UK Film Council
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The UK Film Council (UKFC) was a non-departmental public body set up in 2000 to develop and promote the film industry in the UK. It was constituted as a private company limited by guarantee, owned by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and governed by a board of 15 directors. It was funded from various sources including The National Lottery. John Woodward was the Chief Executive Officer of the UKFC.
Abbreviation | UKFC |
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Successor | British Film Institute |
Formation | 2000 (2000) |
Dissolved | 2011 |
Headquarters | London, England, UK |
Chief Executive | John Woodward |
Chairman | Stewart Till |
Website | www |
In June 2008, the company had 90 full-time members of staff.[1] It distributed more than £160m of lottery money to over 900 films.[2] Lord Puttnam described the council as "a layer of strategic glue that's helped bind the many parts of our disparate industry together."[2]
On 26 July 2010, the government announced that the council would be abolished.[3] Although one of the parties elected into that government had, for some months, promised a bonfire of the Quangos, Woodward said that the decision had been taken with "no notice and no consultation".[2] UKFC closed on 31 March 2011, with many of its functions passing to the British Film Institute.[4]