The UK Film Council is the Government's strategic agency for film in the UK.

They are here to help make the UK a hub and natural home for film in the digital age: a place with a diverse and vibrant film culture and a flourishing, competitive film industry.

They work closely with the Government and the film industry – offering policy advice about industrial, economic and cultural issues affecting film. They make policy and provide funding.

Every year they distribute around £27 million from the National Lottery and £27 million from the Government to support: script development, film production, short films, film export and distribution, cinema, film education, culture and archives, festivals and audience support schemes.

They fund First Light, Skillset, the British Film Institute and several regional and national screen agencies.