BBC UKFC Partnership

BBC and UK Film Council Partnership

BBC and the UK Film Council announce a dynamic new partnership with British films at the heart of the BBC's new film strategy
The BBC and the UK Film Council, two of the biggest stakeholders in British film, have joined forces to put film and broadcasting at the centre of a brand new partnership.

The BBC and the UK Film Council will work in tandem with a range of collaborative projects designed to give audiences more choice, develop and support creativity and skills across the industry and encourage public participation in film.

A key element of the BBC's renewed commitment to film is a new BBC film strategy for broadcast across all its channels and platforms, supported by a minimum 50% increase in the BBC's budget for film from £10 million a year to £15 million a year.

The five key points of the BBC strategy are:-

  • Increase BBC TV channel support for British films with the launch of a new BBC channel strategy for film, including extra commitment to new talent on BBC Three.
  • Increase the proportion of acquisition spend directed to UK film for feature films that could play on BBC One and Two. The BBC will invest a guaranteed £5 million a year over the next charter period for this purpose (with scope for a potential further £5 million a year);
  • Help stimulate indigenous British feature film production through a minimum 50% increase to BBC Films's budget;
  • Continue to drive innovation and awareness of film across the BBC's media outlets;
  • With the BBC's partners, continue to support British talent, training and development.

As well as the massive boost for British film production and acquisition, the UK Film Council and the BBC will pool resources in partnership with Skillset and the British Film Institute giving audiences more choice to film and cinema, developing and supporting creativity and encouraging public participation and increasing opportunities for learning.