British Film Institute Embraces a Radical Rethink on the Way to Economic Recovery

The British Film Institute’s newly installed chief executive, Ben Roberts, has said one “silver lining” of COVID-19’s devastating impact on the U.K. film industry is a “radical rethink” for the financing and distribution prototypes surrounding independent film, which are now operating on a more equal playing field online.

“We absolutely cannot miss this moment to rewrite what the model — or a number of models — for independent film may look like” while also observing an extensive “upending” of release strategies for the field due to a paralyzed exhibition sector,

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