Northern Alliance - BFI
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Arguably, if the intention is to bring the best talent to the attention of what is very<br />
much an international film industry, success in the leading non-UK festivals and<br />
awards programmes is a key performance indicator. This would seem to be<br />
particularly appropriate for the programmes designed to launch the careers of new<br />
feature film directors where, even for financiers, producers, distributors and agents<br />
based in the UK, certain international awards have currency (see Appendix XVIII for<br />
further analysis of the role of film festivals).<br />
Table 7: International festival screenings and prizes, from inception to August 2009 33<br />
Scheme<br />
Number of<br />
films<br />
produced<br />
High profile<br />
awards won /<br />
nominations Per film<br />
A-list<br />
festival<br />
selections Per film<br />
Cinema Extreme 24 5 0.21 4 0.17<br />
Digital Shorts<br />
Plus/ Digital<br />
Nation 25 2 0.08 6 0.24<br />
The level of success also needs to be compared against the cost of securing it.<br />
33 Source: UK Film Council. Please note that these figures, and those included in similar tables<br />
above and below, are simply comparing the totals of films and selections/awards – one film can be<br />
selected for many festivals and receive several awards, and that will be included in the total and<br />
averaged across all films. Conversely, a film may not win any awards but be allocated its average share<br />
of the awards won by other films.<br />
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