FILM IN ENGLAND - UK Film Council - British Film Institute

Recommendations 5
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Film in England
clients and schemes (which is properly dealt with through each national organisation’s
planning process), it is simply about rebalancing existing DCMS allocations. In the
future, the FILM COUNCIL and the ACE will seek to maximise practical partnerships in
areas of mutual concern. Appendix F scopes the FILM COUNCIL and the ACE’s
respective policy areas and Appendix G outlines the ACE’s moving image policy
■ The FILM COUNCIL will work positively with the ACE to ensure that Lottery funds are
used effectively for film and, in particular, that awards from the Arts Capital
Programme for cinema exhibition – essentially bricks and mortar – are driven by FILM
COUNCIL priorities. The FILM COUNCIL will continue to make the case for a realistic
capital allocation of Lottery funds for film
■ The bfi will focus on its core educational remit, provision of UK-wide services to the
highest standards, developing the J Paul Getty Conservation Centre at Berkhamsted in
to a state-of-the-art conservation and research centre and developing a new national
centre of excellence for film on London’s South Bank. The bfi’s regional planning
functions and funding role should be transferred to the FILM COUNCIL. Wherever
possible, these funds should, then, be devolved to integrated regional film agencies
(or equivalent) with a target date of April 2002 at the latest.
5.3 Operational measures
The FILM COUNCIL should adopt the following measures to improve the operational
effectiveness of its work with the English regions:
■ The FILM COUNCIL should ensure that the needs and aspirations of film-makers,
audiences, learners, employers and entrepreneurs in the English regions are properly
considered across all FILM COUNCIL departments including the three UK-wide
production funds, the Training Fund, and the Policy Department and Market
Intelligence Unit
■ The FILM COUNCIL should ensure it is itself equipped to advance these
recommendations efficiently and collaboratively with its partners
■ The effectiveness of this strategy should be reviewed annually by the Board of the
FILM COUNCIL, and a three-year programme of performance measures and targets
should be agreed which build on the three-year business plans produced by each
English region.
5.4 Financial measures
5.4.1 The FILM COUNCIL should adopt the following financial measures to enable the
creation of an effective working partnership between publicly-funded national
and regional film bodies: