Following a review of the film infrastructure in England during 2000, the

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set up nine Regional Screen Agencies, one in each of the

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, to deliver support for film-making, exhibition and related media activities. The regional screen agency network was closed down in 2011, with a number of services consolidated into a new agency,

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, and the majority of screen agencies then folded. However, a few continued to operate, most notably Film London and Screen Yorkshire. The nine agencies were or are:
Screen East
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Film London Film London is London's film and media agency – sustaining, promoting and developing London as a major international film-making and film cultural capital. This includes all the screen industries based in London – film, television, video, co ...

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Northern Film and Media
relaunched in 2022 a
North East Screen
(

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) *Vision+Media (

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)
Screen South
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South West Screen
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Screen West Midlands
( West Midlands)
Screen Yorkshire
(

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Role and activities

Regional Screen Agencies have cultural, economic and social objectives. They engage with other regional partners and to involve stakeholders including local film and

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s, broadcasters, games developers,

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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 A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since ...

, and the operation of

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and local services designed to make a region an attractive place for film-makers to bring

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References

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