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Protestors To March Against UKFC Closure

By TIM ADLER in London | Wednesday August 4, 2010 @ 7:08am PDTTags: Ed Vaizey, UK Film Council, UK Film Council Closing, UKFC

UPDATE: I’m hearing that a march is planned for London protesting against the scrapping of the UK Film Council. The Save the UK Film Council petition now has nearly 22,000 signatories, while the Facebook page has 42,000 people who’ve signed up. Regardless of how many of these are friends and family of Film Council employees, culture minister Ed Vaizey cannot have envisaged this grassroots campaign when he made the decision to scrap UKFC.

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Government Mulls Handing Over $19M Lottery Money To Arts Council Of England

By TIM ADLER in London | Friday July 30, 2010 @ 3:39am PDTTags: BBC Films, British Film Institute, Ed Vaizey, Film4, Jeremy Hunt, Liam Neeson, Tim Bevan UKFC, UK Film Council, UK Film Council Closing, UK Film Funding, UK Film Lottery Cash, UK Government, UKFC, UKFC Lottery Funding, Video

UPDATE: UK culture minister Jeremy Hunt and arts minister Ed Vaizey have rowed back transferring the £15 million ($19 million) lottery film cash to the British Film Institute. Nor are they going to ask BBC Films and Film4 to split … Read More »

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UK Film Council Closure Polarizes Industry

By TIM ADLER in London | Thursday July 29, 2010 @ 5:53am PDTTags: Ed Vaizey, Jeremy Hunt, UK Film Council, UK Film Council Closing, UK Film Funding, UK Government, UK Government Cost Cutting, UK Government Film Council, UKFC, UKFC Lottery Funding

UPDATE: Reactions to the UK government closing down the £60 million-a-year ($94 million) state film agency have formed into two distinct camps.

Many producers I’ve spoken to say the UK Film Council never did anything for them and will not be … Read More »

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UK Film Council Faces Even Deeper Cuts

By TIM ADLER in London | Wednesday June 23, 2010 @ 8:34am PDTTags: BBC, Chancellor George Osborne, Foreign, UK Film Council, UK Film Funding, UKFC

ukfilm-logoThe culture department, which funds British film to the tune of £26 million each year, is preparing for savage cuts. The Department For Culture, Media and Sport faces having its budget slashed by 25% – or even higher – over the … Read More »

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