The government's decision to axe the UK Film Council came out of the blue yesterday. But what does it mean for the professionals who keep our film industry going?
I was on my way home from a meeting with David Thompson at Origin Films about a project called Granny Made Me an Anarchist when I got news of the government's intention to abolish the Film Council. My first thought was for the people at the Film Council who were going to lose their jobs – never a pleasant prospect and at this time a lot more unpleasant. My second thought – and it will be one shared by just about every writer, director and producer I know in the UK – was: what does this mean for my project? Because, put simply, if it hadn't been for the Film Council, the project wouldn't exist.
About 18 months ago, my friend, the journalist Duncan Campbell,...
I was on my way home from a meeting with David Thompson at Origin Films about a project called Granny Made Me an Anarchist when I got news of the government's intention to abolish the Film Council. My first thought was for the people at the Film Council who were going to lose their jobs – never a pleasant prospect and at this time a lot more unpleasant. My second thought – and it will be one shared by just about every writer, director and producer I know in the UK – was: what does this mean for my project? Because, put simply, if it hadn't been for the Film Council, the project wouldn't exist.
About 18 months ago, my friend, the journalist Duncan Campbell,...
- 7/26/2010
- by Ronan Bennett
- The Guardian - Film News
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