 22 January 2025

6.30 pm at the ICA, London

These powerful new contemporary filmmakers will present and discuss their compelling work in conversation with a special guest.

Selected by industry figures and independent award jury members: Claudia Yusef, Commissioning Executive, BBC Film; Peter Suschitzky, Cinematographer and Photographer; and Joanna Hogg, Director and Screenwriter who said:

“What excites me as a creative is an artist that has places to go, and wants to delve into themselves through their art. This is what makes the Arts Foundation Futures Awards so special, it facilitates space for young independent practitioners to experiment and take risks. All the work of the shortlisted filmmakers, Luna Carmoon, Naqqash Khalid, Tina Pasotra and Fridtjof Ryder have a palpable and infectious energy. I am hugely excited to follow their respective journeys in film and see what they do next.” 

Featuring 

Shagbands by Luna Carmoon
In the 2006 summer heatwave, a gang of teenage girls in South London face strange sexual awakenings and a discovery of violence.

In Camera by Naqqash Khalid
An extract from In Camera follows Aden – played by Nabhaan Rizwan – a young actor who is in a cycle of nightmarish auditions. After he receives multiple rejections, Aden takes it upon himself to find a new part to play.

I Choose by Tina Pasotra
A young woman battling inner conflict and cultural heritage sacrifices all that she has ever known to start a new life in Wales with her two young daughters. 

INLAND by Fridtjof Ryder
Starring Mark Rylance, an extract from INLAND depicts a modern fairy tale exploring the fractured identity of a young man after the mysterious disappearance of his mother.

Presented in partnership with the London Short Film Festival. Don’t miss it!

Join us for a special screening and Q&A with the extraordinary shortlisted filmmakers of The Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025 for Film!

Book your tickets today via the ICA

Wednesday 22 January 2025

6.30 pm at the ICA, London

Four powerful contemporary filmmakers will present a series of compelling films, and discuss their work in conversation with a special guest. Selected by industry figures: Joanna Hogg, Director and Screenwriter; Peter Suschitzky, Cinematographer and Photographer; and Claudia Yusef, Commissioning Executive, BBC Film.

Joanna Hogg said:

“What excites me as a creative is an artist that has places to go, and wants to delve into themselves through their art. This is what makes the Arts Foundation Futures Awards so special, it facilitates space for young independent practitioners to experiment and take risks. All the work of the shortlisted filmmakers has a palpable and infectious energy. I am hugely excited to follow their respective journeys in film and see what they do next.”

Artists to be announced in January 2025.

Presented in partnership with the London Short Film Festival. Don’t miss it!

Each year we invite established professionals, subject experts, artists and creatives from across the UK to form part of the independent Jury that will select this year’s Shortlisted Artists and Fellow.

We are thrilled to share that the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025 for Visual Art Jury Members are:

Marie-Anne McQuay 

Marie-Anne McQuay is the guest Curator for Liverpool Biennial 2025. She is currently on secondment from Arts&Heritage as Director of Projects and was previously Head of Programme at the Bluecoat, Liverpool (2015 – June 2022) and Curator at Spike Island, Bristol (2007-2013). She was also Curator of Wales in Venice 2019 with artist Sean Edwards and Tŷ Pawb, Wrexham. Marie-Anne is currently part of the Arts Council Collection Acquisitions Committee 2022-25, on the Advisory Board of At The Library, Sefton and External Examiner for Art Museum and Gallery Studies MA, University of Leicester 2023-26.

Priyesh Mistry

Priyesh Mistry is Associate Curator of Modern & Contemporary Projects at the National Gallery, London where he manages an ambitious programme to connect contemporary art with its historic collections through artists residencies and contemporary commissions, most recently with Céline Condorelli, Nalini Malani and Ali Cherri. Previously, he was Assistant Curator, International Art at Tate Modern where he specialised on art from South Asia for the collection and numerous exhibitions and commissions. He is a Trustee of Studio Voltaire, a member of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the British School at Rome and the Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group led by the Mayor of London’s office.

