British Film Institutes

British film industry

Who are the major industries in the British film world?
What was the golden age of British cinema?
Who were the major British studios?
What happened to them?
How are films funded in Britain?
Who are the major British film companies today?

BFI
What is their role in the British film industry?
Create a mind map to show how the BFI is structured.

THE BFI RESEARCH
The BFI has 5 clear functions:

1. To encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the UK
   
2. To promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners
   
3. To promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and
   their impact on society
   
4. To promote access to and appreciation of the widest possible range of British
   and world cinema
   

To establish, care for and develop collections reflecting the moving image history

and heritage of the UK.

They have an archive of films for people to enjoy.

They organise the London film festival.

It does international work to ensure it has enough money to maintain its costs.

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They support British and international filmmaking through festivals, film distribution, exhibition and education at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX, publishing and festivals. 
The secretary of state is connected to it and the institute is government controlled.
They are run by a board of 8 members and have 444 staff members.
It runs a lot of educational programmes to develop the knowledge of films and development of the British film industry.
They have a Film Forever strategy, aiming

•   An increase in the total size of UK audiences
  
•   An increased market share for British independent films
  
•   An increase in the value of inward investment and of exports
  
•   An increase in the UK film industry contribution to GDP
  
•   Major domestic and international awards won by UK talent
  
•   An increasing diversity of UK audiences and UK film workforce
  

  An increase in the percentage of the UK population that values film as part of
their cultural life.
The BFI fund film projects from both new and established producer
SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS, SIGHTSEERS and UNDER THE SKIN are examples of films funded by the BFI. These 3 films were all successful critically and have done OK business at the box-office.