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CFS Talk: Philip Schlesinger, Film agencies and film policy

Tue 16th April 2013 17:15 to 19:00

Philip Schlesinger

Film agencies are a key expression of the nature of public support for film. Shortly after the Coalition government was established at Westminster following the May 2010 general election, it was decided to axe the UK Film Council. Subsequently, many of its functions were incorporated into the long-established BFI. The UKFC was set up as a quango in the hey-day of New Labour with the mission of transforming the prospects of the British film industry, fitting into a long history of intervention. Drawing on ongoing AHRC-funded research into the lifespan of the UKFC, this paper will reflect on the contemporary challenges posed by researching film agencies.

Philip Schlesinger is Professor in Cultural Policy at the University of Glasgow, where he directs the Centre for Cultural Policy Research. He is a deputy director of the UK Research Councils' centre for copyright and new business models for the creative economy, CREATe and is a co-investigator of AHRC-funded project on ‘The UK Film Council: A Case Study of Film Policy in Transition'. He is also currently engaged in other Research Council funded projects on cultural business as well as multi-platform media. For further details, go to:

http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/cca/staff/philipschlesinger/

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