The BFI today said that it will have access to £150m across the next three years (2026-2029) to invest in “UK Screen Culture” as part of its latest National Lottery Funding Plan.

The £150m figure works out to around £50 million a year of National Lottery “good cause” funding, representing a theoretical 10% increase on the £136.3 million available over the last three years.

The BFI has divided the cash among six funding strands:

The breakdown of these figures that will perhaps be most interesting for the industry is around Audiences. The £33.5 million figure includes investment in the BFI National Lottery Audience Projects Fund, which supports distributors, exhibitors, and festivals working across independent film and immersive. The cash will also support the creation of a pilot Open

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