BFI Announces Programming Development Fund

The British Film Institute has announced a new Programming Development Fund, worth up to £1.4m per year to 2017.
The new Fund is designed to empower programmers and exhibitors with the means to curate and present programmes of film activity to audiences across the UK.
The Programming Development Fund is linked to the BFI's UK Audience Network, set to launch autumn 2013, which will see a range of partners across the country working together to bring film experiences to as many people as possible.
Tim Cagney, Deputy CEO of the BFI comments: "We want audiences to develop a lifelong relationship with film and we passionately believe that everyone in the UK should be able to enjoy the very best in British and world cinema, no matter where they live. This fund will be a key tool for the UK's expert programmers and exhibitors, giving them the opportunity to work with our UK Audience Network to present creative programmes of thought-provoking and inspiring films that will help audiences everywhere discover the power of great cinema."
The Programming Development Fund will support different levels of activity from smaller research projects through to activity on a larger scale, with the aim to encourage bold and ambitious cross-regional projects, including some with national reach.
The Fund is designed to complement the BFI's Distribution Fund, which supports distributors to widen the audiences for specialised and UK independent films on a title by title basis.
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