- Regional screen agencies
Following a major review of the film infrastructure in the
United Kingdom during2000 , theUK Film Council set up nine Regional Screen Agencies, one in eachregions of England , to deliver support for film-making, exhibition and related media activities.The nine agencies are:
* [http://www.screeneast.co.uk Screen East] (East of England )
* [http://www.em-media.org.uk EM Media] (East Midlands )
* [http://www.filmlondon.org.uk Film London] (Greater London )
* [http://www.northernmedia.org Northern Film and Media] (North East England )
* [http://www.northwestvision.co.uk North West Vision] (North West England )
* [http://www.screensouth.org Screen South] (South East England )
* [http://www.swscreen.co.uk South West Screen] (South West England )
* [http://www.screenwm.co.uk Screen West Midlands] (West Midlands)
* [http://www.screenyorkshire.co.uk Screen Yorkshire] (Yorkshire and the Humber )Role and Activities
Regional Screen Agencies have a complex role spanning cultural, economic and social objectives. To be effective, they have found it essential to engage actively with other regional partners and to involve stakeholders including local film and
television producer s, broadcasters,games developers ,museums and other cultural organisations.Each agency has interpreted the brief from the UK Film Council in its own way. Typically, this focusses on the provision of operational activities such training schemes, administration of funding for activities such as film festivals and
film education , and the operation ofinvestment funds and local services designed to make a region an attractive place for film-makers to bringinward investment .
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