Sinta Tantra

Sinta Tantra is interested in the interplay between colour, light, geometric and organic forms. Her paintings and installations are created in response to time and space, and are designed to subtly transform throughout the day, offering shifting moods and perspectives. Whether produced on a monumental scale or precisely rendered on canvas, her compositions employ a universal visual language that shifts the focus away from meaning to the emotional and physical experience of the artwork. Tantra’s work has been exhibited at numerous international biennials, art fairs and in group exhibitions such as A New Paradise at the Saatchi Gallery in London (2022), Light in Retrospective at ISA Art and Design, Jakarta (2022), Small is Beautiful (2022) at the Flowers Gallery, London, Framer Framed (2020) in Amsterdam, the Karachi Biennale (2019), the Folkestone Triennial UK (2017) and the Liverpool Biennial UK (2012). Tantra’s work is part of the Government Art Collection, the Benetton Foundation collection, Museum MACAN, the Louis Vuitton collection and other private international collections.

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The Arts Foundation Futures Awards support the UK’s most promising artists and creatives at a pivotal moment in their careers with £20,000 unconditional Fellowships.

The Visual Art Award Shortlist will be revealed in January 2025, and the recipient of the £20,000 Fellowship will be announced at a live Award Ceremony in February 2025, with all Shortlisted Artists awarded £1,000.

The Visual Art Award is supported by The Yoma Sasburg Estate.

Follow the Arts Foundation on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn for all the latest awards news and updates.

If you’d like to discuss press and media opportunities, please contact us: press@artsfoundation.co.uk.

Each year we invite established professionals, subject experts and artists and creatives from across the UK to form part of the independent Jury that will select this year’s Shortlisted Artists and Fellow.

We are thrilled to share that the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025 for Theatre Jury Members are:

Anna Fleischle

Anna Fleischle is an Olivier award-winning and Tony-nominated production set and costume designer. Anna’s theatre credits include: A Child of Science (Bristol Old Vic); Punch (Nottingham Playhouse/ Young Vic 2025) Nachtland (Young Vic); The Time Travellers Wife (West End); The Pillowman (West End); The Collaboration (Broadway/Young Vic); Death Of A Salesman (Broadway/Young Vic/West End); 2:22 A Ghost Story (West End/LA/Tour/Melbourne); Hangmen (Broadway/West End/Royal Court), for this production Anna received a Tony Award nomination 2022, Olivier Award For Best Set Design, Critics Circle Award for ‘Best Designer’ and the Evening Standard Award for ‘Best Design’. Anna’s fellowships include: Founding Member of Scene/Change, Associate Artist Young Vic, and Trustee Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.

Paul Handley 

Paul has worked in theatre production for the last 35 years. For many years he was Head of Production at the Royal Court Theatre focused on delivering new plays by both new and established writers including Harold Pinter, Caryl Churchill, Tom Stoppard, Jez Butterworth, Conor McPherson, Martin McDonagh and Sarah Kane. For the last decade he has worked at the National Theatre where he is Production and Technical Director. He sits on the Linbury Prize Committee and chairs the Genesis Theatre Design Programme.

Stella Kanu 

Stella Kanu is CEO at Shakespeare’s Globe and was previously Executive Director at LIFT (London International Festival of Theatre). At LIFT she led the strategic strands of the business as well as presenting and executive producing international work like 2019 Venice Biennale Golden Lion winner Climate-Opera from Lithuania Sun & Sea (2022) and Australia’s The Second Woman (2023) starring two-time Olivier Award winner Ruth Wilson in an internationally acclaimed feat of endurance theatre and live cinema. 

Stella has worked in the theatre, festival, and cultural sector for 30 years and sat on several strategic and governing bodies including All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Theatre, and is Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan’s representative to Arts Council London Area. Stella is an Honorary Fellow at Rose Bruford College (2021), was named one of the Alfred Fagon Award 25 Black Theatre Champions (2022) was recently named one of the 100 Black Women to Have Make a Mark (2023) and alongside Globe Artistic Director Michelle Terry is listed in The Stage 100 power list (2024).

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The Arts Foundation Futures Awards support the UK’s most promising artists and creatives at a pivotal  moment in their careers with £20,000 unconditional Fellowships.

The Theatre Award is generously supported in partnership with The David Collins Foundation, with development support from The Maria Björnson Memorial Fund.

