A unique study of UK flm policy set in its political, economic and

A unique study of UK film policy
set in its political, economic
and international contexts
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9780748698233 I June 2015
Hardback I £70.00
Drawing on interviews with leading film
executives, politicians and industry stakeholders
including all of the UKFC’s chairs (Alan Parker,
Stewart Till and Tim Bevan) and its CEO John
Woodward, this book provides an empirically
grounded analysis of the rise and unexpected
fall of the UK Film Council, the key strategic body
responsible for supporting film in the UK for over
a decade. As well as offering a critical overview
of the political, policy and technological
contexts which framed the organisation’s
creation, existence and eventual demise, the
book provides a probing analysis of the tensions
between differing sectoral interests, commercial
and cultural agendas, and between national and
global interests in an increasingly transnational
film industry.
Authors Gillian Doyle, Philip Schlesinger,
Raymond Boyle & Lisa W Kelly are all based at
the University of Glasgow.
The Rise and Fall of the UK Film Council answers the following key questions:
> What objectives did the UKFC pursue over time?
> How effective was the agency as a model of public support for film?
> What lessons for strategic interventions in film policy can be drawn from its
experience?
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