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How schools can engage with the new national film education programme

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The British Film Institute is investing £26 million in a unified programme of film education from this September, including a new national youth and education film festival. Jane Fletcher explains.

If you use film in the classroom and beyond or would like to, these are exciting times. The British Film Institute (BFI) is investing £26 million of Lottery funds in a new, unified programme of film education which is set to provide a myriad of new opportunities for pupils and educators in every UK school.

The BFI’s decision represents the biggest investment in film education ever seen in this country. It is well timed too. Last year the Henley Review of Cultural Education in England highlighted the academic and social benefits to young people of participating in high-quality cultural experiences, and Lord Smith’s Review of British Film called for every young person in the UK to have opportunities to watch, learn about and make their own films. 

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