The Theatre Award Shortlist will be revealed in January 2025, and the recipient of the £20,000 Fellowship will be announced at a live Award Ceremony in February 2025, with all Shortlisted Artists awarded £1,000.

Follow the Arts Foundation on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn for all the latest awards news and updates.

If you’d like to discuss press and media opportunities, please contact us: press@artsfoundation.co.uk. 

Each year we invite established professionals, subject experts and artists and creatives from across the UK to form part of the independent Jury that will select this year’s Shortlisted Artists and Fellow.

We are thrilled to share that the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025 for Film Jury Members are:

Joanna Hogg 

Joanna Hogg is a British director and screenwriter. She started her career as a photographer and then after fifteen years directing television drama, wrote and directed her first feature film Unrelated (2008). She followed this with six more feature films; Archipelago (2010), Exhibition (2013), The Souvenir (2019), The Souvenir Part II (2021) and The Eternal Daughter (2022). She is currently preparing her next film to be shot in Los Angeles in 2025.

Peter Suschitzky

Peter Suschitzky is a film cinematographer and photographer. Peter was born in London and attended film school in Paris at IDHEC, now La Fémis (FEMIS). Peter started his career as a cinematographer, aged 21 by shooting documentaries during a year in Latin America. He shot his first movie in London, called ‘It Happened Here’ which imagined a Britain occupied by the Germans during WW2. 

Peter continued to shoot movies, such as The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Empire Strikes Back and eleven films with David Cronenberg as well as Mars Attacks with Tim Burton and Tale of Tales with Mateo Garrone. In parallel with his work as a cinematographer, Peter has always followed his passion for classical music and for making photographs. Peter is currently preparing a book, showing the work of the four photographers in his family – his aunt, Edith Tudor Hart, his father, Wolfgang Suschitzky, and his own photographs and those of his son, Adam, spanning one hundred years of photography!

Claudia Yusef

Claudia Yusef is Commissioning Executive at BBC Film. She has Executive Produced a number of features and shorts for BBC Film including Clio Barnard’s ALI & AVA; PRAY, novelist Caleb Azumah Nelson’s debut short as a director; THE END WE START FROM, the debut feature of Mahalia Belo, written by Alice Birch and starring Jodie Comer; and THE OUTRUN directed by Nora Fingscheidt, based on the best-selling memoir by Amy Liptrot (which Fingscheidt adapted in collaboration with Liptrot) and starring Saoirse Ronan.

Prior to BBC Film, Claudia was Head of Development at Number 9Films where she oversaw the film and television slate. Claudia was previously Talent Development Executive at the Scottish Film Network, part of BFI NETWORK, where she established several new short film programmes and first feature talent development initiatives, and commissioned a series of shorts and first feature developments, working with emerging filmmakers including Ruth Paxton, Cara Connolly, Morayo Akande, and Ben Sharrock. She has an MFA in film from Columbia University, where she received the Hollywood Foreign Press Association scholarship.

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The Arts Foundation Futures Awards support the UK’s most promising artists and creatives at a pivotal moment in their careers with £20,000 unconditional Fellowships.

The Film Award Shortlist will be revealed in January 2025, and the recipient of the £20,000 Fellowship will be announced at a live Award Ceremony in February 2025, with all shortlisted artists awarded £1,000.

Follow the Arts Foundation on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn for all the latest awards news and updates.If you’d like to discuss press and media opportunities, please contact us: press@artsfoundation.co.uk.

Each year we invite established professionals, subject experts, artists and creatives from across the UK to form part of the independent Jury that will select this year’s Shortlisted Designers and Fellow.

We are thrilled to share that the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025 for Design Jury Members are:

Sarah Douglas 

Sarah Douglas is a consultant at the Steve Jobs Archive, an agent for Martino Gamper, and an advisor to brands and cultural institutions. She was previously at Wallpaper* for 16 years as Editor-in-Chief and Creative Director, and prior to that Art Editor at The Architects’ Journal. Sarah is committed to supporting the next generation of creative talent, has hosted talks and panel discussions around the world, and judged numerous international design competitions including the London Design Medal. 

