The Independent Cinema Office, HOME in Manchester, Film London, Screen Scotland and Northern Ireland Screen are among 11 UK organisations and venues to receive total funding of £15.2m across three years from the British Film Institute (BFI) to support audience growth, talent development and educational programmes.

From April, the partners will use the money to continue delivering the BFI’s Film Audience Network (FAN), talent development programme BFI Network, and the newly-named education programme BFI Film Academy Plus in their respective regions.

This is the first allocation of money in the wake of the BFI’s 10-year strategy titled Screen Culture 2033 which was published in September 2022 and outlines the organisation’s plans to support the industry over the next decade with reduced National Lottery funding (approximately 10% less than previously).

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