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BFIwatch, along with its post archive, has moved to: http://bfiwatch.wordpress.com The blog at http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com will no longer be updated, though it will remain online for a shor...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-address-for-bfiwatch.html

From the Guardian yesterday: BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE TO TAKE OVER FROM UK FILM COUNCIL BFI will distribute lottery money to film-makers, the culture minister Ed Vaizey announces Mark Brown, Art...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/11/more-on-agencies-involved-in-funding.html

FROM THE BFI WEBSITE TODAY: THE BFI WILL BECOME THE LEAD STRATEGIC BODY ON FILM AND THE DISTRIBUTOR OF LOTTERY FUNDS TO UK FILM-MAKERS FROM APRIL 2011, MINISTER FOR CULTURE AND THE CREATIVE INDU...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/11/greg-dykes-response-to-dcms-proposals.html

From the Guardian today: British Film Institute to oversee 60% rise in movie industry lottery funding Culture minister Ed Vaizey praises the efforts of the UK Film Council but says it is time ...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/11/bfi-to-oversee-funding-for-british.html

From the Daily Mail yesterday: CURTAINS FOR UK FILM COUNCIL AS FILM CHARITY TAKES OVER JON REES Last updated at 10:48 PM on 13th November 2010 The British Film Institute, the charity cha...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/11/update-on-funding-bodies-for-british_14.html

From Screen Daily today: NON-LOTTERY, NON-BFI FILM FUNDING TO BE CHOPPED IN HALF AS PART OF UK'S BUDGET CUTS 21 October, 2010 | By Mike Goodridge AFTER YESTERDAY’S SWEEPING CUTS ACROSS T...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/10/more-details-of-cuts-to-film-sector.html

From Screen Daily today: BFI BUDGET TO BE CUT BY 15% OVER FOUR YEARS 20 October, 2010 | By Sarah Cooper THE BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE’S BUDGET IS TO BE CUT BY 15% OVER FOUR YEARS, IT WAS ANN...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/10/spending-review-cuts-bfi-budget.html

From the BBC News website today: PARTIES APPROACHED TO TAKE OVER FILM COUNCIL DUTIES Industry figures discuss the future of British film FOUR PARTIES HAVE BEEN ASKED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO CO...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/09/update-on-discussions-about-future-of.html

From the BBC News website today: UK FILM FUTURE SET FOR DISCUSSION FUTURE PUBLIC FUNDING OF UK FILM WILL BE DISCUSSED BY CULTURE MINISTER ED VAIZEY AND KEY FIGURES IN THE MOVIE BUSINESS LATER...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/09/consultations-on-future-of-british.html

From the Evening Standard today: AMANDA NEVILL IS FIGHTING FOR BRITISH FILM Evening Standard 03.09.10 For Amanda Nevill, director of the British Film Institute, it is the best of times and ...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/09/amanda-nevill-interview.html

In the Observer business section today: JEREMY HUNT: I'VE CUT THE UK FILM COUNCIL SO THAT MONEY GOES TO THE INDUSTRY The culture secretary says that financial support for UK film-makers will ...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/08/hunt-replies-to-critics-in-observer.html

Letters from Jeremy Hunt and Brian Winston in the Guardian yesterday: OUR COMMITMENT TO THE ARTS IS ROCK SOLID The Guardian 31 July 2010 Polly Toynbee claims (Comment , 28 July) the governm...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/08/hunt-reaffirms-commitment-to-arts.html

From Time Out yesterday: THE UK FILM COUNCIL IS DEAD. LET'S GIVE THE BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE A CHANCE The closure of the public body which put money into films like 'Hunger' and 'In the Loop' ...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/07/time-out-on-ukfc-demise.html

Letters in the Guardian business section today: GRUBBY DEALS BEHIND THE AXING OF THE FILM COUNCIL The circumstances in which the government proposes to abolish the UK Film Council (A move tha...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/07/more-on-axing-of-ukfc.html

From Screen Daily today: BFI SAYS IT WILL 'WORK IN COLLABORATION' WITH UK GOVERNMENT 27 July, 2010 | By Wendy Mitchell BFI says it welcomes news that it will report direct to Government; say...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/07/bfi-response-to-dcms-proposals.html

From the Guardian today: SCRAPPING UK FILM COUNCIL MAY BE GOOD FOR BRITISH FILM Innovative film-makers have fallen by the wayside in the search for box-office success. This is our chance to ret...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/07/different-views-on-demise-of-ukfc.html

From Netribution today: THE DCMS ANNOUNCEMENT DCMS IMPROVES EFFICIENCY AND CUTS COSTS WITH REVIEW OF ARM’S LENGTH BODIES 26 July 2010

 A number of the Department for Culture, Media ...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/07/dcms-proposal-to-abolish-ukfc.html

From the Guardian today: ARTS ARE THE BAROMETER OF CIVILISATION Spending on film and the arts gives good value. Cuts will pose a huge threat to the nation's social and cultural wellbeing Ama...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/07/amanda-nevill-guardian-article-on-arts.html

FROM THE IRISH FILM AND TELEVISION NETWORK TODAY: PROPOSED UKFC / BFI MERGER SCRAPPED 23 Jun 2010 : Source - Screen Daily BRITISH CREATIVE INDUSTRIES MINISTER ED VAIZEY ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY,...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/06/ukfcbfi-merger-plan-abandoned.html

From the BFI website: BFI STATEMENT ON DCMS SPENDING REDUCTIONS 7 JUN 2010 THE DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT HAS ANNOUNCED A £73 MILLION SAVINGS CONTRIBUTION TO REDUCE THE UK'S F...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/06/bfi-response-to-dcms-spending-cuts.html

From the Hollywood Reporter yesterday: BFI FILM CENTER PLANS SCRAPPED GOVERNMENT PULLS PLUG ON $67 MILLION PROJECT By Stuart Kemp June 17, 2010, 11:02 AM ET LONDON -- The U.K. government...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/06/bfi-film-centre-scrapped.html

From the BECTU website today: BFI MEMBERS VOTE ON STRIKE ACTION 15 JUNE 2010 Following the breakdown of negotiations on the 2009/10 claim for a cost of living allowance at the BFI, BECTU ser...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/06/bfi-vote-on-strike-action.html

From Deadline.com today: UK FILM COUNCIL DELAYS BFI FILM CENTRE BY TIM ADLER | WEDNESDAY, 2 JUNE 2010 09:12 UK EXCLUSIVE: The film agency has suspended work on the British Film Institute�...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/06/bfi-film-centre-in-trouble.html

Extract from interview with Ed Vaizey, Conservative minister for media and arts, in the Sunday Times today: 'During the interview Vaizey offered some hope to arts organisations which, like othe...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/05/end-of-bfiukfc-merger-plans.html

From Building today: BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES £90M REVAMP 28 April, 2010 By Andrea Klettner Major London project in the pipeline as BFI publishes OJEU notice for design team A ...

http://bfiwatch.blogspot.com/2010/04/bfi-southbank-centre-update.html