Satoshi Isono

Satoshi is Creative Director of Universal Design Studio, an architecture and interior design studio based in London and New York.  Satoshi heads up Universal Design Studio’s New York studio and has overseen award-winning projects in the retail, innovation and cultural realm. Satoshi has over a decade of teaching experience, and was most recently shaping the next generation  of the Architecture Masters Programme at the Royal College of Art.

Prof. Adrian Lahoud

Prof. Adrian Lahoud is Dean, School of Architecture and Fellow at the Royal College of Art. He sits on the board of the Architecture Foundation, Design Museum Future Observatory, New Architecture Writers, the Arabic cultural platform Ma3azef, and was Convenor and Co-Chair of the Rights of Future Generation Working Group. Prior to his role at RCA, he was director of the MA programme at the Centre for Research Architecture, Goldsmiths and Studio Master in the Projective Cities MPhil in Architecture and Urban Design at the Architectural Association. In 2019 he curated the inaugural Sharjah Architecture Triennial, the first major international platform for architecture and urbanism in the global south. His research work is focused on architecture and urbanism in the global south.

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The Arts Foundation Futures Awards support the UK’s most promising artists and creatives at a pivotal moment in their careers with £20,000 unconditional Fellowships.

The Design Award Shortlist will be revealed in January 2025, and the recipient of the £20,000 Fellowship will be announced at a live Award Ceremony in February 2025, with all Shortlisted Artists awarded £1,000.

Follow the Arts Foundation on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn for all the latest awards news and updates.

If you’d like to discuss press and media opportunities, please contact us: press@artsfoundation.co.uk.

Each year we invite established professionals, subject experts, artists and creatives from across the UK to form part of the independent Jury that will select this year’s Shortlisted Artists and Fellow.

We are thrilled to share that the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025 for Dance Jury Members are:

Holly Blakey

Holly Blakey is a Choreographer / Director whose work straddles the worlds of live performance and film. Interweaving live and commercial contexts, much of her practice often plays on the relationship between these distinct but not wholly separable worlds. Blakey’s work as a Director and Choreographer has featured collaborations with music artists and fashion houses such as Burberry, Dior, Gucci, Rosalia, Harry Styles and Florence and the Machine. 

Blakey presented ‘Cowpuncher My Ass’ (2020), a sequel to the previous world premiere (2018), costumed by Vivienne Westwood and scored by Mica Levi. The show and its sequels ran for five years, closing to a sold out Royal Festival Hall with accompaniment from a twenty piece string orchestra from London Contemporary Orchestra. Holly is currently developing a new live work, A Wound With Teeth to be premiered in 2026.

Sir Wayne McGregor CBE

Sir Wayne McGregor CBE is a British choreographer and director. He is Artistic Director of Studio Wayne McGregor, a creative nexus that pushes the frontiers of physical intelligence through dance, design and technology. Wayne’s work is rooted in dance, yet encompasses a variety of genres including technology, visual art, film, opera and education, as well as Company Wayne McGregor, his own touring company of dancers. Wayne is Resident Choreographer at The Royal Ballet, the first and only choreographer from a contemporary dance background to be invited into the role, as well as Professor of Choreography at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. McGregor’s work has earned him a multitude of awards including two Time Out Awards, two Olivier Awards, a Prix Benois de la Danse and two Golden Mask awards. 

Wayne is also an Ambassador of the Arts Foundation and a past Fellow in Choreography, 1994.

Freddie Opoku-Addaie

Freddie Opoku-Addaie is an International award-winning Dance Artist/Curator/Lecturer. Freddie was Guest Programmer for Dance Umbrella during a three-year initiative from 2016-2019. His Out Of The System programme presented exhilarating work by dance practitioners from the UK and abroad. Freddie is founder, director and CEO of ‘SystemsLAB’ (2016), a platform that offers slack-time for multi-faceted, mid-career artists, invaluable in raising important questions about contemporary dance within and beyond the western cannon, its framing and voices within the industry. Freddie Opoku-Addaie is Artistic Director and co-CEO at Dance Umbrella – London’s International annual dance Festival.

