Uk film council

The UK Film Council is the Government-backed lead agency for film in the UK ensuring that the economic, cultural and educational aspects of film are effectively represented at home and abroad.

Objective

To help build a more diverse and inclusive workforce and film culture.

Principle Actions

• To nurture a diverse range of UK film talent;
• To integrate equality and diversity commitments into all UK Film Council activities and monitor their impact;
• To provide practical tools and information to encourage our partners and the industry more generally to promote diversity;
• To support initiatives designed to give people from minority ethnic groups, people with disabilities and women equal opportunities to get into and succeed in the UK film industry.

Our Diversity Unit provides grant-in-aid funding for programmes that support our diversity objectives. It does not fund film productions.

Objective

To help build a more diverse and inclusive workforce and film culture.

Principle Actions

• To nurture a diverse range of UK film talent;
• To integrate equality and diversity commitments into all UK Film Council activities and monitor their impact;
• To provide practical tools and information to encourage our partners and the industry more generally to promote diversity;
• To support initiatives designed to give people from minority ethnic groups, people with disabilities and women equal opportunities to get into and succeed in the UK film industry.

Our Diversity Unit provides grant-in-aid funding for programmes that support our diversity objectives. It does not fund film productions.

• The core UK film industry now contributes approximately £4.3 billion per year to the UK economy – up by 50% since 2000, when the UK Film Council was created;
• In 2009 UK films took 7% of the global box office and 17% of the UK box office; Independent UK films took an 8.2% share of the UK box office, the highest figure of the last decade;
• UK film grossed $2 billion at the worldwide box office last year;
• UK box-office takings are at record-breaking levels, worth £944 million in the UK in 2009, up 62% from 2000;
• The overall territory box office gross for the UK and the Republic of Ireland exceeded £1 billion for the first time in 2009;
• UK Film Council investments in British films have been hugely successful – for every £1 we have invested, £5 has been generated at the box office;
• Over 173.5 million people went to the cinema in the UK in 2009 – up 31 million from 2000, the highest since 2002 and the second highest since 1971;
• The UK has more digital cinemas than any other European country – 365 and counting;
• Overall UK audiences had a far greater choice of films in 2009 – 503 films were released, 31% more than a decade ago;
• The UK film industry directly provides jobs for almost 44,000 people, with extended employment impact of 95,000 jobs;
• The film industry earns over £1.3 billion in export income from film rights and film production services;
• In 2009 alone, British films and talent scooped 36 awards.