Farhana Bhula has been appointed Director of Film4.
Bhula has been interim director since July following news of Ollie Madden’s departure. She immediately assumes the role after what was described as an extensive external recruitment process.
Bhula joined Film4 in January 2022 and in addition to feature film projects such as Molly Manning Walker’s debut film How To Have Sex and Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers, she also launched Future Take in a partnership with BFI, which is currently in her second iteration, supporting and nurtured the emerging talent. Following the success of “How to Have Sex,” Manning Walker was reunited with the channel on the upcoming television series “Major Player” with the A24. Farhana will work with the Channel 4 Drama Team.
“Farhana has been a key part of Film4’s success over the past three years,” said Jonathan Allan, interim CEO of Channel 4. On the world stage. ”
Bhula will remain on Channel 4’s executive and senior leadership teams, reporting to Martin Baker, Chief Executive of Martin Baker, who took on interim responsibility for Film4 under interim CEO Jonathan Allan and led the external recruitment process.
“For a long time, Film4 has been an original, bold filmmaking home that is truly cut,” says Bhula. “Under Ollie Madden’s dynamic and inspiring leadership, and alongside the passionate Film4 team, I had the privilege of working with some of the world’s most exciting writers, directors and producers. Now it’s an honor to lead Film4 to the next chapter. There’s really no place like the executive team, Film4.”
Bhula joined Film4 in 2022 as a full-time senior committee member and later became the head of creative and assistant supervision. A prominent British film executive, she was previously a senior development and production executive at BFI. She supported the emerging talent and worked on many debuts, including Charlotte Regan’s “Scrapper,” Dionne Edwards’ “Pretty Red Dress,” and Ben Sherlock’s “Limbo.” Farhana has also posted her position at Wildgaze Films and Endor Productions.
