BAFTA Throws Weight Behind U.K.'s Overstretched COVID-19 Film and TV Relief Fund
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hollywoodreporter.comThe U.K.'s COVID-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund, which recently saw its coffers run dry after just two weeks of applications, has received a major boost from the British Academy.
BAFTA on Monday revealed that it was to reach out to itsnetworks and encourage donations to the initiative, enabling The Film and TV Charity, which set up the fund alongside the British Film Institute, to create further funding rounds.
BAFTA also said it was opening up its existing hardship funds to further bolster the support available. The fund, which was launched with an initial 3 million pound ($3.7 million) pot to distribute to industry creatives impacted by the crisis with grants of between $617 and $3,000 on offer, closed to applicants April 23 after.
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