
BFI CEO Advocates for Film Education in Classrooms at UK Film Conference
BFI CEO Ben Roberts delivered a keynote address at the inaugural UK Film Conference, emphasizing the importance of integrating film education into classrooms. He also discussed the cinema renaissance among Gen Z and challenges facing British independent film.
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BFI Boss Ben Roberts, Picturehouse’s Clare Binns on Gen Z’s Cinema Renaissance, AI Slop and British Indie Film: “We’re Not Great at Comedy”
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In conversation with Clare Binns, managing director of Picturehouse Cinemas, at the Edinburgh Film Festival’s inaugural UK Film Conference BFI CEO Ben Roberts was candid from the outset about the problems of working for a major public-funding body. Having previously worked for numerous UK distribution and sales outfits, Roberts admitted that he had been warned […]
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