BFI Taps ‘Lamb’ Producer Ama Ampadu for Senior Film Fund Role

The British Film Institute (BFI) has hired Ama Ampadu as a senior production and development executive for the BFI Film Fund. Ampadu has worked as an independent producer across U.K. and international projects for over 12 years and produced Yared Zeleke’s “Lamb” (2015), the first Ethiopian film selected at Cannes. Reporting to Natascha Wharton, the fund’s head of editorial, Ampadu will work alongside fellow senior production and development executive Louise Ortega, as well as editor-at-large Lizzie Francke. She replaces Kristin Irving, who joined BBC Film last year. With Ortega, Ampadu’s portfolio will have a focus on debuts, as well as… Read Full Article