Neil Williams
@neillyneil.bsky.social
Digital and tech exec at the BFI. Previously GOV.UK, and a tough but edifying stint in local gov. Alcohol free. Fun facts: I can't form mental images and have no inner monologue (aphantasia) nor remember my own life (SDAM). https://neilojwilliams.net
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Neil Williams
@neillyneil.bsky.social
· Jul 16
Neil Williams (BFI) on transforming organisations through digital, comparisons between the civil service and the cultural sector, working in the open, and intentionally not empire-building - Digital W...
A conversation recorded in-person (hurray!) with the BFI's Exec Director of Technology and Digital Transformation, Neil Williams.
digitalworkspodcast.buzzsprout.com
Me on a pod. Saying the things I say. digitalworkspodcast.buzzsprout.com/841957/episo...
GIFT SUGGESTION! Buy them a year-long subscription to expand their film tastes - whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
BFI Player Gift Subscription
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December 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
GIFT SUGGESTION! Buy them a year-long subscription to expand their film tastes - whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
I get this all the time
December 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I get this all the time
Yesterday's news: "rage bait is word of the year".
Today's news' "Die Hard is not a Christmas movie"
🤬😡👿💢
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
Today's news' "Die Hard is not a Christmas movie"
🤬😡👿💢
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Yesterday's news: "rage bait is word of the year".
Today's news' "Die Hard is not a Christmas movie"
🤬😡👿💢
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
Today's news' "Die Hard is not a Christmas movie"
🤬😡👿💢
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
Advent calendar of off-the-beaten-track film discovery: www.bfi.org.uk/news/bfi-pla... (& plenty of catalogue to explore on days without new titles!)
BFI Player’s December 2025 line-up
December on BFI Player brings Harris Dickinson’s directorial debut Urchin as a subscription exclusive.
www.bfi.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Advent calendar of off-the-beaten-track film discovery: www.bfi.org.uk/news/bfi-pla... (& plenty of catalogue to explore on days without new titles!)
Reflecting on my November and all it entailed, in the glow of the newley-erected Christmas treee. #weeknotes neilojwilliams.net/monthnotes-n... @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social
Monthnotes: November 2025 | Neil Williams
These notes are a tool I use for reflecting, remembering (to counter my SDAM), networking within my profession, and public accountability. Read more here. Wotcha. I’m 3 Pret Xmas sandwiches in, the tr...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Reflecting on my November and all it entailed, in the glow of the newley-erected Christmas treee. #weeknotes neilojwilliams.net/monthnotes-n... @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social
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November 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
player.bfi.org.uk Subscribe annually today using voucher code BLACKFRIDAY25 and enjoy a year of streaming for just £50 (usually £65).
Thought I'd watch that John Lewis ad... then spent 15 mins sobbing my eyes out. My 18 yo son will be heading to uni next year....his borther a mere 3 years after that... oh God I'm going to miss them so much.
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Thought I'd watch that John Lewis ad... then spent 15 mins sobbing my eyes out. My 18 yo son will be heading to uni next year....his borther a mere 3 years after that... oh God I'm going to miss them so much.
Globecore Flats
YouTube video by Clark - Topic
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November 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
👻 Halloweeknotes. More accurately, mooOOOoonthnotes. 🎃 neilojwilliams.net/autumnotes-o... #weeknotes #weeknote #blog @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social
Autumnotes: October 2025 | Neil Williams
These notes are a tool I use for reflecting, remembering (to counter my SDAM), networking within my profession, and public accountability. Read more here. Work, work, work Films, films, films Working ...
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October 31, 2025 at 10:43 AM
👻 Halloweeknotes. More accurately, mooOOOoonthnotes. 🎃 neilojwilliams.net/autumnotes-o... #weeknotes #weeknote #blog @weeknotes-bot.bsky.social
Cancel those streamers you're not using and subscribe to BFI Player for some quality taste-broadening fare this November: www.bfi.org.uk/news/bfi-pla...
BFI Player’s November 2025 line-up
Coming to BFI Player this November are films by Bong Joon Ho, Gaspar Noé and Ken Loach, plus a subscription exclusive for Saoirse Ronan in The Outrun.
www.bfi.org.uk
October 30, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Cancel those streamers you're not using and subscribe to BFI Player for some quality taste-broadening fare this November: www.bfi.org.uk/news/bfi-pla...
Twin Peaks clothes in Zara is out equivalent of "they're selling hippy wigs in Woolworths, man" isn't it?