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The Arts Foundation Futures Awards support the UK’s most promising artists and creatives at a pivotal moment in their careers with £20,000 unconditional Fellowships.

The Dance Award Shortlist will be revealed in January 2025, and the recipient of the £20,000 Fellowship will be announced at a live Award Ceremony in February 2025, with all Shortlisted Artists awarded £1,000.

Follow the Arts Foundation on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn for all the latest awards news and updates.If you’d like to discuss press and media opportunities, please contact us: press@artsfoundation.co.uk.

The Arts Foundation is delighted to announce the fifth award category of the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025 is Visual Art!

The award supports artists working across a broad range of visual art and interdisciplinary art form practices, including, painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture and artist moving image. 

The recipient of the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025 for Visual Art will receive an unconditional £20,000 Fellowship, with all three Shortlisted Artists awarded £1,000. 

In the coming weeks, we look forward to announcing this year’s independent Jury of artists and industry professionals! Follow the Arts Foundation on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn for all the latest awards news and updates.

The Visual Art Award is supported by the Yoma Sasburg Estate.

If you’d like to discuss press and media opportunities for the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025, please contact us: press@artsfoundation.co.uk

For partnerships and award sponsorship opportunities please contact: info@artsfoundation.co.uk

The Arts Foundation is so pleased to announce the fourth award category of the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025 is Theatre!

The award champions theatre designers developing extraordinary sets or production designs for theatrical presentation.

The recipient of the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025 for Theatre will receive an unconditional £20,000 Fellowship, with all three Shortlisted Creatives awarded £1,000. 

In the coming weeks, we look forward to announcing this year’s independent Jury of artists and industry professionals! 

The award is generously supported in partnership with The David Collins Foundation, with development support from The Maria Björnson Memorial Fund.

Follow the Arts Foundation on Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn for all the latest awards news and updates.

If you’d like to discuss press and media opportunities for the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025, please contact us: press@artsfoundation.co.uk

For partnerships and award sponsorship opportunities please contact: info@artsfoundation.co.uk 

The Arts Foundation is happy to announce the third award category of the next edition of the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025 is Film!

This Film Award supports film directors working in any genre of fiction filmmaking, focusing on independent and inventive storytellers.

The recipient of the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025 for Film will receive an unconditional £20,000 Fellowship, with all three Shortlisted Filmmakers awarded £1,000. 

In the coming weeks, we look forward to announcing this year’s independent Jury of creatives and industry professionals. 

Follow the Arts Foundation on Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn for all the latest awards news and updates.

If you’d like to discuss press and media opportunities for the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025, please contact us: press@artsfoundation.co.uk

For partnerships and award sponsorship opportunities please contact: info@artsfoundation.co.uk

The Arts Foundation is thrilled to announce the second award category of the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025 is Design!

The Design Award champions contemporary designers with a focus on sustainability working across a broad range of disciplines, from product, material or industrial design to architectural practices.

Building on our historic support for material innovation and regenerative design practices, the award supports designers pushing the boundaries of possibility and design’s capacity for transformative change in the context of the climate crisis. 

The recipient of the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025 for Design will receive an unconditional £20,000 Fellowship, with all three Shortlisted Designers awarded £1,000. 

In the coming weeks, we look forward to announcing this year’s independent Jury of industry professionals. 

Follow the Arts Foundation on Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn for all the latest awards news and updates.

If you’d like to discuss press and media opportunities for the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025, please contact us: press@artsfoundation.co.uk

For partnerships and award sponsorship opportunities please contact: info@artsfoundation.co.uk

The Arts Foundation is excited to announce the first award category of the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025 is Dance.

The Dance Award supports choreographers who are expanding the medium of choreography and developing original works.

The recipient of the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025 for Dance will receive an unconditional £20,000 Fellowship, with all three Shortlisted Artists awarded £1,000. 

In the coming weeks, we look forward to announcing this year’s independent Jury of artists and industry professionals. 

Follow the Arts Foundation on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn for all the latest awards news and updates.

If you’d like to discuss press and media opportunities for the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025, please contact us: press@artsfoundation.co.uk

For partnerships and award sponsorship opportunities please contact: info@artsfoundation.co.uk