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Filmart, Hong Kong
The UK Film
Centre at the Hong Kong International Film &
Television Market ("Filmart") was very busy
this year. Supported by UK Trade &
Investment and the British Film Institute
and organised by Film Export UK, the
umbrella stand gave UK companies the
opportunity to meet and do business with
companies from China, the Asia Pacific
region and beyond.
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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.
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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
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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.
What is an
independent film?
What are
film sales companies and why are they
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