The British Film Institute (BFI) will hand out $8m (£6.48m) in cash awards to 17 organizations as part of the first run of its new National Lottery Audience Projects Fund.
The cash awards include a combination of long-term funding pacts spread across three years to support for short-term projects, all centered around growing and increasing the diversity of film audiences across the UK.
Thirteen awards are for multi-year projects running until March 2026. The fund will support six venues and four festivals, alongside three audience development organizations over three years and four awards for short-term activity.
The BFI has said the 17 projects aim to generate 4.67m admissions UK-wide and represent support for 203,846 screenings, of which 91,357 the BFI said will be accessible screenings (45%).
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