Film Policy Review unveiled

The group chaired by Lord Smith of Finsbury which was tasked by the UK government's Department of Culture, Media and Sport with writing a comprehensive review of UK film policy has published its report.
 

New Export Fund

The BFI has set up the Film Export Fund to support the promotion of UK films selected for international film festivals. The £200,000 fund was announced by the British Prime Minister, David Cameron during a speech on exporting for growth at a UK Trade & Investment event in the BFI Imax cinema in London on 10th November.
Full details of the fund can be found here.

Pictured: Watched by Trade Minister Lord Green, the Prime Minister announces the Film Export Fund.
Market Place Live - explaining the film value chain
As part of training programme Market Place, Film Export UK and Film London, supported by Skillset, gathered a host of top film professionals and challenged them to take a hypothetical film from inception to exhibition in 90 minutes in front of a live studio audience. Watch the result in the video here.

Pictured: The Market Place Live panel, L to R Justin Marciano, Gurinder Chadha, Alison Thompson, Barnaby Thompson, Andrew Orr, Peter Buckingham, Michael Levine and Leon Clarance
 
 
 

February 2012 European Film Market at the Berlin Film Festival

Film Export UK is the trade body for companies with UK offices selling, marketing & distributing independent feature films around the world.

The association performs a wide range of functions to support and sustain the export of British independent films from UK companies. From operating umbrella stands at key international film festivals and markets to lobbying government on UK film policy, Film Export UK positions itself at the forefront of the international film industry ensuring that its members’ interests are represented at the highest level and striving for the value of their contribution to the UK, both culturally and economically, to be recognised.

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