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The UK Film Council is the Government-backed lead agency for film in the UK ensuring that the economic, cultural and educational aspects of film are effectively represented at home and abroad.

Who they are and what they do The UK Film Council was created in 2000 and is the Government-backed lead agency for film delivery in the UK; Since its creation the UK Film Council has been the cornerstone of the British film industry and the funder of most of the big cultural film initiatives –  backed more than 900 films, shorts and features, entertained more than 200 million people and helped to generate approximately £700 million at the box-office worldwide.  For every £1 of Lottery money it has invested, £5 has been generated at the box office, allowing them to reinvest that recoupment straight back into new British films; Tim Bevan, co-founder and co-chairman of Working Title Films, is its Chairman, Tim Cagney is Managing Director; The UK Film Council currently employs 73 people across film development and production, inward investment, certification, co-production, film exports, statistics, distribution and exhibition, MEDIA Desk UK, industry relations, film partnerships across the UK, etc; Film Council funds and works with a number of different partners across the UK – including the regional and national screen agencies, the BFI, Skillset, First Light and FILMCLUB; Their goal is to help make the UK a global centre for film in the digital age, with the world’s most imaginative, diverse and vibrant film culture, underpinned by a flourishing, competitive film industry; Its support develops new filmmakers, funds exciting new British films and gets a wider choice of films to audiences throughout the UK. Council also invests in training, promoting Britain as an international filmmaking location and raising the profile of British films abroad; The Lottery money they distribute is key to keeping the engine of British film creativity running.

Diversity is one of our key policy priorities. They aim to help the UK film industry build a more diverse workforce: behind and in front of the camera.

UK Film Council is nurturing film talent, assisting the industry and celebrating film culture. This Film Fund is a new unified production and development fund dedicated to British filmmaking. It facilitate UK film’s contribution to the UK economy

Source-  http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk

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