October 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Twin Peaks clothes in Zara is out equivalent of "they're selling hippy wigs in Woolworths, man" isn't it?
"Don’t Let Spooky Sounds from Your Pipes Haunt You" is the best bit of nice-try Halloween email marketing I've had so far.
October 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Don’t Let Spooky Sounds from Your Pipes Haunt You" is the best bit of nice-try Halloween email marketing I've had so far.
Some good shit coming here for Halloween! player.bfi.org.uk/subscription...
Coming soon subscription films | BFI Player
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October 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Some good shit coming here for Halloween! player.bfi.org.uk/subscription...
Loving this HAAi album
October 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Loving this HAAi album
A long shot...
Taste match with me on YouTube Music! music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Taste match with me on YouTube Music! music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Taste match
A playlist based on your taste, updated daily
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October 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
A long shot...
Taste match with me on YouTube Music! music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Taste match with me on YouTube Music! music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
I seem to have landed in Green Party TikTok and OMG they're speaking some truth. This "bold politics" brand feels genuinely exciting!
October 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I seem to have landed in Green Party TikTok and OMG they're speaking some truth. This "bold politics" brand feels genuinely exciting!
A feast for your telly box in October on BFI Player including a couple of Lars von Trier bangers. www.bfi.org.uk/news/bfi-pla...
BFI Player’s October 2025 line-up
Revolutionary voices and radical cinema arrive on demand, including Black History Month, Terence Davies, melodrama and more.
www.bfi.org.uk
October 2, 2025 at 7:43 AM
A feast for your telly box in October on BFI Player including a couple of Lars von Trier bangers. www.bfi.org.uk/news/bfi-pla...
I think the dishwasher manufacturers KNOW FULL WELL it's impossible to pour rinse aid into that stupid flappy hole without getting it everywhere, and they just don't care.
September 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I think the dishwasher manufacturers KNOW FULL WELL it's impossible to pour rinse aid into that stupid flappy hole without getting it everywhere, and they just don't care.
No word yet from DSIT or GDS on ID cards... I'm just wondering how solid the plans are to deliver it this Parliament. Bring it on though - about bloody time if you ask me. So much money already wasted trying to work around the lack of them.
September 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
No word yet from DSIT or GDS on ID cards... I'm just wondering how solid the plans are to deliver it this Parliament. Bring it on though - about bloody time if you ask me. So much money already wasted trying to work around the lack of them.
Reposted by Neil Williams
Want to know how the new digital ID system will work?
Good news! I’ve explained how it will almost certainly work here:
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Good news! I’ve explained how it will almost certainly work here:
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/britcard
The "BritCard" digital ID proposal is a good idea
Why I've changed my mind on ID cards
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Want to know how the new digital ID system will work?
Good news! I’ve explained how it will almost certainly work here:
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/britcard
Good news! I’ve explained how it will almost certainly work here:
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/britcard
Not sure how many more years I can hear phrases like "taking the papers as read"
September 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Not sure how many more years I can hear phrases like "taking the papers as read"
CATFISH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 😭
September 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
CATFISH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 😭
Not sure which annoys me more:
* Radio DJs turning volume up and down repeatedly when talking over music
* Speakers on a video call interrupting themselves with the chat comments which are BY DEFINITION asynchronous
* Radio DJs turning volume up and down repeatedly when talking over music
* Speakers on a video call interrupting themselves with the chat comments which are BY DEFINITION asynchronous
September 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Not sure which annoys me more:
* Radio DJs turning volume up and down repeatedly when talking over music
* Speakers on a video call interrupting themselves with the chat comments which are BY DEFINITION asynchronous
* Radio DJs turning volume up and down repeatedly when talking over music
* Speakers on a video call interrupting themselves with the chat comments which are BY DEFINITION asynchronous
Ladies and gents I bring you Mark Kermode introducing Nightcrawler, which is his pick of the week on BFI Player. I am obsessed with this nasty film - if you haven't seen it you must! Not least for the masterclass in managing interns. player.bfi.org.uk/subscription...?
Watch Nightcrawler - BFI Player
Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a crime journalist scouring the streets of after-dark LA in a stylish thriller that examines the morals of mass media.
player.bfi.org.uk
September 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Ladies and gents I bring you Mark Kermode introducing Nightcrawler, which is his pick of the week on BFI Player. I am obsessed with this nasty film - if you haven't seen it you must! Not least for the masterclass in managing interns. player.bfi.org.uk/subscription...?