FILM IN ENGLAND - UK Film Council - British Film Institute

■ To clarify the FILM COUNCIL’s intended engagement with new media especially
in relation to other national and regional bodies who have expertise in
this area
■ To consider what new forms of partnership may be possible between the FILM
COUNCIL and the ACE particularly around emerging policies for new media
and broadcasting
■ To recognise the contribution of other art forms to the vitality of film (eg the
contribution that new writing for the stage makes to the screen industries).
Accountability
The strategy would need:
■ To be clear that when the FILM COUNCIL refers to ‘film’ it is using ‘film’ as a
shorthand for all moving image media
■ To be clear about the overall scope of the FILM COUNCIL’s interests and the
relative prioritisation of specific film sectors
■ To ensure the FILM COUNCIL’s Board of Directors has the expertise to represent
the full range of film activities supported
■ To make transparent the FILM COUNCIL’s own measures of success.
3.1.4 This summary is not intended to be an exhaustive record of points made, rather
a note of those issues that gained broad consensus. Many of these issues were
raised again during the regional seminars.
3.2 Regional seminars
3.2.1 Approximately 300 people participated in nine regional seminars. They included
individuals from screen commissions; training consortia and training providers;
cinemas, film festivals and film societies; HE, FE and schools; production funds,
production companies and production workshops; MDAs, RABs, RDAs, RCCs and
LAs. The DCMS representative in each region also participated. A full list of
delegates is given as Appendix K.
3.2.2 Inevitably each regional seminar highlighted issues specific to each region, for
example the unique needs of:
■ London as the capital city, the centre of the UK film industry and a region of
seven million people
■ The East of England as a region with a growing population needing to
capitalise on the strengths and scale of its creative industries
■ The substantial South Asian populations in Leicester and other urban centres
in the East Midlands
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